SAILING BOAT CAPSIZES.

Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9574, 27 July 1923, Page 3

SAILING BOAT CAPSIZES.

A LINCOLN'SHIRE TEAGEDY. LOSS OF TWO LIVES. Tho frantic struggles of a sailing boat load of holiday-makers, who wore overturned in tho sea by a sudden squall half a mile from the shore, thrilled thousands of persons at Cleethornes, Lincolnshire, recently. Eleven persons were brought ashore but one woman died. She was Mrs Ford, aged.s7, of Mansfield. Mr Palmer, aged -60, of Leicester, was drowned.

T 1 ie boat—the Bermuda—owned and skippered by Alfred Brutton—put off for a sail with ten passengers, chiefly vAnnen and excursionists from tho Midlands, and one youth. Allan Ilockhold, who was Brutton's assistant. There was a l’rcsh breeze, and ns tho vessel came round the squall turned her right over. A number of other sailing boats and several motor boats wont to the rescue.- and picked up the cloven persons. Severn 1 were unconscious, and all were exhausted. They were landed and taken to the ambulance where doctors and ambulance assistant? were quickly in attendance. Mrs Ford did not rally, and died a. leumoments after reaching the station. Mrs Palmer, of Leicester, was taken by motor ambulance to Grimsby Hospital in a critical condition, - but tho others all came round under treatment; When Mrs Palmer regained consciousness she asked for news of her husband. It was then, sho realised for the first time that he was missing, and search parties were sent along Cleothorpoa beach to look for li.is body. Among the passengeis was Miss Martha Keen, of Wombwcll. who had vi-jr, |i her an cight-year-old niece. When the boat turned over the child clung,to her aunt’s neck and the two sank together, hut the youth. Hookhold who cannot swim, clutched hold of them, pulled them to the surface, end kept them un until r. motor-lent up ::-<l If-Jr thr.tr nborrL Hocklmlc' tbeu s:\u.k. ami was picked tie in a distressed stat.-. 'The skipper was picked up after being in the water/ nj a carter of au hour