New Britain herald., 1930-04-25
l6 SAILORS MISSING
 AFTER SHIP BURNS AND RUNS ASHORE
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the crew Of the burned freishter Thames, were brought here after : o'clock this morning aboard the steamer Lexington which rescued them last night off Captains Island in Long Island Sound.
 In addition to Captain Robert Sherman of the Thames, who halls from Stratford, the following were picked up by the Colonial Line steamer Lexington
 Louis s. Hubbel, 616 Whalley ave- nue, New Haven, first assistant en- gineer.
 Fred Sheller, IA West First street, Fulton, N. Y, second mate.
 Walter J. Brown, Bridgeport ol!-
 His brother, A. E. Brown of the same city, deck hand.
 James Power, 25 South street New York, deck hand.
 R. Smith of Bridgeport deck hand.
 Emil Salguero, 95 Cherry street New York. fireman.
 Atilano Marta, 106 Cherry street, New York, fireman.
 Pilot Seen Leaving
 Several of the hands brought to this city saw Captain Leonard Han court of Seaview avenue. Bridgeport. the pilot, go over the side with them in the port life boat, but he was not picked up by the Lexington.
 
 but did not arrive here was a man named O'Brien, of Newfoundland, q deck hand.
 Walter J. Brown, the Bridgeport oiler, also stated he last saw on the deck of the Thames John McNamara of Tiverton, F. l., a deck hand. Brown says he called to McNamara to come with him and the Tiverton man laughed as though he believed the men in the small boat had little chance to be saved.
 All of the eight men of the crew brought here were off watch when the blaze started and could not tell how or where the fire originated.
 It was believed, according to Cap tain Sherman who was on deck at s the time, to have come from the r boiler room.
 z The off watch section of the crew rushed to the port lifeboat on the windward side of the vessel and piled over the side.
 Most of them had only trousers and shirts on. and most of their per sonal belongings were lost. The life boat capsized almost immediately il struck the heavy sea and the men were pitched into the freezing water
 Barely Saved Life
 Hubbell, the second engineer, was beneath the boat and got out from under only with the greatest diff culty.
 : If that beat from the Lexington had not come along l could not have lasted two more minutes he said All of the rescued men were stiff with cold and helpless when picked tip and were stripped and put be- meath blankets on board the LeXing- ton.
 When the colonial line vesseI : docked here this morning Captain Sherman had to rustic about for clothes for most of his men. A tenth man of the crew was res cued by the Providence line steamer Chester W. Chapin and brought tc this port, it was reported. The rescued mans home is tn Providence and he is believed tc have left for home immediately , after the steamer docked. It was later learned that the man rescued by the steamer Chaptn was put aboard a motorboat and taken into Bridgeport This man probably , was Chief Engineer Clarence Tib- : betts, taken into the Connecticut ' port by the oyster boat of Captasn :, G. ". Wilson of Rockville Center . in which case the number unac- v counted for would be II. according . to available figures.
 As reports that five men had been . picked up by a New Bedford boat were denied here the number ot ? mon unaccounted for rose to l6.