The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-18

ma1n1ng passengers to the MaSsacnu- setts, which proceeded east with the rescued passengers on board. As soon
 as the fog lifted the steamer Plymouth | went to the assistance of the Wild Duck, but as the yacht was uninjured | those on board said they required no aid
 1 After the transfer of the passengers | had been made the other boats stood by | for owhile and were joined by the steamer City of Worcester, which came
 up to the wreck short while before daylight The captain of the Fremont and his officers remained aboard the
 sinking vessel, which, when the pas
 sengers had been taken off, had her
 main deck almost awash with the tide
 of the sound. While great excitement
 prevailed among the passengers, and all of them rushed to provide them selves with life preservers, not single one of them got into the water. The rescued say that Captain Miner of the
 City of Lowell, and Captain Rowland,
 of the Massachusetts, are deserving of
 great credit for the prompt manner in which they responded to the Tremont's call for help.
 According to one of the officers of the City of Lowell, it took half an hour for the Lowell, which was about four miles astern, to reach the injured vessel. The fog was so thick, he said that the Ire mont could not be seen until she was
 within about mile The four short whistle blasts that signify distress, re- peated over and over again, called the attention of the other boats, however. When it was apparent that the Joy liner was likely to founder her engi neers ordered the fires to be drawn for fear of an accident from the water rushing in upon them. The result of this order was to cut off the steam from the whistles and stop the signals ab- ruptly. The Massachusetts and City of Lowell kept whistling as they came up, and the officers were puzzled at re- ceiving no reply.
 BEHAVIOR OF THE PASSENGERS.
 According to the account given by those who were on board the Lowell, the women from the Fremont behaved with praiseworthy calmness, while the men were inclined to panic and in some instances, 1t was said, were held back by sailors to keep them from crossing the gangplank ahead of the women. When the rescuers arrived the passen- gers, most of whom were in their berths when the crash came, had come on deck Many were but half dressed, but this was their own fault, as there had been plenty of time for a complete toilet The more prudent carried hand bags, but no trunks were taken off. Once on the uninjured vessels, great many passengers clamored for a chance to go back and save more baggage, for they could see then that the Fremont was not going to sink immediately.
 In view of the discussion over the use of life preservers. stirred up by the Northfield accident, the testimony of the City of Lowell officers is interest ing They say that practically all the rescued wore life preservers, which were properly fastened and attached. An exception was one stout, elderly wo- man who were three life preservers, one above the other. No one found out how she managed to fasten them.
 The Joy Steamship line has received word from Captain Cox, of the Ire mont. who has succeeded in getting his
  denies that there was any fog at the time of the accident, and lays the blame of the collision on the navigator of the Wild Duck. Captain Wilcox alleges that he sighted the yacht when mile away, and when they had got within a quarter of mile of each other he hail. ed the Wild Duck, but got no reply. | Thinking that the yacht, from the di- rection in which she was travelling, | would pass astern of the Fremont he | continued on his course, and when he | saw that an accident was inevitable | tried to steer his boat so as to avoid a ! collision, but was too late. He says ] also that the yacht with her steel cut. | water struck the Fremont forty feet | aft of the port bow. The impact was | such that the yacht cut clear through | the bow of the steamer, severing it. l Had it not been for the forward bulk head remaining in good condition the entire hull of the Fremont would have been flooded when the yacht backed | away.
 The Wild Duck was designed by Ed ward Burgess and built at the Atlantic Works East Boston, Mass, in 1891. She s a steel -hulled vessel, having a center board and is classed as an auxiliary screw schooner. She measures 145 feet ,ver all, 129.S feet at the water line, 27 'eet in breadth, 12.6 feet in depth and las a draught of nine feet, The owner S General Francis V. Greene.