Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-14

 clans who are attending the sufferers express confidence that none of the rescued are likely to succumb.
 That portion of Block Island sound where the collision occurred Is fa- miliar one to coastwise shippers. The commanders of the two vessels, Cap tain George w. Mcvey of the Larch- mont and Captain John F. Haley of the Knowlton, had navigated the wa ters for many years. The night was cold and windy, but clear The Larch- mont rounded Point Judith and headed straight to the westward up the sound in the direction of New York. The Knowlton, well laden with coal, came through the other entrance of the sound before strong but favorable breeze. The vessels approached each other rapidly, and six mics southeast of Watch Hill they were nearly togeth- CT. The officers of both boats declare that their lights were burning, while those of the schooner were particularly emphatic in their statements that they saw the Larchmont considerable dis. tance away.
 Although with plenty of sea room, the vessels headed almost directly at each other. When they were abreast the Knowlton for some reason luffed up and 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 sheered off immediately aft CT the accident and then, hauling up into the wind, went aground on the Rhode Island shore, four or five miles away. There the entire crew was talk en off in safety by the life savers.
 The Larchmont's experience. howev- CT, was entirely different. The blow from the schooner was delivered in her most vital part. It smashed big hole on the water line and at the same time broke the main steam pipe, which at once rendered the steamer absolutely helpless Captain McVey said that greater portion of the boat was filled with escaping steam and that 1t was his belief that many of those on board were suffocated or scalded to death be- fore the steamer went down.
 Such survivors of the wreck of the Larchmont as could talk had terrible tales of privation to tell.
 Oliver Janivier. twenty-on years old, of 343 Montgomery avenue, Provi- Glence, came ashore with nine dead men in a small boat. He was more dead than alive when he landed waist deep in the surf near the Sandy Point light. He managed to reach the life saving station on the shore.
 T was going to New York;" said he, ''to get a job. On the boat I met an Indian named Henry Rock, who is member of Pawnee Bills Wild West show. We engaged a staterocm and went to bed rather late. I can't tell what time it was.
 Rock was going to Jersey City to see his wife. He had fallen asleep when I heard crash. got up and put all my clothes on. When got into the saloon deck found that 1t was filled with steam, and men and women were rushing about, shouting and screaming and fighting each other and begging God to save them. They all seemed to be rushing to the rail, where the officers of the boat were calmly directing the work of getting them into the lifeboats.
 Finally with eight of us. all men, on board we got into the water and rowed away from the Larchmont. Two men grabbed the side of the boat, and l hauled them In with a rope tackle.
 After that woman foated by and said, For Gods sake save me- I asked the two men that I had saved to help her. They were the nearest to her. They refused to do so, and con- tinued to row on. Pretty soon one of the men fell over with groan and