New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-13
FOUR ARE THOUGHT
DROWNED IN SOUND
: 'e Of Five Young Men
= u From Sailboat
WA. = Ting SECURED
Planes ~ Coast Guards,
men Loo srtet Believed
To Have l. Near Fishers
Island.
Coast Guards
Srtet Believed
. Near Fishers
Planes, e
men Loo
To Have L
Island.

Watch Hill, r. l., Aug. 13 Pl-An
airplane, coast guard vessels and
fleet of yachts from the local Yacht
club were searching Fishers Island
Sound today for four young college
students believed to have been
drowned last night when the sail
boat in which they were returning
here from Fishers Island capsized
in the rough sea.
Only One Rescued
A fifth member of the party was
brought into the coast guard station
here this morning by a fisherman,
who had found the young man cling
ing to the keel of the overturned
boat.
The missing are: Trowbridge Cot
trell 20, son of Arthur NJ. Cottrell,
of Westerly; Joseph II. Scales, q,
princeton student. of Louisville John
NJ. Ivan, son of Mrs. Charles J. Nc
Ivan of Mill Creek Road. Ard
more, Pa, and Lloyd Bankson, a
Yale student, Of Philadelphia.
The student rescued was John NJ.
Collohan, of Chestnut Hills, Penna,
who is at the Westerly hospital sui
fering from exposure and shock.
Collohan was found clinging to the
keel of the boat which was an Alden
class racing boat. The fisherman
who took Collohan from the capslzed
boat put the young man ashore at
Itha Watch Hill coast guard station
and then departed before his identity
could be learned.
survivors Story Told
| According to the story told TINS
morning by Collohan. the five young
men set out from Little Narragan-
sett Bay yesterday afternoon foi
Fishers Island where they planned
to join q group of young people
from the Watch Hill summer col
ony. They arrived at the island al
about $3.50 p. m.
Some time after sunet the young
men set sail to return to the main
land. They encountered a chopp!
sea between Fishers island apt
; Watch Hill point. the waters at tina
, point being affected by the stroni
, tide currents running inland out
, Fishers Island Sound. Unable t
y make satisfactory progress the
threw the anchor overheard and tn
: boat capsized.
, Collohan and one Of his com
, panions managed to Chamber up Of
, the bottom of the craft and gain
, hand hold on the keel.
Didn't Know Who
: Collohan said this morning that h
, did not know which Of his com
, panions it was who clung there Il
the darkness. Sometime early thi
q morning. Collohan placed it at abou
2 a. IN. the other young man, wor
D out by the struggle to remain on tn
+ bottom of the boat, relinquished hi
, hold and slid off into the water. Th
o unidentified fisherman found Gallo
han several miles south of tn
r Long Island Sound.
According to Miss Mary II. Maj
ston of the summer colonists her
: the group of young people who speI
the day at Fishers Island asked tn
five young voyagers If they wante
assistance in getting back to Watc
Hill. since it was believed that nor
Of them was q competent sailo
They replied that since they ha
only Just arrived at the island, the
believed they would remain thel
for time before returning to Watc
Hill.
Heard Cries For Help
II At 1880 p. III. last night Il
Fishers Island coast guard static
received a telephone call from {
unidentified woman. who said tn
she was at Lords Point, near Sto
ington. Conn, and that she h;
d, heard cries for help. A motor lif
d. boat was sent out and cruis
v. around the entrance of Fishers |
r. land Sound, but no trace of the pc
Sc sons in distress could be found.
le At midnight. a woman, said
the coast guard to be the sister
lie one of the young men. went to [
In station at Watch Hill and report
le that the little 15-foot boat. own
s by McGlvain's father. had been i
e,