New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-05
11RDSHIPS ON BELLE ISLE.
1"V or THE SCOTSMAN RELATE THEIR
EXPERIENCES

u..,,o, Aims and her daughter. Mss
Mrs No East neutrality-suspicious.
Ams' we're TWO Of the passengers on the III
sA'.- no-,,nion liner Scotsman which was wrecked
iSe 20 Gin bound shores OF Belle Isle between
on 'ns.siand and Labrador. in the early morning
Ne~iO-..--,- - They reached home on Monday
OF ., ,,,r.-eal and are recovering from the hard
ron 49,, experienced Miss Aimss right ankle
say .,.srelv wrenched as She was trying to reach
va, lighthouse ~ company with her mother jour
-. mrieh required twelve hours 10 cover part Of
re! "S,,lrr rain. over the toughest ana sharpest
II IL and through hogs That they are alive az
Oh - source o. wouderment - them when they
o. .refr adventures last night 20 Tribune re-
pcrie' .,.-. che summer mother and trav-
!, Germany and Switzerland. said Miss
- - and our friends had recommended Us 20 Try
- D,-niai,u Line on account Of the superb seen
i b,oh IL afforded at the mouth Of the ST Law
g. Az $40 o'clock on Friday morning were
-. - rolled out Of our beds by the steamer strik-
w. .rs rocks We were tod that We had struck an
,.-g sot lie preservers. and mother aud 7
"-.ses as warmly as possible before going on deck
-" acre IN reality in sor, Of pocket against a
- ~ The shores o. Belle Isle. one Of the oeakest
- io,esomest places In the world. Our siowness
- are IN dressing prevented u from being put
49, o.. ~ frs, boatload q people sent ashore That
lAS ~ -,s Boat which was sWamped. win nearly all
s hoard Mother and ana ,Welve others Were
~ ONCE Ne rowed up ana down the coas.
..tya hours. loo~luE FOR a pace 10 land The boat
~ 4, OH FINALLY Ny Jones plugged the hole
Is1.b p Gee o. lyon and LOT q women 8 handker-
-.Sss-,sr said We had better return 10 the ship
yd and OH The rocks from the other side of the
,.ssel us.nc me lifeline. revisited our cabin and
,Sn-i hat il haG been looted presumably by thp
,-snp stokers picked up IN Liverpool In the strike
d -v Js..H5sr sul went ashore on the lifeline We
rrbed the face OF me Gin $50 feet 10 shelf about
g. b, 2 fee. nich That night accommodat,d about
~ krses s-i king against some one back. We
5rF ny ,hre- wide. ana has a lighthouse ON IL Ten
= u SIX lei1e women. started out at IL O'Clock
We Vete Nein".s ~oou. mat PIE %! ip.A5 ana
..ra.c.es o. O-s-cONeled hogs I'll midnight. Moth
- became 50 exhausted that she dropped fast aseep
o. sh-rq Io-As nal CoIeA ines. ana one woman
ave OF and said she was ready 10 die night there.
Whea W g, 10 the lshthorse al midnight the
keepers had 20 cut cur shoes off Our feet were
q s.raine5 my ankle about O'Clock and didn't
Gaze say any ming aooli 1! 10 iotaeI toI iear sns
resry dead BY O'Clock the next morning other
s.rsrgers began 10 arrive at lie lighthouse. and Il
was soon ~. 90 overlooking. Some Of the men had
~ sleep clear up I'D NE top. Where the llgnt IS. We
'.te SIP Monitor, came along. She had no cattle.
and although with Recommendations tor on.y Twelve
passsAser- sae 10 nearly all q US on board; ne
rev "a. ~ their quarters, and spread out all the
tav on board lu the stalls linen rs Sleeping three
OF tolr under one afket We got along
sairs III 6lgh The Straits OF Belle Isle on Tuesday
f-eSt and stood out 10 sea. on Wednesday he
made tor the mailing station al Rlmouskl, Ian,
AID We reached there on Friday Uorning There
! .oan. Obj landing woman passenger wearing
ere a. a.v skirts which had left IN my trunk. she
mai found 70 on the rocks, where Il had been
.srour 3, TIE villains who had robbed our cabins
SIC .ais as ID was GreT thar her own she put Il
on have travelled great deal and seen q
srsa, many bleak places bur never have I seen
mo- flrorn spot one more absolutely creary
ard f.rtt1 ing than the place where we were
wrecked Il is a wonder that We ever lived
,aroIsr if.'