Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
ST0RM-B0UND FIVE
DAYS AFTER Wreck
Reliance Survivors Kept Flre
Continuously Burning In
Bitter Cold
ONE DIED WAITING RESCUE

Si SSioEs. D'bss &c., t.? y..is s' sSssF sssr.
Ing. frozen hands, fear and bravery
ali these today are intsSwoven IN
graphic stories of survivors Of the
wrecked tug Reliance. Az united In
Joe Menard. OF 172 Gore street,
sault, Ont. who boarded the Reliance
at Pucknaaw. tells the story Of the
wreck and the ave perilous days that
followed.
"In the snowstorm that sprans up
Harbor the"wheeissmaS was unable 70
see a boats length ahead" he said. 1T
was binding. Then there was a crash.
The propeller was torn OF and the
boat swung broadside into the huge
waves, pounding on q rock which
quickly smashed hole in the & side: ,u
among the, frst. Captain Mcpherson
helped her. Nine got in that boat.
some of them by jumping. Then Cap.
| tain McPherson and the others tried to
lower the other lifeboats. One was
dashed against the Reliance by q heavy
wave and fell, striking Captain Nc
Pherson, Tho other boats were torn
away and 1oated Of as we tried to
launch them.
Longlad dashed together two oil barrels.
put door on them and rode the waves
to Lizard Island. They had no food
or shelter.
Five Nights in Cold
Next day Billy Cow, fireman.. de.
vised a raft from some timbeHs Of the
tug. Cow then tied rope about his
waist, plunged into the Icy waters and
SWAN seventy five yards to shore.. The
rope was tied to q tree and with III
aid. the others were taken Oh the tut
three at a time. =,
"For five nights in the biting cold
the twenty .three men piled wood on thu
fire which kept them alive. l had tht
only AZ In the party. hut We all tool
turns at chopping the wood: All we hat
to cat. was two slices OF bread and
bit Of ham.
I'VE knew that the folks at tn,
Sault would look for us. But wher
they did not come by Sunday we 60
pretty blue, especially after CHARLIE
Salo, a lumber worker, died. Thel
Monday morning we heard the whistle
Of the tug Gray.
"Salo died on Lizard Island tw'
days after the wreck after terrible suf
fering. He died from the effects Of eat
ing dried. berries from tree and drink
Ing too much ice water.
+. - Captains Back Broken y"
). "Captain John McPherson met hi
A1death tn--ths. Icy >vaters last wedRss
day morning after his back had bee
\ broken by y, falling hfeboat, whic
. hurled him'ints the lake 1t made hir
; unconscious and he did not know tina
: some Of his comrades who saw him ou
therc in the Ice had tossed life pre-
. server to him.
D Fred Rsgen, Of Hull, Que, an
. Gus johnson, Of the Canadian Sault
r thrown into the waves by the same &C
4 cident. grasped the lifeboat as It wa
I. back helplessly at the tossing Reli
Q of the victims had their feet and ear
= and even their whole faces frosen befor
y the end came to thcm."
. Sault Ste. Mario. Mioh., Dec. 90
;. (By A. PA week may clapse befor
9 all Of tho survivors Of the III. .fated tn
Reliance are able to travel to thei
:. homes, 40 intense was their suiferin
~ from cold and hunger after their Graf
J, was disabled and aba ndoned at the Ilg
y ard Islands. It was said here today. Th
j. twenty persons who reached here Ia,
night are under the care Of physician
and will remain at a hospital and ho
tells until they have fully recovere,
One man. Walter Inngacre. In In
. serious condition. with hands and fe,
frozen.
With the arrival OF these survivor
!. the thirty-six ON board the Relian,
- when she was disabled have been as
N counted for. Seven reached the Se
l. Sunday, two are In Canadian lumt,
y camp, three still are aboard the /,
10 Gray, which Is engaged In taking, q
"a Superior Lighthouse keepers for Il
j. winter, twenty are recuperating he
and four lost. their lives. .-l..y