The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-03-20
TWELVE MEN DR||
Seven Life Savers and Il
mon Perish In Aner,
MET DEATH AT Posr .


GIfsboat capsIxsd While
ssamsn From Stranded a,
Only One Man Was saveS.
Went Down With His M.s
Chatham. Mass, March II
life savers, practically the ept
Of the Nonomoy station. on 4
end Of Cape Cod. met death \
at their post Of duty, and vi
into the sea. which capsized
boat. went I'VE men from the
barge Wadena. whom they
bring In safety to the shore. d
Lemuel Ellis. through the hen
Of Captain Elmer Mayo, Of
stranded barge. the John c.
rick. was rescued from the b
the upturned lifeboat. Anon
lost was william H. Mack, \
land. o.. who was on the bar,|
senting his company. the
Towing and Transportation d
Of that city, while Captain
N. Eldredge. one of the old
savers on the coast, went do,
his men. All the life saver
from Chatham and Harwich.
The names Of those lost
follows: Life savers-Mau
Eldredge. Edgar Small, Eli,
drick, Osborne Chase, Arthur
Isaac Thomas Foye, valentin,
erson.
From the barge-William n
Cleveland; Captain Christian
Boston: Robert M. Olaneux,
Walter A. Zevd, Manuel Enu
tage City.
Last Thursday the barges \
and John c. Fitzpatrick. on d
to Boston with cargoes Of coal,
ed on the Shovelful Shoal. abou
quarters Of q mile of MonomOy
Since then every effort has bed
to float the barges, and all day
day and Sunday men from vi
Haven were at work THROWN
overheard from both of them
day night the tug Peter c. Sm1
alongside the Wadena and told
on board that o storm was comI
All the wreckers were taken on
the tug with the exception Of 4
men who met their fate yest
Mr.. Mack, who had come on
Cleveland. refused to leave.
Yesterday forenoon Captai
dredge, who had been watchil
barges very closely. sighted
of distress on the Wadena. Tn
had no dificulty in getting of,
took nearly an hour to rea,
barge. BY that time the til
turned to the eastward and a
cross sea had been kicked up.
Eldredge steered the lifeboat
the lee Of the Wadena, and on
another the five men dropped i
boat. With the wind astern it
comparatively easy to gain the
waters behind the point. Th
were tossing and turning in L
and Captain Eldredge was con
looking for smooth spots. Whel
half way In he thought he dis
one over what is called q no
the boat was steered OF for
she did so a tremendous sea
her under the stern. and sh
over, throwing all the men il
, water. Being used to the {
the life savers clung to the b.
managed to pull the Walden
along with them.
An attempt was made to ri
, boat. but although lifeboats a
piled with cork gunwales, II
very heavy, and being full OF
the life-savers only managed
her partially cleared. They ha
hope, however, Of reaching Ian
another wave again capsized Il
Mr.. Mack was the first to 81
and one by one the others
away, until there were only ft
and these climbed on the bo
the overturned boat. All We
fully exhausted. The four me
ed down in the direction of t
patrick, where Captain Mayo,
craft, caught sight Of them
much daring, lie dropped a do
board, and, jumping into it,
after the exhausted men. BE
reached the iifeboat three of Il
fallen into the sea. Ellis Il
to hold on and caught the rop
Captain Mayo threw to him.
dragged aboard, and then
Mayo, being an expert surfmaI
around the point into the smc
ter and landed the only sur
the 13 who started, from the ba
II Hanna Not Candldat
Washington, March 18.-In
mail received by Senator Ha
letters asking him II he Is q CT
for the presidency. and urging
enter the field. To each Of Il
reply 10 sent out that the sen;
phatically insists that he |:
candidate, will not be a ca