New-York tribune., 1911-03-25
TWO FROZEN IN DORy
COMPANIONS Nearly Died After
Drifting Hours in lev Gale.
HAD LEFT SINKING BARGE
I;fesavers at Nantucket WaH
All Day for Arrival OF
Physicians.

Nantucket. Mass. March 2i-Star'hhs
o,idonc, Of a sea tragedy was reNea'c"
o, Great Point. Nantucket Island. TO-DAY
when dory from the barge S'on'"s wa
containing the bodies of Captain Nc'So''
Davis of the barge and that Oh 81"
man. together with two UNCONSCIOUS
sailors. one OF whom was the cap'ai"
con drifted ashore near the Great POINT
1,fesaving Station. Both of the pooies
,or. frozen stiff. The Survivors SUI
rered so severely from cold ana eNposui0
that il y feared they. too. VIII nle'
Tho unconscious men were taken from
,ho beach To the Great Point LAfesaNins
Station. where the keeper and crew maue
.vorv effort to revive them. but WIN
,nlv martial success. There was delaE
IN finding medical assistance. ana al
though the stranded men were plcheo uP
this forenoon it was not until iate III
,he afternoon that physician arrived
from Nantucket. six miles distant Inc
physician said that both OF the men
wore in very serious condition ana
that their recovery was uncertain.
the sufferers managed To say that 'heE
left the Stonington about midnight iasI
night while off Bass River "hen 'heS
discovered that the craft Was sinhihs,
Further than that, nothing was sleaiieo
from the lps of the wreck victims.
Small Chance Of Escaping Death
The Stonington was the stern barge
Of three in tow Of the tug Danlel NlldIu'
bound from New York for Boston. Al
though no details of the story could he
obtained tonight from the barge men,
IL is believed that they abandoned ther
vessel only after they had attempted III
eNectually to signal the men on the tug
snd barges in front OF them. Nheu
they found that they were unable Ia at
tract attention they decided 10 take 10
the dorv. as their one small chance Of
escsping death in the clustering nor
vester.
FOR hours they we've tossed about ny
the heavy seas in their little craft unui
overcome b; Wearness and exposure
one after another gave up the fight ana
about ten hours afte' they pulled away
from the Stonnston that their boat
washed ashore and was sighted 10y the
iifesavers.
Late tonight the names Of two Of the
seamen had not been learned Captain
Davis was native of Maine. II is
understood that his wife lives in Ne
London. conn.
Vineyard Haveu. Mass. March u
'Tho story of the loss Of the Storington
,,u. told here to-da y CAPTAIN F1tz-
Gerald of the uC Daniel Willard.
TIC Stonirgton was the stern craft OF
I'll ,ov uf Lsrges bound from New
Yurb for Boston. Last night, as the
wind increased H. violence and = tire
uondous sea was pounding on the Nan
tucket shoals Captain fitzgerald
anchored If Rsss River.
captain Fitzgerald and some Of The
tug. crew boarded the Stonington. and
vere sstonished 10 md the boats gone
and that the four men of the Stoning
ions crew ha abandoned the barge.
Further INVESTIGATION showed that there
va IN eight foot depth g vat IN In"
harges hold.
Captain Fit-Iorsld tried to tow the
barge n this port. but tho water gained
rapidly and AT length tho barge sank in
twelve fathoms of water.
The Stonington was owned bN the Erie