The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-11
STEAMER CITY OF MONTICELLO T9
ENGULFED BY THE
WAVES
THIRTY -FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
VESSEL WAS BUT -FOUR MILES
FROM YARMOUTH WHEN
SHE SUNK
ONE BOAT LOAD WAS SAVED
The Remainder of the PassenGersl
and Crew Went Down With tue
Boat In the Treacher-
Gus Waves.

GUS " aVeSs
HALIFAX, N s., Nov. 1O.-The worst
marine disaster in the long list of steam
| ers wrecked among the rocks and shoals
| at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy oc-
| Cured this morning, when the side
wheeled steamer City of monticello,
pound from st. John for Yarmouth was
| overwhelmed by the mountainous seas
only four miles from her -destina ton and
| engulfed. with thirty-four Of her passen-
| gers and crew. a heavy gale was raging
at the time, and there was a treIrsnd-
Gus sea- The place where the Mont cello
struck is at the mouth of the Bay OF
Fundy, where the waters of the BAY ioin
those of the Atlantic. There are many
reefs and shoals a this spot and the cur.
rents are many and ohangeable, il bsine
one of the most dangerous places on the
coast. The gale last night kicked up a
tremendous sea and at the time the yes
sci struck the waves were beating upon
the rocks and sending up spray for hun
dreds of feet over the land
The Monticello was on her wav from
st. John to Yarmouth with full freight
and fairly large passenger list Just
! before she foundered an attempt was
made to reach the lard in a small boat
In charge of the quartermaster, and il
contained Third Officer Fleming a stew
DaSSG l.
gers. This boat was smashed by a huge
comber, the occupants being hurled high
upon the beach at Pembroke uniniured.
1t is believed these are the only surviv-
Crs.
One of the passengers In this boat was
capt. A. N. Smith of the steamer Phar-
salia.
SIDE WHEEL STEAMER.
The City of Monticello was used in the
coastwise trade between Halifax, Ya-
| mouth and st. Johns. and was due mere
tomorrow morning. She was an iron side
wheel boat of about 900 tons gross and
was commanded by Capt. Harding of
Yarmouth where most of her crew Of
! thirty-seven men belong
She was formerly called fhe City OF
Norfolk and was built at Wilmington.
| Del, in 1856. When she received British
| register her name was changed. She was
| valued at $4,000 and was partially in
! sured The vessel had been rebuilt with
+ in the last fifteen years, but was not re-
garded as safe in an exceptionally heavy
sea.
Those saved so far as known are. VIII
son Cook, quartermaster of Halifax;
Kate Smith, stewardess; Capt. A "
Smith, Battle Line Steamship PhaIsalia;
Third officer James Fleming.
The passengers We're;
Capt. A. N. Smith, Rupert Olive, of ST
A
steamer Prince Edward A. w EldriIge
merchant of Yarmouth, wife and two
children; Miss Elsa Mcdonald of Var
mouth; j. G. Fripp. of Woodstock, \. b.;
o. w. Coleman, of New Glasgow, N S.,
married; John Richmond married Sus-
sex, N. B., the three latter being CONNER
cial travellers.
Capt. Smith, MIR. Eidridge and Miss Nc
Donald were saved.
The list OF lost includes many well
known local navigators. Capt Thomas
Harding, the master of the Monticelo,.
who is among the lost leaves a widow
and one daughter, at present residing in
Yarmouth.
HAD SURVIVED ONE WEEK.
He had been master of several steamers
running along the Monticellos route for
the past ten years. He was master Of
the Express when she was lost at Ben
Portage in September 1899. The first
officer of the Monticello, who acted as
pilot, was Capt. Harvey Newell, a native
Of Harvelton, Cape Sable islands, Shell
burne. He leaves a family Second
Officer Murphy leaves a widow in Var
mouth and had been fifteen years In the
companys service. Steward Hopkins be-
longed at Darlington Passage and is sur
vived by a widow and several children.
The Purser, B. S. Hilton, was a native
Of Yarmouth and unmarried Chief En-
and resided In Yarmouth.
Practically all of the deck hands and
the remainder of the crew belonged along
the shore between Yarmouth and Lock-
port and many of them leave widows and
children.
The Monticello carried a crew out Of
proportion to her size as they handled all
freight themselves and made frequent
calls at intermediate points day and
night.
The officers and men on the Monticello
were: Captain, T. NJ. Harding, Var
Sable island n. M. Murphy, second
officer, Yarmouth; James Flemming.
third officer Port Clyde. n. s.: B.. S.
Hilton, purser, Yarmouth, N s.; Charles
Greig, chief engineer. Halifax; Herbert
Poole, second engineers -; Wynue
Ringer eiler, Yarmouth; Robert Dou-
cette, oiler, Yarmouth; James Coleman,
fireman. Yarmouth; Samuel Glouster,
fireman, Kockport. N. s.; Sven Johnson,
seaman, Yarmouth; n c. Hopkins, stew
ard. Yarmouth; Miss Kate Smith, stew
ardess; Reicher Hopkins. waiter. Bar
rington, N. s.. Levi Nickerson, waiter,
Shag Harbor; Austin Wyckers, waiter,
Sable island; Walter Cunningham, wal
ter Cape Sable; Isaac Vanenberg. cook;
Wilson Cook quartermaster. LOckport;
Swan Johnson, quartermaster Var
mouth; Stanley w. Ringer, deck hand,
Yarmouth; Samuel Surettep deck nanGs
Yarmouth; John Williams, deck hand,
Lockport; John Whitman, deck hand,
Lockport; James Nickerson deck hand,
YARMOUTH John Burke, fireman. st.
John; George Morse fireman, Yarmouthj
TALE Or SURVIVOR.
Capt Norman Smith. one of the sur
vivors, was the first tc bring the news
of the disaster TO Yarmouth from Penn
broke, where he landed. FIe gave out the
following statement:
''The steamer Monticello left st. Johns
Friday morning at 11:15. The wind was
blowing steadily at the time, but was not
so strong as TO cause any alarm. The
storm became heavier, however, ana af-
ter the vessel had passed Pelican Passage
I feared she was doomed. About IL
oclock, when about four miles off Chez
goin Point, it was decided to send the
women ashore in the boat and J NJ
Flemming, third officer. Wilson C. Cook,
acting quarterma ster Nehemiah Murphy,
second officer, and Capt. Smith volunteer,
ed to take them ashore. The women mum,
bered three. Elsie Mcdonald, aged six
teen, daughter Of Alexander Mcdonald,
ef Yarnouth; Kate Smith of Yarmouth.