New-York tribune., 1906-11-06
LIVES AND SHIPS LOST.
GALE ON NORTH COASTS.
Fire of Bark's Cre1c Pertsh-Four
Vessels DriUen ashore.

Halifax. Nov. 5-Dispatches nave oeeH Pooi
ing to-day into this city, bringing news OF hVes
lost vessels wrecked or in distress OF wires
down and other damage done by gaze aho sed
all along the coasts of Nova oootia- CaPe
Breton. New Brunswick and Prince Edward
Island. Four vessels were driven asnore' an
other, after having everything movable on deck
washed awav was forced TO put back TO the
port from which she had sailed and the steamer
Tr1rret Rell which went aground on the north
side of Prince Edward Island last week was
driven further inshore.
The storm was most violent In Northumoer-
land Strait which separates the southern shore
Of Prince Edward Island from the Northern
Nova Scotia coast and from the northeastern
coast of New Brunswick. Two schooners and
one bark were swept aground in this strait and
a third schooner was wrecked near the eastern
entrance to the strait.
The Norwegian bark Adeona, Richibucto.
Y B.. for Preston. tried to weather the gale off
Rexton, n. B., but dragged her anchors and
grounded on North Reef. She sprang a leak
and, according to the latest information received
here, seven men. constituting her crew. were
still on board helpless IN the severe cold and
gale and IN imminent danger of being swept
overheard or dying from exposure A boat con-
tanning five men put off from the wreck late
to-day. II capsized. and IT is believed that dill
the men were lost. The tremendous made
It impossible for any vessels to go to her as
sistance. The Adeona halls from Arnedal, Nor
way, and registered 615 tons
In the same vicinity the schooner Alexander
laden with lumber and outward bound, also
dragged her anchors and went ashore
The Windsor On. s. schooner Omega, bound
from St. Peters. C. B.. for Charlottetown P E l.
lost her sails on Wednesday last. when off Char
ried away her cabins and deckload. Driven by
the gale. she drifted swiftly for thirty miles
across Northumberland Strait. until she finally
brought UP yesterday on the rocks at Fox Point.
near Puswash on the northern coast of Nova
Scotia. Her crew OF four men had been obliged
to man the pumps with practically no rest since
Wednesday, and during all that time they had
had neither food drink all their supplies
having been swept overheard They were res
cued. almost overcome by exhaustion and
posure soon after the vessel grounded. The
schooner probably will be a total loss.
A Newfoundland schooner. the identity OF
which has not yet been learned, wrecked
last night at Campbells Cove. at the eastern end
of Prince Edward Island. The crew succeeded
in getting ashore safely
The steamer TU.ret Bell. which is valued at
100000. probably will be total wreck off
Gable Head, p. e L, on the north coast, where
she went ashore last week.
Many fishing boats on the north side of Prince
Edward Island were broken up last night.
On land telegraph and telephone poles and
wires throughout the maritime provinces were
blown down. and II was not until to-day that
communication was restored
ST. Johns, n. F., Nov "a gale has ragged
along the coast of Newfoundland for the last
two days. Much damage has been done to
shipping and fishing interests, and the railroad
and steamboat services have been suspended.
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