The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05

hoped that the next day they might be
more fortunate. The masters OF the diff
ferent watches tried to keep their men
together and active, forcing them to
walk. wrestie and otherwise engage in
physical effort, first for the warmth 1t
provided. and second to prevent the stu
por which the frost occasions.
This was kept UP all through the night,
but the weaker men became wearied. fell
TO khe ice and along toward morning
the nrst deaths occurred On Wednesday
forenoon, when the weather showed no
Improvement. the case was seen TO be
very serious and men were gradually
dropping to the ice. there to lie and freeze.
On Wednesday afternoon IL got somewhat
easier. but no ships could be made out
and the mortality was terrible ON We'd
nesday night the cold overcame their
Wearied frames and their vital energy
was exhausted from lack Of food. Thurs
day morning broke fine and clear and
those who survived were heartened by
the sight OF the Bellaventure in the vicin-
ity and by the approach Of her crew.
AS soon as one or two OF the survivors
contrived to reach the ship and tell their
woful tale rescuing parties were sent ou,.
stories of the survivor.
Henry Holloway, who was one OF the
dfty-five men in Jacob Bungay's watch.
says that only eleven survived. They
started seal hunting at Z o'clock, climbed
aboard the Stephano at ~ o'clock and
obtained some warm drink and then
started again. 1t came on TO snow and
the Stephano went after her own men
while they could not get to their ship.
They had therefore to make the best Of
their terrible predicament. They walked
ana otherwise exercised themselves until
nearly midnight. when the first man died.
All through the night they kept dropping
on and the next day 1t was worse.
The survivors suffered frightfully from
the cold and every man Is frostbitten.
They were ous until Thursday afternoon
and altogether we're hfty-iive hours ex-
posed to the elements without food or
warmth. They say that when the res.
cuers came they found the dead in lots Of
five men and six and heaped them on
large sheets of ice and put flags over them
for the guidance of the Bellaventure, that
was coming along behind Just AZ they
would have done II it h..a been seals.
Kelloways younger brother, Albert. died
In his arns wednesday forenoon.
Some Had to Undress.
John Hiscock, who was In Thomas
Dawson's watch Of forty men. says only
nine of these escaped. His rectal OF the
circumstances is SIMILAR to Kelloway's
and he too had younger brother Fred.
who died under similar circumstances.
Several In his watch walked into the
water. They were got out and had TO
take of their clothing, wiring the water
out OF 1t and then put II on again In
a binding snow drift. At least two men
who had this experience survived owing
10 their hardy constitutions.
Sidney Jones says he helped along his
comrade, Henry Bowling, all Tuesday
night. and several times when Bowling
wanted TO lie down and rest ne forcibly
compelled him to keep going. but Dowiing's
constitution was not as strong al Jones's,
and Wednesday afternoon bowling died
in his arms.
Ben Leary. who was in Arthur Nov
lands watch says they had th!rty-three
men, ana half OF these pershed Several
of them built w!ndbreak OF chunks of
ice under the lee OF a small berg and were
comparatively sheltered. To this they
ascribe the large proportion Of survivors
in their watch. Two men. however, died
under tragic circumstances. One went
crazy climbed to the top Of the berg and
threw himself down. being killed by tho
fall Another wandered off. thinking he
heard his wife calling. and walked into q
pool or water and was drowned. All the
rest OF the men In this watch who persisted
died from the ordinary circumstances
incident to such a tragedy.
Dead Men spra wled on Ice.
Ambrose Crowdy and John Wall were
first of the Beilayenture's men to get on
the Ice when they heard of the disaster
rhey say 1t was terrible spectacle.
Dead men lay sprawled about the ice In
all positions, across one another and
side by side, and others were huddied 10.
gether in groups as II for mutual warmth
ana protection. The first man Crowdy
saw was an old chum, q native of the
same hamlet, and when he reached him
he was absolutely llfeless. Further on
he found young fellow almost dead,
and pried open his mouth with a pocket
knife and put some liquor In his mouth
The poor chap was blue and was almost
senseless. and Wall and CTowdy took his
head and heels and carried him to the
ship. He Is doing finely now.
Patrick Morrissey led ten others as a
special rescue party with beef tea brandy
and food and handled that department. OF
the work, He says in one place forty
three dead men We're picked up from three
large fragments Of ice, being scattered
widely around all over the ice.
Matt Mccarthy was the last man saved.
He was hfty-nlne hours adrlft and had
nothing to eat the whole time. lie
quenched his thirst by eating snow He
ON ny HllllSelT ana the
rescuers had to travel six miles to get
him. lie was fairly ut physically when
:ound and his only complaint this evening
Wh O. put on new pair of boots for the
.irst time since the disaster was that
they We're uncomfortable for him 20 walk
100 yards from the ship to the Grenfell
institute
scenes Aboard the Vessel.
The scenes aboard the vessel were
narrowing These sealing steamers In
ordinary voyages will carry about twenty
men. For the seal fishery their compile
mont Is 21O, The Bellaventure had in
addition fifty survivors from the New
foundland and every available space was
occupied Tor sleeping quarters The men
ate where they could because part of the
sleeping accommodations had to be made
into "A hospital tor the less serious cns,s
and IN. officers room had to be taken
for the worse ones
Some men slept In the boats on the
%'smIc room eratings and in places wherc
they could ind enough spare room to Il.
down.
trurmulIs crowds surrounded the Ciren,
toll lus'itntc tonight, whore the work ot
coming the dead IL IN progress This
Ia long md terrible task, as the bodl.,
H'" irghtlully d.turmed from the agoul.
.I''r"d from frost hlt,s prior 20 issnll,
Al bodies have to be suakyt