| Show 1 BUSHS BUSH'S YACHT III HIS HIS' COFFIN S Scuttled at Sea With His Ashes the Crew Reports Report Portland Me A A story which for novel features has few parallels Is told by the crew of the schooner yacht Ly Ly- Lydia dla about ten miles mUes oft off this port late In August with the cremated body of her her owner owner James Freeman Bush a wealthy paper Manufacturer resting on a n table t in the cabin t Tho sending of the handsome graft craft to her final anchorage with the ashes aslies of ot Mr Ir Bush aboard was the result of of a n dying request made by him to his wife In a a. a hospital here where he be had been operated operated operated oper oper- on and where he be died Aug 24 According to the story told by members members members mem mem- bers of the to crew and not denied defiled by Mrs Bush the Lydia LydIn aboard which Mr I Bush bad had spent a great deal of time In late years left Portland late in hi August with all sail saU set and towing a a. a motorboat Mrs Bush was aboard So were two close friends of Mr Ir Bush On a table in the cabin lay the ashes of the owner Captain Frank M. M Skol- Skol field of Cundys Cundy's Harbor who had sailed sailed sail sall ed d the vessel for Mr Bush was wasat at ut the wheel About ten miles mUes off ort the port the vessel was headed Into Into- the wind the persons aboard were ere placed In the motorboat and with an ax a hole bole was cut in the craft Slowly she filled and sank to her g grave grave a Te |
