The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-23
Crazed from Suffering, Frost Bitten and Helpless, Ten
 Man Are Rescued
OTHERS SINK WITH SHIPS
 WHICH COLLIDE AT SEA
One of the Survivors While DeIirious Fanced His Mother Had Beckoned Him Home and Jumped Over
 board-others Killed.

Boston, December 22.-Almost crazed from their sufferings, frost bitten and helpless, ten men in boat were picked up by the schooner Manhasset, yester- day 45 miles off Highland Light. Then for the first time it was learned that the schooners Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crarey. had been in collision and that they had been sunk off Hatcher's island on Wednesday evening. The survivors were landed here today Of the 21 men who made up the two crews, six were carried down when the two vessels sank, four died during the terrible three days drift in Massa- chusetts bay and another became insane and jumped overheard.
 With no food or water, their clothes frozen in solid masses and their boat be- ing steadily driven before bitter gale, out into the Atlantic it seems remark able that so many survived.
 The roster of dead and living follows:
 Dead: Crew of the Louise B. Crarey.
 John F. Smith, mate Portland, Me.
 w. H. Rowland, engineer
 Hans Blank. German seaman.
 David Shanahan, New Foundland
 August Johnson.
 of Berg, Norwegian.
 Peter Lache, South American.
 Unknown seaman.
 Crew of the Palmer. Frantz Banta, Finland
 Edward Jorgsen, Norway
 Albert Spearling, Philadelphia
 Survivors of the Crarey:
 Capt Wm. H. Potter Orient, L. I.
 Louis Stein, engineer.
 Survivors of the Palmer:
 Capt. J. E. Rawdin, South Boston.
 Swend Reinhart, Providence, R. I.
 Axel Lundestrom, Finland.
 Edward Somerville Providence, R. I.
 Daniel Carlsen, Norward.
 c. Elfornsen, Sweden.
 - Vinton, mate.
 H. J. Altar Sahoyer, N. Y.
 Schooner Laden With Coal.
 The two schooners, both heavily laden with coal doubled Cape Cod in company and ran into strong northwestern on Wednesday night Both captains put their vessels over toward the cape and shore. When off Hatcher's Island they split tacks and finally both came about at the same time and unknowing to themselves headed toward each other the Crarey holding north on the port tack and the Palmer south on the star board tack and therefore having the right of way.
 The survivors today were inclined to lay the blame of the accident on Mate Smith of the Crarey, who had charge of the deck at the time, and who went down with the ship They are of the opinion that he thought he could weather the Palmer, but instead the Crarey crashed into the bow of the Palmer. The cut was deep and it was seen instantly that there was no hope for either vessel. Most of the small boats were smashed and some of the men were killed by the collision, but others of both crews by quick work launched the long boat of the Palmer, into which clambered the captains of both vessels and thirteen others. There was not a moment for storing food or wa ter in the boat and the rowers had pro- pelled it only a short distance from the schooners when the Palmer went down. Three minutes later the Crarey disap- peared
 Without food and water drenched to the skin and spray freezing to their gar ments, the fifteen survivors underwent sufferings indescribable. Four men of the Crarey on Friday lay down in the bow of the boat and that night died.
 Saw Home and Mother.
 Eleven remained Until Saturday night, Franz Banta went insane under the de- fusion that he saw home and a Christ mas tree and that his mother beckoned to him to come to her, over the water. He stepped over the side of the boat in response to the fancied summons and the others were powerless to restrain him.
 Shortly after this, the two captains de- cided that the bodies of the four dead men should be consigned to the deep, and bending over them, Captain Porter of the Crarey repeated as much of the burial service as he could remember
 Then the strongest of the survivors put the bodies overheard.
 In the three days and half the men were afoat their boat drifted steadily off shore until at o'clock Sunday morning it was forty-five miles off Highland light There the lookout on the fishing schoon- CT Manhasset caught glimpse of the boat and within half an hour the ten men were in the cabin of the schooner. Captain Malone at once crowded on sail and brought the survivors into Boston where they were taken to the relief hos pital. During the day they improved steadily. They describe their experience as terrible.
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