The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-14
DEAD IN ICE BLOCKS
Continued from FRS, Page

On the hurricane deck rushing about
aelplessly and begging for life pre-
servers. Many Of these women plead
ed with the panic stricken passengers
and crew TO direct them 10 the life
boats. but their prayers were unheed.
ed.
The Larchmont left Providence well
aden with freight and crew estimat.
al mt about fifty and passenger list
which even the officials OF the com.
amy. by the most careful calculation.
vas unable 10 place accurately. the az
ircs ranging from sevcnty.hve 10 200
cities aud towns In southern New
England have already contributed
ist OF missing inhabitants thought 10
ave been on the steamer that totals
iearly seventy. and II Is believed that
alter reports win bring material addi
ions 60 the list A conservative esti
nate therefore Of the number who lost
heir lives Il placed NJ 10.
The following II a list OF the known
lead:
steward James y. Harrison. Brooklyn.
First Assistant Engineer Jasper Hest.
Albany. y. v: Second Assistant Engineer
Edward Logan. Providence. Waterman
Jacob ZadmuT. Paterson. y. J. Walter
George Smith. Providence: J. N. Ecklcs
passenger. Block Island; Erik Nelson.
Eim street Providence. -- Hail cniorod
Naiicr. residence unknown. Moscs Foun.
iainc. colorcd walter. residence unknown;
Harry Apple farmer. Block Island: --
pancr wearing badge Us OF Protective
Disability Insurance company. either Of
Block Island or Providence.
The survivors number only two wo.
men. Mrs. Harris Fcidmnn ~ New
York and Miss Sadie Gallup ~ Boston.
The passengers. awakened from their
slumbcrs In comfortably heated rooms.
were NJ the mercy Of the storm. Many.
Il Is believed. went down with the
ship. Others. thankful nt first that
they had escaped drowning. prayed
that they might be- relieved ~ the ter.
dble pain caused by their frozen
bodies. and one man. a passenger
whose name could not he learned. cut
bis tlroat
The few who survived were In a plt.
lful condition. In almost every ease
their arms and legs hung helpless as
they were lifted ont Of the boats In
which they reached shore Their con.
dition Il still wrctched. but two physi.
clans who arr attending the sufferers
express confidence that none ~ the
rescued are likely Ia succumh During
the day forty eight bodies came ASHORE
either In boats or thrown up by the
sea. only liz - The forts eight bodies
were Identified They. were those ~
Harry Ecklcs. nloct Island: James n.
Harrison. Buokiyn. Ia pcT Hest. ~.
bany. first assistant engineer. Edward
Logan. Providence. assistant engineer:
George smith. Proviicn, r. walter. aud
Jacob znndrus. Paterson. y. j.. watch.
man.
An Investigation ~ the wreck will
bc instituted by the United States
steamboat inspectors n the Providence
district.
That portion of Block Island sound
where the collision occurred T. a IN.
millar one TO coastwlsc skippcrs The
commander. ~ the two vessels. Cap.
tain George W. McNey % the Iarch.
mont ana Captain John =. Haley ~
the Knowlion. had navigatei the wa.
tiers for many year.. The night was
cold and windy. but clear The Iarch.
mont rounded Point Judith and headed
strnlght 20 the westward up the sound
IN the direction OF New York. The
Knowlton. wen laden with coal. came
through the other entrance Of the
sound before n strong but favorable
breeze. The vessels approached each
other rapidly. and six miles southeast
OF Watch Hill they were nearly togcth.
or. Tho officers of both boats declare
that their lights were burning. while
I those Of the schooner were particularly
emphatic IN their statements that they
saw the IArchmont a considerable de.
! lance away.
Although with plenty OF sea room.
the vessels headed almost directly at
each other. When they were abreast
{ the Knowlion f0r some reason lufci
NJ aud plunged Into the port side Of
the Larchmont. striking the steamer a
little forward OF the paddle box The
result to the Knowlton can be soon
told. She shcered on Immediately art.
or the accident and then. hauling up
into the wind. was able TO reach the
Rhode Island shore, four OF five miles
away. There the entire crew was TAX
en- on In safety by the life savers.
The Larchmont's experience. bowev'
or. was entirely different. The blow
from the schooner was delivered In her
most vital part. II smashed big hole
on the water line aud NJ the same time
broke the main steam pipe. which nj
once rendered the steamer absolutely
helpless. Captain Mcvcy said that q
greater portion Of the boat was flled
with escaping steam and that IL was
bis belief that many Of those on board
were suffocatcd or scnided TO death be
fore the steamer went down.
Such survivors Of the wreck of the
Larchmont NJ could talk had terrible
tales OF priyatlon n tell.
Oliver Janiyicr. twenty one years old