| Show CAPTAIN LOSES HIS LICENSE for failure to help presidents yacht sylph when in grave danger of sinking washington sept 19 the failure of captain W F hotville as master of the united fruit companas comp anys ship to give assistance to the united states yacht which wa disabled oft the coast of mortn carolana on the night of april 12 has cost him his position through the revocation of bin license by the united states steamboat inspection service this action was taken by inspector officers of norfolk va on september 15 and the correspondence spon dence was made public today by the department of commerce and labor the distress of the sylph occurred alle lieutenant evans wag bringing the vessel up tho coast from florida where it had been used by airs roosevelt and the white house children for a cruise lieutenant evana in commenting on the incident details the accident to tho sylph and his failure to get the to answer his signals of distress and says he was entirely helpless and the knew it he then graphically described the experiences of the night the failure of the other steamers to see the signals from the sylph and finally of the rescue on the morning of the by the morgan liner el cid which put about from her course to new orleans the morning had broken with the weather wet and with a falling barometer and increasing sea lieutenant evans asked to be towed into sato anchorage into chesapeake boy and the request was complied with the sylph was in tow the condition of the sylph was BO bad that the morgan liner was compelled to slow down from ten to five knots and liter to three cnota an hour the report of lieutenant brass closed with this statement 1 I am firmly convinced that had the el cid not taken us in port the sylph and all her passenger must have been lost the inquiry adduced the fact that captain hotville Hot viEle to slow down for the alleged reason that at the time the sylph was spoken the telegraph system on the became impaired and there waa BO direct manner of sending word to th engineer for a reversal of the engines the inspectors neld that this excuse showed the master to be a man without resources and an that ground revoked bis license |
