New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26

pieces by the seas this find disposed OF that 50
far as she was concerned.
against outstanding rock TO the west or cape
Race. and her entire crew Of twenty-nine were en-
gufed with her, and IL is strange that IN January
1870 the OIL tank steamer Helgoland with a crew
Of thirty-hve met total destruction on the Same
rock. In both eases the coast folk rallied TO the
aid Of the imqerilled mariners. but without ayali.
The islet IS cut on from the mih9 i ~ bcb
mel hundred yards wide, and the Cuts N in
walls the furious waves hurl IleIsevsS " mat
force human strength could WllnstSne 50 80
eIeatode5 DealfH 81, - Ppe3g 10 help Them But at
sasf # vas found possible to give them Christian
burial for when the storms. when had CAUSE adSs51
their ruin subsidized daring fellows we're lowered
down the face OF the cliffs and gathering up Ins
mutilated remains which uttered he, H3o SIT anu '
deceutIy inferred them on the faiLtop-
What might nave been marine tragedy almost most
a near Ca1e Race in July 1862 while bound TO
Montreal with 500 immigrants and sixty-s seven
buried one sac 9ei0% iY the Weather was calm
have ESCAPED for it was three hours before the
Siav immigrants stampeded about the decks mean mean
while. The seamen who manned g rag ~ = the frst
trip ashore and the Irish hremen on her ia3oTeo
lived with their smacks and dores and took charge
performing the task with the Skill and speed Pc Pc
5abes and children from the snip By tying three rec
or four N nnmanaseabe adults were simply
flung there and quoted with an oar nano 55+-ea
sway. and a picturesque scene it was in the sable
hours as fires Of wood were k9ed refehes Wills
hardy Newfoundland fishermen. up 70 their WAISTS s
landing places. when all humans on board me tns
wreck had been safely got ashore tne Soase a lbs
with results indicated by dialogue between an
observer and one Of them
What have you got there
only a little slverware-
..T Icy pot three hundred spoons for my own
hand
A TERRIBLE BATTLE WITH DEATH
The loss of the steamer John Knox IN lSSs: IN q
rfdwinter blizzard cost her whole crew OF thirty
nine men their lives. She struck on an islet OUT
side Passage little hamlet nine miles from Lhs
cape and amid the inky blackness OF Ln9 6 n Nth
death was enacted. the shrteks OF the deSPaIriins
heard above the fury Of the storm by the coast
able to help them because no boat could 1--we in the
tempest which then ragged Almost similar condi-
1857 bV which twenty-three fatalities were caused
She struck under sheer elm amid I119us 16 SO
soul being saved from them Under NE , cre9
Nearly all these wrecks, being laden With general
cargoes provide the fisher folk with generous ar
rays of articles Of every conceivable kind. from
66f abot seuay Useless on seaboard where ali
foreign tongues are cassed as one ana pr2por i
S0s ship viii be laden with -four. butter. bacon
e9d Cheese from Montreal another with fabrics,
wines and liquors from European ports. cases OF
o8 &TaeR and so Tausieas for salvage price
yielding no adequate returns tha R+ Inc s co
shots and destroy them by throwing stones at
them The most amazing collections OF articles are
TO he found about the homes OF these Usher rolk,
who being of-all-trades. are able to convert
everything to their uses Ship gear goes 1Dto
their own boats, furniture into their own homes
wearing apparel among themselves and their fGIni-
lies provisions into their pantrfes. and everything
they cannot use or Of which they have 100, 100 TnuSa
finds a ready market in st. Johns. When me
I4oyaIist met her end amid the rocks near Cape
Race in October 1904 with thirty thousand barrels
of apples aboard the entire colony was supplied
with this fruit for Of schooners loaded from
+boir Iadfr Vrer mar
for 81 a barrel while scarce fishing smack which
passed the Of the wreck but put In and helped
herself to a sufficient supply to satisfy the needs
of those on board. During the last century more
than one hundred and forty wrecks have occurred
about Cane Race. aud generation after generation
has grown up 20 regard the saving of carg1es
therefrorn as legitimate occupation, though, with
out ever a thought Of recompense or reward the
fisherman invariably first spend themselves In the
saving of the lives of passengers seamen who
may be endangered in them.