Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Friday, January 30, 1914 · page 1

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There's no oseain
worrying - and
there is no use in
telling peoplc'there
is noose.»- CDN.

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

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Newspaper adver- .1
rising is en estab- -
fished factor in the .
building and main-
taining of any bus-
iness. Try it.

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ESTABLISHED 1870

NN HN NS
Jll EN, FOR
AN ASSNN

Colored Man Who Left Town
1 Some Months Ago Captured
by Sergeant Gibson on
His Return

NNNl [Mill NNlllNSNN
ill llXINNlNN NNlNNl

Latter was in Hiding, Fearing
Man Would Kill Her

 

 

 

Sergeant .l. Harry Gibson last night-
.s'u'cceded in arresting Kenny ltullln, n
ii:.~4lil\'0 from justice. who is churned
with assault with intent to kill him-
lliu Johnson. of Lexington avenue, Rul-
ilu, in 11 jealous 11ng two months ago.

tired point blank at. the Johnson “111.1

111111. and escaped below the police

(t'ontinued on Eighth gage).

 

———NOTICE.
tlrcut clearing sale 01’ men's and
inns“ clothing and gents‘ furnishings.
111111. stores. ll. .losem and Sons.
M
“Delicious bread and cake.
Banner

'Ai Bakery. :1 Monroe St.

MNNil WlNl NS
NNlSl SNNNillY Slil’l

So Says Guest, Howard Davis,
Who Blames Host James Fer-
ris tor Theit 0137.65

 

 

 

Howard Davis complained to

of Water street. second district, had
touched him for $7.05.
conuuittcd. he said 0:1 \l’cdnesduy
night. but Mr crplumcd his delay in
reporting the 11111111111 by saying that
1111 tried to 1111i tho money back.
Davis said llt‘ spent about $3 ueltlng‘
€i1‘1111ris and himself drunk \\‘cduesdu.v
to H111. Water slrccl saloons. 'i‘ht1 1111111

went. home drunk. l-‘errio 11111111111 Darts:
Ferris attempted to'
not into his guest's pocket. sold l)11\'t11,l

home with him.

but was warned nwuy. Lester Davis
slept soundly and whip I111 111111111 1111.

he says. 1.13 pooh-1 111.1 111 m1 11ml walk, Would Lease Pavilion
money Was gone. N
The opinion of tl11.1 i-hiel‘ oi‘ police.’ and Bath HOUSES
detective sergeautmmd reporter who.
i I
heard the story is thnt the 11111.11 midi liumors 1111.1 abroad today tbul Wil-

1111 drunk he did not know what
going on or how 1nn<l1 1111111111 I111
Nllo said be was drunk, but he knew

11o kol 111111 cut “hon lit woke 11p,
'1‘ he 1111111 11.1.11 1111111 to l‘ 1111.111 ultug Al

lornov villllnur .‘v, (:rliili .lr. but the:

poili 11 hold foil loin hopcs l‘ot his one
(“Hf-i

W..-W N... ”—- ....... v... _.

ROAST PlillK
lEGS LAMB

Shoulder innib, 12 i-Bc.

Rhouldor ntcnk. l-lc.

Hirloili ntonk. lilo.

Portorlioune steak, 21111.

l.n1nl1 chops. llic.

l1‘renh shoulders. lilo.

("1111111111 shmtldern, lilo.

llnliorlnc 351:.

llnniburg etcnlt. 160.

in barn soap. 251:.

l'hcnpest place. in town.

NEW YORK MARKET.

~-i-lt. John and Keyeer, builders.
11111111111111 Week: placed the roof on the
large residence building her (loo. (1.
_lecnoh at Butler‘s Inland, Tokeneke.
This firm has some heron houses un-
der construction alt the present time.

161:
‘ch

~q-u

tilt-1N,
“police this morning that James Ferris.

The. not wus‘

Entered at the south Not-walk 11mm.-
» Second Glue Matter.

llll 111111
111111 111-
11111

P. W. Harwood‘ and Morton Mil-
ler Taken trom liaiuna to
the Mountains

-—-——-__

NMENNINNS MNiNl
NNNi BEEN lNlNiiliilNS

Mexicans Assert that They Were
Leaders at Outlaw Gang

 

 

SAN DIEGO, Cal.
Americans, i’. W.
lend newspnpcrnmn, and Morton 'Mil-
ier. were.1 led out. from 'i‘iujuun, Mexico,
shortly before nightfall. Wednesday,
under it guard of Mexican soldiers and
are now believed to be lying dead in
the mountains u few miles south of tho
1lllli‘, after being subjected to the fugi-
tive htw. 'l‘hrco miles south of the
Iborder liuruood managed to slip it.
'1111tc to 11. Mexican who passed them."
on the road The note was addressed
to a. S: 111 Diego newspaper man.
l Accordlug to the Mexican who until-
ch the letter. the guard of six federal
Nsoldlcrs carried no supplies, and aside

.711 n. 30.-~1’l‘ 1.1'0

 

This has convinced United States 01'—
ticinls along the border that the pris
oners were not being taken to Ensen-N

ties asserted but were being led be.-
yond into the mountains. out of sight
of Americans on this side of theintcr-
national line.

United States customs and immigra-

glers. and they hold to this View in

 

, 1llurwood.
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—~lGrau1d supper and (dipping social
will be given by Old \\'11ll Command-
No. 9.313. i’nilcd Order 01' the
(’ioldeu Cross. tonight. in then
hull, Washington Street, Admission
and (l11111i11111i11111.(‘iam chowder sup
‘pe: 3011. Come.

‘cry.

I W mem-
1NlNNllNllNli lNll NNMPN

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1(‘11mpo limit-h pavilion and
NMr \nsb could not. be reached this
"minim: but it. is understood that the
phone are now 1111ch way.

Mr. Nash is l'ully competent to hun-
Ndlo tho ult‘ulrn oi" tiu1 [million and tho
Nrculini: oi the butbini.r hour-11111.
friends say.

moul. places of various cltttrnotcrn in

post yours and his cl'l'ortn were 11s11ul~

ly successful.

At our time. he run the. roller shut
lug rink in North M11111 street, several
11.111111 111111. 11nd of lute into but] churgo

l’oint.

William 11‘. Thomas. of Wnetport.hn:~1
lor the post number of years bud
charge of tho (lompo pavilion and tho
'i‘own oi” WouNport appointed 11 1111111 to
rent and cure for the bath-houses.
is understood that Mr. I'ueh will take

houses, which now number over two
hundred. 1119 will lease then) from
the town, according to the statements
mode of the plane. .1

mmn't forgot the ”Hope Home

 

 

dance, Friday evening. Jan. 30. Town
Aeeemhiy Hall.

Hurwood, an Oak-N

.. . Nfrom 11 small blanket which one of tho‘
“5 NN1N\11111ri1nn-; had. there was no covering. 1

spite, of the letter received here 113110111,

11111 1111111111

William A. Nash, of South Nor-N

his.
He has conducted 1111111111»:

oi“ tho dancing pavilion at Dorlou’s.

11‘

 

 

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Creditors Take initial Steps to
Have Plant Continued and
Made to Prosper Under
Receiver’s Charge

 

Along continued meeting 01' the
creditors of the Fairlleid County
Dairy Company was held yesterday
in the offices of Attorney Louis S.
Beers. It has been decided to ask for
n receiver‘s appointment, that the
business may continue and build 1111
until it can be sold to the advantage
of and for the benefit 01' the creditors.
Steps to have this action taken have.
already been instituted and the plant

hitch occurs to hinder
lugs. ‘

All the creditors and their repre-
sentatives 'who were present. yester'
day expressed confidence that 11111

the1 proceed-

lNiNllllN till. NNNil

should :be opened in 11 few days if noi

 

plan will prove the most wise.

 

presented at. 11 round sum ol‘ iiildlllll.‘
11vl1i1'i1 includes 11111i1ln11tzcs for 321.2011.
’l‘ho assets are. of olicstioirnblc chur-
uctcr. About $1,.\‘llll is tied up in bills.
receivable. and about moon inth
property, but the. value of tin1 plant
itself is for an i111lt1t111'111lnntc amount.
liolieVlng ithat their best hupc lies
in a continuance ol‘ “in business l'h.1
creditors risk for the receiver. M'l
tempts were made to have 11 .\'ew York ,
purtv purchase the plant, and he was
.in attendance at tho incotiuu, but. he
desired to assume no Further 1'i11ktltnii ,
.to tense the plant. The creditors are
represented by Attorney Louis Gold-
A'l'torney C. C. ilegeman. At-
tornoy l1‘dwnrd M Lockwood. and the
Nth in of Keogh and “Caprice dwocally,
and by Attorney Taylor. of Dehbun

' sohmidt.

. 1 . l mitten.
min. for trial as the Mexican nutltori The hesitant creditors nrt milkmeu

NAttorney Beers represents the Mile

tale of tho. concern ,
l

 

N—CUTBiLL'S BRlDGE FISH MAR-
KET,

Fresh mritul daily. all kinds lrtsh
fish, oysters, clams and escnllops 'l‘cl
' ophone 108. Free delivery. N

 

-—-—. l
l “Miss M'cimren in ”The County
(‘l1niz'mun," 1Sloulh Norwulk llnptisl;
1(‘lIurcl1 tonight. Tickets. 3.311.

- N

1111111 All
N 11111 11111111

No Word from Mrs. Svec or
Kilburn, But Bottle of Pois- N
on Was Found in the
House

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N

E .\1111'11111ol‘1111.v kind In 1.11 lccu 1:1111 1d
inl‘ .llru. .lohu H1111 11111! ("Miles
Killiuru .who ltli Nornnlk tout-tit

Wll‘Illum ‘1.1\'nsl1 ol South .\'orwullt. 111111» ”' “ll 11111: ’l‘uosdur. 11nd took 11 llllNNNN
lb'l‘N Ngotiuting for the 111111111111111111111 ol‘ the N‘” '\N‘“ \N’NNN1

N
.lohn 311111, the but ‘1

1111 i'out'tlii: 111 I'o1 tho pair and that he
is “Ulllp, to trv 111111 1111111111 the incident N
N llc l11111. 11lri111dv 1111111111 in hicuk up his
homo on l-lluurt 11111111111 11111] in 111111"
bonrdino with .\lr.11.lohu lorlcr.'l1l11I
sislcr- lu- luw. on Franklin 1111111111.

l1'1111t11 nl1oo1t l1’lll1111'21's identity have
(“01110 to ”kill. lie. is the 111111 111‘ u
woullh: cotton mill owner. ot’ New
,lledfnrd. Muss. This information 111111
Hi'lli. to Mr. .5‘1'1111 todnv in 11 plrl in'
ltoihi-iitor N , with whom liliburu
got into llrouble some time. 111.111. l-lliiy
ohm wrote that. his father hurl dhr'
Niuluu‘llcd him lit-1111111111) ol‘ 11'11y1vnrii-
nose.

Several bottles of poison. \l'lili‘llN
worn round in Kllbiirn's room at Srec‘n
ilionie. may turnluh 11 clow to nlnrtilnsl
developments. Detective tierneeut‘
leatlorlnnd hue them in his [1051183

lull charge of both pavilion and hoth;siou. and will investigate thoroughly

the circumstances which led to am
pniecu being in Ktlbum’u room N

 

wholn tenth 1111111111.,2011. Ferguson

and Hellman.

 

111mb legs. lilo. Ferguson and Med-man.

 

T1111 liabilities or tl111 company 111'11N

strcot.

‘l‘uthot'. .loi'onlluh llnl'rlnslou.

‘whon lust Sunday l1l11 wile,

 

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Duncan McDonald, of Illinois,
Makes Charges at Mine
Workers Convention

1113 11 111,11
111131111 11 11111

Gompers Calls Speaker 3 tier
and a Slanderer

 

 

l.\‘ll'.‘1.\'.~\l’()l.lS, l1'11l.. Jun 5.0: ~l'i1ul.
Samuel (1111111111111. president nt‘ 1111-
Anteril'un l1‘t-d111'ntiou of Labor, 11111.11
"ulorlnnsly drunk" at the Seattle 11111
ventlon 111‘ the Federation. was the
charge. 111111111. by lltinr'nn .'\11.1l)oi111ld, o‘
Iiliuois. 111 the convention or thc l'nil-
ed Mine \N’tii'ltors oi‘ America today.
illil'lJt: the prolonged cheers “liar!"
"slundcrcrl" wcro hurled at .\i .'!)1111nltl
by (tempers, who sat on the ninttmun.

“l 11111 slud Mr. (lompx l‘s i-:
I (111111111' what i want to," said Mellon-
uld in beginning his reply to the.
speech made yesterday 11v “1‘. Pom
p11rs.'1 said there were. boo/.11 ii 'ht-
crs in charge ot the truerlcun i1‘11d111'11
tlon oi Labor, and Hi prove it. At
the Scuttle convention 11'; had 11 room
lwith my wife at a hotel next to the
room reserved in the renoiutions com
The first Saturday night we.
could not sleep i"m the noise made hi
it hilill'li of drunks in the next room.

“i appealed to the. clerk of the hotel
and the noise, grew louder, Then i
went down to the hotel elites and the

here s1.-

1 nl;'l1t 11111111 or called .lim illmr 111 on
tion men say the Americans are smug- W “"1 (”Nd “NN‘NNNNNNE'NO” street b'N‘NgN‘ ‘N‘

phone and told him they would have
to get out of the r,OoIn that they were
disturbing all on the liner.

“The noise grew fierce and i finally
knocked on the door of the room and
was asked to come 1:1 and have :1 drink.

. When thc door was opened there 51111
N 811111 (11111112111111 at the. head of the table,

gloriously drunk. with bottcl ot'
ho 1;:1 in his 11111111."
The statement throw the convcnillln
into :11. ll|)l(llli‘, and it was some time
1111t"oionidc.1 was_1'estt111d, Vi'hllt1 tho
11111'1111ioi1 was at its llt‘l 4lll (ionipers
N1111ll11tl Nicllonuld .' ll:'ll ”till it slut itll'l‘

(lifl

.‘l

NNNNNN N iii
NNNS NNNNl

i11illlill'J’..ll()iil‘ lun fill. .\li.1'.i111111-

litltlilnit liniIIl ol the oloplnl: \\‘.111111111 iodu) sinl- 11.1 it lllLl‘l'lill-iltlli. who mind loll11wlllir
how much money he. bud 11nd that his houses for the coming 1111111111111 111111111111 "NN NNNNNN N‘N “’NNNNNNN NNN‘N N‘N’NNNN‘N N” NNNNNNN'N NNN“ “‘“NN1NN‘ “u" NNN’N‘N'N NN'N‘N-‘

)(illl‘ -.

old. was 11 buyer tor ileum .11». 1.3111111

puny. this 11lty.11111l lind 141111111 of tho
('(ll‘tli'l. 11nd 11111l11r\11-.'11 1l1pnrl1111111. 5'l111
M11111 Mnruurot. the dniuhlcr 111 1111.

11nd Mi'u.'.loi1n i.. Holley, ol‘ l-lttiplmn
Norwulk, 11111) 111111 111.11'1i 1d
nouriythrut1 yours 1111,11. it: 11 l1n.hund' 11
L1 11 1'11!
1.1mm luikcr. and Thomas wns llrir‘lltfilill-

111] with him in businosn.

lit-1 was suffering with 11 11111111111 cold
with it
Week‘s vacation. planned with 11111111111.
bend to visit her parents. tile. people

" horn did not. know he had gone l'urtlier
Nlllfllli Norwullt until yestcrdny. win-11 a.

postal from ii‘ortreud Monroe told ol‘
their having decided the 111111 trip would
benefit him.

Besides 111111 husband her pnientu.
one sister and two l1rotl1e1s.nli oi
Norwnlk. survive her.

u... . Mg. . ......................_—.~

~«— Sui 11rd'11 y S.pc1.1tul~~hundrtod 1.11.111

2colntee, 2211, pound boxes. threat. imp.
11.70., 102 Washington :51.

.. ”_‘...-“ ....._.

Mm. Anna Mcimiithlin. publisher of

~«13111111111111! Specter—dilemma spring the New Canaan trader. was 11 visitor one. and hope
. laimtinroonoin

in town today.

A ..,‘-r1’(.~

3,1914

NNNENS, Pill ii Nil.
Nilll [Elli NNNWllN

Menutaclory, Employing 150
Hands ‘ColINg Back to N. Y., Be-
cause Not Dull Season

1......“ ..
Upper NoruNelk is to lose one oi its
industries. The officials ol‘ Rogers.
Port. A‘: (lompNtny have determined to
remove their .[ectory which occupies
part, of the Lkith Silk Mill on Grand
street. to INew3York. This information
was communiN'atcd to Willium liable.
manager for the local factory. that
night, and ho was ordered to close
,rlown immedhltcly and prepare
N more to New ‘l’ork. The reason which
is assigned for this change is that be
cause of the exceptionally mild win-
, tor this your the demand for ovcrcosts,
which the Norwalk factory made on
tirely, bur. not been nearly
as in previous years. The. factory has,
however. no to now. been very busy
and bus becn working on full time.

The compnn} has been in .\'l>l‘\\tllii
loss than 11 your. having: moved here
{1111111 New 11111.. last sprint;
has lit't'n 11111pl11111tl about too hands.
illltl it looked as lbouuh the industry
would tic-11111111111 permanent (mo in the
t'lly. Mr. Rubin stated this lllitl‘llilr»:
that tho compzlnr would ttoi'ru)‘ lh'
11111111 11l‘ l‘sil'llllit 111111 lawllics oi‘
oniploycs who 11111111. iii-1'11 11111111
York back to that 1:11.11 lie xiii-‘11 "u‘d
that llll' mafcrily 111’ 13111 other 11.11p' _\-
1-111 would continue 1111111: ti11~i1 prison!
1111111111) 11111111 and rumor.- 1‘11111111'11 to 911
big city.

When Mr. liable rotcivcil
lion of the decision he ordered the
cutting. and trimming departments
closed and today there is no work go-
ing on in them. The, machine operat—
ors. however. are at work. This is
done 110 have cleared up the work
which cutters: and trimmers always
keep in udvume. it will N111 111111111 11
wool 11110111, this work is ilnisl11'1d.und
then ev'er) department it the 1.1111111)
will be. closed.

in the 1111111111 oi moving .\lr, Kohli'
stated that it would be at least two
weeks before everything 111111 be rotten
ready to be shipped. 'i‘lie i’uctory will
more into illi' Rogers Poet building at.
13th Street and Broadway where the
other luilorinu'.‘ departments are local»
11d.

lly this ronloi'nl Norwnlk bus Nod
11 prospcrons industry and 0111:. that had
prospects 11.‘ 1111111111111. From all that
can no learned the, location and shill'
pin' l‘ut'ililli'i1 lime linen liiltlfll'ltl‘itll‘ji‘
1.111i lht- only 111111111 for illt‘ 1'l1urizc i1
the itllliliit'r's ol‘ the winter. ’l'hc tuli-
inn‘ non) of most of the 1311 employees
is also to be 1'11~'.1'1-ltt11i 11s ll11- .'lll:15'
oi‘ help 11inploy11d was above. lhc 11111:“
11111 l‘uctory kind.

to 11 011101111, 111: 1.11

1111111“ l112111 lNrmn hum-1.

 

 

 

lili-
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111iiil:'.|

|>111 ill.
llic. lNI.
-. 111111.111.
111112.111; 1:1111‘1. illum'l
:1111T1.ll1-11l:’<1

l.1'.lll t‘I‘1-11l1 shoulioiw.
1111111I1111I11t11 111' Iinh
l 1.41.
Fun 111:11'111 s:1111::I'.

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Scrip-.1 lumb‘i'llol'a lli‘ ll).

Mom 111:1 .1311”; lit: to,

Hill roast l11-.1 l“. llo lN1.

l’.1sl «(ill skinlnli .1 Hulk, l'i' N.
i.1.111 .1111 11111.11, llc :l1

l~';11~11l11l '11'1111'1 1.11 111w! ril‘ltk. t.1ln_'I'

'l'lioli'11 111.1111: i Wis. 2:11.
Nit1ll111 11111112 “."11'.

i11:1. chick-111.1,

I-‘wiit's l11..ll11'1‘111-, 2'11 111.1! 23:1 W.
(Adm li.’1\ll.‘..s" hintilil'l'l‘

WENT“ ll N}
1111111 1111111 (11.111111 11

Mrs. Minot. :4. l'illlllll. ol' South Main
stroct. cntorln'ncd tho \Vodncsduy Al‘-
li'l'llllil“ A. l), 1‘11”»qu 11111 Hotel l'llr-
l'ord. on \h‘cdncrduy ulternoou 111' this
week. ’i'hcri rcrc illi'oo tabled. 'i‘lio
parlor 111111 dolorntcd with 11111. ltoworu

ENTiillTi'il

111111 potted pi his, and prrmded 11'
charming 111191 3111111111.

l Artur tho ptizes were awarded to
him. Rudolph muluit'iter. or i’lrldzc

port... 11nd lira.
South Norwul
war. net-rod.
hire. 81111111111111; amulet-11d in rocclr
trig tho guests 131 Miss Nelllo ilawndev,
or South Norwalh. and Mrs. Everett
l1), Lililllldos oilNeir York The 11111111115
declared Mrs. ‘mtth u delightful heat

Eugene J. O'Connell, ot‘
1. u. delightful 111111111111

 

 
 

1, in the near future.

1
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so great ‘

'l‘lierc ‘

I

Uneettled and Colder Tonight.

111111-1111 1113 hi
WHEN 31111111 1111111 w
1111 11 nun 1111111

TWO CENTS N

Collision Occurred' 1n Fog Oil Hop Island, on the Virginia Coast.
Last Night—Survivors, Numbering Eighty-six Picked Up
by the Nantucket—hrs. Margaret Kelley Harring-
ton, Former Morwalk Girl. A Victim

 

Nilllt lllNIl lll’lNllNll Nil Nil”:

lliliill Ni lNi

ilildl

 

8.111111 Celine;

l‘zl

ill Niliill SENNS
INSlSliR ill NNNNNNN. ll.

licut People Reported as Being on Board the ill i-Ta’i-

etl Vessel, and May Have Been Drowned

.\'()ltl1tJl l\. \'21. Jun do » horn-1111111
poisons 11-11111 dicw 11cd today when il11'
Mcrclmuts' and Zilincrs‘ steamer X111;
tuckct sunk the Old Dominion Liner
.\l or. roe.
(to plain

Wireless lists t'orunrdcd 11::
Johnson oi"

ii111L1l11111'oe, 11:1-

iurninn with the survivors 111111111 21:11.1
locket. show:

l.11st~+~l1’11ss11ngcrs. 2.3; crew. '_’~l. 'l‘o-
tut, lil.

Saved»Passengers. 3111: 1111-11.. 71
Total. .\‘:"1

.\‘(‘Illl1‘tll.l\’. \':1.. Jail. on. rortysev-

en lives were lest in the icy waters oi‘
the Atlantic. at 2 o'clock this morning.
when the 0111 Dominion Liner Monroe
was rammed amidshtps, practically cut
in two. and sank within ten minutes,
twenty-five miles southeast of l-iog is;
land. by the Merohauts' and lilners'
lu'ner Nantuckct. '

'I‘ht1 forty-seven lost comprised twen-
ty-three. passengers and twenty-tour
1111‘1111l1ers 111' the crew. according; 11111111-
cial wireless reports to li111 Old llo~
miuiou lIine hero. Thirty-one passen-
gers 11nd titty-live oi" the. crew were
saved, makingr the list of rescuel
eighty-six".

tfnpt. Johnson of tlic sunkeh Monroe
11nd 1111 his otilcors but one wore among
the saved. The lost oidrcr was the
Second ()illcer. named (lateley.

Eighty-six survivors picked from the
111111 and huddled on the Nantucket.
which was limping along with u crum-
pled how toward Norfolk t111l11_v.:11e
the. only ones who can tell the stor y oi
how the two ships. p1iki111: their way
through a liltinkci ol' 211.;~~ one bound
north, the other hound sm1tl1~~~~1net
with 11 crush near the Winter Quarter
Shoals Lightship. 8. ll. 5' calls 1111111111.»
imz out. to the. coast stations siurlcd
every available agency of rescue into
action. but not soon enough.

While thI.1 Nantucket bucked oh‘, low-
cred boats and iii-gun sweeping tl11'
Inlsly 111111 with her sourciilighi llli‘
Monroe. sunk like 11 plummet.

in the, swirling vortex oi' the sinking
ship 1111111 shouted 11nd 11111111111111111111111111
oil. The .\l1111roi1lw11nt ill on so which
ly tliul. therewasllltletlnu-l'orlump-11
lug boats, 11111.] it is lli‘llt‘H'tl lh'tt the
only mics raved were l'muo plt'lu'd up
at 11111111 by 11111 Nunlnoht-l.

First news oi" the collision trickled
in here throutgh the wireless 11111111111111
at Virginia iii-tick.

The Monroe. "11. Inset-111111.11 lines.
1.1'l1l11h lllrill carried ireluht. put out 11."
hero iii 7 o'clock lat-«i night on 11 111.11.11-
lIIt' trip to flow; York. ’I‘h“ llllii.‘ 111'
the. cruelnl 111111111'1111'11 helwl'ou ”111.111
two ports in 1'1111111111'uli111iy close. to

l1lllll'il and 1,11 11 clear night they 1111111111.

11"11 I'ut 1.l' slulit oi loud.
The Nunttu-lrrl. 11111111 Iloniou for
folk, with lt'olilht. would

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1
hilt

Monroe. but no curly 11111111111. indicated
the ponithine oi‘ the rhino.

A dcnso ton enveloped tho ontiro
111111111, 11nd mariners here do not doubt
that the two liners met in 11 head-on
collision. 'l‘ho'ponitlon of the ships.
which was reporter] about 101.2: lim
milou nouthwnnt ol‘ tho Winter unar-
tcre' Lightship, would pin-co Ilium 11121111
ling island. 01111 wlrclnen report which
sold Captain Johnson of the Monroe
was among the rescued leads to the
belief that the Monroe sunk vary 11111-

to meet ezein 111111111 idly, and that her pneuehgerx “mom tori": 111111 1'1.- trait

in the deed of night by the shock of

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ordinarily
have been runninn. to scuwnrzl nl' tho

 

11 collision, hurl little timc lo 111111111113
tor lowing 11 ship rapidly Making; in

lil' \111111'1s.’l"le1Nantucket. much
lighter ship than the. Monroe. about
inlt’ l11'1r tonnage, probably rammed a'

hols in the, passenger liner's iron hull
that liooded her lower compartments
and sent her down by tho bond in
111111.111 loss than an hour.

The 011] Dominion Miter Hamilton,
N1111ll'.(l down t'rom New i'ork ior Nor-
l‘olk, could not have been 1111' from the
scene when the operators of the Non—
tucket and the Monroe begun sending
18. (f). 18. calls, some of which reached.

as far north as Boston and also were~

relayed up and down the coast by the
stations. lmost immediately every
agency of rescue within striking dis-
tnnce was set'in motion. Within a half.
hour the revenue cutter Onondagr‘e

‘11.... pointed toward the rapes. but as.

the collision occurred fully five. howl-1'

run away from her. she could hope to .

do little more then aid the Nantuz'két
or stand by for the fog to lift with
daylight in the hope. that more of the,
Monroe‘s passengers or crew. might
have, got away in boots and were mise-
ed in the night.

liurly today officials of both lines
here were pressinw "uptain Berry oh
the Nantucket for 11 list of the survi-

Nvoi's by which to check their passen-

11111' list.
Thu lost had scarcely 11 chance to:

realize that death was upon them be- ..

i‘1zro they were. struggling in the sea.
The passengers, thrown from their
berths by the turnout the collision, had
l1;111-l_v tiim1 to struggle to the (look
before they were plunged into the we;
tor. Not. (1111 minutes intervened be1
tw11cn the time the bow of the Nan-
tuckot crashed its way into the side
ol‘ the Monroe and the sinking oi the
lilll11t‘.
Nantucket. today,
\vulcr utter their
down. ,
ilclh vessels had quieted down for
the night. hours before the. collision.
t‘upluin llcrry. on tho liridizo ot‘ the
Nantucket. unit the lookout.‘|1ud this
deck to tlIonIselves 11.1 the vessel whit
slowly skimming through the fog.

were titted from tho
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F‘nnty ire-h killed fowl. 1‘03.
Slit-wins i'1. wt, 1(1ch
l‘ti'olfern, 2.1311.
Fancy Lone; islrnd 1l11'1k'1.25c.
lettuce 1211', 1111mti1zota,ilic 1.114,
width 1111. Mollie; credited, illitrailid1

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