Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-29
LOST IN THE FOG
 IN NEW LONDON HARBoR.
MT. and Mrs. Robert chappeII Spent the Night on Yacht Which Had Also Lost It's Way.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. ChappeII, in their power boat Wizard. were lost in the fog Tuesday evening while making their way from Pequot Casino to Eastern Point, where they are spending the summer. Theyxg home Wednesday morning, fatigued. but lit- tie worse for their experience. While they were lost they found another boat which was without means of locating it's bearings, and spent the night on board that craft.
 Mir. and Mrs. Chappell left the wharf of the Casino association at o'clock in the evening to get home in time for dinner party engagement. When they
 did not arrive two hours later the ser
 wants at Eastern Point called up the
 home of MT. Chappelfs parents MT.
 and Mrs. F. H. Chappell. in Hunting
 ton street, New London, to inquire
 made at the Casino, and it was found
 that MT. and Mrs. Chappell had left
 in the fast speed launch.
 It was surmised at once that the
 launch had either lost it's bearings or
 had broken down in the fog. Mrs.
 ChappeI1, as well as her husband, has
 a knowledge of seamanship that, their
 relatives were confident, would prove of avail, and the only cause for worry |, was in the danger of the Wizard be- Ing run QOWn Dy some larger D0dI.
 The harbor tugs of the Thames
 Towboat company. Aquidneck and
 Miles Standish, were sent out earlier
 than usual Wednesday morning to pa trol the harbor in an effort to locate
 the Wizard. Mir. Chappell has been interested in the towboat company for
 several years and his father is the
 principal stoekhoIder. His knowledge
 of the tugs served him well Wednes- day morning. for he recognized the
 Aquidnecks whistle when he heard it in the fog. Both the tugs were blow ing the regular blast with 30 seconds intervals; with the Aquidneck near the
 east shore and the Standish on the opposite side of the harbor. When the AquIdneck. Capt. Peter Anderson, came near enough MT. ChappaIl with a bell signal of distress made her cap- tain understand his location Tn that way Mir. and Mrs. Chappell were pick ed ur and their launch was lowed into Eastern Point.
 | Mir. ChappelI said: After we got out into the river the fog was so thick 1t was impossible to see our hands before us. We ran by direction until we got near two schooners which were anchored well out. In lodging them we lost our idea of distance and Ioca- ton, with the result that we were con- pletely turned around. The next mark 1 which we saw, and which we knew, was the New York Yacht club sta ton.
 We were not surprised at all to i learn that we had been running in an i opposite direction from what we i'm 1 tended, and we turned about to head l toward Eastern Point. The exact To l cation of course we could not tell, as l it was dark but we knew that we l were on a. dangerous part of the shore ! and that it would not be safe to run 1 the Wizard too close. as the sharp [ rocks mi olf prOye daOCprOIlS' The Wizard is a long, rakish craft 1 which requires a good landing stage l to run alongside, and it was good 1 judgment on MT. Chappe1l's part thai 1 led him to run off shore far enough
 to avoid the rocks He explained fur 1 ther that he found the auxiliary yacht 1 Sumida. owned by Francis M. Wilson l of New York, at anchor and lost. The l captain of the Sunnida was in doubt as to his location and had anchored