Evening star., 1961-05-04
Storm ossed Floating School
Sank in Less Thon q Minute
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struck the rigging. There was
lightning and some rain.
Tod is the son Of David M.
Johnstone, the first selectman
Of the town Of Stonington,
Conn.
Philip is the son Of Philip
LIE Boutillier, jr., of Perrysburg,
Ohio. former deputy assistant
secretary Of defense. The elder
lie Boutillier was in the Defense
Department from 1859 until
shortly before the Eisenhower
administration ended. He is
now general chairman of the
Toledo Area Development Corp.
Charles (Tad) Sahler, 1S, of
Pittsford, N. Y, called the wind
"a white squall. It's the first
time I've ever seen one and I
never want to see another
again"
A white Squall," he said,
comes up without notice and
passes quickly. above the water
level.
Young Sahler said the Good
let youth was "our best SWIM
mer. He was on deck at the
time. He must have been pulled
down by a sail"
Among the survivors, William
Bunting, l6S Of Cambridge,
Mass. was the only one injured.
He had a cash on his head.
Bunting really used his
head" Prof. Sheldon COM
mented. He got out by butting
his head against a door and
smashing it Open"
Young Bunting'S mother is
president of Radcliffe College.
The boys were barefoot. most
Of them wearing pants and
shirts provided by the skipper
VI LLle CTdH MO.
Saw LifebOats
Capt. Frans Vegter. skipper of
the Gran Rio, said he saw two
lifeboatS from the AlbatroSs,
the occupants waving shirts
and everything"
An hour and Is minutes after
the boats were sighted, the sur
vivors were aboard the rescue
vessel.
"At first, I thought the ship
would go right past u.s." young
JohnStone said. Then I
thought he was going to cut us
in half. Then he reversed en-
gines and we knew we were
going to be picked up"
The Gran Rio was heading
for Tampa from Kingston,
Jamaica, when it sighted the
lifeboats.
Six were trapped below decks
when the Albatross sank.
The wind and waves ripped /
the ships lifeboatS away from |
the doomed vessel and the sur
vivors managed to reach them
in safety.
However, their ordeal was
just starting. They spent all
that day and a storm-toSsed |
night before the Gran Rio
picked them up yesterday and
headed toward Tampa.
The Albatross, one of the last /
Of her type to sail the seas, was
used as a floating classroom.
She was headed for the Bahama
Islands when the storm wrote
a finish to her voyage about 180
miles northwest of Key West.
Students aboard the Alba
tross combined a rugged course
in seamanship with concen-
trated academic lessons. /
Other than Mrs. Sheldon and
the Goodlett boy, those Missing
and presumed dead are:
George Ptactnik, 80, Of Cali
fornia, the ships cook.
Robert Wetherill, IT, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wetherill
III, Media, Pa; Chris Corstine,
IT. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert I
CorStine, Montreal. Canada, and
Rick Marsellus. 16, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard w. Marsellus,
Newport Beach, Calf. /
Was 1860 Graduate I
John Goodlett, a 1860 gradu-
ate Of Washington-Lee High
School in Arlington, left Sep
tember 80 from Bermuda to
board the Albatross. His STEP
father said young Goodlett was
taking the nine-month. $4,000
course on the ship to improve
his grades and to decide on a
career. The tuition was partly
a gift from Delegate Webb.
The Goodletts said they had
planned to drive to Mystic,
Conn, May % to meet John
when the Albatross docked. He
had planned to stay aboard
the ship with the crew for a
cruise to Nova Scotia after the
other students left at Mystic,
the Goodlets said.
Mr.. Goodlett, a Pullman Co.
conductor, said John hadn't
made up his mind on a career,
but was interested in ocean,
ography. He sent his family a
running diary Of life at sea,
and recently mailed a snap
shot of himself in Panama.
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