Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-05
Anxiety Over Holland.

shore men, however, is the welfare Of
the marooned Holland Islanders. The
fact that no word whatever has been re-
ceived from the $50 souls on this small
island in the Chesapeake is causing much
apprehension. and it was Saturday only
that a citizen of Dorchester county
brought the case to the attention Of Gov.
Goldsborough. The governor realized
that there was no time for delay, and
Commander T. B. c. Howard Of the
state police steamer Governor Thomas
and urged him to make every effort to
reach the island and ascertain the con-
ditions.
Nothing has been heard of the Cover
nor Thomas. and it is believed that Capt.
Howard is fighting his way through the
ice foes of the middle Chesapeake. The
Governor Thomas will proceed first to
Deais Island and will take on a number
of residents of Holland Island who
have been away from their homes for a
month.
Leaving Deals Island the Governor
Thomas will try to force its way through
the. ice to the objective point. If 1t is
impossible to reach the wharves Of the
island, the Thomas will run in as far as
possible and a party will be sent ashore
on the ice.
Worst Ice Blockade.
According to the residents of Deals Is
land the ice blockade in Tangier sound
and the eastern shore tributaries of the
Chesapeake is the worst that has occurred
In many years. All steamboat traffic has
been stopped and eastern shore mainland
towns are receiving supplies by rail-
From Somerset to Kent scores Of oyster
vessels are frozen in the ice.
Grasped by a gale of hurricane force,
seven sail vessels and two motor boats
k<nr.vx x@y.
Dogwood harbor, Tilghmans Island. yes
terday morning and carried far out to the
mouth Of the Choptank river, where for
hours nine men were in peril Of death.
AT late hour last night word was
obtained from Capt. Sidney of the bateau
Lille to the effect that, as far as he
could ascertain. no lives were lost. but
that six men were aboard three of the
boats. which were blown toward the open
bay.
Two yessels-the bugeye Nellie G.. Capt.
James Murphy, of Tilghman and the mo-
tor boat Elmira, owned by w. s. Coving-
ton OF Tilghman-were caught in the
heavy ice foes. crushed and sunk. No
men were on the two lost vessels. Capt.
Gibson managed to rescue a man from
the bateau Richard T. Marshall owned
by Capt. l.. c. Mister. The dredger was
brought to Tlghman.
At Mercy of Floes.
The vessels borne out amid the foes
were the schooners Clara Garrett, Capt.
b. b. Harrison, Tilghman; NJ E. Wright
son. Capt. John Wilson, Tflghman; bug
eyes Florence. Capt. John May: Nellie G.,
Capt. John Murphy: j. c. Arminger. Capt.
David Messick of Cambridge; bateau
Richard T. Marshall, Capt. l. c. Mister
Lille, Capt. Sidney Gibson; motor boats
Holland, owned by the Tilghman Packing
Company, and the Elmira, owned by w.
s. Covington of Tilghman.
Capt. Gibson OF the Lille was the only
master aboard his vessel when the gale
broke upon the fleet. Saturday night the
wind blew up fresh from the northwest
and at midnight it's force was SO great
that the ice in Dogwood harbor cracked.
Reefed sails were torn from their ss,ars,
and men who were asleep in their hunks
climbed on deck and realized that their
vessels were dragging their anchors and
being carried with the ice toward the
mouth Of the Choptank.
THE bowling OF the wind and noise
made by the cracking Of the ice attracted
the shore people from their homes" said
J. S. Sinclair. merchant of Tilghman.
"A number Of us ran down toward the
fleet of oyster boats which have been
frozen up for weeks was moving with
the broken ice. We saw men waving
lanterns and the voices We're carried 70
US on the wind. but we We're helpless to
aid them.
I'm less than two hours the vessels
were out of sight and 1t was not until
the morning that we made them out with
glasses. Two Of the vessels were miss-
ing. We could see men on the larger
craft working about the anchor chains. .