The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-13
Big Steamship castilian Wrecked
In a Fog.
ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE
WENT ASHORE ON THE NOVA
SCOTIA COAST.
All the Passengers Were Landed In
Safety, But the Vessel VIII Prob
ably Be a Total Loss-Valued at
100000 and the Cargo Is Worth
$45O,OOO.

Halifax, N. S., March 12.-The new
Allan line steamer Castilian went
| ashore at Gannet Rock light, near Var
mouth, in a dense fog, her compasses
being deranged. Two compartments
are full of water. and tugs have gone
from Yarmouth to the scene.
The Castilian arrived at Halifax from
Liverpool ten days ago, on her maiden
voyage. and went to Portland to load
cargo for return. She is 5000 net regis
tered tonnage, being the largest Allan
line steamer afloat. The ship is in
charge of Captain Barrett and officers
formerly Of the steamer Partisan, the
entire crew of the Partisan having been
transferred to the new boat. The
steamer was due to embark mails and
passengers here for Liverpool
The steamer began leaking imnledi-
ately after she struck, but the best
discipline prevailed among the passen-
gers. They returned to their berths and
were calledaput again to don life pre-
servers, which many were wearing
when they reached Yarmouth on tugs
at SIS this Sunday evening. The pas
sengers and the crew all saved their
baggage. The steamer went on at low
tide, which will be in her favor. The
place of the disaster is a few miles
from where the Moravian of the Allan
line was lost some years ago.
The first and second holds are full of
water. The steamer is aground aft to
the engine room, and there is six feet
of water in the engine room. There is
six fathoms of water under her aft.
The captain, three mates, the steward,
engineers and some of the crew remain
on board, and three tugs g,re standing
lNN eto
of her course, with fresh southwest
wind, which would increase the cur
rent. The weather has remained mod
crate all day, but if the wind changes
there is no hope of the steamer ever
coming off. There is fair prospect of
salvage of the cargo.
The Allan's agent at Halifax has
chartered the steamers Delta and City
of Client to go to the scene of the wreck
tomorrow. The use of the government
lighthouse steamer Aberdeen has also
been applied for.
The passengers and crew will leave
Yarmouth tomorrow morning to take
the mail steamer Vancouver for Eng
land. They speak in the highest terms
of the discipline maintained after the
ship struck. She had been moving
slowly, with a, sharp outlook in the
haze. The officers wanted to give a.
wide berth to Cape Sable, which they
feared they might be nearing. Nothing
of whistle or buoy was heard or seen,
and no sign of land until the shock,
which was so light that many passen-
gers thought it was a heavy wave. En-
gines were reversed, but when it was
found the steamer held fast, the boats
We're got ready and the sleeping pas
sengers awakened and told to pack up.
in case it should be necessary to send
them ashore.
Splendid GOODNESS was displayed by
the whole crew. Rockets were fired at
intervals, and at daylight the first Off
Ger and purser went ashore in a small
boat to Tusket. They drove nine miles
to Yarmouth for assistance. During
this time the passengers were waiting
for help. The sea began to run high
and the rolling of the ship became un-
pleasant. Lord Archibald Douglas, a
returning Jesuit missionary, conducted
an impressive service on the deck in
the forenoon. In the afternoon the
boats were launched and the passen-
gers and crew taken off in them. Short
ly after the whistles of the tugs were
heard, and at o'clock all hands but
the captain, engineers and some of the
crew were safely taken off and con-
veyed to Yarmouth.
Opinions in Yarmouth differ as to
floating the ship. The chances are IA
vorable if the weather continues mod
crate. The work of discharging the
cargo commences tomorrow. A large
number of sheep in the forward holds
have been found drowned, and the
swelling Of grain has thrown up the
dining saloon deck.
Portland, Me-, March 1.-THE Cas-
titan sailed from this port at l p m
The ship itself is valued at
about 100000 and her cargo at $45O,O0
This is the most valuable cargo the
Allans have ever shipped from Port
land. The principal items were grain
and provisions.
The saloon passengers We're Captain
L. c. Arbuthnot, Rev. Lord Archibald
London, England; George A. /
Baynes. Mr.. Boisford, Frank Duckett,
Fred Fowler, Miss NJ. j. Firth, Miss
Hattie Gardner, Samuel Hird, Mrs.
Hird, Colonel J. B. MacLean, NJ Phil
lips, Captain j. j. Reilly, ]. j. Reilly,
ir., William Wylie, Montreal; Arthur j. !
Forward, Mrs. Mcleod Stewart, Miss
Nina Mcleod Stewart. ottawa, Ont;
Mrs. Robert Hess, Howick, Quebec;
Rev. D. w. Morrison, Mrs. Morrison, !
Ormstown, Quebec; William Hendrie. /
jr., Miss c. NJ. Hendrie, Miss Maud |
Hamilton, Ont.