Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-11-15
STEAMER FOUNDERS.
The City Of Monticello Wrecked
Near Yarmouth, N. S.
TERRIFYING PERSONS DROWNED.
Twenty Five Bodies Of the Victims Re-
covered from the Sea, All Terribly Bat
-Wreckage Of All Kinds Lit
tering the Shore.

Yarmouth, N. s., Nov. 1.-THE
shore of this county 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 Is
bodies of victims of the disaster have
been recovered from the sea which is
raging with terrific fury.
Many people have assembled at
Rockville, near where 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 identify the dead.
The bodies were arranged 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 day
light, when the zinc lifeboat which
was supposed 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.. FL
dredge, a passenger; Second En-
gineer Poole, Mr.. Fripp, traveller
for McGee's Sons, of st. Johns, N. B.,
and the body of seaman. All four
had life belts around them. At short
intervals along the beach II more
bodies were found, making Is discov-
cred up to noon yesterday. They had
all evidently come ashore in the life
boat and were killed on striking the
beach, not one escaping.
The body of Capt. Harding, of the
Monticello, has been found at Picnic's
point, encircled with life belt and
fully dressed. An unknown body
supposed to be that of a traveller for
sywestern 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 were secured,
Copeland and Benham were not
known to be on board until their
bodies were identified. They were
not on the ships articles, having
Joined for the trip only. Several
bodies are still unidentified. This
swells the known death roll to 80.
Benham took the place of Whitmore,
previously reported lost. Copeland
was also substitute, but for whom
it is not known.
1t is coincidence that the ship
Peter Stewart was wrecked off this
shore few years ago in the month
of July and boatload of men came
in where the Monticello's boat was
found. Half of the men were dead
before the boat touched the land and
many believe the same was true of
those in the MonticeIIos boat.
The fury of the surf is appalling in
this region. Wreckage of all kinds
litters the shore, boxes, barrels, pieces
of ships, boats and parts of the super
structure of the steamers The to-
tai number of people who were on
board is now placed at 36, The four
survivors are Capt. Smith, a passen-
ger, Third Officer Fleming, Quarter
master Wilson and Stewardess Smith.
The three men saved agree that the
cause of the disaster was briefly.
"1he steamer was pounded for hours
by sea and gale, sprang leak and
flled became mmanageable, broke
apart and foundered."
Snit Z" b'o ." 'susr. Tragedy.
Bucyrus, o., Nov, 12.-Mrs. Amos
Dice filed suit for divorce in court here
Saturday and at an early hour yester-
day morning her husband beat down
her door with an ax and demanded |
that she withdraw the suit. She re-
fused to do so and he opened fire on
her with a revolver one of three shots
taking effect in her breast. Dice then
shot himself and also cut his throat |
with a razor, but the wife fought him
off until he dropped dead from loss of
blood. Mrs. Dice is now in a critical |
condition.