The daily gazette., 1879-07-18
LIVES EdsT.Tx kHiPWRRCX

NINE WOMEN AND CHILDREN DhOWN-
ED THE OTHER PASSENGERS AND
THE CREW LANDED SAFELY.
| HALIFAX, NIB, July ~. 1.-The State
Lihe steamer State OF Virginia, Captain
Noodle, from New York, July 10, for
Glasgow, went ashore in q dense fog
on Sable Island, ninety, miles off the
Nova Scotiaf ceast, at u .4b Saturday
evening. She will be q total wreck.
Nine Of the passengers, all women and
children, we're drowned In tire surf by
The upsetting Of one Ofthe boats. The
loss a.e: - f. - ~ E.aG gs2'rl7 ~
Miss Kate Coiemau,l Of England, y
n coad cabin passenger.
Mrs. Catherine McGlory, Of -Glasgow,
q second cabin passenger.
Marie G. Moulin, a girlT 0f fourteen,
who was passenger with her widowed
mother In the second cabin.
Mrs. Mary Peden and her two chill
dred, steerage passengers. from Bloss-
Mrs. Thomns valter, Of Elmira, N.
~, u asteerage passeneer.
I Alice Wilfsen, of New York, little
girl, who was passenger with her moth
er in the second cabin. a .aai .,.Il... .u-
John Widestrsnd, q Chicago boy, who
was passenger in the first cabin with
his father and mother. -iy De-, .....,,I
| Third Officer McF 4ddaen, Purser Rob
eson and . crew Of nine men set out In
one of the ships boats on Sunday for the
mainland, ninety niles away. Steering
northwest course they landed yesterday
morning at Port Bickelton, west OF Can
so aud near Sherbrooke in Guysb trough.
Taking stage for twenty-five miles across
|, the.north shore, they reached New Glas'
, | gov to- day and immediately after tele-
graphing the news of the wreck to this
city, New York and Glasgow, took the
railroad for Halifax.
Purter Robson reachsd here tonight
He reports that the steamer on the sec
. ond day out-the 1lth-antered q dens'
e fog, which continued until Saturday, thu
18th, at 8 p. NJ, when she ran agrount
= on sand bank, seven miles from thu
+ end on the south side Of Sable Island
. They tried to get off without success
Q "On Sunday morning" he says, Tin or
der to tighten her we began throwing tn
g cargo overheard, but found it was no us
!. lie steamer settling down in the sand
:, We fred six minute guns which brough
The Governor of the island, Mr.. McDon
Is aid, to our assistance In q surf boat.
d This boat took ashore eleven wome
d four men, myself, four officers and tn
u doctor, all of whom were safely landed
j. though the surf was very heavy. Tw'
!. more boats left the ship with eightee
1t persons. The second boat, when lift
RS feet from the shore, capsized and all Il
81 occupants were thrown into the waite
* Some of those struggling in the watt
pl succeeded in clinging TO the boat, whil
!, was presently righted and was wasl
as cd ashore. These clinging to her wei
baily bruised but were glad to have e
Q capped with their lives as it was foun
,r nine had been drowned, as follows
Miss Marie u. Montin, about fourtee
years old Cher mother wi
H. savedG Mrs. Mary Peden and tw
@ children (Mr. Peden was saved
y John Widestrand, aged thirteen CHS p
~, ~, rents were saved); Miss Coleman, MI
hs Walker and Mrs. McClone, who had \
he friends among the passengers. ~
cd bodies of Miss Coleman and Mrs. Wal
he er were recovered and buried. III
lat other boats went around to the 9th
id side of the island the next day, and {
n were safely landed. On Monday nigl
on at 1890 O'Clock, Third Officer McF Fadd'
nf myself and nine men started in an OPP
.
ng was rainy and foggy and we had mo
NJ uncomfortable time Of it. .,t
Tuescay night we made the mainiau
be nut the IA was running too high to lar
rn- and we waited until morning, when '
'ch succeeded in landing safely at Port Bic
nd. erton and drove to New. Glasgo
~ | whence we came by train to Halifs
or, Sunday night vessel had settled down
In the sand. There were six feet OF wa
we in the main hold, nine feet in the engl
the 70 om and nine feet in the after no
of The weather was fine, but the prosp
ton of getting the vessel off was was I
be very encouraging. The cargo consist
the of 1O4 head OF cattle, American produ
and general merchandise. Some si1
ng, OF the cattle which were thrown oy
board toaighten the steamer got saf
her ashore, and part ofthe cargo was
to washed ashore" "-..sun. 3
of The purser complains Of the inhos
and ta!ity Of the people between Port Biz
the erton and New Glasgow. The State
Ella Virginia was at Halifax 10 June OF u
mis- It is not yet settled what steamer Va Y
4 to to the relief OF the passengers. but It
"a probable that q steamer coming IT
ion Prince Edwards Island will be char
hey ed to call at Sable Island.