The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-13

first sighted there would have been no possible chance of an accident.
 The schooner, however, suddenly luff- ed and crashed into the port side of the Larchmont almost before the helmsmen had ported their wheel.
 Captain Frank P, Haley of the schooner Harry Knowlton, which was in collision with the Larchmont, stated that the accident was entirely due to the steamer. He said that his lights were burning and he held to his course, with the expectation that the steamer, having sighted him, would pass him with plenty of sea room. When he dis covered that the steamer would not turn out, Captain Haley said it was too late to avert a collision.
 As soon as news of the disaster reached the Joy line officials immediate steps were taken not only to care for those who had reached shore, but to search the sound for victims of the wreck which might have found it possi- ble to reach land. The Scott Wrecking company of New London, Conn.,, was requested to send a tug up the sound to search for bodies, lifeboats and rafts, and the lighthouse board was requested to dispatch any boats at it's disposal on similar errand. Shortly before noon the Joy line steamer Kentucky left Fall River for Block Island, and she reached here early in the evening. The news of the disastetr spread across the island with incredible swiftness and two or three hours after daylight nearly every inhabitant was down at the Waterside braving the piercing cold and awaiting an opportunity to assist the victoms of | the shipwreck. Nearly every survivor was in a condition so thoroughly help 1 less that the rescuers were unable to keeu back the sympathetic tears which filled their eyes. Every victims face bore signs of terrible and long contin- ued suffering. Scarcely one of them realized when their boat washed up on the beach that they had at last reached | q barbor of refuge. Many of those who did realize it seemed not to care, for they still suffered indescribable pain from the arms and legs which dangled helplessly as their bodies were tenderiy
 borne to nearby cottages,
 i Ever while these helpless sufferers were receiving the tender care of the natives. bodies began to wash ashore
 from the direction of the sunken steam er lAt first there was only one, then there were two, and three and four, ano
 soon the natives were as busy hauling
 The bodies out of the surf as they were
 in succoring those who had stood upor
 the threshold of death but had not en' Itered. When darkness settled dowr over the desolate beach tonight, forty three bodies had been recovered, either l from the surf or from the boats Whici had drifted ashore. Inland hght' gleamed in the little cottages far be lvond the usual hour and the suffering
 messengers and crew who, earlier in th'
 day had been crowded into the life say ing station, were, tonight, made a'
 comfortable as possible in the homes O
 their new found friends.
 The little fishing schooner Elsie pu
 in here tonight, having on board tw
 survivors and one victom of the wreck
 The survivors were Samuel Lacunne residence unknown; David Fox, o
 Brldgeton, N. J. Both men were pick
 ed up from a. piece of wreckage of
 shore. The victim was a woman wh , was attired in black skirt, whit shirt waist, with short sleeves. Sh