Show YACHT urn SYLPH 18 collision Wife of the President and Several Other ladies Luckily Es Escape Escape Escape cape Injury I Washington May 4 Mrs s Roosevelt and a number of ladles ladies accompanying her aboard the yacht t Sylph narrowly escaped a serious accident t as the boat heat reached Washington yesterday on its return from a trip down the Potomac Through some misunderstanding the boat went past her h r dock and crashed into Int a tugboat The shock was so sovere o se severe vere yere that the flag pole of the Sylph fell reU to the deck with a crash narrowly narrow Mrs Roosevelt and those with her among whom were ye Mrs Clifford Richardson of New York and Mrs Irs Ba Bacon Bacon Bacon con the wife of oC the assistant secre secretary secretary tary of oC state None was hurt Mrs Roosevelt R was Os entertaining friends upon the yacht having left the city at noon For Fora a time following the accident there Was as considerable c ble e efi aboard but the th ladles were assured assur d there was no danger and the vessel essel was backed to her dock where the party disembarked without further misadventure Both the yacht and tugboat were damaged The he impression Impression Impression sion is that the engineer r misunderstood misunderstood stood an an order to reverse reverse his engines as one to go forward resulting In the collision on The Th of the Sylph was badly damaged The captain of oC the Sylph was Us at the today but for what purpose could not be ascertained Ind J |