Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-04
In Rescuing Every Person
From the Mt Temple.
indications Are That Steamer
Will Be Total Loss.
The immigrants Are Being Sent to
Their Destinations.

Halifax. y. S., Dec. 3.-The admiralty
| office will at cnce begin an investiga-
! ton to place the blame for the wreck of
the Canadian Pacific Line steamer Mt.
Temple which struck La Have Iron
bound lodges during a thick snow storm
early Monday while bound from Ant
werp to st. John. N. B. The steamer
ran nearly 80 miles out of her course
in the storm.
The indications are that the Mt.
Temple will be total loss. The rocks
pierced the steamers bottom, directly
beneath the engine room when she
drifted broadside in the lodges and the
terrific pounding she has sustained
since she stranded has further damaged
the hull. The engine room is flooded
and the cargo, although much of it is
not perishable, is thought to be dam
aged.
The work Of transferring 4S0 passen-
gers and members of the ships crew.
who remained on Ironbound island all
night, to the mainland, was resumed
Tuesday and it was expected that by
night all would have reached this city,
coming from Bridgewater by rail. The
$50 passengers who were taken to
Company's tug Trusty late Monday ar
irving in Halifax over the Halifax &
Southwestern railway at o'clock Tues
day morning. None of them can speak
English. The entire $50 were quartered
at the immigration buildings where
they are being cared for and examined.
"A second trainload arrived during the
forenoon.
IT, l.,
passengers, more than 600 in number,
under conditions dangerous to the res
cued and rescucrs alike is regarded as c
feat unexcelled in marine disasters in
the North Atlantic.
When the ship struck the rocks. the
shock, the grinding of the steamers
bottom and the roar of the surf dash
ing over the lodges and the helpless
vessel, threw the hundreds of immi-
grants into a panic. The women and
children, of whom there were over 200,
joined their cries with the shouts of
the men in the darkness and for a
time the excitement was intense. The
officers and crew had difficulty in max
ing the foreigners understand that
there was no immediate danger but
eventually they We're Gained. To reas-
sure them, the passengers were pro-
vided with life preservers and when
daylight came and the storm cleared
the panic was over.
When the steamer struck the seas
swept over her. AS the passengers
rushed on deck they were drenched and
for hours stood waist deep in water.
All suffered terribly from the cold and
ii is probable that many cases of ill
ness will develop.
AS soon as order was restored, the
captain sent boat to the island, hard
by. and notified the lighthouse keeper.
line was taken ashore from the YES
sci and by means of baskets the wo-
men and children were transferred to
the island, a difficult and tedious task.
Soon after daylight the fishing
schooners Hazel Virginia and Guide
hove in sight, followed by the La Have
Steamship Cos. tug Trusty, which
came from Bridgewater. These assist
ed i'll the rescue together with boats
from the mainland. Within three hours
all We're landed safely upon the island
without an accident.
Fires were lighted and everything
done by the lighthouse keeper and his
family to make the people comfortable.
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