The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
Twenty-Five Bodies of the Thirty
Two Persons Who Lost Their
Lives Washed Ashore.
WRECKAGE ALONG THE BEACH
STEAMER CITY OF MONTICELLO
BROKEN UP by THE WAVES.
Fury of the Surf I'm the Bay Of Fundy
Said to BE Appalling-The
Identified Dead.

YARMOUTH, n. S., Nov. 1.-THE shore
of this county for ten miles east and west
is strewn with the wreckase of the hun
and cargo of the steamer City of Month
cello, which foundered on Saturday morn
ing. and twenty-five bodies Of the thirty
two victims of the disaster have been re-
covered from the sea which is still raging
with terrific fury. Many people have as
sembled at Rockville, near where the first
body came ashore and numerous relatives
OF members of the. crew, who nearly all be-
lcnged to points on this coast, have arrived
to Identify the dead. The bodies were ar
ranged in 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 zinc life boat, which was sup
posed 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.. Edridge, a passenger; Second En-
gineer Poole, Mr.. Fripp. a traveller for Nc
Gees 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
fifteen discovered up to noon to-day. They
had all evidently come ashore in the life
boat and were killed on striking the beach.
not one escaping.
The remains so far identified I'm addition
to the four enumerated above are: Rupert
Olive, purser of the steamer Prince Ed
ward; Baggagemaster Wilson. Deck Hands
Johnson, Levi Nickerson, Robert Nicker-
son, Van Renenberg Austin Wickens,
James Cole, John r. Whitmore. Stanley
Ringer. Winslow Ringer. Harry Copeland
and David Benham. The watches in the
pockets of two of the men stopped at 12:4s
and 12:3 o'clock, respectively. The body
OF Captain Harding, of the Monticello,
has been found at Picnic Point. en-
circlcd with a life belt and fully
dressed. One body was recognized this
evening as John Richmond, of Essex.
". B., traveller for boos and shoe
firm. The body Of o. n. Coleman. another
commercial traveller. who was not pre-
viously known TO have been on board the
Monticello. has been washed ashore and
identified. He represented Levi Bros. &
Co., jewellers, Hamilton. Ont. and carried
samples in trunks worth $4,000. One trunk
has been found.
No trace of more than three women hav-
ing been on board the Monticello can he
obtained. They were placed I'm the first
boat. One of them. Stewardess Smith, Is
one of the four survivors, and she is too
III TO make any statement. Elsie Mac
Donald was drowned In the surf, and her
body has been recovered. The third wom-
an was colored. named Lawrence, AMI
her body was seen in the breakers this
afternoon. but could not be reached. Some
difficulty has been encountered in figuring
out the total loss of iife as a number Of
passengers joined the Monticello at ST.
John without first registering at the book
ing Office. They bought their tickets on
board.
revised list of the members of the
crew. prepared at the head Office OF the
Yarmouth Steamship Company here. shows
that the officers and crew numbered TWEEN
ty-eight. of whom Third Officer Fleming.
Wilson Cook. a deck hand. and Miss Smith
number of people who on board Is
now placed at thirty-six.
The four survivors are Captain Smith.
a passenger: Third Officer Fleming. Quar-
termaster Wilson and Stewardess Smith
The three men saved agree that the cause
of the disaster was. briefly: 1.-THE steamer
was pounded for hours by sea and gale
sprang a leak and filled: became unman-
ageabe, broke apart and foundered"
1t Is coincidence that the ship Peter
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