Show SHAMROCK III WRECKED AND ONE MAN DROWNED Lipton Thrown down the hatchway has a narrow escape yacht suddenly distasted dismasted Dis masted by a squall large party of guests were aboard the racer weymouth april 17 sir thomas liptone Li for the americas t bip was distasted dismasted dis masted in a squall today shortly ing this harbor preparatory to another trial spin with the shamrock I 1 her mast aa ita fell over tho side carried several of the crew and aalthe gearald ge arand canvas over board one man was drowned and several persons including sir thomas who was knocked down i hatchway were bruised or otherwise injured the man icho waa drowned was a brother in law of captain ditc itc was handing a binocular gaass to ir thomas at the time he was swept overboard one of sir thomas hands was injured but not seriously the bachta were maneuvering in the roadstead under mainsails main sails bibs jibs fore sails and gaff topsails top sails prior to the start A strong northeast breeze was blowing but was nothing in the nature of a gale the boats seemed to carry their racing saili well as they fetched out from the shelter of the breakwater shamrock III leading on a tack out seaward apparently with the intention of testing the strength of the wind outside the breeze had just weight enough to keep her ice rail lipping before the start sir thomas lipton Jl atsey the and col man crawford vice commodore of the royal ulster yacht club boarded the challenger which imade a magnificent picture as under cloud of canvas she drove past hothead No thead the erin had taken up position to send the boats away round a triangular course and everything seemed to promise a race shamrock III then made short board on the port tack dragging through a heavy squall with her lee decks awash at about 1040 a m when nearly a mile off shore she went about on the starboard tack to stand up to cross the liner when a sudden of wind sweeping out of weymouth iry struck alie yacht and completely dismantled her the weather rigging screws of her nuin shrouds and her mast were carried away close to alic deck and wath it went her spars saih and gearing in a confused mass of wreckage tho yachts deck were crowded with sir thomas liptone Li guests officers and men and it seemed impossible that the disaster was not attended by serious loss of life deprived of its chief support the immense acel tubular mast swayed for a fraction of a second and went overboard creating general havoc as it fell so sudden was the calamity that the yacht lay wrecked and helpless before those on board realized what had happened fortunately most of the tremendous weight gear fell dear of the deck as otherwise alic disaster must have been multiplied three fold As it was only one life was lost that of a member of alie crew named colli cn the rattle of blacka and wire ropes ori the metal deck drowned all other sounds for tho time the lull which followed was broken by a shar from captain to get away a the captains feela spurred the crew to action and a boat was manned and started to search for collier boats were also dropped brorn the shamrock I 1 and the erin and ni ft couple of minutes thee all were heading for of the accident collier no wever never appeared reappeared re A number of others were injured by falling gear but none sen boualy clearing away alx wreckage was quite a difficult taa owing to tha nature of the spars and gear the erin passed a line to the wrecked yacht and stood by to give aalthe all the aid sir thomas who was ex TOly distressed by the fatality and the injury to the yacht said that the accident occurred absolutely without warning and botich quicker than when shamrock II 11 was in the lent the hull o ft shamrock III was not damaged the mast when went overboard went solid there was at that time only one break which was about seven feet above deck As the big apar with its weight of canvas be camo heavier owing to the water in it the mabb again buckled its head going down lit rested on the it is believed it will bo comparatively easy id repair the mast but a whole suit of canvas is mined barges with a crane soon on the spot to raise the broken mast after which the shamrock III will be taken to her moorings inside the breakwater sir thomas had a narrow escape lie waa thrown down the hatchway with a cailor and fell with such force as to break tho board flooring covering the tank j just f s a race between shamrock II 11 and shamrock I 1 and the Sy barita was being started in the solent off south ampon may 22 1901 a sudden squall tho yachts broadside on the top mast 0 f shamrock II 11 was carried away and then her main mast went ly carrying all her sails with it and leaving her practically a wreck shamrock I 1 was also considerably dam aged KO one was injured but king edward who was on shamrock IT had a narrow escape april 17 sir thomas lipton informed the correspondent that ha expect to be ready to fulfill his engagement off sandy hook august 20 the thing said sir thomas lipton was ao sudden that I 1 have not had kyuei to realize tho full extent of the damage I 1 heard only a rippling sound forward and then the whole structure wavered while it was still swaying I 1 was knocked down the hatchway and through the flooring when I 1 scrambled on deck the whole catastrophe was over the accident will possibly delay us a month but I 1 cannot bay until I 1 ee fife who is already on hilway arc col neill the of sir thomas on board the shamrock I 1 sl tributes tri buted the accident solely ta the unsuspected weakness of one of the rigging ho did not think any evidence of insufficient strength in the maet the erins doctor reported the injured acre slight |