The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-13
Collision Between Schooner anu Joy Liner Every Bt as Serious as First
 Reported.
DISASTER OFF WATCH HILL.
EACH CAPTAIN FLAMES OTHER
 FOR CATASTROPHE.

Tew That Escape Suffer Agonizing Tor ture From the Bitter Cold--One Mnn Plunges Knife Into His Throat to End His suGcringS-Forty- Eight Bodies Already Cast Up--Only Nine teen Survivors So Far as Known Accident Occurred Late Monday Night But it Took Until Late Yester- day Morning to Make Land--Larch- mont Goes to the BOttom-SchoOner Abandoned.
 Block Island, R. l., Feb, 12,-About 15O persons went to their death in Block Island sound last night, as a result of collision between the three-masted schooner Harry Knowlton and the Joy line steamer Larchmont bound from Providence to New York. It is esti- mated that, including the crew, there were nearly 200 on board the steamer when she sailed from Providence. Of these only nineteen appear to have sur vived the disaster, ten members of the crew, and nine passengers. Forty eight bodies have been recovered. Those who have survived the accident follow:
 Passengers-H Harris Feldman, 2S2 East Forty-ninth street, New York; Mrs. Harris Feldman, David Fox, Bridgeton, N. J.; Samuel L. Combe, Manchester, N. H.; Miss. Sadie Gallup, Boston; Antonio Bosan, New York; Oliver Janvier, Providence; Fred Hiersgsell, Boston; Mannert Took New York.
 Officers and crew: Captain George w. McVey, Providence; Purser Oscar Young, Providence; Qartermaster Jas, Stables, Broolville, Me; Waiter James Yarn, New York; Waiter Louis Mac Farland, Wellington, N. C.; Watchman Richard Hall, Providence; Deckhand Anthony Heidt. New York; Deckhand Frank Riley, New York.
 Awakened from their slumbers in comfortably heated rooms the unfor- tunate passengers were at the mercy of the fates. Many, it is believed, went down with the ship. Others, temporar- fly thankful that they had escaped drowning, prayed that they might be relieved of the terrible pain caused by their forzen bodies, and one man, a passenger, whose name could mt be learned, plunged knife into his throat and ended his sufferings.
 r11,a fa1,, rstI1o es,Irxyivod y1ya1,a in milf full condition. In almost every case their arms and legs hung helpless as they were tenderly lifted out of the boats in which they reached shore During the day forty-eight bodies came ashore, either in boats or thrown up by the sea. Only six of the forty-eight bodies were Identified. The bodies iden- tified were:
 Steward James B. Harrison, Brook lyn
 First Assistant Engineer Jasper Hest, Albany.
 Assistant Engineer Edward Logan, Providence.
 First awtchman Jacob zandrust, Paterson, N. J.
 Waiter George Smith, Providence
 Harry EcKleS, BLOCK ISldlu'
 An investigation of the wreck will be .dr.stituted by the United States steam boat inspectors of the Providence dis trict.
 Story of Disaster in Detail.
 Block Island, R. T., Feb. 12.-The Larchmont, side wheel steamer, which was only put into the Joy line service during the present season, left ,her dock in Providence last night with a heavy cargo of freight and passan- ger list estimated at from 150 to 200. A strong northeast wind was blowing as the steamer plowed her way down the eastern passage of Narrag agansett bay. but the full effect of the gale which was blowing out in the sound was not felt until the Larchmunt rounded Point Judith Then the side wheeler pointed her nose in to the very heart of the gale, and continued down through Block Island sound without any unusual incident until she was well abeam of Watch Hill, and within five or six miles of Fishers Island.
 Captain George McVey who had re- mained in the pilot house until the ves- sel had been strengthened out on her course, was preparing to retire after a turn around his ship, when he was startled by several blasts of the steam CTS whistle. He rushed to the pilot house, where the pilot and quarter master pointed out a three-masted schooner sailing eastward before a strong wind.
 The schooner which proved to be the Harry Knowlton, coal laden, from South Amboy for Boston, had been bowling along on her course, when she seemed to suddenly Huff up and head straight for the steamer. Again sev- eraI blasts were sounded on the steam CTS whistle, the pilot and quartermas- ter at the same moment whirling their wheel hard-a-port in a mad endeavor to avert collision.
 But as the I.archmont was slowly veering around iu response to her helm, the scooner came on with a speed that
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