New Britain herald., 1925-11-17
Only One Man SaVed-.SWims
Ashore After Watching His
Mates Drown
TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE
IN SHELBURNE HARBOR

and He Was Being Taken Back
to Cutter Morrill, When He and
Others Met Death.
shclburne, n. S., Nov. II up -
Eight members Of the crew Of the
United States coast guard cutter
Morrill, were drowned when the
sailboat in which they were return
ing to their vessel after shore leave
capsized in the harbor here during
d heavy blow last night.
The dead:
Henry Kingsbury, rs, warrant
paymaster, Detroit.
Charles Lungren, 5S, warrant
DOatswain, Detroit.
John Haltysack. 22, first class
,caman, Baltimore.
Herbert K. Wilson, "a, cahir
stewart, Montreal
John r. Shea, %, chief boat
swain's mate. Providence, R. l.
]. stevers, %, first class sea
man, Baltimore.
Ira j. Bracket, rs, coXsWaln
Louisville, Ky.
Hugh H. McMurdo. 25, chic
woman, Clarksburg, W. Va.
The sole survivor, Chester Taylor
~rcond class engineer Of Bay City
Mich. swan ashore through th'
lev waters after the overturned boa
had drifted close into the racks.
Survivor Exhausted
Taylor was in an exhausted con
iton and nearly crazed by his eN
pcrience and the loss of his ship
mates. He gave the names Of th'
,ncn who, one by one, he had seer
SO their hold on the upturnet
r.qft ana drop to their deaths init
the cold water amid the darkness
oi night. The last man to take hi
,oath plunge slipped off the 26-too
craft Just as Taylor started his SWIM
rom the hulk to the shore.
The Morrill,, which is bound from
Detroit for Boston, where she is t
take up post in the prohibition
enforcement fleet, was at ancho
off Sandy Point, miles distan
,rom Shelburne. After day ashor'
flr sailors went aboard the littl
nodt. which carried large sail TO
vessel Of her type. 1t was 6:S'
V. m. when the sail was hoisted an'
The craft pointed her prov IN tn
81 \ 1rTtn
Boat Capsizes
All went we'll, despite the hal
..l,p that was blowing, until abou
,wo and one half miles had beel
ro>orcd. Then there came a suddel
.aavy squall, which sent the boa
I'll her beams end. Later she top
r.d over sidcwise. The seamel
.,orkcd strenuously TO cut away tn
rigging and right the boat. Fail
INK. they crawled up the slipper
geek and threw their weight on tn
ut=nlv tilted 81 lie trying to bring tn
craft on an even keel. This etfor
al3o was useless. for the sal
y,pung over and capsized, THROWN
i'll those on board into the water.
It was G:30 o'clock when the &C
r.dont occurred. and it was
o'clock when the drifting craft ha
reached a point fifty yards off shor
t,om which Taylor made his swir
safety.
Nfter he had attracted aid by hi
shouts and after he had been give
medical attention. he graphical
told those about him the details Q
the disaster.
Five Reached Boat
After the men had been throw
mo the water five of them manage
~ reach the keel of the upturne
craft and cling TO it. Others, suffer
irg from shock and weakness, h'l
oato the edges of the boat Tn
waves kicked up by the wind con
santly swept the boat, then wash
fug off the helpless sailors. One b
one, he said, others having lost thei
s'rrngth were compelled to let
inrir holds. They disappeare
4sickly in the darkness.
ne WIND n'ahWhile WAS DOWN
the wreck toward the shore Shou'
y! those remaining on her coul
',ot be heard on land because OF tn
sale that was blowing. When IN
boat was within fifty yards Of tn
rccks her mast Scraped the grouh'
Taylor decided mat he would tr
for safety by swimming 1t was
his time that the last remalhln