| Show VANDERBILT'S YACHT HT SUNK SUNI v Run lIen Into bythe Steamer Dimock near o No No lyes Lost Lod W. W K j yacht acht the the Alva Alvn was run rn down and sunk tunIc by the steamer stomer II 11 I. I F. F Dimock Sunday m morning off of Nantucket shoals during a fog The Alva under the tho command of Captain Henry Morrison left Bar Bal Harbor at 4 0 o'clock Satui Saturday day cv evening bound for Newport port e having on board the owner and his guests guest Frederick W. W Van Van- George do de Forrest Louis Webb Winfeld Winfield Winfield Win- Win field feld Scott White and Frank Frnnk Riggs all al of f whom bom arc are summering at nt New tt rt The Ike Alva AIm was wa at nt anchor near Nantucket shoals The Tue fog was wa t and d the lookouts on both the vessels could not have seen half hal a a knot ahead to save saie their lives Suddenly the tho steamer Dimock loomed up up a few feet away an and amid In its a a few seconds plunged ed her nose nose about seven feet into the tho YaCh ide The he wildest confusion followed as t th acht cht was Wa expected to sink every mom moment nt Kt lt the crews of both oth vessels vessel quickly regained their presence of mind mind and nd the five fifty bels s of the Alva crew rushed aft and swu swuM j ropes to the crew of ol the steamer M Not a moment moment was J str I In hurrying Mr r. r Vanderbilt and the te dozen or so of his guests gest aboard the thc l crew scrambled quickly after them and had the thelast man aboard when with a rush the thc I foot yacht acht careened a and ad i l sank from view i There few between were so mom moments dt elapsing the collision and the sinking g that it was ws like I a dream to the millionaire and his friends fd 1 V In the scramble for wearing apparel ad aid ad Jewelry had to t be negle neglected and none of the magnificent furnishings of the boat were sa saved ve i iThe 1 The was vas uninjured by bythe bythe the collision The Al probably be raised as v she cost I |
