Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-13
Today's Telegraphic News
rhe sinking Of the Larchmont.

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steamer Lsrchuont, which collided with
the schooner Harry Kno@lton Mon
day night, resulting in the sinking
OF both vessels, are today following close
oD toe heels OF the shock occasioned by
the disaster 10 which il is COW believed
Isl persons lost their lives.
foday's count shows twenty survivors
OF the two boats. Each captain blsmes
the other for the collision. Captain
Haley is accused OF thinking more OF
saving bis vessel, which he btached,
than of lending aid TO the sinking
steamer. Captain McVsY says be Was
the last man to leave his vessel. Sea
iaring men point Significantly to the tact
that he left In the largest boar---'he
captains boat which was only partly
illed, while many OF the other bosts aud
tn lie rats we're 70 overcr0wded that
the first wave swamped them or washed
bal their luckless occupants into the
icy sea.
According to the few survivors, the
panic following the collision was indie
scribable. The bursting Of the steam
pipes filled the main saloon with great
CLOUDS of vspor, aud in the height OF the
confusion, the cry Of fire" was raised &.
Men, women and children joined in a
mad scramble for the decks and scores
of the weaker vent down and we're
trampled upon. 1t is said that If the
hull OF the Larchmont is raised, she will
be found verilsbie tomo, as many of
the victims Of the disaster never gained
the deck.
An exact death list will never be oh.
tanned, as Puser 0. A. Young, Of the
Larchmont, did not save his passenger
list, the only one 10 existence.
All hope of finding any other sur
viyors of the disaster has been abandon
ed. 1t is incoDceivable that any one
an0at on The bhzzsrd.swept sound since
the disaster could still be alive.
A dispatch from Block Island today
says that So bodies have already been re
covered, twelve coming ashore last night
and today. All are frozen stiff and none
has been identified, owing largely to the
fact that most Of them are dressed in
night clothes. The bodies were scat
tered along the beach at intervals Of
several miles and number were in bad
shape as the result of having been DASH
ed against The cliffs by the high sea
which is still running.
Owing to the fact that many Of the
bodies are incased 10 ice q foot thick, the
re,cue boats are having considerable
d flculty in distinguishing them from
the floating ice.
Providence, r. l., Feb. II. The roll
Of dead in yesterdays collision between
the Joy liner Larchmont and the
schooner Harry Knowlton, in Block Is
land Sound, is growing.
The number Of those frozen and drown.
ed is now placed at lSl. Late reports
from Bl 'ck Island say twenty have been
saved from the two craft.
Sixteen bodies have been swept ashore,
colined in ice. To the north Of Block
Island corpses float % thickly that the
Joy liner Kentucky, which put oft from
the island 10 look tor possible survivors,
counted forty In less than al hour. SO
high were the seas that it was impossible
to pick up any Of the corpses. The sea
will be secured later today in the effort
to recover these victims.
Fightful stories OF their suferings are
told by the survivors. The exact time
of the collision was 1915 p. m. and most
Of the passengers had turned in for the
night.
SO quickly did the Larchmout settle,
after the crash, that they had not mo
ment to dress and we're driven on deck
aud into the boatP, with few exceptions,
10 their night clothes The thermom-
eter was near zero mark, and that all
were not frozen is surprising.
Crszed by tho horror Of The situation,
one OF the seamen in the captains boat
stabbed himself as the boat was pushing
oil from the wrecked craft. The others
were struggling 10 save their own lives
and not hand was raised TO stop HIM as
be plunged his knife a second time into
his throat and fell dead into the bottom
Of the boat.
Block Island, Il. l., Feb. lS.-The
steamer Kentucky of the Joy line left
here ut | | O'Clock this morning for Prov
idence, bearing 81 bodies from the ILL
fated Larchmont and the ! Q survivors.
All are suffering from frost bites and
freezing, aud some may suffer ampu-
tat on of limbs.
Providence L. T., Feb. l8-But two
women. it ia believed, survived the wreck
of the Joy liner Lsrchmont. One OF
these says The men fought like lends Tor
the posses sion Of the boats and life RATE
Disappearance OF Bank Treasurer
New York, Feb. 13.-The where
abouls of Treasurer William F. Walker,
of the New Britain, Conn. Savings Bank,
who came to New York and disappeared,
leaving a tangle in the books which IN
dlcate heavy shortage, is known.
What Walker did with the money, IT II
is gone, is mystery. He had 90 bad
habits and lived moderately. HIS friends
theory ia that he must have gone insane
New Britain, Conn, Feb. lS-~-Ac'
cordiug to q statement of one thoroughly
eonversant With the condition Of affairs
at the Savings Bank, Of New Britain,
where Treasurer William +. Walker has
disappeared and q search is being made
for n shortage. the loss of The bank will
be at least $3.50, 900, and possibly as
high SIS 500, 900. 1t also develops that