The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-12

siciane and undortakera, mas gone 20 tno
scene 10 care for the living, and pay the
last rites to the body OF Murphy and any
others which may come ashore.
The Monticsllo was insured for $2s, GOO.
She was purchased by the Yarmouth
Steamship company In March, 1899, Tor
$50, 900.
vivors. was the first to bring the news of
the disaster TO Yarmouth from Penn
broke. where ne landed. He gave tbs
following account. 'sThe steamer Mon-
ticello lsft St John, Friday morning at
Ills The wind was blowing heavily at
the time. but was not 80 strong as 70
heavier. however. ami after the steamer
mad passed Pelito Passage, it was feared
she was doomed. About IL O'Clock this
morning, when ABOUT tour miles of
Chegoggin Point. it was decii led TO send
the women ashore In q boat, and J. n.
ing quartermaster; Nehemiah Murphy,
second officer, ard Capt Smith volun-
teered to take them ashore. The wom-
en- numbered three, Elsie Mcdonald,
aged 10, daughter OF Alex. Mcdonald,
tailor Of Yarmouth; Kate Smith OF Var
mouth, stewardoes, and col0Ted girl
whose name l did not know The wom-
en- were gotten into the boat with
great difficulty, the volunteers following
and getting the boat away, The wind
was blowing on shore at the time ana
the boat was carried rapidly towards the
land. When this boat got away they
were preparing on board to launch an
other. bat do not think 1t got away, l
think all the rest were lost. The first
boat was rapidly driven ashore near
Pembroke and in nearing the land a
gigantic wave struck 1t and threw 10 up
on the shore. smashing It into atoms.
Il felt myself geinE In the air and
then struck something which instinc-
lively arasped, and after the undertow
receded, found myself up on the beach
and / was holding on TO the grass. n
got on my feet Immediately and came
TO Yarmouth
The total number OF missing Ia "a and
the saved four. The officers and crew
number 80, having recently been reduced
from 81, Chief Engineer Grelig leaves
a large family In Halifax. One son is
engineer on a liner running out OF New
York; another is a clerk In Boston.
The place where the Monticello was
lost is at the mouth OF the Bay Of Fun
dy, where the waters of the bay join the
Atlantic. The waters around ara stud
ded with islands, numerous reefs and
shoals abound here and old navigators
state that the currents in this part are
so many and chaDgeable it Is almost
impossible TO run on direct course. 1t
is one of the most dangerous portions or
the coast and in stormy weather ire
me 1dous sea renders 1t we'll nigh tmpos-
sible for a ship to live. The waves beat
spray is carried hundreds OF feet over the
land The escape OF single soul In
last nights gale is a miracle.
The list OF lost includes many we'll
known local naviRators. Capt Iholnas
Harding, the master OF the Monticello,
who ID among the lost. leaves widow
and one daughter, at present residing In
Yarmouth lie has been master of sew
eral steamers running along the Month
celio's route for the past ten years, and
for ten years previous had nlled minor
positions in the Yarmouth Steamboat
compa 1ys boats. tie has reen regarded
as ons OF the most ssiliful and we'll
posted navigators of this seaboard He
formerly commanded the City of St.
John steamship Express and Alpa. He
was master OF the Express when she
was lost at Bon Portage In September,
1898. The first officer of the Monticello,
who acted as pilot, was Capt. Harvey
Newell, native of Newellton, Cape
Sable Islands. Sheiburne. He leaves a
family. He was desp saa captain and
had been two years only on this route.
second Officer Murphy leaves widow
in Yarmouth and had been Is years In
the company's service.
Steward Hopkins was one Of the best
known and popular stewards In Nova
Scotia. He belonged at Darlington Pas.
sage. A widow and several children re.
main.
The Purser, L. L. Hilton, was ma
tive of Yarmouth and before coming on
this route was assistant purser on one
of the company's steamers running to
Boston. lie was unmarried.
The chief engineer, Mr., Greig, was
q native OF Scotland, aud had been resid
ing In Yarmouth a number of years. he
was a contemporary of Capt. Harding's
in the Yarmouth Steamboat company 8
service.
Practically all of the deck hands and
remainder OF the crew belonged along
the shore between Yarmouth and Lock
port and many OF them leave widows and
fatherless children behind.
The Monticello carried q crew out OF
proportion to her sizs as they handled
all freight themselves and made frequent
calls at intermediate ports both day and
night.