The Lexington advertiser., 1904-06-16
STEAhE.R|I-..CANADA
IN A collision: | 10 \:
Strikes a Coal Collier and Quickly
T Goes to the Bottom, =!
FIVE LIVES WERE LOST
At the Time of the Collision There
"9i Were over a Hundred Pas
~, scngers ON. Board the
Canada.

Montreal, Que. June 13.-The Riche-
lieu e. Ontario Co.'S steamer Canada.
Lhound from Quebec for Montreal, came
Into collision with the Dominion COAT
Co.'S collier Cape Breton six miles be-
low Sorel early Sunday. Twenty min-
lutes later ths,, Canada went to the bot
towssAt tue time Of the collision Shere
wefe 40 people on boaId thasCanada
Five we're lost; the others were res
sued Those who perished were:
Alfred Thibeault, ticket, agent of the
company at Quebec.
/ Two sons Of Alfred Fhibeaultaged u
4andsl5. ~ 2 III
I Purser Bonneterres, m of tie canads
A man named Brunei, of Sorel, is
missing, and it is supposed that he per-
ished.
lgs The collision occurred just, as dawn
Twas breaking. The Cape Breton lay
4 Athe entfancel4of AthessLake.H. Pc
ter channel, waiting for daylight, so as
to find her way through, She was
getting under way when the Canada.
making Tor Sorei at full -speed, d,-eama
into view. Just what the collision was
due to, and who is responsible for 1t,
has not yet been determined, for the
officers Of the Canada decline TO taik.
But,afrom the ststements giveneut 1t
would appear that the Cape Breton
had not go on enough ,headyaysto an
fswer her rudders and that shesswessed
across the path of the passenger boat.
her bow striking the Canada just for
ward of the paddle box on the star
board side and tearing its way half
through.
Then the. Cape Breton swung clear
and the -two~steamera came alongside
each otherS
Sleeping Passengers Aroused.
The shock of tie collision aroused
the sleeping passengers The Canada
at once began to SETTLE and as the Cape
Breton did not appear to be serioasly
damaged, the passengers were hurried
ly transferred to this steamer. In the
excitement some of the passengers
j jumped overheard, and were picked up
1by boats from the Canada and the Cape
Breton
Twenty minutes later, when the Can
\ adawe alongside the Cape Breton, all
the passengers who could be found had
been transferred. Thibeault and his
4 two sons occupied stateroom near
where The Cape Breton's bow entered
skihsseanada, and it rs snpIosed that
they were killed in their berths. The
body Of the father was recovered later
in the day, but the remains of the two
sons have not been found.
Bonneterre, the purser, was seen af-
ter the collision making his way to his
\ quarters. on the lower deck with the
intention 81 saving the cash anda the
records 1t is supposed that he per-
fshed in the attempt. s,S - sS.-
| Brunei was second-class passenger,
! \ and no one saw him after the collision,
though it is possible that he went
| ashore with the crew. Of one Of the
boats which. was sent to secure help
from ssoarsiii W $40 . T9n !
A Assistance arrived about four o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the steam barge
\ RFefontaine. The Prefontaine took the
passengers and the crew to Sorelss and
\ they, were brought up to the city Sun
day afternoon on boafd the ednpa6Ss
steamer Columbian.
Many of the passengers who occu-
| pied statero6ms on the. upper deck
saved their baggage, but those on the
main deck lost all their belongings.