Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-15
FEARS RELATIVES NET
DEATH ON LARCHMONT.
Kin Of AdoIph! H.
Anderson in
Disaster.
MAKING SEARCH

Adolph H. Anderson, of 81 Me-
chanic street, this city, fears that he
lost three male relatives In the
sinking of the Joy line steamer
Larchmont of Block Island early
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Anderson said this morning
that his nephew, Adolph S. Thorsen,
had been employed on the Larch-
mont for about six months. Thorwald
Tborsen, the father of Adolpn s.
Thorsen, was boatswain on the steam
or and had been in the employ of the
company for Il number of years. Mr..
Anderson thinks that he was one Of
the sailors who tried to help the pas
sengers into a life boat. Mr.. Ander-
son said that as near as he can learn
from the newspapers, Boatswain
Thorsen was the man who cut the
ropes that freed the life boat. which
arrived at the shore with few sur
vivors later.
Andersons other brother-in-law Is
Harold Gron, who is well known in
this city. Gron was employed as
watchman on the government
dredge Gedney until three weeks ago
when he secured a position as deck
hand on the Larchmont. Gron is said
to have been an excellent sailor and
held the position of watchman while
on the Gedney, which frequently
wharfs here.
Mr.. Anderson is at the present time
bartender in the Bank Exchange
cafe, at 3l1 State street. Until one
year ago he was sailor and had held
various positions on different vessels.
Mr.. Anderson said this morning that
he has scanned the list of survivors
in all the papers and Is almost GER
tain that his relatives have all per-
ished He Is holding out faint ray
ofihope for their safety.
& Adolph NJ Thorsen, quartermaster
on the Gedney, Is also related to the
missing men and has gone to Provi-
dence today to view the bodies and IL
possible identify the three men. The
quartermaster visited the New York
Offices of the company yesterday but
could gain no information as to
whether or not the men were saved.
Quartermaster Thorsen has prom
ised Mr. Anderson to notify him at
once should he be able to identify any
of the bodies as those OF his relatives
and he expects to receive telephone
message from Providence some time
today.
h 10 LOT nm.
ly short time ago. He is nearly
overcome with grief over the sad ac-
cident In which he fears they have
perished The three men all have
families living in Norway.
PROVIDENCE. r. l., Feb. To- SAM
ueI La Combe OF Manchester, n. H.,
one of the survivors of the wreck of
The steamer Larchmont, died from the
effects OF exposure following the dis
aster at the Rhode Island hospital last
night. This reduces the number of sur.
vivors to eighteen
With every new story of the wreck
ing of the JOY line steamer Larchmont
comes fresh indictment OF Captain
Mcyay and the officers and crew un-
der him. Every one of the terrible
events that followed in the wake of
the boats collision with-the schooner
Harry Knowlton Is eloquent OF the
cowardice with which the commander
and his men are charged.
Captain McVay himself admits that
his lifeboat was one of the first, If not
the very first to leave the sinking ship
Purser Young adds to this awful CON
fession the statement that they de-
serted the ship while scores of frenzied
passengers were struggling on the
decks for chance to reach the boats.
He says he could hear the cries OF
those who We're left behind. but no cf-
foftsYas. made to return to the ship
and attempt to bring off any OF them.
AIcVay, who il hut twenty-six years
old, was summoned before the United
States steamboat inspectors. He is
the youngest captain on the sound.
Captain AIcVay explained that, while
hisAboat may have been the first in the
water, itwas because he had good
crew and despite the fact that he was
among tile first off the deck he re-
inRined by his ship until she went
down. He said THAT he had made no