The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-28
MANY ARE SAVED
FROM FLORIzEl
Great CALAMITY Displayed IN
Rescuing Forty.Fou!
DEATH LIST or NINETy-TK0


land Sailors Perform What 40
pears Like FeoIhardy Aetion-Re
turn Trip Safely Accomplished
81 Johns Feb 70 Boat crews
from the Newfoundland steamer
Prospero. Drawing the breakers when
are hatteriug 70 pieces The wreck q
the Red cross liner Forizel on the 4
hedges north Of Cape Race, took oil
forty four survivors. all that were
lcf, alive of Tie ships company OF
1876
The death list sands at ninety
Two. Of the rescued seventeen arc
pae,necfs only two of the twelve
women on board and none OF the.
.our children were saved
capt. Martin Of tie Florizel ana
Mai sullivan Of the Newfoundland
forestry battalion were among bse
rescued. Ralph Durham one Of me
six cadets Of the royal flying corps
ON lie lost steamer, was among the
survivors,
The rescue was performed win
greal galnntN. The florlhel was
impaied on Il rock suiroundct ny
balf submerged Lodges aud lay 800
feet from shore. re,ween her hali
submerged hulk and the cliffs which
tut from the waters edge to a hel1ht
of roo or zoo feet, with no beach TO
speak of at high tide, the water Is
White with an almCst unbroken swirl
Of breakers, making it impossible I"
send out lifehoat.
detachment % naval gunners
from this city managed TO shoot a
line aboard the steamer sunday
night but those on board we're pow :
erless 10 make 1t fast. as the fore
part of the steamer was continually
bunret,d by the huge seas, the after
math of Sundays blizzard.
In the forecastle, into which the
breakers smashed their way, and In
the fore rigging, the forty-four sur
vivors huddled helplesSly. Outside
the ring Of surf lay a Feet of rescue
steamers, including the Prospero
which had been sent by the govern
ment TO the scene. with special life
saving apparatus. BY virtue OF this
equipment The Pruspelo's crew
claimed the honor Of running tn
breakers and picking off the haples'
survivors
Although the sea bad moderate'
I somewhat as compared with the sur
breaking on the lodges when TN
/, Florize struck, 1t looked like foal
: hardy attempt at rescue This !
Just the kind o. work, however, Z
which Newfoundland sailors ar
= brought up 10 in these waters
Volunteers went over the side o
the prospero in three surf boats an
four dorics Shooting the breaker
with great daring, the ilotilla worke
under tho lee of the Florizel an
helped the two women and forty tw
men into the boats.
: II was suicidal to attempt to max
landing under the cliffs, and the re
: turn trip, with crowded boats full
n exhausted survivors, against tn
: heavily running seas, was accom-
plished with difficulty.
. The surf boats, especially con
. structed for this kind Of rescue work
: weathered the seas safely. But NJ
7 one bit behind we're the dingy dorit
~ of the fishermen They were handle
by specinlly-picked dorymen, WI
knew every trick of their trade, al
had the sinews, skin and stamir
necessary for the job, and the dor
men placed thelr human fr'1gl
&c aboard the rescue fleet without Il
], loss u man or 4 single mishap.
- After making sure that no OF
was leet alive on the wrecked line
- th- feet put about and headed f
!. ST Johns.
no Mos3 Of those lost we're swept owe
~ board within few minutes after I
shin struck When the ship setil
untn She WAS submerged AFT tro
lie funnel these able 70 made ~
way 10 the forccastIe which Y
" held above the level Of the sea
i. The rock which had pierced The b
-, Of the steamer
Of