Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-13
LaPchment, Plying Between New
York and Providence, Goes Down
With Big Loss Of Life.
ONLY SEVENTEEN WERE SAVED
Forty-three Bodice Have Been Resov
cred and There Are slx.y.two Mis-.
sns-Thc Steamers Captain SAYS
the Schooner Was to Blame Cor tho
Accident.
ruy Assoc,nted presa !,

tsy Associated Press.i
BLOCK ISLAND. r. L.. Feb. IL
marine disaster with mn arpnllinr
loss of life and entailny suffori,n
almost beyond the limit OF human eli.
uurancc, came TO light today when Il
HE boat of the JOY Line steut.,cr
karchmont, bound from Providence to
New York. drifted into Block island
harbor. In the boat we're several
bodies OF men who had died from the
DIRECTS OF the long hours of exposure
10 death dealing Temperature. In
the boat also were eleven men whose
suffering was 80 intense that they
seemed oblivions to the fGct TINT
death was in their midst ana that
they had escaped only i, virtue Of
their ability to withstand the yigor Of
zero weather In ali opsn bout ut sea.
Tho boat brought tnln Of disas-
Ter that has rarely Nen equnllel In
New England waters. AMI I liz III.
loved that when the final conn. IL
made 1t will be found that not legs
than $50 lives. were lost. Following
CLOSELY In the wake OF the Il,s .,lat
came bodies cast UPON nc beach by
fangis waves.
Then came life boats and rnfts.
Each of them bore their burden of
grim death, as well MS n load of sur-
fering humanity, and each brought n
tale OF horror.
Owing to the condition of the sur.
vivors OF the tragedy II was impossi
lie TO get from them an estimate of
the loss OF life. Anywhere from rs 10
100 persons went to their death. ana
Mt Il late hour tonight IL was believed
that tho latter figure Is nearer cor
rect than the former.
The steamship officials estimate
thai about 100 passengers mud crew
OF fifty wcrn on board the steamer
when she left Providence last night
Fortyihree bodies reached the shore
today and 10 We're alive whcY taken
from tho life boats. Taking the cs.i.
mated figures of the steamship Of
iicas ms basis there ARE still 1873
| persons to be accounted for. The
only positive evidence OF the stsam-
ors victims is tho list lying Mt Inc
notion. The list of passengers aud
crew. handed to the pnrscr just bc.
Tore the steamer left Providence, was
locked in safe and II was not re-
covered The cause OF the accident
has not boon satisfactorily explained.
II occurred inst off Watch Hill. about
u o'clock last night. when the three.
mastcd schooner Harry Knowlton.
bound from South Ambov for Bos-
ton with a cargo Of coal. crashed into
tho steamers port side amidships
Captain George McVey, Of the
: I.archmont, declares that the TlnowI-
ton suddenly swervcd from her
course. luffed up into tic wind aud
crashed into his vessel
Captain Haley, Of the Knowlton. as
sorts that the steamer did not give
4, his vessel sufficient sea room and
! that the collision occurred before he
could take his schooner out of the
path of the oncomng steamer
/ The steamer. with huge hole torn
| In her side, was so seriously damaged
that no attempt was made to run for
shore. and she sank to the bottom IN
less than half an hour.
Tho Knowlton. after she had back
cd away from the wrecked ship. be-
gan to fill rapidly, but her crew
manned the pumps and ko"t her
afloat until she reached Point off
Observation-Disclosures where they put out
In tho life lroats and rowed ashore
There we're no fatalities on this boat
but the men suffered extreme cold.
The following is n revised list of
persons missing In the wreck OF the
steamer Larchmont:
Ppssengers-R. r. Perkins. Boston;
". Huigren. Boston: Antonio Ainetti,
{ Providence: - Riccardi. -: 10.
serh MulliSan. Woonsockct; Row
Phillip Murfeio, Providence; Frank
l.. Wilson, Providence: Harry Field
man. Providence; Mrs. Harry Field
man. Providence: Samuel Paul Paw
tucket II. l.: Mrs. Samuel Paul Paw
tucket; Pauline Paul. 10 years Mat
tic Paul Is years: Claude w Lynd,
Providence; Fred II. Moore. East
Providence; JOIN Lewis. Providence:
John Campbell North Smithfield. n I,
L.; Jacob Bonce, Providence; Harr.d0
Bonce. Providence: Mrs n Jnnscp.
Providcnce: Miss Louise Jensei.o
Providence; Fred Ellshrcc Proas
dcnce: Captain Richard Swan. Saline
tion Army. Worcester: Lieut.. nal y
Molin. Salvation Army, Wortail ~ =