Show FIFTEEN MEN IN BOAT BATTLE THREE DAYS IN RAGING SEA ELEVEN LIVES s.- s. LOST BY COLLISION OF TWO VESSELS VESSELS' Two Survivors Insane From Suffering One Leaps Overboard and c Four Die of Exposure Terrible Experience ne rt BOSTON Mass Dec 22 The The schooner arrived at o'clock this morning with ten of ot the tho survivors ors of or the cr crews s of or the B schooners schooner Frank A. A Palmer and Louise B. B Cra Crary y which were In collision In Massachusetts setta bay on Wednesday Six men of ot both vessels were drowned In the col collision coir coli th the balance lance fifteen took to one boat One subsequently went Insane insie rie and jum jumped d o e overboard four tour died from died from exposure and two went Insane after getting ashore Both captains were sere saved Rescue At 8 a. a m. m yesterday when the Man Man- l hns was forty five miles off ort Highland Highland High High- land light the lookout sighted a a. small boat with men who were making signals signals signals sig sig- sig- sig nals of distress The chan changed d her course and bore down on the craft which proved to be the boat which had been launched from the Crary Only ten of or the men aboard w were re alive and the they were almost helpless as n ft result of or their exposure to the rigorous rigor rigor- ous weather Leaped Into the Sea Sen Saturday night one man became crazed b by his sufferings and shouting at the top of oC his voice that the police were ere after him he Jumped overboard and disappeared Four other men of ot the little boats boat's company compan died from exhaustion exhaustion ex ex- and the exposure to w which the they had been subjected All AU the survivors sur cur ors vl were frost trost bitten n and some come of ot them will probably have to have their feet teet and aud hands amputated Tho 1110 Collision The members of th the Palmers Palmer's crew crewl claimed l U t the Crary w wa on on op the tvr wrong mg ta tack tte h the Palmers Palmer's bow bo hit her on onT the bow cutting cutting- her nose nos square off oft and entangling entangling entangling gling both vessels In the wreck The anchor r and bowsprit of ot the Palmer sank away from the wreck while the anchor of ot the Crat Crary was tangled d In the rigging fore of ot the Palmer and broke off oft the foremast The vessels began to fill and sank In a few minutes Fifteen n in O One e Boat Bont The Palmers Palmer's men managed to lower lowera a 3 boat As the men cleared the wreck they saw the Crary's men In the same lame plight and made for tor as many as could reach the boat Fifteen souls were In the small craft wl when en It finally pulled away both captains being among those who thus escaped A short abort time after alter th the boat left both schooners schoon schoon- ers ems went down Six inen men perished when the vessels sank For the survivors A. A battle which lasted basted three days and four tour nights had began One third One third of or the number succumbed to the fight and oC ot those who finally reached shore none was able to realize what they had bad es es- es |