Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-12
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Most of the Passengers Drowned o.
Frozen 20 Death.

Boston to New York, sank of Block Is
land lsgt night after being 10 collision
with the schooner Harry hnowlton.
Several passengers are reported lost
The X oSl on was also lost, he
schooner going d1wu at once, while he
steamship weathered the seas for some
lmr following the crash IL is under
-tad me schoone''s cre~ escaped IA the
boats Tue collision occurred of Watch
Hi'I.
Newport, F. IL The steamer Lsrch-
mout, OF be Joy Line, sank off Block
Island early today after a collision
vi the schooner Harry KoowlIoD.
Most Of the messengers were drowned or
frozen 10 death. Foure BODIES have
oeen washed ashore. The KnowlLon
was bound for South AmbOy with coal
from Boston.
Watch Hill, +. l., Feb. II There
were about hundred Passengers ~ the
LrchnoOI and ouIy six or seven we're
saved.
W4ich Hi, r. l., Fec. l2.--rne
Joy line steamer LsrcnmOnt and the
hree.mssted scho lDer Harry Koo@ltOp,
iIided Cff QlAnochontsug Beach at
IL O'clock last night. The schooner'S
c'ew were rescued by tina crew OF the
Ii 5 wing station Ou The oeach, a0d are
uO~ 90 be shore tbaIe. The scnOo er
is sunk of shore 10 twenty feet OF water.
rhe steamer disappeared 4fter the col
iision, but word comes this morning via
Narrsgsnsett Pier that she was sunk
within 6itren miuules after the collision.
Two boat lca1s OF passengers got away
from the sinking steamer, Dul the re-
mainIng, numbering about tour-scOre,
are believed to have been lost. The
TAO boats landed on Block leland, but
hsli OF the boats loads were frozen 10
death. The ~recksge from the Gamer
began floating ashore on Block Island
this morning.
Word was sent to Captain L. A Scott,
New London, and he has dispatched the
Tug Harriet aud the lighter to the scene
Of the COLLISION.
The wind was blowing gale from the
northwest al the lime OF The collision,
and il is supposed the collision was from
this cause. The crew of the schooner
knew nothing of the fate of the steamer.
Boston, Feb IL Excepting the
press reports the local olficer of the Joy
line up to 1890 o'clutk had received
no word of the sinking OF their steamer
LarchmoDt off Bl elk Island last night.
Eighteen tick Is we're sold for this
trip at thu Boston Office.
New London, Fen. l2.-rhe Ascot
Wrecking @ n pany Was notified today
that the Joy Llu-r L4rchmOn and The
schooner Harry Knowlton we're in col
lislon of Bl ck Island between point
JIIith and Watch Hill some time dur
,ng the night.
The iuforma ion say that the schooner
was sunk and that the crew are safe
with the life savers on the north shore of
Block Island Their Information also
says that the bIdies aud wreckage are
Washing ashore at Block Island Thy
have no other definite information as 10
the fate OF the ner. They have sent
out vessels TO get what information and
render such aid AS possible.
New York, Feb. l2.-Odicers here OF
The Joy llue are eIdeavorlng to get def
inite information By long distance tele-
phone concerning the Lsrchmont's loss
from Block I,l,nd. rhey admit that If
tn L,fehn1nt has been 10 CO llsiOn 1t
probably went down.
Some of the telephone messages from
3 ocz I-land have It that only a
BOAT load OF sailors d passengers gOt
ashore from the LtrcnmOut, the others
oeiug s~amped.
T Ell r hm ut was vessel Of |, 500
tous, auI $50 feet over 81 She aas II
side Whee er. so far a. is known the
weather last Ugh. wns perfectly clear AND
no reason is 1DO~n for t &c collision.
Captain MeV.sgh, Of the Larchmon'
was saved md has the only list of 100
passenger, BIS yet un"btainable. L Il
crew nun oered 1hiry.
Providence, r l., Feb. II -Proh-
adj 1870 peers, rs pensn.d NJ sea Of
QuonoehontauR Beach, Block Isl I'd, rs
result OF colnsiOu today, between The
Joy Liuer Larchmout, With crew OF
40 men aud ID ut 100 passengers, and
the three mssted Schooner Harry Knowl.
ton, with a crew of eight men.
A single beat reached Block Island
from the Lrrcbmont containing eignr
living meO aud fourteen corp-es, the
latter frozen TO death, at er leaving the
sinking ship. Tde Ko6wlton's crew es
cap in safety 10 their own boat.
Just how the collision Occurred 10 not
clear Survivors from the IIarchmOnt
say that be neither fog nor snow,
but that hIgn sea was running and The
thermometer below zero.
The survivors sly the Larchmont
went to the bottom within few minu
tea after being rammed by the Knowl-
too. The collision occurred az 9 p. N
The night was clear, he sea rough aud
the thermometer below zero. Captain
McVeagh ordered out the bpats. out as
they were lowered into the water, most
of them cspslzed. Those who reached
Block Island alive say but q few can
have escaped. Most Of them were iD
their ststerooms and so quickly did the
vessel 60 down that buI sun vi number
ev-n reached the decks.
Quonochontsug, Il. l., Feb l2--Capt.
Frank T. Haley of the tire -m4s;ed
schooner, Barry KnOwlton, of PASSPORT,
Name. and six OF his crew are at the
lite saving station here The schooner
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