The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-15
N0W BUT E1GHTEEN SURVIVORS
One Died Last Night--Returning Bodies
 to Relatives.

Providence, Feb. H--Tae work of re- turning to their relatives and friends the bodies of the victims of the Larch- mont disaster continued to-day, many of those brought to the city last night having been claimed during the day. Another grim boatload of twenty-four corpses came up the river from Block Island late tonight, and the bodies were transferred to the morgue.
 The authorities here number the iden- tihed dead as tifty-four, including Sam uel La Combe, of Manchester, N. H., who reached Block Island alive Tues day morning and survived his terrible experience and sufferings long enough to reach the Rhode Island hospital here, where he died early this evening. The only body recovered which was not brought to the city was that of Harry Ecllles, of Block Island, whose funeral will take place tomorrow with in few miles of the beach on which it was thrown up by the sea.
 The death of La Combe tonight re- duces the number of survivors to eighteen, and one of that number. Miss Sadie Golub of Boston, still remains at Block Island, recovering from her ter- rible experiences.
 Of the bodies which were brought to this city by the tug Roger Williams, whicis made q special trip to Block Island to-day, number had already been identified, and at the morgue late tonight nineteen remained unclaimed. This number is included in those known to be missing, which ito night totalled | eighty-seven, making a total number, according to all accounts, of 159 who sailed on the Larchmont on Monday night. These figures Include eighteen survivors, fifty-four identified dead and eighty-seven missing or unidentified dead
 While the identHfcations were in pro- gress to-day at the local morgue, the tug Roger Williams was on her way tC Block Island to bring back those bodies which the island fishermen had hauled from the turbulent waters yesterday and to-day. Yesterdays harvest iron the sea numbered p. and these bodies were taken to the wharf at New liar. Dor to await transfer to the mainland During to-day two bodies were brough in. one of which arrived early enougl to be sent to the New Harbar wharf The tug arrived at the island at o'clock this afternoon, and two hours were occupied in transferring the bod ies to her decks, She left at o'clocl but on getting around Sandy Point sh, was signalled to return and the las body recovered by the Block Islant fisherman. that of a colored man, wa sent on board, when this body wa brought ashore at Block Island abou dark this afternoon, before it was sen to the tug it was discovered that tn unfortunate man probably committed suicide by stabbing himself in tn | throat.
 The tug, on account of returning fo the last body, was delayed consider ably and did not reach the dock her until II o'clock tonight.
 The bodies, like those brought in las
 night, were in charge of Medical Ex
 aminer Champlin of Block Island wht
 certified that death in each case wa by freezing.
 The bodies were at once removed ii
 temporary caslSets to the morgue ant
 arranged beside the othrs. No effor
 was made to obtain additional ident
 fcations tonight, but tomorrow an
 other long stream of relatives ant