The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
Death LIST PLACED At 80
THAT IS THE Loss OF LIFE AC-
CORDING TO BEST ADVICES
OBTAINABLE
FORTUNE IN JEWELS LOST
Commercial Man Who Was Lost Had
$4,000 Worth in His Sample
Trunk-NOt Yet Re-
covered.

YARMOUTH, N. s., Nov, 1.-THE
shore of this country 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 VIC
tins of the disaster have been recovered
from the sea, which is still raging with
terrific fury.
Many persons assembled at Rockville,
near which 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 iden-
l-1y 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 zinc lifeboat which was sup
oSed by the survivors of the first boat
to have been swamped, wes discovered
on the shore. A few yards distant were
the bodies of Mr. Eldredge a passen-
ger; Second Engineer Poole Mr.. Fripp,
traveller for McGee's Sons, of ST.
Johns, n. B., and the body of a seaman
All four had life belts around them AT
Short intervals along the beach eleven
Shore bodies were found making fifteen
discovered up to noon today. They had
all evidently come ashore in the lifeboat
and were killed on striking the beach,
not one escaping. The remains 50 far
identified in addition to the four emu
merated above, are:
Rupert Olive purser, of the steamer
Prince Edwards; Baggage &aster Wilson,
Deck Hands johnson, L. Nickerson. Rob-
ert Nickerson, Van Rennenberg, Austin
Wickens, James Cole, John E. White
more, Stanley Ringer, Winslow Ringer,
Harry Copeland aud David Benham
The watches iii the pockets of two of
hA pf.N
spectively.
CAPTAINS BODY FOUND.
The body of Capt Harding of the Mon
tieello has been found at Picnics Point
An unknown body supposed to be that
of a traveller for a western boot and shoe
hrm has been found at the same place
with the bodies of Elsie Mcdonald and
Second Officer Murphy recovered yester-
day. OF the members of the crew whose
bodies were secured, Copeland and Ben
ham were not known to be on board un-
til. their bodies were identified They
were not Oh the ships articles having
Joined for the one trip only. Several
bodies are still unidentified. One body
was recognized this evening as John Rich
mond Of Essex, n. b, a traveller for a
boot and shoe firm. He was not before
known to have been q passenger This
Swels the known death roll 10 thirty-two
previously reported lost. Copeland was
also q substitute, but for whom it is Tot
known 1t is q coincidence that the sho
Peter Stewart was wrecked off this shore
few years ago in the month of July
and boat load of men came in where the
Monticellos boat load was found Half
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.
HAD A FORTUNE WITH HIM.
The body of o. n. Coleman. another
commercial traveller, who was previously
known to have been on board the Nom
tlcelIo, has been washed ashore and iden-
titled lie represented Levi Bros & Co.
jewelers., Hamilton, Ont, and carried
samples in trunks worth $50 0OG. One trunk
has been found. James Pam, a merchant
of Yarmouth. who was supposed 10 have
been on board, Is safe, he having missed
the steamer III st. John
Rupert Olive was crossing the bay
from st. John to Yarmouth to join his
own steamer. Chief Steward Hopkins, Of
the steamer Yarmouth, had taken his
brothers place for one trip
Sven johnson was taking Elisha Cook S
place as quartermaSter and Fred Van
-yierberg was substituting as cook for his
brother. The absentees were off to vote
they owe their lives
The women were placed on the first
boat One of them, the stewardess
Smith, was one of the four survivors
and she is too i'll to make a statement.
Elsie Mcdonald was drowned in the surf
and her body has been recovered. The
third woman was cOlOred, named Law.
renee, and her body was seen in the
breakers this afternoon, but could rot
be recovered.
Some difficulty has been encountered in
figuring the total loss of life, as a mum.
Der of passengers joined the Monticello
al st John, without first registering al
the booking office They bought their
tickets on board.
a revised list of the members of the
crew, prepared at the head offices OF
the Yarmouth Steamship company here
shows that the officers and crew number
ed JWenty-eight, of whom Third Officer
Flemming, Wilson Cook, a deck hans
and Miss Smith, the stewardess, were
saved. The total number of people who
were on board IS now placed at thirty
six. The four survivors are: Cant.
Smith, a passenger; Third officer Elem.
ming, Quartermaster Wilson and Stew
ardess Smith. The three men saved
agree that the cause of the disaster was
briefly:
"The steamer was pounded for hours
by sea and gale. sprang a leak and filed
became unInanageaple, broke apart anC
asunder"
The bodies recovered thus far and ident-
flied are as follows:
Capt r. M Harding, the commander
Second officer N. NJ. Murphy, of var
Chief Steward n. C. Hopkins.
Chief Engineer Charles Greig
Second Engineer Herbert Poole
Sven Johnson, quartermaster
Stanley Ringer, deck hand
Winslow Ringer, oiler.
Robert Nickerson, deck hand
Levi NickerSon, waiter
Wynn NanembUrg and his father, FREQ
Vanemburg, both cooks.
Walter Cunningham. waiter.
Austin Wickens, waiter
Devid Benham, deck hand.
Harold Copeland, deck hand.
Elsie Mcdonald, passenger
Thomas c. Johnson, passenger.
j. Q. Fripp, passenger.
Q. w. Coleman, passenger.
John Richmond, passenger.
Rupert Olive, steward.