The sun., 1900-11-12
LOSS OE THIRTY-THREE
Steamer City of Monticello Goes Down
In Bay Of Fundy.
FIERCE HURRICANE RACED.
Four Survivors Out of the whole
SaiisIGmd--irSscl Was "a Side
wheeler and Is
Total Loss.


wrecked among the rocks ANA shoals III
the entrance to the BAY of Fundy occur
rcd Saturday. when the side wheel
Ftcancr City Of Monticello bound from
st. John for Yarmouth. was oyerwhclm-
ed by tho mountainous seas only four
miles from her destination and cngulfc6
with 81 of her passengers and crew. s.
heavy gale was raging at the time, and
there was tremendous sea
The place where the Monticello struck
is at the mouth Of the BAY Of Fundy,
whore the waters Of the bay join those Of
tho Atlantic There are many reefs and
shoals at this SPOT, and thc currents are
many and clIangenhlr, ii hDing one of The
inu.t dangerous places on the coast. The
@air kicked up lrpmcAdpHs scn, and NJ
tho time He vessel struck t.e wavC' were
hcat!ng upon Tic l0ei;S and sending spray
auudl "a, or lott. over tllt &Hd.
"la Monticello had i.l freight aud
fatilE arga it''aa@"r iist .Iu#t lnfo.c
~ ~ ndtrwl an attempt EnS made to
UaCh lhe iaa! In i small .lps IN clalse
( ~" qe9te3aa ter. anl u con din;d
.&Aii Oi@a lpaiuG t.wuid W,
MlarG :'is,,a Mt ta.rg r. II. This
haa uas nasleJ w Il ll't ra,ahar. G
ercGl lts h"iGg aUily4 A@h upon Tho
irAeh t hW1hral.a " iai ierd. Il i j
liry0d tUao sc tle o@ly saerig t5 0le
nj h" ra .,9srlS ia Ais hcat was Gup-
taia =. Il atth IN thn cl.1 i I'hng-
4al.l r r;tr IT MuHiie'.o Wa us d
Iii taa pea4,W.n selyfrc i.etA.ra !laliI"X.
1alu@a5A 5'.d ~! .ioltn.
story os Survivor.
'1p'nin smith has reached Yarmouth
Ilrsaia.
W lrft Sf. Joba ut Il o'c',ck OF
Friday morHing. Fhn weather Was not
At al bad. 'fhr sc.,. in fatt. nn. very
smooth to i'etirr passage ! sHw the
captain, who said IL was thinking Of PVT
ting into Dicly before reaching Pc lie
bit about half IN hour before rci, hn9
there the Weather looked finer. wi Ii indi-
cations of the wind hauling to the north.
west. and he concluded to try and reach
Yarmouth.
"By the time we reached Cape st
Mary's it was blowing strong, but the
ship made fairly good weather all
Through the night. At o'clock we were
about Eve miles from Cape Forehu light.
After finding his position Captain Hard
ing decided to run for the harbor, but
found it impossible to get his ship before
! the wind, although he used every en-
dearor to do this.
THE ship was now making water, and
we began te jcttison The cargo. After
applying several casks of kerosene oil to
smooth the waters. as the water contin-
ued to gain we decided to take to tho
boats. This was about II o'clock. After
getting two boats out on the port side we
placed the women in the first boat. Five
minutes after the boats had cleared the
steamer she gradually settled down on
the port side and disappeared.
No Panic on Board.
"Therc were no scenes of confusion.
everything was orderly and no excite
mont whatever. Captain Harding and
all the officers did their duty to the last
The captain assisted rs in getting ou.
boat away, and the last | saw of him he
was slandng by the fall attending Is prt-
ting her in The water. Right here lei me
sny thai Captain iIarding's coEduct was
Scamanlikr throughout. He acted as my
Judgment would dictate as tic proper
thing iui"r tile circumstances.
after the Steamer funnlrrcd We wcrc
driven to land by terrific gale-;nd land
ed At Pembroke, about Conr niles AWAY,
| IN I very heavy surf and our boat baiuG
broken to atoms. In landing Murphy.
| lhc second mate, aud two women Wore
| drowned We neither saw nor heard
them after the Sca rccoilpd.
"ThosP of us who were saved were
thrown upon thr beach, and it was only
by miracle that wc escaped the fate of
the other three but after severe strue-
gle We gained place of safety. Tho
| cook and the stewardcss received slight
injuries in landing.
''rhc last we saw of the other boat she
had apparently filled with water, and we
| fear there is no hope of hcr occupants
being saved. Several of those remaining
in the steamer had life belts on. hut
fenr there is no possibility Of any Of
them being saved. They could not have
| lived long enough in that raging sea to
get 10 land.
| After reaching a house We We're fur
nished with dry clothing, and all except
the stewardess were brought to Var
month"