Evening journal., 1902-03-18
TWELVE PERISH
IN ANGRY SEA
Seven Life-SaVerS Among the
Missing
MET DEATH All POST OF DUTY
Liiebvdt CapSiled While RtScuiDg
StameR and ONLY One Man Vas
Saved
MET DEATH AT POST OF DUTY

Chatham, Mass. March 1S.-Seven
life savers. practically the entire crew
OF the Monomoy station, on the south
end OF Cape Cod. met death yesterday
NJ their post OF duty, and with them
into the sea- which capsized the life
boat. went i've men from the stranded
barge WAdena, whom they tried to
bring in safety to the shore. One man,
Lemuel Ellis, through the heroic work
OF Captain Elmer Mayo, of another
stranded barge, the John c. Fitzpat-
rick. was rescued from the bottom Of
the npturned lifeboat. Among those
lost was William H. Mack, of Cleve-
land o., who was on the barge repre-
ssnting his company. the Boutell
Towing and Transportation company,
of that city, while Captain Marshall
N. Eldredge. one of the oldest life
savers on the coast, went down with
his mem All the life savers came
from Chatham and Harwich.
The names of those lost are as
follows: Life savers-M Marshall N.
Eldredge. Edgar Small, Elijah Ken
drick. Osborne Chase, Arthur Rogers,
Isaac Thomas Foye. Valentine Nick.
erson,
From the barge-William II. Mack,
Cleveland; Captain Christian Olsen.
Boston; Robert NJ. Olaneux, Boston;
Walter A. zevd, Manuel Enos, Cot
tage City.
Last Thursday the barges Wadena
and John c. Fitzpatrick, on the way
to Boston with cargoes OF coal, strand
ed on the Shovelful Shoal, about three
quarters of a mile off MonomOy Point
Since then every effort has been made
to float the barges, and all day Satur-
day and Sunday men from Vineyard
Haven were at work throwing coal
overheard from both Of them. Sun
day night the tug Peter c. Smith ran
alongside the Wadena and told those
on board that a storm was coming on.
All the wreckers were talk N on board
the tug with the exception of the FIVE
men who met their fate yesterday.
Mr.. Mack, who had col ie on from
Cleveland, refused to leaIe.
Yesterday forenoon Captain FL.
dredge, who had been Watching the
barges very closely, sighted signals
of distress on the Wadef q. The crew
had no difficulty in getting off, but II
took nearly an hour 10 reach the
barge. BY that time the tide had
turned to the eastward and a fierce
cross sea had been kicked up. Captain
Eldredge steered the lifeboat under
the lee of the Wadens, and one after
another the five men dropped into the
boat With the wind astern it seemed
comparatively easy to gain the smooth
waters behind the point. The seas
were tossing and turning in the rips
and Captain Eldredge was constantly
looking for smooth spots. When about
half way in he thought he discovered
one over what is called a hole, and
the boat was steered of for it. AS
she did so a tremendous sea caught
her under the stern, and she went
over. throwing all the men into the
water. Being used to the sea, al
the life savers clung to the boat and
managed to pull the Wadena mer
along with them.
An attempt was made to right the
boat. but although lifeboats are sup
piled with cork gunwales, they are
very heavy, and being full of water
the life-savers only managed to gel
her partially cleared. They had some
hope, however, of reaching land, unit
another wave again capsized the boat
Mr. Mack was the first to succumb
and one by one the others dropped
away, until there we're only four left
and these climbed on the bottom o
the overturned boat. All we're fear
fully exhausted. The four men drift
ed down in the direction of the Fitz
patrick, where Captain Mayo, of tha
craft, caught sight of them Witt
much daring, he dropped a dory over
board. and. jumping into it, starte'
after the exhausted men. Before h
reached the lifeboat three Of them hat
fallen into the sea- Ellis managei
to hold on and caught the rope whicl
Captain Mayo threw to him. He wa
dragged aboard, and then Captain
Mayo, being an expert surfman. pullei
around the point into the smooth wa
ter and landed the only survivor Q
the 13 who started from the barge.