Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-13

to cut my throat" Before 1 could pre-
vent him, he pulled out a razor ana
eashed his throat. He fell on his face
in the bottom OF the boat and died
with an insane laugh or his lips.
soon after / saw the lighthouse ana
sailed by 1t. The sea was running too
high for me 10 land there. / Kept
bathing my feet and hands In the Ice
cold water 10 prevent them freezing,
The wind soon changed and / was
blown to land. ! jumped out and
waded ashore
Tho surf men who cared for Janvler
and who found his companions In the
boat said that the bodies were all In
crusted with spray and resembled cakes
of ice moro than human bodies.
The disaster was ono of the most ter
rible that has occurred on the New
England coast since the steamer Port
land went down with all on board In
1898 and it resembles in some respects
the sinking of the French steamer La
Burmoyne through a collision with the
British snip Cremartyshire on the
Grand Banks in 1898.
RECOVERY OF THE BODIES,
The recovery Of the bodies Of the VIC
Tins of the steamer Iarchmont sunk
in collision with the thrce-masted
schooner Harry Knowleton late Mon
day night In Block Island sound, pro-
ceeded slowly and with difficulty along
the icy shores OF this island during the
night and early today owing to the
darkness,
Up to o'clock this morning 81 bodies
had been gathered In BY coast patrols
and vessels sent to scour the sound as
soon as news of the disaster was learn
ed, This MATES an increase of three
over the reports last night The list
of survivors still stood at 10. Identifi-
GATORS had been made Of five more
UP to daybreak, bringing the number of
ideptifed dead IN to II.
KNOWN DEAD.
List of known dead TO date:
Steward James j. Harrison, Brook
Ign.
First Asst Engineer Jasper Hest, AL
bang.
Second Asst. Enugineer Edward Lo-
gan, Providence.
Waterman Seadmus. Patterson. ". j.
Waiter George Smith, Providence.
j, II. Eckels passenger, Block Island.
y. Nelson, Providence.
Hall. colored waiter.
Moses FOuntaine. colored waiter.
residence unknown.
Harry Apple, farmer. Rock Island.
-- Paffer either of Boston or Prov
idencc.
PURSER YOUNG'S ESTIMATE.
Purser Oscar A. Young still MAIN
tanned that there were from l25 to
$50 passengers on board the steamer
when she left Providence for New
York. and that most of the survivors
able to express an opinion were in
clined TO support his figures rather
than those of Capt. McVey, who es-
timated the number at from 90 TO rs.
From some Of the surviving officers
IL was learned that the Larchmont
carried crew of As men of whom
enly 10 arc accounted for. This means
that Of total of $50 TO zoo people
aboard the Larchmont nine passen-
gers and 10 sailors have survived.
Their condition is pitiable, but two
physicians are almost constantly in
attendance upon the sufferers and ex-
press confidence that none of the in
Jured are likely to succumb
one of the ships officers stated that
the Larchmont carried eight life boats
ana four life RATS. At o'clock to-
day it was believed that five of these
boats and one raft had been account
cd for
TWO WOMEN SURVIVORS.
There are only two women amonr
the survivors, Mrs. Harry Feldman
of New York and Miss Sadie Gallup
Of Boston.
During the night the coast guards
from the two life saving stations. aided
by large number of the population.
patrolled the beach for bodies Every
corpse TINT came ashore was incased in
ice several inches thick.
on n piece of the after-de OF the
steamer were picked up two survivors
ana dead man. all that remained of
JIG who had sought refuge on the frail
raft Little hope was felt that occu-
pants of the missing life boats and RATS
grI0sNFiaA NJ fnnR f,,I IL
moderated but slightly during the night.
OFFICERS AND CREW BEHAVED
WELL.
Nearly all the surviving passengers
agree that the crew and officers be-
haved well. With the first shock and
the thrush of water and escape OF steam
from the broken main steamplpe. Capt.
McNey realized the scope of the acci-
dent. The crew was called to quarters,
each man springing TO his station as
the call 10 desert the ship was taken.
Panic-stricken passengers aroused from
sound sleep, rushed wildly on deck aud
mobbed the boats and RATS, men and
women fighting each other. forgetful of
all but the primal instinct Of self pre-
serVatlon. Some of the male passen-
gers recovered from their first fright
and assisted in the work of caring for
the women and children. Many We're
SlilbGdltu DelOW III lntlT QudlltTs Dy
the steam. or drowned beneath the
deck.
Within 10 minutes the boats were
awav from the ships side just as she
settled low I'm the water
The bitter cold and high seas COM
pletod the work of destruction and the
little band of people who got away
from the Larchmont was decimated in
groups and in the helpless drift in the
bitter cold il became the old story of
the survival OF the fittest."
LARcHMoNT PASSENGERS.
Providence X. l.. Feb. .s.--UD 10 10
a. M. the naFes of 1875 persons who
We're on board the Larohmont were
known, OF these 10 are known 10 have
survived, II are among the dead. their
bodies having been Identified and %
are missing. OF the identified dead
seven were members of the crew and
four passengers. or the survivors 10
are members OF the crew and nine pas
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