The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
men we're ADR!FT
IN A SMALL BOAT
Continued from First Pagc.)

and, therefore. having the right of way.
The survivors to-day were inclined to
lay tho blame Of the accident on Mate
Smith, Of the Crazy. 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, hut. instead, the Crazy crashed
into the bow of the Palmer. The cut
was deep and it was soon seen that there
was no hope for either vessel. Most q
/, the small boats were smashed and some
of the men killed by the collision, but
others Of the crew by quick work launch
/; ed the long boat Of the Palmer, into
which clemored the captains Of both
vessels and thirteen others. There was
not a moment for storing food or water
| IN the boat and rowers had propelled it
i only a short distance form the schooners
which cla1nbered the captains of both
I when the Palmer went dwn Three min
utes later the Crazy disappeared.
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGs.
| Without food or water, drenched to
! The skin. spray freezing to their gar
xnents because of the bitter cold. the flf-
| teen survivors underwent sufferngs in
describa bic. = Four men of the CrafE,
on Friday lay down in the bow OF the
boat and that night they. died Eleven
renamed I'll Ssilti h1iiS.'@ NA'N-i
Frank Bonita went insane and under the
t1el,sion that his mother beckoned 10 him
he walked into the sea- Inc 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, all6
bending over them Captain Potter OF
the Crazy, repeated as much OF the burial
~seeryice as he could remember. Ihen the
strongest Of the survivors put the bodies
overheard.
In the three days and 4 half that the
men We're afloat the boat dTifted steadily
off shore until at O'Clock Sunday
morning it was 45 miles off Highland
Light There the lookout on the fishing
sooner Nanhassett caught q glimpse OF
the boat and within half hour the
ten men were in the cabin Oh the
schooner.
Captain Malone at once crowded on all
sail and brought the survivors into
Boston.
THE ARRIVAL.
Tho Manhasset; came into the llarbor
early this morning showing signals Tor
assistance and by tho time she arrived
at a wharf ambu!ances were ready to
transfer the sailors to the hospital. Only
six of the men could be removed. now
ever, The other four were in such 4
critical condition that is was deemed M
possible that they could survive being
taken from the vessel Captain folter
revived later in the day and was re-
moved to hospital.
He said the Crazy was to blame for
+he collision, Mate Smith having dis
obeyed orders in not reporting the near
moss of the Palmer. Captain Potter SAID
the reason 9.shyxsos many of the SrafH
men died was because a boat In winch
they had started from their schooner
was swamped, and they were chilled IN
the water before they finally rcacheu me
Paimer,s boat
fourth died the next day. Neither Cap
tian Potter nor Captain Rawiing knew
all Of their crew. The men on the
Crary were shipped by the United States
commissioner in Philadelphia. Those OF
the Palmer were shipped by agents.
Members of the Manhassett SAD una.
,he survivors said that Mate Smith did
not attemnt to save himself. He had plenty
Of opportunity to esacpe, but he stood
on the deck OF the Crazy waiting for the
chip to sink.
a PATHETIC DEATH.
During the day the sailors at the Re-
lief Hospital improved steadily. They
described their experience as most ter
11ble one The death Of Banta, the Fin
his de,irium he saw homo and a Christ
mas tree and his mother beckoning h m
70 come to her over the water. He step
ped over the side of the boat, In response
to the fancied summons to walk on the
water and was swallowed up.
Tho Louise 3. Crary was a compare
lively new vessel. She was built by the
New England Shipbuiiding Company at
Bath. Me-, in 1900. and was one of the
finest fIye-masters on the coast. Her
cargo consisted OF 3.702 tons of bitumi-
nous ccal consigned to this pof1. The
vessel was only partially insured but
her cargo of coal was fully covered.
The Frank a. Palmer was the largest
four-masted schooner ever contracted
She was built at Bath. Me-, in 1897. and
was sold to J, S. Winslow and Company.
Of Portland, Me. She sailed from New
port News on December 4th with 400
tons Of coal for Boston.
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