The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-11-16
THlRTY-TWO
LIVES LOST
STEAMER MONTICELLO FOUNDER
ED OFF NOVA SCOTIA.
SHORE AT YARMOUTH sTREWN
WITH BODIES.
or SO PEOPLE ON eoARp ONLY
FOUR ESCAPED.

of this county for ten miles east and
west is strewn with the wreckage OF
the hull and cargo of the steamer City
day morning and 20 bodies of victims
of the disaster have been recovered
from the sea which is still raging with
terrific fury. Many people are assem-
bled at Rockville, near where the first
body came ashore, and numerous rela.
tives of members OF the crew, who
nearly all belonged 10 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 accidental drowning. All the bodies
are terribly battered. The first body
was found at daylight, when the zine
hfeboat, which was supposed by the
survivors of the first boat TO have been
swamped, was discovered on the shore
The Thole pins were broken A few
yards distant were the bodies Of Mr.
Eldridge, a passenger; second engi
neer Poole, Mr.. Fripp, a traveller for
McGee's Sons of st. John, n. s., and
the body o. seaman. All four had
life belts around them. At short inter
walls along the beach eleven more bod
les were found, making 10 discovered
mp to noon Sunday. They had all evil
IDENTIFY come ashore in the lifeboat, and
were killed on striking the beach, not
one escaping. The remains so far iden
titled, in addition to the four enumer
ated above are:
Rupert Olive, purser of the steamer
Prince Edward; baggagemaster Will
son, deckhands Johnson, Levi Nicker
son, Robert Nickerson, Van Renen
berg, Austin Wickens, Jas. Cole. John
f. Whitmore, Stanley Ring. Winslow
'Ripger~S Harry Copeland and David
Benham. The watches in the pockets
of two of the men stopped at u; 40 and
1926 O'CLOCK respectively.
The body of Capt. Harding Of the
Monticello has been found at Picnic
Point encircled with a life belt and
fully dressed. An unknown body sup
posed to ne that of a traveller for a
western boot and shoe firm has been
found at the same place with the
bodies of Elsie Mcdonald and second
officer Murphy. recovered Saturday. OF
the members of the crew whose bodies
secured, Copeland and Benham
- known to be on board until
bdies were identified. They
on the ships articles, having
for the trip only, Several bodies
III unidentified. One body was
Inized as John Richmond of Els.
N6r-N B., traveller for a boot and
Moe firm. He was not before known
ITO have been a passenger This swells
the known death roll to 3D. Benham
took the place of Whitmore previously
reported lost. Copeland was also a
substitute, but for whom it is not
known.
1t is a coincidence that the ship Pc
ter Stewart was wrecked off this shore
a few years ago in the month of July
and boatload of men came in where
the Monticello's boat was found. Halt
of the men were dead before the boat
touched the land and many believe the
same was true of those in the Monti.
cello's boat. The fury of the surf is
appalling in this region. The body Of
o. N. Coleman, another commercial
traveller, who was not previously
known to have been on board the Mon.
ticello, has been washed ashore and
identified. He represented Levi Bros.
& Co., jewellers, Hamilton, Ont, and
carried samples in trunks worth
$1,000
Wreckage of all kinds filters the
shore. boxes, barrels, pieces of ships
boats and parts of the superstructure
of the steamer.
Jas. BAN, a merchant of Yarmouth,
who was supposed to have been on
board is safe. he having missed the
steamer in st. John.
Rupert Olive was crossing the bay
from St John to Yarmouth to rejoin
his own steamer.
Chief Steward Hopkins of the steam.
or Yarmouth persisted, he having TAX.
en- his brothers place for one trip.
Sven Johnson was taking Elisha
Cooks place as quartermaster. and
Fred Vanenberg was substituting as
cook for his father. The absentees
were at the elections and to this cir.
cumstance they owe their lives.
No trace of more than three women
on board the Monticello can be obtain.
ed. They we're placed on the fret
boat. One of these, Stewardess SmitL,
is one of the four survivors and she is
too iii TO make a statement Elsie Nc.
Donald was drowned in the surf and
her body has been recovered.
The third woman was colored,
named Lawrence and her body was
seen in the breakers Sunday afternoon
hut Il has not been recovered. Some
difficulty has been encountered in fig.
uring total loss of life as a number Of
passengers Joined the Monticello at St
John without first registering at the
booking Office They bought their tick.
cts on board.
A revised list of the members of the
crew prepared at the head Office OF the
Yarmouth Steamship Co. here. shows
that the omcers and crew numbered
%. of whom Third officer Fleming.
Wilson Cook. a deckhand. and Miss
Smith. the stewardess, were saved.
The total number Of people who were
ON board is now placed at SO.
The four survivors are Capt. Smith,
a passenger. third officer Fleming,
ouartermaster Wilson and Stewardess
Smith.
The steamer was pounded for hours
nv sea and gale. sprung a leak and
allied. became unmanageable. broke
anart and foundered. The sea is not
remembered to have been so heavy on
This coast for many years.