New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
Thlrty-five Persons Thrown Into
Water as Three Yachts Sink
and Nine Others Cap
size Off New Rochelle.
WESTCHESTER IN DARKNESS
Lights Out of Commission in
Several Towns II Man Falls
Dead Here in Car-Thou-
sands Flee to Parks
and Resorts.

Sweltering heat that attained tenn
perature of SO degrees caused one death
and many prostrations yesterday in this
CITY. and was succeeded in Westchester
County by one Of the fercest thunder
storms and gales that that section has
ever known Yachts all along the west
end of Long Island Sound were sunk,
capsized or dsmantled. Scores Of per-
sons barely escaped alive from the fury
Of the winds.
Ninety yachts had started at noon in
the annual regatta of the New Rochelle
Yacht Club and twenty-three of therl
had rot finished the race when the squall
struck that section of Westchester. In
thirty minutes three Of the yachts, the
Festina the Robin Hood and the Chi
nook, had sunk, and nine others had
capsized. Thirty-five persons on the
yachts were thrown into the waters IF
the Sound, in such peril in the seething
maelstrom that those who bravely went
10 their rescue agree it was little short
of a rairacle that none was drowned.
Out Of the northwest great black
cloud that had been gathering for half
an hour burst at $50 o'clock, its first
hot breath like that of a simoom. so
quickly did it travel that when t
reached the fleet Of yachts, kissing as Il
whipped the water feather white"
shippers and crews were stunned by its
sudden ferocity.
4 scene of wild confusion followed.
Eayards and sheets were carried away
and sails were torn 10 shreds. AS the
wind gained hurricane force a pelting
rain fell and the lightning flashed.
Frantic efforts were made by the yachts
men TO gel sail off their boats and save
them and themselves from destruction.
Climbs with Wife to Mast.
Foremost among these was a. Bryan
Alley, owner of the Larchmont interclub
one-design yacht Festina, who, with his
wife composed the crew of the yacht
Having just crossed the finish line before
the squall broke, Captain Alley, who is
one Of the most skilful yachtsmen on the
Sound, felt sure that he would be able
by nursing" his boat TO reach the har-
Dor, only half a mile away He did not
realize until too late that this was no
ordinary summer squall. He had almost
reached Davenport Neck buoy, marking
the entrance to New Rochelle Harbor,
when the Festina filed and began sink
ing, for she had outside ballast. Grasp
ing his wife firmly, he climbed the mast
as the boat sank, luckily striking bottom
while about four feet of the mast was
still out Of water.
Supporting Mrs. Alley with one arm,
while his other was around the mast, he
shouted for a long time in vain in the
driving rain for help. He was almost
exhausted and Mrs. Alley was nearly un
conscious when a boat, sent by Vice
Commodore w. S. Creevey from his
power boat Eileen, upon which was the
regatta committee, reached the spot.
With difficulty Mrs. Alley was got into
the small boat and on board the Eileen,
where for a time It was thought she
would collapse from shock. She was
finally taken to her home in Larchmont.
Yachts Sunk and DismantIed.
Meanwhile, the sloop Shinook, owned
and sailed by Hazen Morse had sunk
under him while he was attempting to
weather the squall. He had a narrow
escape from drowning, for his boat went
down nearly two miles off shore and he
had been swimming half an hour when
picked up
George c. Molloys sloop Robin Hood
also sank near Hen and Chickens Reef.
He and his crew, Harry Sobele and L.
G. Cross, had a close shave. They were
picked up by the power boat Patricia,
Captain Hirschberg, after being half an
hour in the water.
G. B. Fowler's power yacht Kathmar
II, which had her awnings and stanch-
ions ripped out by the squall, picked up
Messrs Clifford and Diercks, Of the Tau
tog, and ]. Hardy, Of the Wampus, both
Of which capsized
The other capsized boats, the crews Of
which were rescued, were the Madeline
II, the Alice. the Maynye, the Dodo. the
Trix and the Viva. The Maryola's crew
saved the crew Of the dory Alice. Messrs.
Griffin and Weeks.
In New York City. with the ther-
nometer registering 90 degrees. the hu-
midity also took a hand, rendering the
streets sitting The storm that swept
10 the northward did little to alleviate
the misery Of those penned within Man
hattan's brick and steel walls The East
Side. especially, with its crowded thou
sands. was the greatest sufferer. The
people swarmed from the tenements in
thousands and sought relief in the small
parks and other cramped breathing
spaces.
Those who could, streamed out Of the
city TO the neighborng beach resorts,
packing the trolley cars and trains and
overloading the many boats that make
the trips TO the nearby amusement
places Others, more fortunate still, took
Pullman cars and were whirled away to
the freedom and quiet OF the mountains.
New York took on the appearance Of
city being evacuated by the besleged
and heat was the enemy that drove
them forth from their homes.
Many hundreds spent last night on the
sands OF Coney Island Brighton Beach
and Bath Beach, where they got that
relief from tropical conditions which ex-
istence within Manhattan denied them.
Karl Krause, waiter, OF No. 30
West 116th street. died suddenly on a
42d street crosstown car soon after
boarding II at the Weehawken ferry. Dr.