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Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - February 13, 1907, Washington, District Of Columbia150 perish in Sefl either drown or freeze to death after collision names of living crash comes in the dark survivor insane from cold commits suicide. 48 bodies Are recovered believed passengers and of Steamer Larchmont struck by Schooner Harry Knowlton numbered 200, of which Only 19 have been found Dent off Rhode Island Clad panic stricken passengers Rush to of those who take to lifeboats Are bailed by Zero weather. Vessels blame one unable to Tell detailed. Senger list in the purses Safe in the sunken ship. Saved. , mrs. Harry Feldman. Richard Hall Providence. Davis Fox Bridgeton n. J. Com pfc Manchester n. H. Miss Sarah Gallup new Tork. Antonio Rosan. Oliver Janvier. Fred Hiergesell. Mant subrt took. Officers and Chew. Capt. George w. Mcvey Providence r. I. Purser Oscar a. Young Providence. Quartermaster James stables Providence. Fireman James yarn Providence. Fireman Martin Lusbert provi Dence. Fireman John in Jan Providence. Walter Louis Wel Lington n. C. The identified dead. Steward James b. Harrison Brook Lyn. First assistant Engineer Jasper Hest. Albany n. Assistant Engineer Edward Logan Providence. First watchman Jacob Paterson n. J. J waiter George Smith Providence. Harry Eckles. Block missing. R. F. Perkins Boston. H. Tulgren Boston. Antonio Ainette Providence. Riccardi.---------. Joseph Mulligan Woonsocket Rev. Philip Murfino pastor italian m. E. Church Providence. Frank l. Wilson drug clerk Providence. Harry . Providence. Mrs. Harry Feldman Providence. Samuel Paul Pawtucket. R. I. Mrs. Samuel Paul. Pawtucket Pauline Paul Nineteen years. Matilda Paul fifteen years. Claude w. Lynd Providence. Fred h. Mooney East Providence. John Lewis. Providence. John North Smith Field r. I. disaster totals. De saved. 19 Bodien recovered. 48 known Jacob Bonge Providence. Harry Bonab Providence. Mrs. T. A Jensen Providence. Miss Lojen Utset Fred Ellsbree Providence. Capt. Richard Quin Zigamond corp salvation army Worcester. L Leut. John Molin quins Gamond corp. Salvation army Worcester. Miss Emma Beckland quins a mond salvation army Worcester. Miss Alma Johnson quins Gamond corp salvation army Worcester. Miss Anna Oden Quin Zigamond corp salvation army Worcester. Evan Critchelow Providence. J. D. Pitts Providence. James Mccloud Providence. Mrs. James Mccloud Providence. Benjamin Steiner Providence. Benjamin Winiker Providence. Stephen e. Hedges Providence Koren Olne Yville r. I. Mrs. Kurajian. Robert Biggard Worcester. Claude e Reed Williard Franklin North attle Boro. Protto Dereco Providence. Emanuel Lyon new York. Or. Frank Wilson Providence. Benjamin Cohen Providence. Mrs. Macktaz a maid woonsockct.5 Ephriam Kaptan new York. Mrs. Jennie Shugarman Boston. Miss Bertha Shain. Boston. Morris Baumholz Boston. Jacob Michalson be Mare n j Sadie Michalson be Mare n. J. Officers and Crew. First mate j. Hazard Providence. Chief Engineer Robert Gay Bridge port. Pilot George Wyman Taunton. First assistant Engineer Caster Hess. Albany. Second assistant Engineer heh Rick Providence. Steward j. B. Harris Providence. Porter Wol Chimin Chukur new York. Waiter George Smith Providence Crew John Scott Providence. Crew Osborne Providence. Stewardess mrs. Corgan provi Dence. Representative Mccall against centralization. Reply to Secretary Root danger in Federal usurpation of Powers of the states. Massachusetts lawmaker in address at new York Republican club banquet says states Are ideally constituted to Deal with great mass of Public ques of Federal government would gradually Progress. Block Island r. I., feb. 150 persons went to their death in Block Island sound last night As a result of a collision Between the three masted Schooner Harry Knowlton and the Joy Ielne Steamer Larchmont bound from Providence to new York. It is estimated that. Including the Crew there idea Ray 200 persons on Board the Steamer when she sailed from Providence. Of these Only Nineteen appear to have sur Vived the disaster ten members of the Crew and nine passengers. Forty eight bodies have been re covered. Those who survived awakened from their slumbers in their staterooms the unfortunate passengers were at the mercy of the fates. Many it is believed went Down with the ship. Others temporarily thankful that they had escaped drowning prayed that they might be relieved of the terrible pain caused by their Frozen bodies and one Man a passenger name could not be Learned plunged a. Knife into his Throat and ended his suffering. Survivors plight pitiable. The few who survived were in a potable condition. In almost every Case their arms and legs Hung helplessly As they were lifted out of the boats in which they reached Shore. During the Day forty eight bodies came ashore either in boats or thrown up by the sea. Only six of the forty eight bodies were identified. An investigation of the wreck will be instituted by the United states Steamboat inspectors of the Providence District. Passenger list in Safe. Owing to the condition of the survivors of the tragedy. It was impossible to get their estimate of the loss of life. The steamship officials estimate that about 150 passengers and a Crew of 50 were on Board the Steamer when she left Providence last night. Taking the Esti mated figures of the steamship officials As a. Basis there Are still 138 persons to to accounted for. The Only positive evidence of the Steamer s victims is lying at the Bottom of Block Island sound. The list of Passen Gers and Crew handed to the Purser just before the Steamer left Providence was locked in a Safe and it was not recovered. The cause of the Accident has not been satisfactorily explained. It occurred Juat off watch Hill about 11 o clock last night when the three masted Schooner Harry Knowlton bound from South Amboy for Boston with a cargo of Coal crashed into the Steamer s port Side amidships. Capt of life was heaviest among those who had retired for the night. Despite the efforts which were made to leave no one on it would appear to be impossible that of the 200 souls on Board none were left behind. Those who had no Opportunity to clothe themselves Suc Crever 11 j combed Long before they reached Shore and even those who were fortunate enough to be fully dressed endured suf Fering and Frost bites of a serious nature. Was Sid wheel Steamer. The Larchmont a Sid wheel Steamer which was Only put into the Joy line service during the present season left her Dock in Providence last night with a heavy cargo of freight and a passenger list estimated at 150 to 200. A Strong Northwest wind was blowing As the Steamer slowed her Way Down through the Eastern passage of Narragansett Bay but the full effect of the Gale which was blowing out in the aim a was not Felt until the Larchmont Jil Dith. Then the Side Wheeler pointed lie nose into the very heart of the Gale and continued Down through Block sound without any unusual incident up til she was Well abeam of watch he and within five or six Miles of Fisher Island. Capt. George Mcvey who had remained in the Pilot House until the vessel a. Been straightened out on her course was preparing to retire after a. Turn around his ship when he was startled by Sev Era blasts of the Steamer s whistle. He pushed into the Pilot House where the Pilot and quartermaster pointed out a three masted Schooner sailing eastward before a. Strong wind. Schooner headed straight. The Schooner which proved to be the Harry Knowlton Coal Laden from South Amboy for Boston had been Bowling along on her she seemed to suddenly Luff up and head straight for the Steamer. Again several blasts were sounded on the Steamer s whistle the Pilot and quartermaster at the Faroe moment whirling the whee thard a port in a mad Endeavor to avoid collision. But As the Larchmont was slowly veer ing around in response to her Helm the Schooner came on with a Speed that Al most seemed to equal the Gale that had been pushing her toward Boston. Even before another warning1 signal could be sounded on the Steamer s whistle the Schooner crashed into the port Side of the Larchmont and the Impact of the big vessel was so terrific that the big Clumsy Bow of the sailing Craft forced its Way More than half the breadth of the Larchmont. When the Force of the Impact had been spent the Schooner temporarily remained fast in the Steamer s Side holding in Check for a moment the in Rushins water. Water rushes in Hole. But the pounding sea soon separated the vessels and As they backed away the water rushed into the gaping Hole in the Steamer with a velocity that could Tinly mean the Swift doom of the passenger vessel. There no water tight Compart ments to be closed and therefore the flood could not be confined to the dam aged Section and it poured in Over the White with the Frost and which so be numbed the feet that both the passengers and members of the Crew stumbled rather than walked to the Small draft in which they were to leave the sinking ship. I suffering ones cry out. Shrieks of agonized pain drowned the Roar of the onrushing water. Pandemonium reigned supreme but in spite of t the women on Board suffering More new York feb. Against usurpation by the National government of the Powers reserved to the states b the Constitution was made by representative s. Mccall of Massachusetts in an address before the Republican club of this City this evening. The dinner was at the Waldorf Astoria hotel and 700 persons were present. Con Gressman Mccall s topic was modern re former assistant attorney general James m. Beck spoke on the Republican and the other speak ers included Gen. O. O. Howard maj. Gen. James h. Wilson and Job k. Hedges. Or. Mccall declared that time is Ripe for a warning against the tendency to overthrow Tho balance of the Constitution and to regulate each and All of us male and that his Rei be boat away. Of -the.-. George Mcvey of the Larchmont de i cargo and Down into the hold. As the water struck the boiler room Clouds of steam arose and the panic stricken Pas sengers All of whom had been thrown from their bunks when the collision occurred were at first under the impression that a fire had broken out on Board. Unfortunately the Point of collision was in that part of the Steamer where was the signalling apparatus connecting the Engin room with the pilothouse. Capt. Mcvey standing in the pilothouse not communicate with his subordinate officers below decks and therefore was unable to de Termine the extent of the the quartermaster was hurried below to make an investigation. Passengers Rush to decks. The passengers meanwhile rushed to the decks. Few of them had waited to clares that the Knowlton suddenly swerved from her course puffed up into the wind and crashed into his vessel. Capt. Haley of the Knowlton asserts that the Steamer did not give his vessel sufficient sea room and that the Colli Sion occurred before he could take his Schooner out of the path of the oncoming Steamer. Steamer Sank quickly. The Steamer with a huge Hole torn in her Side was so seriously damaged that no attempt was made to run for Shore and she Sank to the Bottom in less than half an hour. The Knowlton after she had backed away from the wreck began to fill rapidly but her Crew manned the pumps and kept her afloat until she reached a Point off Queno Chon Taug where they put out in the Lifeboat and rowed ashore. There were no fatalities on the Schooner but the men suffered from the extreme cold. There was no comparison however be tween their experiences and those of the passengers and Crew of the Steamer. A majority of those on the Larchmont had retired for the night and when the collision occurred there were few on Board with the exception of the Crew who were prepared for the weather which prevailed. They hurried from the warm staterooms to the deck of the Steamer and into a Zero atmosphere. Cold killed thinly Clad. Literally chilled to the Many rushed headlong below to secure More clothing lie others barefooted Bare headed and Clad Only in. Night gowns stood on the decks fearing that to go below would mean certain death. It Bow appears certain that the loss a hot Bilat Steamer. Be it seem tier As though the Down before from the doomed that there is such a tendency he held. Is too palpable to to denied. He expressed the opinion that the states Are ideally constituted to Deal with the great mass of questions relating to personal government. They conduct their operations under the very eyes of the he said and there is far less temptation to theatric government than where actors Are performing to very Large and very Distant galleries and in. Order to thrill them axes compelled to make up too heavily to impose upon nearer citizens May be trusted. To closing or. Mccall said Citi Zens May be trusted to learn How to spell and to i a Gricate their diets and their . Higgins dead Baths too much governmental As every hand on the boat handle a knife and Cut the was too cold to ropes which of Spray clothe themselves. Their so great that the first penetrating blast of the Zero temperature was disregarded but the suffering from the cold and water soon became so intense that per Sonal safety was forgotten in a genral Effort to keep the blood in circulation those who had riot stopped to clothe themselves now found it impossible to return below and do so. Their rooms were flooded soon after they had been deserted and the Steamer floundering around in the High seas that Are feared by ail sound navigators was sinking with a rapid str that sent terror to the hearts of the officers and Crew. These men were prompt in answering capt. Mcvey s Call to quarters. While some of the seamen held Back the frantic passengers by brute strength others were preparing to lower the lifeboats Ana rafts there was no time to think of the Comfort of any one. Even before the boats were Cut away capt Mcvey knew that the list of victims would be greater than those who survived. It was a physical impossibility for any but the most hardened to withstand the cold. Which turned the ears and noses coating of ice enveloped be who were full clothed suffered from Frozen faces and feet but there were Many who Only their night clothes. One Man kills himself. One Man in the Captain s boat although dressed warmer than Many others was suddenly driven insane by his intense suffering. He pulled a big clasp knife from his pocket and gashed his Throat Jno one stayed his hand and again he plunged his knife into his Throat. Those who sat near him either were too dazed to interfere or looked upon the act of self destruct Lon As justified. The Man s body fell to Tho Bottom of the boat where it remained unheeded. Fishers Point the nearest Point of Landing was not quite five Miles to the Westward of the Point where the Steamer went Down and every boat immediately headed for that place. But the boats were heavy and the men at the oars were weak. A fifty mile Gale blew on their backs As the men strained at the ice covered oars in a hopeless Endeavor to overcome the Handicap against which they were struggling. The boats and rafts soon became separated and the Only details of the terrible disaster which could be Learned Here were Given when capt. Mcvey s boat came ashore. Not a Man on Board was Able to walk. Their feet were Frozen so badly that the life savers carried the. Survivors bodily to the life saving station. Ship s Captain overcome. Capt. Mcvey was so overcome by the enormity of the disaster that for a the he was unable to give a Lucid account of what had happened after the shop had tone Down. Shortly after his arrival Here he Captain said that he had on Board his hip Between 150 and 200 passengers and a Crew of 50. Later he said there were Between fifty and seventy five passengers on Board the Teamer when the. Vessel went Down. The alter figure however is far below the St mate made by the officials of the Joy Ine at Providence who estimated that the number of passengers were not less than 150. The exact number of passengers was Given in a list which was handed Purser just before the Larch motto started on her fateful journey but it is believed that it was lost when the ship went Down capt. Mcvey said that had his Crew been Able to make Progress against the Northwest Gale they would landed at Fishers Island Between 12 and 1 o clock. The wind however was too Strong to be overcome and there was nothing left for the suffering seamen but turn around and head for Block Island fifteen Miles away. It was shortly after 11 o clock when the Captain of the boat Cut away from the sinking Steamer and it was not until o clock in the morn ing that it arrived at Block Island. It seemed the Captain said As though the seven hours struggle against the ele mints. Occupied an eternity and not a soul in the boat expected to Sunj rave the excruciating suffering to which Tusey were subjected. Mcvey blames Schooner. Capt. Mcvey asserted with emphasis that he cr6w of the Schooner was responsible for the wreck. He said that had the sailing vessel held True to the course which she was sailing when she was sight Edy there would have possible Chance of Aii acc Dent or we left Providence at f o clock a Contle ruled i third Page. The Washington Post Book catalogue will be on Sale at the business off co of the Post be old Nina thursday morning. Price is ,4 the a fuck Raker shall Slit in the seat of the publicist and the. Sensational demagogue take the place of the statesman and when we shall Over to the Herald a statutory millennium who would make everybody equal and perfect by penal enactment. But i Trust the Republican party will make it its first duty to resist the coming of that Day and while always ready to exercise when necessary any National Power in its full vigor that it will Safe guard Tho autonomy of the or. Mccall in the course of his address said the system of government that Lin Coln stood for and that emerged victorious from the civil War was a dual system under a Constitution which As distinctly reserved Powers to the states and the people As it granted others to the National government. Nullification by states of the action of the National government would be entirely repugnant to this system but no More repugnant usurpation by the National government of the Powers reserved to the states. Either would be in substance precisely what South Carolina tried to do and would b destructive of our constitutional system. The courts and usurpation. Not Long ago the distinguished Secre tary of state or. Speaking i this City declared that it was useless of the advocates of state rights to Ingveig against the Extension of National author Ity in the Fields of necessary control when the states themselves failed in the performance of their duty and that in sue cases constructions of the Constitution would be found to Vest the Power in the National government. I fancy it would be just As sound for states providing they were Strong enough to do so to exercise the National functions in cases where they were not performed to the satisfaction of gentlemen who at the time were running the state governments. But How Are constructions to certainly the rules of constitutional construction would not of them selves change to meet the difficulties which might stand in the Way of gentle Mer who May at some future moment of Sime be in control of the government at Washington and who May wish to do some particular thing. But courts change and the method of applying the rules of construction May be made to change with them. Gentlemen running the Washington government appoint judges. Can it be intimated that the court might be packed and constructions be in that Way or that that impressive Organ of conservatism whose in flexible Justice Lent weight Webster s great argument for the Union that that Organ might be made to become a Topi for usurpation and write things into the Constitution of our country in order to carry out the designs of a usurper if this is the Are to be found a brutal but constitutional use of the patronage to Force through Congress legislation containing material for constructions would be a Mere incident. South american precedents. In fairness it must be said that Devotion to executive duty shortened his life. Spurned doctor s warning inauguration of Hughes de spite plea Dongs of his several terms Albany As state senator before his Ion As Goy majority. Course in new York City at the conclusion of which lie left for the West settling in Stanton mich., where from 1875 to 1879, he was engaged in mercantile business. It was while a. Merchant at Stanton that he became acquainted with miss Kate c. Noble of Sparta wis., to whom he was married june 5, 1878. Returned to new York. Early during 1879 or. Higgins having prospered returned to his native state setting up in the mercantile business in clean n. Y., a thriving town not far from the Pennsylvania Border and the Center of an enormous Coal and Petroleum Trade. In 1894 he was elected state senator from the Fly Teeth new York District being repeatedly and serving in that capacity Down to he made a splendid j a 1902 he elected How to bar japanese president and Secretary Root devise a solution. Amend immigration Bill plan contemplates placing a clause in measure exclusion. United special to the Washington clean. N. A. Feb. Gov. Frank Way Lattik Higgins died at o clock to night at his Home Here. Death was due to disease of the kidneys from which he had suffered for some time. At his bedside when he died were mrs. Higgins who has been there Al most constantly for three weeks miss Josephine Higgins. A daughter f. Harri Root limited this Extension of National Power by construction to fluids of necessary control but who is to decide in the first instance what Are Fields of necessary obviously the Tiemen who wish to exercise the control some policy which should take Possession of a president backed up for ment by a majority of the people would undoubtedly seem to him necessary How Ever pestilential to might essentially be. South american presidents too have Fidone who have trome fines continued on eleventh a Page. Seaboard Florida Smiy Tratow tsp Florida. I saves p. M., arriving St. Augustine Day. Office 1421 a ave. R p. Candidate for governor by a Large rally. Gov. Higgins was a Delegate from new York to the Republican National convention of 1888. During his term As governor he devoted considerable Atten Tion to remedying the divorce Laws of the and took a Lively interest in All worthy movements and Charity. He was up until recently a trustee of the Chautauqua Assembly and of the Home for the friendless and dependent children of new York. Jumps track on Bridge Black Diamond express comes near going into River. Passengers thrown into panic and expected death but Only received slight injuries. Frank w. Higgins. Son Higgins the youngest son the governor s brother in Law and sister. Or. And mrs. F. S. Smith of Angelica or. Hib Bard. And his private Secretary. Allan r. Williams. Or. Higgins for years had been afflicted by a heart trouble. After he entered upon his work As governor of the state or. Higgins was warned by or. A g. Jane Way of new York of a Seri Ous organic dil Mculty in the heart but no Effort was relaxed and no duty left unperformed which or. Higgins believed essential to the faithful discharge of the Trust reposed in him by the peo ple. Performed his whole duty. When the Only official duty which remained for him to perform was. To assist in the inauguration of his successor As firmly resisted the import cities of his family his friends and his physician to spare himself and went to Albany to take part in the ceremonies. This last devoted act., of what he deemed Lis duty undoubtedly shortened his Days by precipitating symptoms which other Wise might have been forestalled. The enfeebled action of

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