New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-11
yOr.XLv- No l4IO5'.
c17NK OFF CAPE BRETON
ur1 1vETIA CRUSHED IN ICE
-vn- CAPTAIN schoo1''-'>
ALL ON sDans %nSTs WITH Aso1"nH 1"s ,psasr plsasrt

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Mkhis uov,rH TO THE TRIBUNE! -
Nav 1O.-The Whi'e Eio0o 'oaao,,oors and
HALF 9nelvetia. 1,161 tons, WIN t,,orn on
s'e'." s~-oI cargo. which starteu LIN -..orio Cane
s;l % for Montreal, was SUNK oa s.h stoomer of
Breton on has been lost within as many years.
that i,no 'or August c. Andre sailed from new
Inc 81. - Antwerp aud was never heard Oh III
ioiA III 90 1883 the Herman Ludwig saiiou
% .no Montreal for Antwerp with crew OF thn'y
ana HV valuable cargo and that was the las'
u. ,,os heard of her. Only thirteen mohlhs "s'
10 non;el Steinmann crashed on the rocks at oall-
tro island and 124 lives were lost. Inc
,notes the fourth vessel which has met Win ulsa'
.sr A rather remarkable coincidence is thaG zap
toin Sohoonbaven, who commanded the Danioi
c+oin,nann. was also in command OF the heNo'i''
ond this was the first passage across the Atlan.i0
which he has made since the wreck Oh the D"liei
Steinmann. c.,t 90
The Helvetia arrived in the Gun VI
G. lawrence overa week ago and mas
been knocking about in the Ice Ior s1'on VI
oi,bt davs Her bows were stove in and she was
o.boru,ise damaged by the ice. She was leaking
bodIv On Friday Captain Schoonhaven left cape
Pov and bore up for Sydney. having all he coulu
do 70 keen the ship aloat On Saturday heaVy
saa snrunr up and he hailed the Allan Line steamer
Acadian. which was passing. while on voyage
from Halifax to Sydney. The Acaoian
took the Helvetia in tow ana
headed for Louisburg, but had NOT
cone far before Captain Schoonhaven slgnalleu
that he was sinking Boats were lowered and tne
Messengers and crew got into them rs soon as pos
sible. but none too soon The last boat had hardly
rot clear before the Helvetia careened over ano
snnk. The steamer Acadian then put back 10
Strait Canso and landed the survivors at Fort
Hawkesbury.
Captain Farquahar of the sealing steamer
George Shattuck this morning reports thaV
he never knew Of such enormous quantl-
ties of ice off the coast and came nearly
losing his own steamer off Scatterie., The George
Shattuck became jammed In the ice three miles on
Scatterie Point and was carried IN shore 10y tne a
strong current. The captain gave up MS SNIP loI
lost and the crew were all ready 10 jump lnto TIC
boats but he managed to run around PolnI NOu'e,
between rocks on one side and on the other INTO
an open bay and thus saved himself lie says
that the ice field around Scattere extends III every
direction as far as the eyes can reach lie c0unIeu
two steamers and fifteen square-rgged NeSsels OuV-
side this ice field but surrounded by sm9ller
floating field and icebergs. lie THINKS some OF % tnth
will be crushed and sunk. Ihlrty-hVc miles noIlu-
east of Scatterie, on Thursday afternoon he saw
a large steamer, apparently In distress gut was IN
TOO much danger himself to 60 to her. People VINO
live on the coast say that there is more Ice IN the
Gulf now than they have known for quarter Oh
a century. The George Shattuck, which was on
sealing yoyaget the first attempted from TINS port lOI
forty years got into the ice, broke her rudder aH
propeller was away seventy days and only caught
1877 seals most disas trous undertaking,