The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-14
WOMAN SANG A
GOSPEL. HYMN As
STEAMER SANK
SURVIVORS or MARINE DISASTER
TELL AWFUL STORIES OF
INTENSE SUFFERING.
THRILLING NARRATIVE
Told BY One of the Women Who Were
Saved-Charges Against Captain
Unsur r.norted-Death Roll
Grows.

Providence, r l.. Feb 13.-Terrible
tales of suffering wee brought here
tonight bg some OF the 10 survivors
of the steamer Larchm1nt wrecked
in Block Eland sound Monday night.
One Of the passengers asserted that
in hat awful hour Of peril helpless
women were thrust aside by men who
cared only for thei" own safety.
Charges of cowardice were mads
by Fred Hiergesel, an rs ye7r old
lQd of Brooklyn, n Y He said that
nor only women were left to their fate
but that Captain McVey left the
sinking ship in the very first life
boat: that some of the ships EN-
moves filed the boats to the exclu-
sion of the passengers and that at
least one boat IVES without oars when
# was put over the SIDE.
cowardice Charge unsupported.
Louis Mcfarland a colofed waiter
on the Larchmont. save a version OF
the departure OF the contains boat en-
tirely differen from that given by
Hiergesell.
IIerge ellis statement was not con
frmed by any other survivor Of the
terrible tragedy, bum otwithstanding
that there was ncne to corroborafe
him. he held steadfa@t to his story.
President Dunbaueh issued a state
ment tonight in which he said
glanes Schooner for Wreck.
saTle schooner was responsible for
the collision The officers and crew
az the I.archmont were not to blame
in any way In view Of the horrible
conditions which prevailed inn
mediately aft.r the accident I am
satisfied that The men did all in their
mower to meet the situation as con-
ecfent.ous and honorable men. 1t ap-
pears from nv investigation hat the
schooner mffed right into the Larch
mont and caused the accident which
rasulted in suth great loss of life.
The steamer Kentucky has arrived
from the wreck bringing 40 dead
bodies and IS survivors Of the disas-
ter. A glance at the victims showed
the effects of The terrible cold to
which they had been subjected, the
bodies being incased in ice, frozen in
unnatural positions,
One Out Of Eight Lives.
Antonio Riezukiewitz, of Central
Falls. r. l.. entered a lifeboat with
eight other passengers. all men. The
boat had scarcely touched the wafer
when 1t turned partially over, throw
ing all the occupants into the water.
All but Riezukiewitz seemed TO have
been frozen 10 death almost as soon
rs they wcrc Immersed for he was
Unable to find a trace of them when
he came to the surface. He swan 10
the boat and climbed in He said be
aid not remember how he was saved.
He fell out of he boat twice but each
Z me clamored back Finally he
dropped into the water in the bottom
cf the boat and lost consciou ne S.
When be awoke he was at Block
J land He is nov partially insane as
n result of his eyneiience.
Boy Dies While Father Lives.
A pathetic story Of father ami son
it.ine side bv size in a life boat one
Of them surviving and the other
narishinc. was told by James Flood.
Of New York Flood entered a lifeboat
and at his side sat his son. Nathan,
q years old. The father picked IN
an oar and rowed throughout the
right. occ3s' nallv stopping to beg
his son TO move his limbs. and stave
on death Ma han. however, seemed
in stupor and while the father
iowed, the son. frozen TO his seat, ex-
pied.
Raft Brings Dead Ashore.
One OF the ships officers stated
that the Larchmont carried eight life
boats and four life RATS. Al 8
O'Clock today it was believed that
FIVE Of these boats and one raft had
Ieen accounted for.
There are only two women among
tNa survivors, Mrs Harris Feldman
of New York and Miss Sadie Gallup
of Boston. During the night the coast
guards from the two life saving sta
ons aided hv a large number Of the
populace Datrolled the beach AM
water front for bodies. Every body
that came ashore was incased in ice
several inches thick.
on a piece of afterdeck Of the
steamer were picked mp two survivors
nd a deed man. all that rema ned Of
&c who he'd sought refuge on the frail
support. Little hope was fe't that tn q
Occupant If the missing lifeboats and
RATS had survived the fearful cold