The Washington herald., 1907-02-14


disappeared He swan for fifteen min
utes. and finally his feet touched bot
tom. He saw a light in house and
had just strength enough TO tap on the
window. The people In the house heard
Il and found him unconscious underneath
the window
Purser Tells of Rescue Work.
The most complete story of what was
done by the crew of the boat was told
by Purser Young. He said that he was
in his Office when the two ships came
together. He rushed into the cabin to find
out what was the matter, and was al
most blinded at once by the steam.
II met the steward" said Young. land
he told me that the steam pipe had
bursted The people were pouring 0ut
into the cabin IN their nightcl0thes. ]
shouted for every one to get up to the
hurricane deck. where the boats were.
could hear others Of The crew shouting
the Same orders
when / reached the deck 1 saw mem
bers of the crew at the different boats.
l am positive that every man was at his
proper station, and that they did every
thing they could for the passengers.
Captain Saves But Two Passengers.
MY place under the rules was in tho
captains boat. which was up near the
bow | found tho captain directing the
launching Of this boat. Nearly all OF the
passengers seemed 10 be at the stern.
Thore were only four boats there. The
shin was going down fast Our boa
would have held ten persons. We got
seven ia her. The reason why only two
Of these We're passengers was because
there were no passengers where we were
We took all that there was near US and
tried TO get back for more. but there
wasn't any time left. The steamer had
eight llfeboa-5 and four RATS / don't
think these were enough for the people
but I'm not certain OF that.
It was about six minutes after we
launched our boat that the Larchm0n5
sank. She seemed to settle by the stern
We saw the lights disappear as she went
down, and heard cries from the ship
Then we looked around for other boats
Several times We thC"ght we saw a boat
and rowed toward il. but each time 10
turned out 10 be a wave. IL was like
trying 10 row against Niagara We
drifted TO the island.
Crew and Passengers DIE Together.
Capt McVay did all a man could
have done, I think for his passengers,
and stayed in the ship as long as was
possible"
The purser had his feet frost-bitten.
The two passengers that were in the
captains boat seemed to have been the
only ones who were saved with any Of the
crew. The other survivors do not know
what the crew did except TO tell them to
get on the hurricane deck. From the fact
that most Of the crew are missing and
undoubtedly dead, il is believed that they
attempted To rescue passengers and get
the boats launched but if they did So
those whom they tried to save appear 10
have died with them
Capt McVay was in such a condition
tonight that he could not give any addi-
ton 20 the story that he told last night
Seventy-there Bodies Found.
Block Island. Feb. I3.-Up TO 10 O'Clock
tonight % of those who sailed on the
wrecked steamer LarchmonJ had been
accounted for: Of these IS are living and
3 are dead
Soon after the Kentucky left the harbor
to-day four fishing schOoners came in.
bringing more bodies, and tonight there
are on the island q more. This brings
the total number Of persons accounted
for up 70 %.
The Kentucky had hardly gotten under
way when the fishing boat, Little Fred,
came into the harbor She had on board
eight bodies that had been found on an
Improvised raft. The crew had exam
ined each one carefully. hoping that some
sign Of life might be found. but every one
was dead. Three were women and of the
five men two We're negroes. They were
found dashed to the raft, and were en-
cased in Ice so thick that IT was hard 10
break il of
More WFeckage with Dead.
Following the Little Fred was the Elsie.
the little schooner that. with the Clara
F.. did such heroic work yesterday. The
Elsie had found some more wreckage with
bodies on il, and they were placed in the
morgue which has been made near the
Sandy Point Life-saving Station. Then
the fishing boats Smeed and the Irene ar
rived with more bodies from the Inflated
steamer, making the total of twenty-three
brought in by the four sChoOnerS.
All Tuesday night the search for bodies
was kept up by the islanders. The life
savers under Capt Uriah B. Dodge. pa
trolled the beach and the cliffs Big bon
fires OF driftwOod were lighted. and under
the glare Of the flames the watchers scan
ned each wave as il broke on the shore
and watched far out to sea 10 cry and
catch sight Of a piece Of wreckage. hoping
that they might still be able 10 save some
unfortunate
BOBfres Light Up Coast.
II is fine and clear and warmer. The
wind is from the northwest blowing about
twenty miles an hour. The sea has gone
down. Capt. Dodge thinks that there will
be few more bodies found unless the
search is carried far out to sea He
thinks that many bodies have already
passed Block Island.
The bonfres are still burning tonight
They have been lighted again. The men
are patrollng the beach not only because
4 patrol has TO be maintained by the life
savers, but those who are not on duty are
helping in the search tired as they are,
and the fishermen are out again sailing on
the deep and each man on each boat is
watching and watching for drifting
wreckage, which may, perhaps, have q
body alive on it,
SCHOONER CREW SUMMONED.
Cant Haley aud Hf~ AZ, 70 Tos.sfw