Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-20
OVER HUNDRED DEAD
Channel Steamer Wrecked on Rocks OF
Coast Of France.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER ARE AEAeER
Boat Had Crew Of Twenty Six and Over
Hundred Passengers Aboard,
ONLY FIVE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SAVED
Thirteen Dead Bodies Washed Ashore on
the French Coast.
ONLY TUNNELS OF SHIP ARE VISIBLE
Vessel Delayed by Fog and Finally
Loses It's hearing in a snow
'AIls OF THE DISASTER ARE stAet0
IlY FIVE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SAVED
Thirteen Dead Bodies Washed Ashore on
the French Coast.
ONLY TUNNELS OF SHIP ARE VISIBLE
Vessel Delayed by Fog and Finally
Loses It's hearing in a snow
storm and struck on Rocks
at HRrbOr Mouth.

at HarbOr Mouth.
LONDON, Nov. 1s.-The Southeastern
railways cross channel steamer Hilda was
wrecked this morning OF ST. Malo. on tho
north coast of France. and It isNbelieved
that one hundred or more Of its passengers
and crew were drowned. The Hilds left
Southampton Friday night for 81. Malo
with considerably more than one hundred
souls on board. It's passage was greatly
delayed by fog in the channel and when
nearing st. Malo it ran into a severe snow
storm, apparently missed its course and
foundered on the rocks on Jsrdin light
house. three miles from St. Maio.
The companys steamer Ada. outward
from st. Malo. rescued Ave Of the passen-
gers and one Of the crew. These are now
on the way to Southampton. There is an
unconfrmed report that seventy had been
saved
The crew red twenty-si1, and
/ tnere were AZ hundred passengers,
| all Frsnchmen, 0jority being onion
dealers from ST. and ueighborhood.
A telegram from servan. adjoining
the town OF ST. Malo. gives the few par
ticulars vet available. The Hilda was
near st. Malo Saturday morning. It
struck the rocks at O'clock Sunday
|
morning in the roadstead of the island
of Cezambre, having missed the tide
owing to bad weather and fog.
The majority of the crew ard passen-
gers were asleep at the time. Two boats
were lowered, one OF which. containing
hve men, arrived at St. servan The sec
ond boat was picked up empty at ST. Cast,
where thirteen bodies were washed ashore.
The top OF the. Hilda's funnel and its
mast are visible at low tide. according 70
the telegram from st. servan.
The Hilda was built at Glasgow in 1889
and registered S4s tons 1t was screw
steamer of iron construction and was 205
feet in length.
The Southwestern Railway company "
as yet unable to give list OF the Hilda's
passengers but they say that a score
booked passage at stations between London
and Southampton. and that to the best
,of their knowledge ninety-nine were
drowned and only six saved. The COM
pany is still without reliable details
TO how the disaster happened. Its agent
at st Malo only briefly reported. The Ada
has put back and reports the Hilda is
total wreck at Les Portes reef, outside
Jardin lighthouse. The Ada's boat saved
FIVE onion men and a seaman named Grin
ter out of the rigging. They appear TO
be the only survivors.
Only six saved.
ST. MALO France, Nov. l9.-The exact
number OF lives lost on the Hilda is un-
known here. II is understood that there
we're about twenty hrst-class passengers,
including several English people. Among
the latter were Hon. Mrs. Butler. sister OF
Lord Lanesborough. and Colonel F1llet
Though It is not certain that these were
actually on board, they were expected &c
travel by the Hilda and it is known that
all the first class passengers were drowned
These passengers were English officers and
others who were coming to reioin their
families or to spend the season az 81 Malo
, and Dinard Opposite st. Malo). II appears
, 10 he certain that only six were saved.
5 these being five onion sellers and an Eng
lish seaman named Gritner, belonging 20
Guernsey, and that the total on board. in
cluding the crew, numbered los.
I The delay I'm the arrival OF the Hilda at
first inspired little anxiety as there was
dreadful weather I'm the channel and as
4 every one had full confidence in its cap
n tain, who was likely to exercise caution in
: approaching the dangerous coast of Brit
I tany, which no had known for thirty years.
I Tho disaster was first suspected through
5 the washing ashore of a body and the port
i authorities Immediately sent out a tug II
5 was then learned that the Hllds was
~ wrecked on the treacherous reef close 20
!. the island Of Cezambre called Les Portes
e II had apparently struck, broken lie back
g and Immediately sunk, leaving no time 10
u launch the boats The Jardin light is quite
| close 10 the spit II cannot yet he eE-
plained at what time or how the disaster
occurred The entrance to st. Malo is dan
e gsrous, the currents and rocks needing the
4 exercise OF considerable caution az all
s times. but more especially in bad weather.
J., Many bodies have been washed ashore at
e different points, some wearing life belts.
L Some Of the survivors according TO a re
0 the Ada from the rigging.