Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-01
70 TO 100 LOST.
Steamer Stella Strikes the
Dreaded Casquet Rocks.
Sinks in 10 Minutes, Boilers Explod-
ing with Terrific Force.
Many Are Rescued in Ships Boats. But Sew
eral Scores Perish.


puct rocks. near the island Of Alder
nera. yesterday afternoon, in dense
fog and foundrred III 10 minutes, her
boilers exploding with Il tremendous
report as She went down. It is be-
lieved that from ID To 100 persons We're
drowned
The coasting steamer. Lynx brought
The news of The disaster. The LINK
picked up four boats ana 40 persons De-
longing to the Stella.
The second officer Ut the steamer who
was among those rescued. saws that a
cnllausible boat Vas launched fun "
propI4. bur ne thinks she struck on the
rocks. oVine to III. fog.
Another steamer has picked No a
boat containing - persons. including 20
women. VINO escaped from the wrecked
steamer. They have. been landed here.
IN. STELLA which b.fnDg4d wv III.
London 4 Southwestern Railway fn..
left southampton. at noon. yesterday,
conveying the first daylight excursion
OF the season to the Channel islands
There We're about l4o passengers I'm
board and the crew numbered = men.
The weather was fcggy but all Went
became most denSa.
NJ o'clock. the taSqunt rocks sud
denly doomed up through the fog bank
ana th@ steamer almost Immediately
afterwards struck amidships. Tho cap
tam seeing thaj lho Stella WAS laSt
sinking, ordered the lif" boats t" De
launched. Ills instructions were c.ir-
sfl'd ""l with IN" utmost celebrity and
stilt women ana children were embark
se' ~ ihe hoilS. lhrh ne captain or
uFfe" inc men |" lpuk after themselves.
sss-N survivor &iatcS fh|t y" and >
@hers put OF from the Stella IN Il small
bnat. Thc $50 was cnlm hut Their" WAS
a hg swirl around the rocks. When
tins boat WIS short distance away
from the wreck the boilers of the stella
""lS' MIN" 'eTIIht explosion ana ihe
"'7' - 81 ~ ''''' mt" '"e
'''
the Inst thih% he survivor saw WAS
the hGur" "i TN" captain standing
calmly un thc brli2r and giving thc
laSt ORDERS.
The captain persisted with his vessel
owing I" ia" suction caused j.. thg
SINKING steamer.
continuing. IN" survivor SAID: 'Th"
suction was 50 tr'lh"H""uS ihal we
thought cur boat would be cn@UliHd. !
saw live boats ana the colIapsiblc boat
besides or boat. leave The wreck. They
contained together between :" anu 100
persons FlVc n IN" boats were soon
lost l" view. out we took 4 boat filed
WIN women II tow and The occupants
OF cur boat took the oars in turn and
f"Wtd &lI hSht long untl most Of Us
"r"pp'd asleep thoroughly exhausted.
g SlGhled san boat at O'Clock
IN me morning. but the Great Western
railway go steamer Lynx, from
weymouth h2d meanwhile hoy in
siSht. She bore down on us ana took
rs all On board. She eventually landed
US at Guernsey.
The Great Western Railway Cn's
steamer Vera from Southampton pick
Cd III 40 Of tno survivors ana landed
them at GUERNSEY
Arcrrdinr WI ,ba latest as+inotas of
The officials of the London Southwest
.rn P3iiroad ro. n1t more than "a
nersors were drowned nut of those ON
hoard iba Stella when sba struck
othar ,annrts bayr.,.ar nl,re tha nun,-
har drowned much hfphar Another
steamer NJ tb4 s,na cnn7nany which
arrived If tba island Of Jersey. al abnu+
nam today renorts having passed
many bodies Of yi.t;ms in the disaster
,l,nn+ ,ra C,,s,,,s+ rocks
e,,r,.i,-o,. of the S+aII3 named I,usb
.,,.. TIL snaad ~ tba vessel IN rba r,a
wa. NOR diminished tuniIch the fog
,,.,,i..-l... ,,.ra sounded Pusb ,dds
,,,,- aao p NJ ina 'anofnaa,. shaved
li,,, +, I'LL. a,,e,i,. nam ] IfaI rapisrar-
f.,.,. .,,as1 nfrS1-o Knots ana mar tho
,.,.,sa1 .trucl, within y minutes after
,.,,ds EI,sb further asserts that two
~, b,,+. ,-ara sum, bv thr steamer
,,.t,;,, .,rr..,.. ,.as+iDo- M TIA rocks f,r ia
,,,in,,+,s sn1it in tv-, and disan-
III III ,hnuob+ ,roT,aY,Ia tba+
H. 1,.,,..I,,,s. ,,.o,.o tho only Americans
t,,.,, It'll cfaII, rrha second mate
..-',s M, nni, one, Of the Stella who
.,-.,,. .,,.,d
C,n+ir,,iDg Bush said. ..Whnn the
.,,,,, ,Iis.nne.red ia ~ "a pnrsnn.
were discovered clinging to the pieces