The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
ST.. LAWRENCE ROUTES DANGERS.
Marine Insurance Rates Raised and Cana
dian shipper. Are gloomy.

dlan Nfiupfrs NFt ssi""'"''
QrEnEc. Aug IS There Is consternation
In trade and shipping circles In Canada over
the largely incrru-ed rates OF marine IN
surance imposed 10y tho
upon both vessels and using the
~ Lawrence route. rates which threaten
90 nip in the bud the ambitious schemes
Of the Canadians for the employment OF
this northern route for the shipment 70
Europe Of tho grain crop and lat cattle oil
the great West. Canada realizes that these
increased rates are fully warranted by the
number Of marine disasters that have CO.
CURED since the opening OF the present
shipping season on the ~. Lawrence route
and quite understands that her modern
dream Of depriving tho American north
Atlantic ports Of their grain export trade
must remain u~nfulhlled while the naviga-
ton 81 the 81 Lawrence route IL 80 heavily
Handicapped as 1t IL AZ present
Strenuous efforts are being put forth Tor
the removal 81 the dangers attending this
route, but the task IL a big one, and Is In
creased by the fact that several of the dis
as,erS To vessels wrecked this SKINNER
while engaged in tho Canadian trade CO.
Cured a. far from the Canadian coast line
as the southeast shore OF Newfoundland,
While the Canadian Government II not TO
blame FOR the Lack Of more suitable warnings
u navisators ON the rocky cliffs 81 the island
colony. IL IL nevertheless quite true that
these wr-rks would not have occurred
there II the ships In question had been
running 90 some Of the American North
Atlantic ports instead of to some OF those
on the st Lawrence. Therefore. II II quite
&C., ~. -. Gs axr.nna rnuta haa
the blame Tor these disasters. and that the
Dominion Government will have 10 20 TO
IN. enormous expense OF protecting the APP
breaches Ia the st Lawrence a. far east A.
the eastern coast line Of Newfoundland.
Experience has fully demonstrated that
the greatest dangers attending the naviga-
ton Of the 1T. Lawrence route are not those
met in the gulf or the river from which
the route l. named, but those others which
await navigator passing In or out OF the
Gulf Of st Lawrence. either TO tho north
or To the south of the island Of Newfound-
land The Government OF the island has
prepared n chart showing the number OF
wrecks that have taken place ON and around
Care Race. the southeastern point of New
fnundland II u estimated that hundreds
of lives have hsen lost and SO. 40, Oo worth
of property destroyed on thus coast during
the last few years, while this season the
f~FtsIneufN oil ul-d~N'TN hrs bfNn kftAier
there than ever before, Five ocean steam
ship~ have b.en destroyed there this year.
In. first Of these steamers was the vydene,
which went ashore near keIews in January.
Ship and cargo tecame a total loss. and
one man was drowned This was followed
by the Iucrrns disaster In February, when
the ship. with the twenty-thrce J-sople On
board. was engulfed In the waves near
Bacalicu. In March the big French bark
Aquitaine wa swept IN by fog and current
upon the coast and ship and cargo were
condemned In MAY the steamer Cr-we
ran aground near ~. Shots. and speedily
broke up A fortnight later came the
Isvland steamer AssNrtan pounding over
the rocks near Cape Racc. and thrc weeks
subsequently, the Elder ~mp-t-r steamer
I~usiiania, with sSa pssscngcnS, tore out
her bottom ~ Seal Cow" The l. n serious
showing. considering that only par of the
~.a-pn - past. and tie navigation ~ Belle
l-lc Strait not Vet hegun Ihe latter cpurro.
which li-s 10 the north % the island. he
tween " and Labrador. h In sptne p~I-,cts
mure danR~ruus than ~" other
The chief cause - the wrecks occurring
~ the southwestern oss-t e NeWfound-
land L. the uuTth-Tlv lueu CREATED
hy tb. Gun Sip,am H. the oa~e 81 tho
lIsiiauia " was shown bv tlr~ ts~iimunv
81 the captain and ori-er- ia, she WAs
admirably uAyteat-d. and that ~ ~ l. "
on 'he dav ~ hrf mi-tAp her cAn~s Vas
such that sh- slfpuld have olsar~ CAPS Raw
iut a. midnight she NAz ga 10. rucks,
thtrts-'u miis- nprth - that lsiut Ths
slff-ff had l~-sn running a. SO rate q
fuuf knui- az hpuf. atau had thfu~u her
- h"T osur-s o. fhe caisui m.utlotfd
Warning agUais ~ a.. mo-i improved
kiud 49, us--if-i Hl ALONG $50 o.ast. hut ti.
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