The age-herald., 1902-03-18
SUDDEN VIOLENT WAVE
 TURNS BOAT@UPSlDEsD)Ws
The Men Hung On UntII'Worn Out and Gradually Dropped Into the Sea. Only One saved'out of
 Thirteen.
n LATHAM, Mass, March IT,

A LATHAM, Mass, March IT,
 Seven life savers, practically
 8 the entire crew of the Mono- moy station, on the south end of Cape Cod, met death today at their post of duty, and with them into the sea, which capsized the lifeboat went five men from the stranded barge Wadena. whom they tried to bring in safety to the shore. The shoreman, Norman Ellis, through heroic work of Capt. EI- mer Mayo, of another stranded barge the John c. Fitzpatrick, was rescuedl rom the bottom of the upturned life. beat Among those lost was w. L Mack of Cleveland O., who was on the hargs representing his company, the Boutella rowing and Transportation Company of that city while Captain Marshall N. FL dridge, one of the oldest life-sayers on the coast, went down with his men. All the life-savers came from Chatham and Harwich. The names of those lost are as follows:
 Life Savers.
 Marshall N. Eldrldge, keeper South Chatham.
 Edgar Small, Harwich
 Elijah Kendrick. Harwich
 Osborne Chase, Harwich.
 Arthur Rogers North Harwich
 Isaac T. Foye. South Chatham.
 Naientme Niekerson, Harwich From the Barees. William H. Mack, Cleveland captain Christian Olsen, Boston. | Robert Molineux. Boston; steward of l tug Peter Smith
 Walter A. zeved, Cottage City. Manuel Enoe, Cottage City. The scene of the accident was in the well-known tide off Monomoy Point. which makes down. from Chatham, in Nantucket Sound. Last Thursday the parges Wadena and John c. Fitzpatrick on the way to Boston with carsoes of coal, stranded on the Shovelful Shoals. about three-quarters of a mile off Mon omoy Point. Since then every effort has been made to float the barges Last night the tug Peter c. Smith, which has been lying beside the barges ran alongside the Wadena and told those on board that storm was coming on
 Wreckers Taken On Board.
 All the wreckers were taken on board the tug, with the exception of the five men who met their fate today. MT Mack who had come from Cleveland. refused to leave and ordered the captain of the Smith to anchor nearby About o'clock the weather growing very thick, the cap tain of the tug decided to run into Hyan- his. There the captain tried in vain to notify the Monomoy life-savers that there were five men left on board the Wadena. This forenoon Captain Eldridge sighted signals of distress on the Wadena. He got out his crew and surf boat The crew had no difficulty in getting of, but after rounding the Point it took nearly QF1 hnt4 fp oh ha hora t1,k the tide had turned to the eastward and a fierce cross-sea had been kicked up. Captain Eldrdge stood the life boat un- der the lee or the Wadena and the five men dropped into the boat. With the wind astern 1t seemed practically easy to gain the smooth waters behind the Point. The seas were tossing and turn ing in the rips and Captain Eldridge was constantly looking for smooth spots. When about half way in he thought he 1. discovered one over what is called a ''hole" and the boat was sheered off for 1t.
 Sea Turned Her Over.
 As she did so tremendous sea caught her under the stern and she went over. throwing all the men into the water. The life savers chung to the boat and managed to pull the Wedena men along with them An attempt was made to right the boat
 
 her partly cleared when another wave again capsized her MT. Mack was the first to succumb and one by one the oth- CTS dropped away until there were only four left and these climbed on the bot tom of the overturned boat fearfully ex- hausted. They drfted in the direction of the Fitzpatrick where Captain Mayo of that craft saw them. With much daring he dropped dory overheard then jump ing into it started after the exhausted men. Before he reached the life boat three more men had fallen into the sea- Ellis managed to hold on and caught the rope which Captain Mayo threw to him. He was dragged aboard and then Captain Mayo pulled around the point into the smooth water and landed the only sur- vivor of the thirteen who started from the barge. Ellis was too exhausted to give any account of his experience.
 Two men still remain on board the barge Fitzpatrick but the storm tonight has subsided and they are in little dan- ger.