The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
WITH ALL ON BOARD
STEAMER ST. OLAF IS LOST IN THE
LOWER ST. LAW
RENEE
NOT A LIFE REPORTED SAVED
EVERY ONE OF THE SHIPS COM
PANY BELIEVED TO
BE DEAD
WRECKED ON BoUL ISLAND
Searching Party From Seven IsInnda
Has Discovered the Body of
One of the Drowned
Passengers.

QUEBEC, Nov. "a. - News reached
mere early this afternoon that the steam
er st. Olaf, which has been coastfnc b.
tween this point and Point Aux Eeuui-
nauX IN the Lower st. Lawrence for me
last two years, has become a total wreck
I on Seven islands, and her crew was lost.
capt. Lemaistre, IN command of the
steamer, and several of his officers and
| crew belonged TO this city The first
dispatch from Seven islands brought hut
Vey meager news, and it was late in the
afternoon when Messrs. A w. Frazer e.
Co, owners of the steamer We're inform
ed of the extent of the disaster Te-
side the nineteen members of the crew.
IL was learned that several passengers
had also pemshed.
Ihe ST Olaf was an iron steamer Of SA5
tons, and was built on the CLYDE at Port
Glasgow, in 1SS. She was valued at $40.
OOO, and insured for about $40, ,0OO Before
coming to this port she ran between Pie
to1 and Magdalen islands, and was char
tered by Messrs. Frazer & Co, to re-
place the steamship Otter, wrecked ON
her last trip to Quebec two years ago.
Inc st Olaf left here on Sunday morning
last on her last trip to Esquimaux Point
carrying government mails, passengers
and large cargo All apparently went
Wen on the way down, and the steamer
lett Immediately on her return trip to
this port. The last news heard Of The
st. Olaf until this morning was that she
mad lett Sheidrake on Wednesday, and
shortly after this the signal service sta
lIon dispatches reported rough weather
with gales and snow, and 1T is supposed
tnat during one of these gales the ST.
Oiat ran ashore on one of the rocks at
the entrance of the Seven islands, as tn,
dispatch states she was wrecked on Bou
island.
Capt. Lemaistre was well and favorable
known as careful and skillfuI coast
navigator, and had been a resident Of
this city for some years.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The officers and crew of the St. O,af
We're; p. T. Lemalstre, captain; Louis
Caron, first mate; Charles Bowdreau.
second mate; f. T. VeH, purser; Joseph
T. Remblay steward James Roy cook;
"A, Lamarie, +. Gauthier Sam Bowie
William Blaney seamen: A. Devigart,
lamp trimmer; Jooseph Arseneau, cabin
BOY; Gus Lafeur, messroom boy: Eu-
gene Belanger, chief engineer; ]. Brunl-
mel, second engineer; w. Berlanger, third
engineer; O. Cormier, John Gagne and
Thomas Doyle, fremen.
Passengers: Louis Gagnon. of Pente-
cost; Joseph Bacon, Clarence Bond 7
Chek, Michael Hart, S. Fl. Drake. Ma
Fcleon Bodin, st. Johns River, and Miss
Marie Page, Thunder River.
The latter's body was found.
AS soon as the news of the wreck
reached Ssven islands a searching party
Went out to attempt to- rescue any of the
shipWrecked people. if possible, but III 3
was impossible, as everybody on board
the vessel seems to have been lost
News was received here tonight that
the st. Olaf is lying on the rocks, and at
low tide two feet of her hull can be seen
out OF water. The residents of Seven
islands are searching the shores for
ocdles' but have not returned up to 8
o'clock this evening.
The place where the steamer was
wrecked is about seven miles off Seven
islands, and about 300 miles from this
port.