Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15
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Thirty-two Perish In a Ter
rife Gale.
CITY OF MONTICELLO A TOTAL WRECK
Nova Scotia Coast Strewn with
Wreckage For Ten Miles-FOur
Only Survive to Tell the
story of Disaster.

YARMOUTH, n. s., Nov. 12.-The
shore of this county for ten miles east
and west is strewn with wreckage of the
hull and cargo of the steamer City of
Monticello, which foundered Saturday
morning, and 25 bodies Of victims of the
disaster have been recovered from the
sea, which is still 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 be-
longed to points on this coast, have ar
rived to identify the dead.
The bodies We're arranged in a room in
the public hall, and Coroner Fuller, who
held an inquest. gave an opinion of ac
cidental drowning. All the bodies are
terribly battered
The first body was found at daylight,
when the zinc lifeboat which was sup
posed by the survivors of the first boat
to have been swamped was discovered Oh
the shore. The thole pins were broken.
A few yards distant were the bodies Of
MIR. Eldridge, passenger; Second En-
gineer Poole, Mr.. Fripp. Il travelling
salesman for McGee's Sons of st. John,
N. b., and the body OF Il seaman. All
four had life belts around them. At
short intervals along the beach IL more
bodies were found. making Is discovered
up to noon yesterday. They had all evi
IDENTIFY come ashore in the lifebost and
We're killed on striking the beach. not
one escaping. The remains so far iden-
titled in addition to the four enumerated
above are: Rupert Olive, purser of the
steamer Prince Edward; Baggage Mas
ter Wilson and Deck Hands Johnson.
i.Ea
Renenberg, Austin Wiekeas. James Cole,
John +. Whitmore. Stanley Ringer.
Winslow Ringer, Harry Copeland and
David Benhan. The watches in the
pockets OF two of the men stopped at
12:4b and :25 o'clock respectively.
The body of Captain Harding of the
Monticello has been found at Picnic
point encircled with life helt and fully
dressed. The features are slightly bruis-
ed. An unknown body. supposed to be
that OF travelling salesman for west
ern boot and skoo firm, has been found
at the same place with the bodies of Ell
sic Mcdonald and Second Officer Muir
ply, recovered Saturday. or the mem
bers Of the crew whose bodies were Sc
cured Copeland and Benhan 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
One body was recognized last evening as
John Richmond of Essex. ~ r.. trav-
eler for n boot and shoe firm. He was
not before known to have been a passen-
ger. This swells the known death roll to
80. Benham took the place of Whit
more, 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. aud many believe.
the same was true of those in the Monti-
cello's boat.
The fury of the surf is simply appalling
in this region.
The body of O. n. Coleman, another
commercial traveller who was not pre-
viously known ts have been on board the
Monticello, has been washed ashore and
identified. He represented Levi Bros. Il
Co.. jewellers, Hamilton. Ont. and ear
ried samples in trunks worth $4,000.
One trunk has been found. .
The total number of people who were
ON board is new placed at 3s. -.
The four survivors are Captain Smith.
passenger Third Oficer Fleming. Quar-
termaster Wilson and Stswsrdess Smith
The place where the Monticello struck
is at the mouth OF the Bay Of Fundy.
where the waters Of the bay join those of
the Atlantic. There are many reefs and
shoals at this spot. and the currents are
many and chanseable. it being one of the
most dangerous places ON the coast. The
gale kicked mp a tremendous sea, and ut
the time the vessel struck the waves were
beating upon the rocks and sending spray
hundreds OF feet over the land