The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-22


and were In collision while making their
way back.
SKIPPER MALONE's STORY.
Skipper Dexter Malone OF the Manhas-
sett, tells the following story of the part
he and his men took in the rescue Of the
survivors OF the double wreck:
1T was about o'clock Sunday morn
ing" said the skipper. when the lookout
first saw the long boat with its crew en-
deavoring to make toward us. They
were about three miles OFF. They had
evidently seen us long before we caught
sight OF them.
At the time we were setting our travis
and we worked rapidly toward the boat
when the lookout shouted that he saw a
distress signal flying.
THE signal was pair OF trousers. Two
men were at the oars pulling for dear
life and the others stood up or crouched
in the boat with wide staring eyes. We
finally got alongside. They tried to cheer
but they were only able to make feeble
little noise. They just Topped down in the
boat and cried like babies.
1T was about 60 miles southeast of
Highla land light where we found them"
the skipper continued. 1T was quite
smooth at the time
AWFUL sUFFERINGs.
We towed them toward the schooner
and assisted them aboard.
The worst off were Captain Potter and
Somerville. They had to be carried aboard
but the rest of the men, thankful that
they had been rescued used all the
energy they had left and Chamber
they were going to be all right after that.
but we. no sooner got them into the cabin
than they began to show signs of their
awful sufferings
",rhey wanted drink and lots Of It, and
food We gave them a little cruel first
and then food in small quantities. OF
but there was little In 1t that was of SER
vice I'm treating all those men. We put
salt and water on their frozen limbs and
did what we could TO ease the pain.
After getting them aboard We pulled
In our travis and headed towards Bos-
ton with good wind in our favor.
rhey tSa can perhaps ese @bat beT
went through, ] know that II must have
been terrible. one of the men went out
of his head while we were beating up.
He saw rats coming through all the port
holes and trying 10 get at him.
"A number OF times during the trip he
yelled out madly and we had hard work
I'VE did what we could. I'm glad we
saved them. IL was fortunate that we
thew thew had %S given S rp M ali hope And why
wouldn't they, when from "Wednesday
night until sunday morning they had
been without rOOu OF OTlilh, stcH
their comrades die or go insane and com
NIT suicideT"
THE SAVED AND THE LOST
or the n men carried by both vessels
ten comprised the crew OF the Palmer
and II that OF the Crary. or those who
escaped eight were from the Palmer and
seven from the Crary. Four of the elk
who perished in tho collision were OF the
Crary's crew and two from the Palmer's
Among those lost from the Crary was
Mate James r. Smith. The one who be-
came crazy In the long boat and leaped
overheard was Forres Ranta, n Fin
lander
During the forenoon Captain Potter re-
vived sufficiently 10 be taken 10 the office
of the agents OF the Louise II. Crary OF
Lowell and Thurlow. and thence to the
hospital. The captain wat too weak TO
talk much and he was not inclined to
recount his terrible experience.
CRARY TO BLAME.
He did say. however. that the Crary
was TO blame for the collision. saying
that his mate Smith. who went down with
the ship. disobeyed orders In not report
ing the nearness OF the Palmer. Capt.
Potter said that the reason why ~ many
OF the Crary's men died was because they
succeeded In launching n boat which was
swamped and they were I'm the water
for some time before they finally reached
the Palmer's boat.
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