Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-14
Bodies Of Fifty.One Victims
OF Larchmont Horror Re-
covered And But Eleven
Are Identified
CAPTAINS OF BOATS
TRY TO DODGE BLAME
No Investigation Has Been Be
gun, However, Effrrts Being
Concentrated on Recovering
Bodies

Block Island, R. l., Feb. 13.-The re-
covery OF the bodies of the 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
81 bodies had been gathered in. This
makes an increase of three over the
earlier reports. Last night the list of
survivors stood still at nineteen, OF
which number eleven have been iden.
titled.
Providence. Feb. 13.-Up to noon to-
day the names of 1928 persons who
were on board the steamer Larchmont
were known. OF these, nineteen are
known to have survived and eleven are
among the dead, their bodies having
been identified. There are SO missing.
Passenger List In Doubt.
Purser Young still, maintained to-
day that there were from 1876 to 150
passengers on board the steamer when
che left Providence. Most of the sur
viyors able to express an ouinion were
inclined to support his figures rather
than those Of Captain Mcvey, who
estimated the number of passengers at
from so to 75
More man 100 Aboard.
From some surviving officers 1t is
learned that the Larchmont carried
crew of As men. This means that
there was total of from 150 to 200
people aboard the Larchmont.
Nine passengers and 10 sailors have
survived. The latter are In pitiable
condition and will likely succumb to
their injuries.
Haley Blames Larchmont.
Providence, R. L., Feb 13.-Captain
1. Haley and all the crew Of the
schooner Harry Knowlton are safe at
the Quonocontaug life-saving station.
Block Island
Captain Haley declares emphatically
that the collision was caused by the
Larchmont attempting to cross his
bows when the Knowlton was scudding
before northwest gale He said:
The mercury registered Q degrees
above zero. Two of the crew were on
deck keeping watch with me when we
discovered the lights Of large steam
er that was attempting to cross our
bows.
The steamer appeared to discover
us at the same moment and efforts
were made on both ships to prevent
collision. These were Of no avail, for
both boats were travelling fast. We
came together with such force that the
! Knowlton's jib-boom and rigging were
carried away. The hull did not appear
to have sustained much damage at
first, but presently we discovered that
the schooner was taking water"
Blame Sailing Vessels Crew.
! ~, 4,{~~ M
serted with emphasis that the crew Of
the schooner was responsible for the
wreck. He said that had the sailing
vessel held true to the course which
she was sailing when she was sighted
there would have been no possible
chance of an accident.
The Known Dead.
The known dead are:
STEWARD JAMES B. HARRISON,
Brooklyn.
ENGINEER JASPER HEST, Albany
N. Y.
WATcHMAN zADMUs, Paterson,
N. j.
WAITER GEORGE SMITH, proyi-
dence, r. l.
j. H. EcKLEs, passenger; Block
| Island
ERIK NELSON, Providence.
HALL. colored waiter.
MOSES FOUNTAIN, colored waiter.
HARRY APPLE, Block Island.
PAFFER, Block Island.
/ Following Is a partial list Of passen-
4 gers known to have been on the Larch-
mont who cannot be accounted for:
The Missing.
ANNETTE. ANTONIO, Providence
4 BAIMHOLz, MORRIS, Boston
1 BIGGARD, ROBERT. Worcester
BONCE, HARRY, Providence.
/ BONCE, JACOB Providence.
BRECKLAND, MISS EMMA, wor-
cester corps Salvation Army.
CAMPBELL, JOHN. North Smith-
field, r. I.
j CRITCHELOw. EVAN, Providence
4 COHEN, BENJAMIN, Providence.
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