Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-11-15
THIRTY.FOUR PERISH
IN BAY OF fUGDY
The Steamer Monticello Strikes !
Rock in a S.orr, and
Goes Down.
NUMBER ON soARD are SAVED
rhe Vessel Was Only Four Miles FROM
Land When She struck 9 Rs.s
had Went Eown-s5S sur
sivor's Story.

Halifax, y. S. Nov. lS.-'ri,s worst
marine disaster in the long list of
steamers wrecked among the rocks and
shoals at The entrance to the BtN OF
Fundy occurred Saturday, when the
s'dewtekl ;stcaniak CITY Gf Monticello,
bound from ST. John for Yarmouth.
Was overwhelmed by the mountainous
seas only foar miles from her destaa
t!on and enguifed with thirty-four "f
her passengers and crew. y heavy
gale was raging ct the time and there
was tremendous sea.
The ilaee where its sions.ceil,
struck is nj the mouth OF the Bay a;
t7uldy where the waters Oh iiie i,as
Join these OF Tho Atlantic. There are
many reefs ana shoa.s OF iris spot aud
the currents are very changeehe, ii
being one OF the most dangerous Places
on the coast. The gale Kicked isp
tremendous sea and at the tin!e the
vessel struck the waves We're beating
upon the foels;. and sending spray hun
f,ireds III feet ov.1 tho land.
flle Monticello was OF her way from
st. John 10 ya..n.s~,:i -itli It fdIi
frei.ht ana fairy largo passenger
tempt WAS made t. reach the lard in
g small hoat in charsa Of the quarter
master and containing Third Officer
Fleming, n stewardess named Smith
and three passengers. This boat WA
smashed by d hug co.nber, the occu-
pants being hustled high upon he
beach ut Pembioisn. tininji,lea IL is
believed these are the only survivors.
One of The passengers in This boat
was Captain ~ N. Smith Of the stean,
~. f'ha1salia
The city of Monticello was used in
the coastwise service between Halifax
| Yarmouth and 81 John, and was due
here Saturday. SHE was an iron. side
! wheel boat OF about Quo tons gross
and was commanded by Capt;;ii, Hard
ing of Yarmouth, where most OF hes
CREW of thirty seven men belong.
She was formerly called the City ~
| Norfolk and Yves built at Wilmington
| Del, In 1865. Size was valued al SO, :
eco and was partially insured. I'he vcs-
sci had been rebuilt within the lsst
fifteen years, l,ut was rot regarded
/ as safe IN All exceptionally heavy sea.
list of the Saved.
Those saved so far as known are:
! WILSON. cook: quartermaster OF Hail
fax; Kate Smith. stewardess; Caption
a. n. Smith of the Battle Line steam
er Parsa.a. q passenger; Third OQiccr
Z Charles Fleming.
The passengers were: Captain A. N.
| Smith Rupert Ollie of 81. john; purs-
CT of The Dominion Atlantic steamer
Prince Edward; A. s. E,larige. mer-
4 chant. of Yarmouth, wife and two
children; Miss Elsie Mcdonald of VAR
mouth; j. c. f'ripp OF Woodstock, n.
b.: O. w. Coleman of New Glasgow,
N. S., married; john ltichnond of sus-
sex, N. B.; the three latter being com
1nercial travellers.
Captain Smith, MIR. lSldrigc and Miss
| Mcdonald We're saved
\ The list OF lost Includes MANY N,.iI
known local navisators. Capital.
Thomas Harding, the master of IN.
Monticello. who is among the lost
leaves widow and one daughter, AT
present residing in Yarmouth.
He had been master of several
steamers running along the Mont,e e.
| los route for the last ten years YIe
was master OF the Express when She
Was lost at Ben Portage, i'm September
/ 1895
The first officer of the Monticello
who acted as IDIOT. wos Captain Har-
vey Newell, u native of Newellton
Cape Sable island shelburne liz
leaves a family.
I W
DOW i'm Yarmouth and had been nf.
teen years in tnc coN1paaS'.; service
Steward Hopkins belonged at Ear.
rington Passage. and is survived by /
widow and several children
The purser, e. ID. Milton, was i, ma
tive of Yarmoutwll and unmarried.
Chief Engineer Greig was II native o
Scotland and resided in Yarmouth.
Practically all the deck hands anc
lac Ill 4
along the shore between Yainlo,li
and I-ockport and many of Them eay,
/. widows and children.
The Monticello carried u erc,. ou
OF proportion 10 her size. as they han
died all freight themselves and mad
frequent calls at intermediate point
both day and night.
story or n survivor
Captain Norman Smith, one of III
survivors, WAS the first TO bring TIL
news Of the disaster. He gave the fol
lowing statements:
The steamer Monticello left ST. job,
Friday morning at 11:15. The vim
was blowing heavily at the time. bt,
was not 50 strong as to >s.alise an
alarm. The storm became heitvie:
however. and after the steamer Ia,
passed Peliio passage il was feared sn
About II O'clock, when about for.
miles off Chegogyn point ii Was die
cided to send the women ashore la IN
boat and j. NJ. Fleming, third officer
Wilson Cook, acting qjiartermaste i
Nehemiah Murphy, second officer, an
Captain Smith volunteered to tax
them ashore. The women nunbere
three, Elsie Mcdonald. aged Is, daugh
ter of Alex Mcdonald of Yarmouth
Kate Smith of Yarmouth stewardes
and colored girl, whose name / di
not know.
The women were gotten into ,il
boat with great difficulty. the vo.ur
teers following and getting the boz
away. The wind was blowing o
shore at the time and the boat va
carried rapidly toward the land.
When the boat got away they we.
preparing on board to launch anptl
+ er, but | do not think ii got away.
think all the rest were lost The fir.
. boat was rapidly driven ashore me-
! Pembroke, and in nearing the Ian
a gigantic wave struck it and thra
! 1T upon the shore, smashing it To n
, onls ] found myself on the beae
holding on TO the grass
. Thirty-Two Eodics Recovered.
, Thirty-two bodies of victims were n
. covered from the SEP yesterday. ~
e bodies were arranged in u room in Il
: public hall. and Coroner Fuller. ~;
held an inquest, gave an opinion OF Il,