The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-12
wRECN ACE AND BODIES sTHEw
SHORE AT NAWMoUTH.
THlRTY-TWo WERE DROWNED.
DISASTER or THE STEAMER CRY
on MONTICELLO.
Only -Four out of the Thirty-six Who
Mere on Board We're saNcd-Death
Roll Increased bs bodies Of sew
craI Not known to he on the Ncr-
sci-Ty,o out of Three Women on
Hoard Lost Their Lives.

Yarmouth. ~ g. Nov 1.-THE shore
OF this counsy FOR ten miles o'st and
west Is strcWn with the wreckagc 81 tho
hull and careo OF tine steamer city OF
Monticello. which fouudcr,d saturdly ami
twenty-five he.iios of victims Of the dis
aster have been recovered from the sea.
which is sim ragng VITA scrrlnc fury
Many pcople have assembled at Rock
Vile. near where the hrst body come
ashore and numerous relatives of mem
bcrs of the crew who nearly all belonged
- points on this coast. have arrived 20
Identify the dead
The bodies were arranged In q room
la tle public hoil. and Coroner Fuller.
who held an Inquest gave an opinion III
accidental drowning An the bodies are
terribly battered
The hrst body was found al daylight
when the zinc nfeboat which was sup
posed hy the survivors OF the frst boat
q have been swampcd. was discovered on
the shore. a few yards distance were che
bodies Of Mr.. Eldrldgo. a passeuger. scc-
oud Engineer Poole. Mr. Frlpp. a ,rav-
cler for McGec's sons of 81 John. " r..
and the body of a seaman An four had
life belts around them At short inter
vais along the bsnch eleven more bodies
were found. making nf,een discovered up
60 noon to-day. They had an evidently
come ashore in the lifeboa, aud were XIII
~ on striking the beach. not one csoap-
ing
The known death roll has been swoll..i
To- thiriy-two boy discovery 81 three per-
sons who were not known 20 have been
aboard
Il is a coincidence that the shin Peter
Stewart. was wrecked on this shore a few
years ago Ia the month of July and
boas load of men came Ia where tho
Monticeiios boat was found IInlf OF the
men were dead before the boat touched
the land and many believc the same was
irue OF those In the Moutceio's boa
Ihe tury OF the surf b. appalling IN this
region.
Additions 90 Death List.
The body Of o n Coleman. another
commercial traveller. VINO was nos pre-
vlously known 10 have been on hoard ,he
Monticello. has been washed ashore and
Identified he represented T.ovi Hrothers
& Co. jewellers. Hamilton. ont and car
ried samples in trunks worth 9s0gd one
trunk has been found Wreckaee of al
kinds Ht,ers the shore boxes. barrels.
pieces of ships boats and parts of the
superstructurc Of tho stoamcr
Nosrnla Of more than three women hav-
ing been on board the Monticello can he
obtained. They were placed iu the nrst
boat one ~ them. Stcwardces smith. is
one Of the four survivors. and she is too
ill TO give n statement
Elsie Mcdonald was drowned in thc surf
and her body was recovered
The third was q c0lorsd woman named
Lawrence and her body was seen tn the
breakers this afternoon. hut could not
be reached.
Some dimculiy has been encountered in
hndlug the total loss Of NE as q mum
ber Of passengers joined the Monticello
at s. John without first registering a.
the booking ofiice. They bought their
tickets on board
revised list of tho members OF tho
crew prepared 40 the office of the Var
mouth Steamship Company here shows
that the officers AMI crew numbered q
Of whom three were saved
The total number Of people who were
on board is nov placed ~ 81
The four survivors aro Cant Smith a
PASSENGER. Third Oiicer Fleming. Quar-
iermasfer Wilson and Stcwardesa smith
ihe thfeo mon saved agree that the
cause of tho disaster was briefly.
The steamer was pounded for hours hv
sea and gale. spfanR a leak and nlied be-
came unmanag, ahlo. broke apsrf and
founderod. The sea is not remembered 10
have been so heavy on this coast Tor
many years.