Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-13
LOST BOATS
ARRIVE TODAY.
Parties in Yachts Have Thrilling Ex.
perienee... Blown on the Oppo-
site Side of River.
SPENT AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.
Motor Roat Edna Earl In Tow OF the
Gasoline Launen Aususts Caught In
Yesterdays Heav, Slow,

The ears OF hundr,rs OF Alexan.
d ,iai,p.1e prea,l. r., Ii veJ ut noon
I, da, VIII The ras line iaunr
May" .ap'a,n.d hy Al HUH S.
rraci.e., ,h- d TX a, Prince .irett ha',
ing On oa,n large party 4 AleAan-
ur,an, and Wa-hi"pioniar- who ha"
spent n ierri, IL night on the flats NO. III
.! Rive vi "
A la,re parry OF Washipgt"nia'
Among whom we:e 81, Ven ia. les and
TAO ch,lir, y vent 10 the hunRal. '.-
!. longing 10 Harry Fi-,s,.l mann a.d !
v,,p Sch~a lyman which ,s -,natt d al
. the old C.Iling.oo B arh ju-t soul
of tbr Cullnngwuuu Club early lestri-
day m"rni i" Mr.. Firi>ch"s"n'-
power sloop the 'E ma E,rI" Th.,
had an oyster iua.. anu e, j"!e0 H.
DAYS ou,,ns very greatly. A. sum
trouhl VA. exlmri need ah the IN.
gines an the do.n TIP u ey t l. ph"neu
tn Al.xa, drla and AimiIaI Angus
Calne.. owner OF the iast yacht Au-
pu u.ta," lett here To low In m back L"
Al. Yar uuIa With h,m wr,e Tin ma
T.avr,s, 1e"rpe w. Bo, q. l., ,r'hz
Wulro d Claude Fletcher an.i Janrs
Fletcher.
AT i've O'clock ss tie wind Was
cou,menrrng to ,w ana ain ha'
5 started ia,rrg. The party d cid,d !"
return hon Z. I that iin e there W rt
some heavy gusts of wind hut rs 'l'
era I. aeIe very s-awGrthy the u'ni
WAS not regarded rs serious tnt ugh
to prevent the l,oats reaching All kan.
dr,a safely.
TIE nua,s J.. I Fl-i ci nann's what
VITA tn, augusta" tO,inR il'
Edna Earl" Auini,al Gaines va n
the whe uf the Augusta 40
Go. w B,niz WAS in charge OF IT,,
engi'r-
Thomas Trav,rs WAS al The h. In,
The E ina Earl" T",re Wa. SIG
wand hl wing, and III" rivrr "as c'""r
ID vi, h uhlte caps. TIE tide was i,n
usual, high.
H.ul, hal the boats | Il the wharf
when IL heavy s4uall fr"n tfr north
wes, struck the rlvrr. The WIND VIZ
ter,ih', heavy Trees ~r'e bent III
r., d. and ,he crashing of Ire falling
llmb. sound d ike sta no.ad'.
Meu,,,e,s ..f the 's.iliu S'ml Cln"
Who had just reached the rluh Ia u'r
OH thr to,, VI the hill ai',r s'el' g II
party leave rushed down the ini' IN
the face Ct the <. we're gale i,ut Oh their
arrival n, the rIvr, fr, nj th y Gould 80
~" t,are nf ennr boat and ini, ,simu
that ,lie, hah gotten inio $, nIr ha't"
or l>e w-,r pr. cee,ilng safely up 'ln
river E. C. Wilt, y nephu" "f Ad
In raj aiuIr- a u a.so lated With hin
in business VAS II the Cull'n~o d Gut
anu when the .quall r.me aas wy
auxi us aS tn the HI e,y" 81 TIE par,
H- ,e ut.-d 10 AL. xaI,uria on t.
train Ich lett Suuwurn TIA In 1T
7:l5 y. ~. aud ahen hr r'a, bed bonn
found hat The Admiral had ~ t arrtv-'i
He became aia'imrd anu in'n,ed'at' !!
orgariz' d b searching putty which l"'i
Alexandra ~ one ,.'rlWk IhiS n,ri.
my on tie gasollne vrss, Frank NJ.
Pinlius" M der Capt. Douglass
Ram.,y.
Al 5 ..'r:l,,ck they We're unable tol
fnd any trace oi the m.s,'ig Iarty. al.
though they cuy.,e'i buth s,d's O. IT,,
rivrr for q distance IL ten miles.
At Jay br. ak they rrturn'd 10 81 cue
further help and a, a" learly hour 's
nsH Il
Hull,..s s and ,ne "f the Emerson TO is
ws,h Vrt"r Emerson and q party
auoard j"ine, ia the search.
A. hu,r alter hour aent by and u"
a word WAS r,tev, q from tie m'ss'ns
m,als The ,ntire c,ly became alarm
ami the arratest anxiriy was felt.
The riv.r front was crowded. w"h
IN nd> Il h-mi s'ns p pl' AID ne
Iel-pho II b. W+eu ere ami w. i"s.
TIN VA KEEP C. rs an,'y ringing by til
il, quir u Of the frr, ds 81 the WashinY
ton p.ople Who were ON th> II"
E.rl"
River m u we're AT a to S 10 nc, oun,
tt- tn wher ahut- OF lie hon'S
They se,e ! ah tu i.l,ev~ thai tb
b"@. aiih"u. h rr,y h,a.,, vas sutt'
cn,t !" e S'z- a boat al >nci. bean.
as the E Ina E 81 and u uu. lit I, NJ tln,
mus u We ,.rn tiv. u ,ilu :, u rr,e
or on ne A l. re ,h=> r.
stra, d high aru dr.,
On The OH er h"ni lie, -a,d tia,
ever, farm h"u>r sn the Nsryla"d
shore i. eonn ped w'h trl' phone u
we'll a. MN - the S,rg,, ia >iie OF
the liver -mi hit i, would ~ an EASY
matte, Il, yet INTO u.nnu"Watl"n vi h
either Washington or Al xanuia III
they had nr. u iiuwn n far .nu'ii a
O.r, Quan ,r Qnantir,, the, wo"ld h,V'
fuut q ,eir, r"l.hr r"n'un"ah II .
Th, f,c ,ht r,ght er hours had
pa. St,i wi'm III All. a"io al 'hti'
whereabouts naturally ibcrsssed tns