The evening world., 1913-08-11
TWOB|C YACHTS
BLOWN OUT. TO SEA
MAY BOTH Be LOST:
Palatial Pleasure Craft Laden
With Sunday Excursionists
Missing.
CAUGHT IN TWO STORMS
Barnegat City Inlet Life Savers
Search All Night for the
Vessels.
CAUGHT IN TWO STORMS

The Barnegat City inlet life savers re-
turned to their station early to-day weak
from exposure and exhaustion after an
ali night search for two large motor
yachts that were blown out to sea late
yesterday during the storm. and are be-
lieved to have been lost with aheir
twenty or more occupants. The van,
ished vessels came from the direction
OF New York city.
The storms-there were two Of them
with . forty -five-minuts intermission-
were the worst experienced in years by
the rugged fisher folk Of that hurricane
ridden locality. and 4 10 feared that late
tidiAgs will bring In q sad story Of
deaths toll from owners Of small craft.
( The motor yachts about which inter-
est centres to-day were about forty-fve
and forty. feet IN length respectively.
They came cruising down the coast
from the direction of New York. nlled
With. merry party Of men and women.
about ten or . doseu In each yacht -
well a. those on shore could guess.
Both craft rode high In the water. and
At the distance at which they were seen
appeared to be palatial In design and
furnishings. such as . very wealthy
man might possess.
STORM COMES UP As THE
YACHTS ARE SIGHTED.
About go o'clock yesterday afternoon.
soon after the handsome yachts with
their gaily dressed pleasure seekers
were sighted. a storm came up. The
smali boats began to scurry to coyer.
and In an incredibly short time the
waves and spray. hurled high by 90
mile wind, blotted out everything from
the view OF those on shore.
For two hours the winds ragged and
howled, during which time the yachts
disappeared. There was . lull then
Tor almost an hour. when second
storm. much moro severe than the Arst.
hurled itself on the heels of the nrst
4 wind of terrific velocity was accom-
yanied by an unusual electrical dis
play. and rs soon as It was possible
Capt Cornelius Thompson and his life
savers from Barnegat City Inlet
launched their boat and went In search
Of the yachts. The storm had started
in the west and shifted to the north
east, and from the time they got be-
yopd the breakers II was . battle with
wind and waves.
During the bombardment Of giant
waves there were times when the life
savers gave themselves up for lost.
h4t all through the awful hours Of
the night they continued their search.
Lob A-t-
.erything possible to attract the at.
ttention Of a disabled vessel or any of
Its survivors who might have been
clinging to wreckags.
NO TRACE OF THE MISSING
BOATS COULD De FOUND.
For miles up ana down the coast and
as far out as their boat could live, they
searched. but not a trace Of the yachts
could be found. After dawn they con-
tinued the cruise with no better results.
Capt. Thompson believes both vessels
were lost. II they were not swamped
In the first storm he does not believe
they could have withstood the second.
And he has no doubt In his own mind
that every person aboard perished. The
yachts apparently had been built more
for. pleasure and show than for safety,
and It would have been almost impos.
sibie for craft OF their design to have
lived through even one Of the storms.
On his return with his worn out crew.
CAPT Thompson reported his fears to
thG revenue cutter service. and boats
were Immediately despatched to resume
the search farther out at sea.
NJ 90 chts had bean rAnorteA y.lauina
in New York to-day. but It 10 possible
the occupants Of the two seen at Barns-
gat had started out for several days
cruise. and no word was expected Of
them.