The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-12
THE CRUEL SEA
GIVES UP DEAD
OF MONTICELLO.
Twenty-Five Bodies Lost With the H.
Fated Steamer Recovered From
the Deep.
OCEAN IS STILL | RAGING.
Coast strewn With Wreckage-only
Four saved-Trunks Containing
$4,000 in Jewelry Lost.

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shore OF this county for ten miles east
and west is strewn with the wreckage
Of the hull and. cargo Of the steamer
City Of Monticello, which foundered
Saturday morning, and twenty-five
bodies Of victims of the disaster have
been recovered from the sea. which is
still raging with terrific fury.
Many people have assembled at
Rockville. near where the first body
came ashore and numerous 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 a room
in the public hall and Coroner Fuller.
who held an inquest. gave an opinion Of
the accidental drowning. All the bod
les are terribly battered.
Body Found at Daylight.
The first body was found at daylight
when the zinc life boat which was sup
posed by the survivors of the first
boat to have been swamped, was dis
covered on the shore. The Tholc pins
were broken. A few yards distant were
the bodies Of Mr.. Eldridge, q ,passen-
ger, second engineer Poole. MIR. Fripp.
traveller for McGees Sons. of st. John,
n. B., and the body of a seaman. All
four had life belts around them. At
short intervals along the, beach eleven
more bodies were found. making flf-
teen discovered up to noon today.
They had all evidently, come ashore In
the life boat and were killed on strlk-
ing the beach. not one escaping. The
remains so far identified In addition to
the four enumerated above. are:
Rupert Olive, purser OF the steamer
Prince Edwards. a.a=.
Baggagemaster Wilson. Deckhands
johnson. Levi Nickerson, Robert Nick
erson. Van Renenberg. Austin Wickens,
James Cole. John E. sWhltemore, Stan
ley Ringer. Winston Ringer. Harry
Copeland and David Benham.
When the Watches Stopped.
The watches In the pockets of two of
the men stopped at 12:45 and las. re-
spectiyely. ~
The body OF Captain Harding, of the
Monticello. has been found at Plcnics
Point. encircled with life belt and
fully dressed. Several bodies are still
unidentified. One body was recognized
this evening as John Richmond. of Es-
sex. N. B., q traveller for o boot and
shoe firm. He was not before known to
have been n passenger. This swells
the known death roll to thlrty-two.
The fury of the surf Is appalling in
this region.
The body of o. N. Coleman. anothe,
traveller who was not previously known
to have been on board the Monticello.
has washed ashore and Identified. He
represented Eli Bros. & Co., Jewellers,
Hamilton. Ont. and carried samples In
trunks worth $4,000. One trunk has
been found.
Wreckage Of all kinds litteTs the
shore, boxes, barrels, pieces OF boats
and parts of superstructure OF the
steamer.
Largo Loss Of Life.
Some difficulty has been encountered
In figuring the total loss Of life, rs
number OF passengers Joined the Month
cello at st. John without first register
Ing at the booking office. They bought
their tickets on board. Hs "n.
A revised list OF the members OF tho
crew. prepared at the head office OF the
Yarmouth Steamship Company here.
shows that the officers and crew num-
bered twenty-eisht. OF whom third Off.
Ger Fleming, Wilson Cook. deckhand,
and Miss Smith. the stcwardess, were
saved.
The total number Of people who were
on board is now placed at thirty-slx.
The four survivors are Captain
Smith. n passenger; third officer Flem-
ing, Quartcrmnstcr Wilson and Stew
ardcss Smith. The three men saved
agree that the cause Of the disaster
was briefly: Tho steamer was pound
cd for hours by sea and gnlc. sprang
leak and filled. became unmunageablc,
broke apart and foundered. The sen Is
not remembered to have been 80 heavy
on this coast for many years.
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