Show SQUALL CAPSIZED SLOOP I PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWNED I Bad Ending of Excursion Seven Persons Per-sons Out of a Party of Ten Being Drowned In Pc nobscot Bay Deer Island lIeSeyen BUmtnoi visitors out of a party of ten wore drowned by the capsizing of a thirty five foot sloop In Penobscot bay of this island on Tuesday With Captain Samuel Haskcll tho party started out Tuesday afternoon for a sail In Penobscot bay Thu sloop was of Uio open variety It had no deck forward and no cabin It contained no ballast an the party of ten weighted tho boat down quite heavily Captain HaRkell nn experienced ex-perienced navigator in these waters thought that tho craft would be well balanced Tho party had scarcely ben gone nn hour before tho wind freshened up heeling the sloop well over There was no thought of danger until the afternoon was drawing to a close when Captain Haskell decided that tho wind was too heavy and started on a tack homeward 1 All tho party were perched high upon the weather side as the sloop cut through tho waves with the water almost coming over the gunwales of the lee side when Captain Haakcll gave a shout ot warning that ho was going to tack and then threw over tho tiller Just at this moment the boat rose high upon a wave exposing her to the full brunt of tho wind An unusually heavy gust struck her and In u twinkling the sloop went over on her beams ends and the party of ten was thrown Into tho water Of those drowned six were women I The captain and two of tho men succeeded I suc-ceeded In clinging to the boat until assistance arrived |