New Britain herald., 1924-07-23
All Dead on Steamer Boston identified-One Mas & Bride of But a Few Weeks-federal Probe Is Ordered.

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 sF Boston sas lsing hfsehel hete lo-
 asN showing a gaPing sonnd ghtrs
 the bos of ihe tanker fRinarron
 smashed inta hfF paFlside, crushing
 three passengers to death and fatally
 lHiuFiRE smother ah Point Indnh, len
 miles south at here iusi before inii-
 night Monday Of ihe 7Gn passfUgers
 brought 10 New York and lfall Ri,er
 score suffering from minor injuries,
 all eaniinued on their iNuFneas
 i,ead Are Iilrniiiled
 The dsad-Vsrs identified last night ss Robert F. sehlsmm, af Boston. and John P sehlemm of New York. broth, CTS, and Mrs, Oscar Green af Brook. lyn, Y, V, q bride of 6ve weeks Charles o, Copeland of Rreokiinr
 Mass, died nf injuries ai q hospital here after being rushed To port aboard the -cas' s-isrh cutter Acushnsi, The steamship Priscilla took iso lo New York and the steamers Common wealth and Plymouth carried other survivors 10 Fall River.
 Federal steamboat inspectors Hrre tn hegin an inquiry today to determine ths responsibility for the collision.
 Mistake In Signals
 The Boston. according to Port Cap tain C. T. Snow ef the Eastern steam ship lines was moving slowly through the fog at the northwestern entrance Of Block Island Sound and hnd stop. l red to let schooner Eo by just be- | fore tho crash came. The tanker. he l said vas sighted soon afterwards and | whistle signals were exchanged The l signals apparently were misinterpret- | ed. and the prov of the tanker ram med the Boston on the port side for ward of the forward funnel. Four cabins in the first and second decks were stove in killing two men and woman as they lay in their berths. Several other passengers narrowly es- oaped death when they were pinned In their hunks behind steel plates and timbers. Clifton B. Carberry. man. aging editor of the Boston Post who occupied the cabin next to that of Charles o. Copeland, was one Of those held a prisoner until way could be cut to reach him.
 The Work or Rescue
 The first order after the collision was to close the bulkheads of the l watertight compartments. Passengers were then assembled and trans-ship- ped to the Swiftarrow. Calmness ( among the men. women and children, ( and efficient work on the part of the ' crew allowed no confusion, and the ! rescue was easily effected. Wireless I S o signals summoned aid to the { stricken craft. The Commonwealth of ( the Fall River line to the west and i the Priscilla of the same line. bound { for New York pushed their way through the fog to the Boston The Plymouth also came to the rescue. I Passengers were then transferred c from the tanker to the steamers going s either to New York or Fall River ac- i eording to their wishes. Ii
 Reached At Newport \ Cleared of passengers. the crippled Boston was lowed into the Newport ( 1arbor where she was beached. At- h empts to identify the dead followed a of the body of Mrs a Green became positive late in the day & when her brother reached Newport. Previously passengers and members ,f the crew of the Boston arriving at Tall River had brought word that a woman passenger who was imprisoned md crushed in her stateroom by the E impact of the tanker was Mrs. Green, c ut her husband of five weeks had e ,een taken aboard the Priscilla which C arried many of the passengers to ci Jew York.
 His message to relatives in New a York sent them to the pier expecting Ia 0 find the young woman on the Pris- T fila. The. Identification of the E chlemm brothers was made by et 1en,bers of the firm of Fearing, Whi- al ,n and Co.,, Inc, with which both yere connected. Robert Schlemm left W