Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-15
$50 PERSONS Lose
LIVES IN SH|PWRECk
s1ty Corpses Have Been Re.
covered bw Divers.
I<spoMsIs,LITv IS NOT PLACED

I'D nv the Few who survived tne
Wholesale Death When the Large
&tssmsr Sank.
nzock Island. r. l.. Feb. 14.-The
r>ociated Press communicated We'd
n<6ay with Captain Mcvey and Pur-
81 Young, OF the steamer Larchmont
IA from them It was learned that a
1nseryatiye estimate Of the loss OF
- nv Tuesdays disaster was one
nndred and fifty.
10th Captain Mcvey and Purser
~ung are suffering severely from
Nth the physical pain and from the
nratal anguish caused by their terri-
ae experiences Neither man Is able
Is leave his bed.
Mock Island, r. l.. Feb. 1i.-The
|E><oyery OF The bodies Of the victims
- The steamer Larchmout. sunk in
Ise<lision with the schooner Harry
xnewiion, late Monday night, pro-
ceeaed slowly and with difficulty dur
|rg the night.
IN 10 8 o'clock Wednesday morn
<xrx however, 81 bodies had been
s1thered in by coast patrols and ves-
I'm. Those OF the survivors still
tooa at 10.
Purser Oscar A. Young. OF Provi-
ktnce. still maintained wednesday
.kere we're from. 1875 TO $50 passen-
Inss on board the steamer when she
Ia Providence for New York. and
LA most OF the survivors were able
IS express an opinion were inclined
IS support his figures rather than
Nose Of Captain George W. Mcvey,
X the Larchmont. who estimated
lac number OF passengers st from
|56 10 Is. From some Of the suryiv-
49, oficers. n was learned that the
+ 1Archmopt carried a crew OF IS men,
~ whom only 10 are accounted for.
1 ,'his means n total OF $50 to 200 peo-
Die aboard the Larchmont. nine pas
stneers and ten sailors have sur
vissd. Their condition is pitiable.
E 4nt two physicians are In almost con-
& 1sant attendance upon the sufferers
<sd express confidence that none OF
f<he injured Is likely to succumb.
One Of the ships officers stated
mat the Larehmont carried eight life
boats and four life RATS. At s
O'Clock Wednesday 1t was believed
mai ave OF these boats and one raft
xad been accounted for.
There are only two women among
S 1he survivors, Mrs. Harris Feldman
& 81 New York, and Miss Sadie Gallup
20 Boston.
During the night the coast guards
E from the TWO life saving stations
aided by a large number OF the popu-
# lace. patrolled the beach and on the
b water front for bodies. Every corps
that came ashore was incased in ic'
several inches thick.
On a piece Of the after deck OF IN
steamer was picked up two survi'
& vors and one dead man, all THAI re
NAMED Of 16 who had sought refuge
ca the frail support. Little hop,
was felt that occupants OF the mlsslnl
life boats and RATS had survived th'
fearful cold. which moderated bu
IS slighIly during the night.
Among those lost is said TO hav,
been a little squad OF Salvation Arm,
workers from Worcester.
This band OF Salvatlonists. salt
90 have numbered ten persons. fur
nished, according to reports one o
the thrilling Incidents Of the disaster
When Il was evident that the boa
must sink. and the frenzied passen
gers were endeavoring 20 get int,
ne boats. the Salvation Army sol
tiers are said to have fallen 10 thei
Knees where they Joined In prayer
>1soking the Almighty 10 cave an
psc'eet the shipwrecked people. Onl
one o. this little band woman, 1
F<l1 q Ne among the survivors
#t. Feldman. Of Providence. on
<ffyiyors. In describing ~,
- following the collision