Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-22
LOSTIN THE BREAKERS
Fate of Thirty.two in the
Nova Scotia Wreck,
Is BODIES OF VICTIMS RECOVERED
Shore for Ten Miles strewn With
Wreckage Of Hull and Cargo Of
the City Of Monticello.

the City Of Monticello.
Yarmouth. N. S., Nov. 14.-The
shore of this country for 10 miles east
and west is ntrewn with the wreckage
OF the hull and cargo of the steamer
City OF Monticello, which foundered
Saturday morning, and 25 bodies OF
victims of the disaster have been recov.
cred from the sea. which is still raging
with terrific fury. Many people have
assembled at Rockville. near where
the first body came ashore, and mum.
erous relatives of members of the crew.
who nearly all belonged to points on
this coast, have arrived to identify the
dead.
The bodies were arranged in room
Ia the public hail, and the coroner
who held the inquest gave an opinion
of accidental drowning. All the bodies
are terribly battered.
The first body was found at day.
light. when the zinc liteboat, which
was supposed by the survivors Of the
first boat to have been swamped, was
discovered on the shore. A few yards
distant were the bodies of Mr.. Ell
bridge, q passenger; Second Engineer
Poole; Mr.. Fripp, a traveller. of st.
John. N. B., and the body of seaman.
All four had life belts around them.
At short intelva along the beach ] ]
more bodies were found, making 8 dis.
covered up to noon today. They had
all evidently come ashore In the life.
boat, and were killed un striking the
beach, not one escaping.
The watches in tho pockets Of two OF
the men stopped at l2:45 aud 1925
O'Clock, respectively.
The body OF Captain Harding, of the
Monticello, was found at Picnic Point,
encircled with life belt and fully
dressed.
1t is q coincidence that the shir
Peter Stewart was wrecked off this
shore few years ago in the month Of
July, and boat load Of men came in
where the Monticello's boat was found.
Half OF the men were dead before the
boat touched the land and many be.
lieve the same is true of those IN the
Monticellos boat. The fury of the surf
is appalling in this region.
The body of o. N. Coleman, com.
mercial traveller, who was not pre-.
viously known to have been on board
the Monticello, has been washed ashore
and identified. He represented Ham.
ilton, Ont. jewelry firm, and carried
samples worth $4,000. One trunk
has been found.
Wreckage of all kinds litters the
shore-boxes, barrels, pieces OF ships
boats and parts of the superstructure
of the steamer. James Ball, mer.
chant of Yarmouth. who was supposed
to have been on board, 10 safe, having
missed the steamer in St. John. Rup-
ert Olive was crossing the bay from
St. John to Yarmouth to rejoin his
own steamer.
Some difficulty has been encountered
in figuring out the total loss OF life, as
number of passengers joined the Mon.
ticellO at st. John without first regis
tering at the booking Office. They
bought their tickets on board. A re-
vised list OF the members of the crew,
prepared at the head Office OF the Var.
mouth Steamship Company here, shows
that the officers and crew numbered 20.
The total number OF people on board Ia
now placed at SO. The four surviv ore
are: Captain Smith, passenger
Third Officer Fleming, Quartermastei
Wilson Cool and Stewardess Smith.
The three men saved agree that thu
cause of the disaster was. briefly:
The steamer was pounded for houri
by sea and gale, sprang leak anc
oiled; she became manageable,
broke apart and foundered. The sea Il
not remem bered to have been 80 heavy
On this coast for many years.
Oosen Injured ON the Missouri Pacific
Pueblo, Colo, Nov. 14.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train which left
here last evening ran into an open
switch at Sugar City. 65 miles east Of
Pueblo, and plunged into freight ca
boose in which were four men. The
passenger engine and caboose telescoped
and fell in heap which at once took
fire and all woodwork was burned.
Engineer Hucket jumped, but Fireman
Nelson remained on the locomotive anc
was pulled out of the wreck uncon'
scious. The passengers were uninjured
and their cars went East later. The
wounded men were brought to the Pu.
eblo hospital. The wrecked freight
train was a sugar. beat trsin plying be-
tween Sugar City and Olney.
Fire In Copper Mine.
Butte, Mont, Nov. l4.-Fire broke
out in the 2OO.foot level Of the Bell
mine, an Amalgamated Copper Com
pany property, last night. and Is still
burning. 1t is under control, but
grave approximations are entertained
that it cannot be extinguished. The
ore in this mine il free milling, con-
tanning y large percentage OF sulphur,
and fire once started is hard to handle.
The loss will certainly be large. Tbs
source Of the fire is unknown.
Fatal Railway Accident.