Show sall CAPSIZED SLOOP END sad ena eno ng of on seven per sons out of a party of ten being drowned in pe nobscot bay deer island me ale seven summer visitors out of a party of ten were drowned by the capsizing of a five toot foot sloop in penobscot bay of this island on tuesday with captain samuel haskell the party stained out tuesday afternoon for a sail in penobscot bay the sloop was of the open variety it had no deck forward and no cabin it contained no ballast as the party of ten weighted the boat down quite heavily captain haskell an ex per perlen fenced ced navigator in these waters thought that the craft would be well nell balanced the parta had scarcely been gone an hour before the wind freshened up heeling the sloop well over there was no thought of danger until the afternoon was drawing to a close when hen captain haskell decided that the wind vand was wag too heavy and started on a tack homeward all the party were perched high upon the weather side as the sloop cut through the waves with the water almost coming over the gunwales of the lee side when captain haskell gai gae e a shout of warning that he was going to tack and then threw over the tiller just at this moment the boat rose high upon a wave exposing her to the full brunt of the wind an unusually heavy gust struck her and in a twinkling the sloop went over on her beams ends and the party of tea ten was thrown into the water of those drowned six were women the captain and ON two 0 of the men sue seeded in clinging to the boat until assistance arrived |