The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-07

Can.o. y s.. May 1.-The American
fishing schooner Gloriana, Capt. George
etoddart, OF Gloucester. Mass. ran
a~hore during a thick fog on the el'ffs
ct Whale Cove. near white Point lodges,
at / O'Clock yesterday morning, and 10
OF the crew including the captain, were
drowned out of total of Is
The drowned Capt George Stoddart'
Arnxworth Thomas. Ell Melanson. An
eel Goodwin. Reuben Surrette, Hatry
French Fred Doucette, Thomas FRASER,
George V. MUSE Martin Goodwin. Alex
ander Benson, Charles Pierce. John Moul-
song. Arthur Bonaghan. one unknown.
The survivors: John B scher, NoGler's
Cove. ~. g.: Eugene Lablanc, cook. Pub
aioo n g.; Frank 5. Nickerson. Argyll
Sound. n. =.
The Gloriana left the northeast bar or
Sable Island yesterday afternoon bound
for Canso There was heavy easterly
gale blowing with drizzling rain and thick
fog The vessel was kept under short
sail. and everything went well until one
o'clock in the morning when she struck
on the lodges. The vessel passed over
the outer ledses. but brought up on the
inner reef, struck against a cliff OF rocks
and then fell off with the sea again.
The vessel had such headway on that
II was impossible 10 get the sail of her
IN time to prevent dIaster. When the
vessel struck against the clff three sur
vivors were on the deck. and they ran
forward. rushed out on the bowsprit and
climbed up the clifr rocks TO a place of
safety before reced!ng wave carried the
vessel on again.
BOATS SMASHED.
Others OF the crew who were below
rushed on deck. half clad. and started
10 lower the dories. As soon each
beat touched the water Ii was dashed by
tho breakers against the side of the ves-
eel and smashed into pieces.
The high seas were breaking clean
over the vessel and she swung broadside
on the ledges and commenced pounding
heavily. Lines we're thrown ashore
from the schooner several times. but
they were either broken or torn from
their fasten.ngs on the rocks by the
surging OF the vessel and soon all hope
OF escape for those on the vessel was cut
Of.
The bottom pounded out on the Jagged
Rocks CLIO II was expected that the vessel
would go TO pieces at any minute. Four
of the crew Jumped overheard and at
tempted to swim ashore. They were
caught in the breakers, dashed against
the rocks and killed. The others who
were or the vessel took TO the rigging
snj ciune there while their strength las
ted bot the enormous seas were more
than they could successfully battle again
st and one by one they were swept away.
The three survivors spent a terrible
night on the lonely cliff When daylight
dawned they saw one man still clnging
to the rigging and made their way to
the mainland Tor assistance. The shore
folks hurried TO the scene OF the wreck
and the man was taken from the rig
ging. but he was found to be dead.
The place where the Glorians was
wrecked is one OF the most dangerous on
the Nova Scotia coast. II In less than
q mile from where the steamer Blaam-
anden was totally wrecked last year and
only half mile from the scene OF the
wreck or the steamer Tiber I'm February.
1900. when % lives were lost,
The three survivors were brought here
aud are being cared for by the United
States consul They say that the ves-
Gel is a total wreck.
STORY OF A SURVIVOR.
Frank Nickerson. one OF the survivors.
says: The vessel left Gloucester two
weeks ago and fshed on the banks near
Sable Island, We had taken about III 900
pounds OF fish. which we salted. When
the bait ran out Capt Stoddart decided to
90 to Canso for stores anu then to the
Magdalen Islands for bait. I think that
the captain WAS heading for ChebiIctO