Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-13
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SURVIVE WRECK
Later Developments Do Not
Lesson Extent Of Larch-
mont Disaster
OCEAN c'v'Ne UP BODIES
More Than Half Hundred Of Those
Drowned Already Recovered Exact
Number Of Victims May Never 90
Known-captain and Purssr Discs
gree on Figures.


Of bodies of victims Of the steamer
Larchmont proceeded slowly and with
difficulty along the icy shores OF the
island during the night. UP to s o'clock
this morning ffty-one bodies had been
gathered in. This makes an increase
OF three over the reports OF last night.
The list Of survivors still stood at
nineteen, Of which number eleven have
been identified. Purser Young atillx
maintained today there were from 126
to $50 passengers on board the steamer
when she left Providence. Most OF this
survivors were able to express an opin-
ion, and were inclined to support his
figures rather than those OF Captain
Mcvey, who estimated the number 0t
passengers from fifty to seventy-five, 4
From some Of the surviving officers II
was learned that the LarchmOnt carr
ried a crew of forty-five men. This
means total OF $50 to 200 people were 4
aboard the Larchmont and that nine
passengers and ten sailors have sur
vived. The latter are in q pitiable con-
dition and some are likely to succumb
to their injuries.
Only Two Women Survivors.
One Of the ships officers stated the
Lafchmont carried eight life boats and
four life RATS. At eight O'clock today
it is believed Ave Of these boats and
one raft are accounted for. There are
only two women among the suryivofss
Mrs. Harris Feldman, OF New York
and Miss Sadie Gallup, Of Boston.
During the night the coast guards
from two life saving stations. aided ~
large number Of the populace, PSI
trolled the beach and the water ffon1s
for bodies. Every corpse that came
ashore. was incased Ia ice several
inches thick. On q piece OF the after
deck Of the steamer Mr.. and Mrs. Fe1d-
man and dead man, were all that ra-.
mained OF the sixteen who had sought
refuge on the fran support Little
hope is felt that the occupants Of the
missing life boats and RATS had SUR
vived the fearful cold, which moderated
but slightly during the night.
Passengers IN Panic.
Nearly all the surviving passengers
interviewed agree that the crew and
Officers behaved well. The crew weres
called to quarters, each man springing
to his station. AS the call to desert the
ship was taken, the panic stricken pas
sengers, aroused from sound sleep
rushed wildly on deck and Inobbed the
boats and RATS.
Men and women were fighting each
other, forgetful of all but the primal
instinct Of self preservation. Some OF
the male passengers recovered from
their first fright and assisted in the
work of caring for the women and
children. Many were suffocated below
in their quarters, by steam, or drowne4
beneath the deck. A large number ~
the missing persons were from Provi-
dence and cities and towns between
that city and Worcester, Mass. while
there were also passengers on board
from Boston and other places In soutil-
ern Massachusetts. The crew was
about equally divided between New
York and Providence. Among those
lost is said to have been little squad
Of Salvation Army workers from Wos-
cester.