The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-25

and as the cove is in u remote ana
SparSrly called district. II WAS not u7iti!
late in the forenoon that Il rescue party
reached Tho scene. They discovered the
t'luriZcl lying well in shore and subject
81 To 4 ricrctlcsS pounding by the heavy
seas.
Small boats could not live IN the surf
and efforts To cScap" from the snip were
hopeless. while III the absence or HE
saving equipment. no assistance coEid
hc given from shore.
Man could To- seen ON the bridG" SIG
mailing: for help and some had dashed
themselves 10 the rigging.
Frantic Signals.
Gradually, under the hufIcting Of the
waves the hull Disappeared from view
and after a few hours the vessel WAS
almost submerged while men i'll the rig
gr1,g still SiGuallrd frautlcAllN hut
hurclcSSiS. for aid.
While tn" watchers locked on the
bodies of five men and Il woman came
ashore Four were identified as those
OF Edgar l'ruudr. Captain Joseph k"an
and Robert Snow. passengers and
James Long. a sailor. The other bodies
had not h,'cu Identified tonight.
Meanwhile. arrangements had been
mad. here TO send the Terra Nova. Il
sealing vessel, to the aid If the Il"riz"i
and special train carrying physicIrns.
nurses and supplies WAS made UP ithc
despatched Ia the point nearest the
scene OF tn" wreck.
Many Did Not Sail.
The crew OF the t'loriz"l. included one
woman. Miss Ethel M"liardy. stew
:.r,lcsS. brooklyn. New York. The YES
sci was commanded by Captain w. j.
Martin. Il master Of long cXpcri"nc" and
.,1 N.it lr Iril rpn'I-
,-ucc ui the owners. Tho purscr. t. ii.
Jones. WAS chief purScr Of the Rcd Cross
line and wiLS serving on tho St"phano
when the latter was sunk by the Ger
man submarine off the Massachusetts,
coast.
sickness developed on the steamer
while she lay here few days ago ana
all those seeking passage upon her were
told that it would be necessary for them
to be vaccinatcd. Ii is believed that AT
least twenty persons were deferred hE
this requirement from taking passage
and proceeded 10 Halifax or Erw York
by rail-
Abont the Ship.
The F'loriGrl was owned BY tho New
York Newfoundland and Halifax Snip
company. known as the Red Cross Inc.
Of which (. r. Bowring company. Lin
tied Of Liverpool and New York, are tia:
agents. In recent weeks She hah depart
cd from her schedule ~ she was tir,-
oucntly used By the BRUSH government
rs Il despatch boat between this port
and New York. the usual stop being
made n Halifax Her passengers have
included notable p"rSonaE"s.
She was due A. Halifax tomorrow
morning, and in New York next Thurs
;tdy. The ship was built at GiaScu III
1909 and registered l.?SO tons net.
The rlorizcl conveyed the first New
foundla4rd regiment across the Atlantic
in October 1914. accompanying other
ships carrying the original Canadian
contingent
Hope for Survivors.
A MESSAGE received here from Broad
Cove early tonight SAID that just as
darkness set in. four or fly" men were
seen to rush from The forrca~t!c III in
,rrvillS when the wash II the seas per-
mit:",l. and wave for help. NJ that
time it was impossible" 20 do anything
for ,hcm, but there was q ;alnt hop"
thar with the arrival Of life saving ap-
paratuS Some SURVIVORS might DC res
cued.
The relief train from this city reached
Broad Cove. two miles from tho wreck
soon after o'clock. 1t was under tn"
direction Of Hon. Taskcr Cook, marine
agent, and carried besides physicians
and nurses. n party of naval Gunn"rS
with rockct-tlrinE apparatus. by means
OF which it was hoped to get line over
the ship.
The coastal steamer ProSprro, equip
pod with life saving apparatus. from
Placcntin Eay. and four steamers from
this city. have been sent To Hroad Cove
and two of them had reached there at
night fall Should the weather mod
crate there was thought to b. Il chanc"
that the steamers might ha of assist
ancr.
While the stern Of the F1oriZ"l was
subrncrgcd her bow resting OF tho ledge
vas partly out Of water. Mariners hoped
that IN addition tn IN" five persons seen
near the forecastle other survivors were