Milford chronicle., 1907-02-15

4 any but the most hardened to with
stand the cold, which turned ears an,
noses white with the frost. and which
I so benumber feet that both the mas
sengers and members of the crew
stumbled rather than walked to the
small craft in which they were to leave
r the sinking ship.
Shrieks of agOnized pain drowned
the roar of the inrushing water. Pan
demonium reigned supreme. but. in
spite of it the women on board. suf
tering more intensely than the men.
were placed in lifebOats, the men pas.
sengers and members of the crew Sc
lecting the unprotected RATS as their
vehicles of escape
captain McVey remained on the up
per deck directing his officers and
crew until every one on board appeared
! to have been cared for He ordered all
lifeboats and RATS cut away. and be-
fore he stepped into his own boat he |
stood on the upper deck a moment to
see that his order was executed. Then
he ordered that his boat be cleared
away.
The pitiahle condition of the mas.
sengers and crew was increased a
hundredfold the moment they mad
launched their boats. Every wave sent
It's dash OF spray over boats and their
Soon a thin coating of ice
enyeloped every one Those who were
FULLY clothed suffered from frozen faces
md numbed feet, but there were many
Who had on only their night clothes.
Killed Himself In Boat.
one man in the captains boat was
driven insane by his intense
uffering. He pulled a big clasp knife
rom his pocket and gashed his throat.
70 one stayed his hand, and again he W
lunged his knife into his throat OF
hose who sat near him either were oh
% dazed to interfere or looked upon mi
ne act of self-destruction as justified. II,
he unknown mans body fell to the g.,
ottom of the boat, where it remained
lheeded.
FISHERS Point, the nearest point Of
nd, was not quite five miles to the III
Of the point where the III
Gamer went down, and every boat
lmediately headed for that place.
1t the boats were heavy and the men -
the oars were weak. A 5O-mile gale
ew on their backs as the men strain.
at the tce-covered oars in a hope Vet
is endeavor to overcome the handi-
against which they were strug.
ng. The boats and RATS soon be.
ne separated, and the only details Mi
the terrible disaster which could
learned here were given when Can
McVey's boat came ashore. Not =
man on board was able to walk.
cir feet were frozen so badly that
1fesavers carried the survivors
lily to the life saving station.
wen while the helpless sufferers
e receiving the tender care of the
ives, bodies began to wash ashore
n the direction of the sunken YES.
At first there was only one. then
e were two, and three and four.
soon the natives were as busy
ling the bodies out of the surf as
were in succOring those who had
d upon the threshold of death. but
not entered. When darkness set.
down over the desolate beach As
es had been recovered, either from
surf or from the boats which had
ed ashore. IL VO
era ll'{ Se,, hsning schooner Elsie put the
md one victim of the wreck The guar
vOrs were Samuel Taounne, resi-. chea
e unknown, and David Fox of
seton, N. J. Both men were ~
ID up from a piece of wreckage
hore. The victim was a woman.
was attired in black skirt, white
waist, with short sleeves. She
gold bracelet around each arm,