New-York tribune., 1900-11-11
STEAMER FOUNDERS IN THE
BAY OF FUvNDY.
THE CITY OF MONTICELLO GOES
DOWN IN THE GALE-ONLY
FIVE OF THOSE ON
BOARD SAVED
BOARD SAVED
GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

a
gale. thrty-three lives We're lost this morning
The little side wheeler City of Monticello. which
piled between st. Johns. Yarmouth and Hall
fax. foundered off Yarmouth Light and all on
board except four persisted.
The following is as complete a list Of the lost
as can be obtained by those on board the illfated
craft:
captain d@ .n, Il n HARDING Of Yarmouth. leaves wiz.
First Officer i. p NEWELL. Cape Island leaves a
Second offcer NEHEMIAH MURPHY. Of Yarmouth.
leaves n wife ana family
ouarteTrnaster OWEN Johnson. swede leaves wife
and one child at Arcadia in this county.
Chief Engineer CHA RLES CREIM. Of Halifax leaves
F'oPa isavs EnsS %t an5 5FRRT s5d " POOLE of Yarmouth
CHIEF i.. stswara SATAN HOPKINS Of
was chief steward Of the Yarmouth Line steahaeT
Monticello FOR trip IN place Of brother, Ashton
Purser E NJ HILTON. Of Yarmouth. single.
Assis5ant snn cag Fgrse M IsAAc n WIoE Issyss e ana
Grsnd Hotel Yarmouth '' manager "'''o" q
sEAMEN
WILLIAM H. DUNN, single
STANLEY RINGER. Lockeport y. s
ROBERT NICKERsoN. Of Yarmouth. leaves wife and
JOHN I. WHITMAN
ROBERT @ DoUCETTE. oler. Yarmouth leaves a wife
wINsLow RINGER. oiler, Yarmouth: leaves wife and
SAMUEL l. GLosTER. fireman. colored. OF J.,okpor,.
JAMES COLE. fireman. Yarmouth: leaves wife
JOHN BURKE. fireman Yarmouth
GEORGE MUSE. fireman. Yarmouth
BEF5CHBR HOPKINS. waiter. Harrington: single
AUSTIN WlCKENS. waiter. Of Cape Island
LEVI NICKERsON, waiter. Of Sag Harbor
WYNN VAN EMBURG cook OF Pubnco Head
FREDERICK VAN EMBURG assistant cook Of Pubnlco
WALTER CUNNINGHAM messbov. Of Cane rs,s5
AS far as can be learned. the following is the
passenger list, all being lost with the exception
Of Captain A, n Smith, of Yarmouth:
merchant; leaves wife and family NeiS
E B. SEELY. OF s.. John. commercial traveller
Bdward W. q - 'o"n' p"r'eF Of steamer Prince
o. w COLEMAN traveller for the 5evelry firm OF levy
JOHN RICHMOND. Traveller Of Sussex. n B
For twenty hours hurricane had been raging
and up from the Atlantic the waves were driven
into the Bay of Fundy with violence and
force almost unprecedented. All night the storm
lashed the seas into fury. and when morning
broke the wind moderated, but the waves still
rolled up the bay with tremendous sweep.
The Monticello had taken refuge at westport
Digby County. during the night, and at day
break Captain Harding started his vessel for
Yarmouth. AS it happened he started too soon,
for the seas tossed the little craft about like a
feather. and II o'clock almost within sight
Of Yarmouth Light, she went down.
This grim tragedy OF the sea recalls the fisas-
ter which hefen the i'll fated side wheeler Port
land in the memorable gale of 1898 Although
no ofI &c &c nv +loa
disaster that has occurred on the Bay OF Fundy
coast for many years. Many wrecks strew the
rockbound coast, but the loss Of life has gener-
ally been small. The Monticello was i'll adapted
to weather the furious hurricane which ragged.
She steamed out in the teeth of the storm, and
before long the tremendous waves which swept
over the vessel threatened to engulf her.
STORY OF A SURVIVOR
Captain A. y. Smith, late master of the steam
er Pharsalia, was a passenger on the Month
cello and was among those saved. He was
the first man bring the news to Yarmouth
from Pembroke. where he managed to reach the
shore. From his account of the disaster, the
steamer left st. John at 11:15 Friday morning.
The wind was blowing hard at the time, but
did not cause any alarm to those board. The
storm, however. broke in its fury after the
steamer had passed Petite Passage. and early
this morning II became apparent that she was
doomed. About II o'clock the vessel being then
about four miles off Cheggogin Point. 1T was
decided to send the women ashore in boat.
Notwithstanding the terrific sea. and James F.
Fiemming the third officer; Wilson Cook. acting
quartermaster: Nehemiah Murphy. the second
officer. and Captain Smith volunteered to take
them. The women aboard were Elsie Mcdonald,
about sixteen years Of age, daughter Of Alex
ander Mcdonald. of Yarmouth; Kate Smith, of
Yarmouth, the stewardess. and a coored girl,
whose name is unknown. They got into
the lifeboat with great difficulty, and then the
volunteers got into the boat and pulled away
from the steamer. The wind blowing on
shore and carried them rapidly toward land.
SAW THE STEAMER SINK.
Captain Smith says they were preparing to
launch another boat from the steamer. but ten
minutes after the first boat got away the yes
sci was seen to turn over and sink. He does
not think ii possible that the other boat got
away and it IS not probable. as no sign Of it
has been seen.
The first boat was driven rapidly ashore near
'S'nhroke. and nearing land gigantic wave
e@'sht her and threw her on the shore. smash
a''s her TO atoms. Captain Smith felt himself
ftr1..