New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
SAY LIFESAVERS
IGNORED HELP Cali
Continued from arst page.

Those in tho boat, too weakened Il
their fight against the gale IA al
themselves. were saved when the ,A,,
Lathams waded out waist desD h.
the undertow and pulled them asho,.
Two babies, half frozen and lyIrs !
the water that hall swamped me a.,
were lifted out and hurried 10 a.
beach 10 the Latham house. vhr. i
now sheltering the eleven. They are a.
housed and furnished with food A..
clothing. and to-day were profu~ i
their gratitude 10 their rescuers.
The story OF their fight for TIVE,
hours in q raging sea was told to-<s
for the first time 10 reporter for 70
Tribune, who went from Greenpor 4
Orient Point in an automobile IN
stuck several times while negotiate,
the nine miles Of snow banked rosd
Captain William \. Johnston Of al
Eliza beth spoke bitterly OF the trip aap
the Sound. "Lifesavers.' he shous|
filing the Latham kitchen. while the nj
crowded around the stove 10 hear al
nodded at intervals as he grew erphr
on certain points, they are srea, nj
saversl
Helpless or Road 10 Death
They saw US helpless and on tire rs|
10 death and not hand did the. Fl
10 save US. I fired every cartridge ir|
and we took turns al the foshorr s,r|
we were exhausted. but outside o. II
salute the lightship gave US as We vi
by that's all We saw or heard q, nj
force that Uncle Sam keeps to save ~
who are shlpwrecked. heard a Fts|
ago that the lifesavers tried to hgnc
a boat but something went wrong
when the lines on tho willsanvi
parted with a report about O'Clock n
urday morning the barge behind besai
swing free and broke the breast hnr
the Feeney. We waved red lanie-
and fired guns. but the tug kept on w
out US. At noon Saturday We 20,
the lightship at Cornheld and fired ~
vers. Our flag was reversed and y
saw us and blew their whistles
They made no effort 10 launch in
The sea was very high and We W.
continually awash and that may aeo1
for their refusal to help us, but st''
as If they might have tried conss'n
the fact that eleven OF US took - 4
open dory and survived.
1T was along about ) O'Clock
afternoon that VIC passed rev w
off the Rocky Point lifessylns aaD-
badly listed and sinking. No he~ "
paid to our appeals. With the "a'e
ing and the Feeney Threatening 70 v
over we piled into a dory WIN
one oar started.
I'VE had scarcely got on the fea
when she Topped over and Sam W"
drag thrown over the bow OF the
we managed to keep her nose W"
seas. but we shipped much water
drifted with the wind. we ""
numbed with the cold.
Mrs. Towns and Mrs. Johns"n
the babies and tried to keep them =.
but after they were soaked th'0+
was thought better TO leave th'n
bottom of the dory in the water M
az cold as the wind. In this way "
70 keen anoat. We drifted until laNn
afternoon
mrhe babies were nearly dead wiz
and had stopped crying some TIN.
thought they we're dead. Then wee
close 10 shore. and after a oh -
carried US upon the beach. The L.
were on the beach and led US w
were not for them we would hs"
drowned in the undertow. -
All the rescued. including N'so
the oct dog OF the Feeney, are siW
m be taken by their employers
the hospitality OF the Lathams' ~no
unable 10 do enough for them.
some time before another ven''.
make a trip through the snow o'~
Orient Point, as heavy ran OF CIV
day rendered the roads Impossible