Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19
The Boat Of the Life-sayers Overturn
Returning 10 Share and One BY
One the Men Dropped on
from sheer Exhaustion.

OF another stranded barge. the John c
Fitzpatrick. was rescued from the bot
tom OF the upturned lifeboat Amonl
those lost was William Mack OF Cleye
land. o.. who was on the barge rep
resenting his company. the Boutell
Towing and Transportation COMPANY
OF that city. while Captain Marsha
N. Tldredge. one OF the oldest llfesaY
ers on the coast. went down with hi
men. All the llfesavers came from
Chatham and Harwlch The Names o
those lost are as follows:
Marshal n. Eldredge. keeper. sout.
Chatham.
Edgar Small. Harwich.
Elijah Kendrlck. Harwich.
Osborne Chase HarwIch.
Arthur Rogers. North Harwich.
Isaac T. Foye. South Chatham.
Valentine Nickerson. Harwich.
All the above we're lifesavers.
The following men were from the
barge:
William II. Mack. Cleveland. o.
Captain Christian Olsen. Boston.
Robert Molineux. boston. steward OF
the tug Peter Smith.
Walter A. Seved. Cottage City.
Manuel Enos. Cottage City.
The scene OF the accident was In
the well known tide on Monomoy
Point. which runs down from Chatham
In Nantucket sound.
Last Thursday the barges wadena
and John c. Fitzpatrick. on the way
to Boston with cargoes OF coal strand
ed on the Shovelful shoals. about
three-quarters OF mile on Monomoy
Point. Since then every effort has
been made TO float the barge. Sunday
night the tug Peter c. Smith. which
has been lying beside the barges. ran
alongside the wadena and told those
on board that a storm was coming on.
All the wreckers were taken on board
the tug with the exception OF the FIVE
men who met their fate. Mr.. Mack.
who had come on from Cleveland. re-
fused TO leave. and ordered the captain
OF the Smith TO anchor near by. At
8 o'clock. the weather growing very
thick. the captain OF the tug decided
10 run into Hyannls. There the cap
tain tried in vain TO notify the Mono
moy lifesavers that there were five
men left on board the Wadena. Mon.
day forenoon Captain Eldredge sight
ed signals OF distress on the Wadena.
He got out his crew and surfboats
The crew had no difficulty In getting
Off. but after rounding the point II
took nearly an hour to reach the
barge BY that time the tide had
turned 20 the eastward and a fierce
cross sea had been kicked up. Cap
tain ElGredge steered the llfeboat un-
der the ice OF the Wadena, and the
1--WE men dropped into the boat. With
the wind astern II seemed compare.
lively easy 10 gain the smooth waters
behind the point. The seas were toss
ing and turning In the rips. and Capt.
Eldredge was constantly looking for
imoOth spots. When about half way
In he thought he discovered one over
what is called hole. and the boat
sheered OF for II. As she did so. tre-
mendous sea caught her under the
stern. and she went over. throwing all
the men into the water The lifesavers
chung to the boat, and managed 10
pull the wadena men along with them.
An attempt was made TO reach the
boat. but the lifesayers only managed
10 get her partly cleared when anoth-
er wave again capsized her Mr..
Mack was the first to succumb, and
one by one the others dropped away
until there were only four left. and
these climbed on the bottom OF the
overturned boat. fearfully exhausted.
They drifted in the direction OF the
Fitzpatrk, where Captain Mayo OF
that craft saw them. With much dar-
ing he dropped a dory overheard. then
jumping into H. started after the eX-
hausted men. Before he reached the
llfeboat three OF them had fallen into
the sea. Ellis managed TO hold on
and caught the rope which Captain
Mayo threw 90 him. He was dragged
aboard and then Captain Mayo pulled
around the point into the smooth wa
ter and landed the only survivor OF the
13 who started from the barge. Ellis
was too exhausted 10 give any &C.
count OF his experiences.
Two men still remain on board the
barge Fitzpatrick. but the storm has
subsidized and they are in little danger