Show SHIP SURVIVORS i LAUD BAUD RESCUERS I WASH N G 9 T TON O 0 N Feb 25 President Roosevelt INS ISS sent a special message of appreciation appreciation ap ap- predation to the people of St. St bay Newfoundland Lawrence La for their courageous work in rescuing rescuing res res- cuing some of the personnel of the he U. U S. S S. S Truxton and theU the U U. S S. S S S. S Pollux the two navy ships which foundered in a form torm ST ST. JOHNS Newfoundland Feb 25 three Forty survivors of the he United States destroyer Truxtun Truxtun Truxtun Trux Trux- tun and the U. U S. S naval supply ship Pollux owed e their lives v WednesdaY Wednes- Wednes thee day jay daY to the hardihood of men women wo wo- men pien and children from the village of cf St. St Lawrence who rigged up upa a chair in defiance of the storm starIn that smashed the ships and andt t pulled the seamen to safety over overa a foot cliff E The survivors were hospitalized In Argentia at a U. U S S. S naval base across the bay from the place where here the vessels were wrecked with th the loss of at least men The story of the rescue was the i first report of the number of men javed saved Tuesdays Tuesday's announcement from Washington merely I r f id d the number of casualties Cross Snowy Snotty Hills Word that the two ships were In b 1 distress brought the villagers of cf St St. Lawrence to the scene from t across three miles of snow-covered snow swept and hills Th They y found a cluster of men clinging to a cliff and began haulIng hauling haul- haul Ing log them to the top with t the e bo- bo suns jun's chair a rough wooden seat slung ilung from a rope Other rescuers attempted to save gave some same in the surf by a dory lowered from the top of the cliff but the little boat was swamped Its crew was saved Taken to Homes The battered seamen first were taken to homes in the village and near the shore and supplied with additional clothing and with ith food Then they w were re taken to Argentia Bodies of the dead also were taken to Argentia A third U. U S S. S ship struck the shore hore in the same storm which wrecked the destroyer and supply ship but floated clear and reached harbor |