Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
By Boat Capsizing, leav-
ing Burning Steamer
Other 81 Persons and Captain
Saved LANDED At Halifax.
Steamer st. Cuthbert Abandoned
And Burned At Sea.


or q wild blizzard this afternoon the
,.,mer ST Cuthbert was burned 20
the waters edge off the Nova Scotia
co,ut Fifteen members Of the ere"
were drowned by the swapping of a
email boat in which they attempted to
,o,ye the vessel after fire had broken
out yesterday. The Other 81 members
of the crew, including the captain
were rescued by the White Star Liner
Cymric.
After taking off the survivors the
Cvrnric abandoned til" burning steam
or this afternoon and proceeded 70
Boston.
News Of the destruction Of nc
steamer was received here tonight IN
y wireless message from Capt. f1ncn
of the Cymric.
The message read:
"The steamer ST. Cuthbert was
abandoned on fire Monday afternoon
off the Nova Scotian coast. Inc Gym
rio stood by for nine hours during
strong gale. heavy sea and snow squat.
Life boat in charge of chief of1lcer
made three perilouS trips. Rescued -
mon Of the crew, included the cap
IL.
yerely burned and injured.
"Fiftrcn Of the crew drowned sun
day attempting 10 leave the vessel
Their boat was Swamped by heaFy
seas
Sea cocks left open on st. tutnDert'
which will sink within "A hours 1t IS
now a dangerous obstruction IN the
path Of European vessels
Il
She is owned by the British ana
Foreign Steamship Co. of LlVerp"ol
and sailed from Antwerp on Jan. 10 'or
New York. When the steamship Gym
ric came upon the scene oil disaster
the burning steamship was lyinG d
rectly in the transatlantic steamship
course. The Cymric left Liverpool Jan
"a for Boston.
tn. II ruthbert was comparatively
:. nev- vessel. having been built in l9oi
~ Newcastle Eng, by tn" Armstrong;
WbiteyOrth Co. She was 1854 tons reg
lister.
The Narconi wireless station ut cape
Sable sends the following
"1'h,. Liverpool steamer -. 'H'hp''f'
has been abandoned, on fire. Ia niieS
southeast OF Cape Sable, =. : rlfteel!
of her crew were drowned. In" v hite
Star Liner Cymrir. bound I" B"at"h'
rescued - If the crew sGmc n Whuih
are terribly burned. including me cap
t,i,, The third officer Of the CuthDcrt
is among the missing.
The rescue of the crew by tile Gym
rio was most heroic, the men being
taken off the burning ship during Il
terrific blizzard ami high seas. IN"
life boat was almost swamped N mar
ing the trip between the Liners.
The White Star Liner, which WIS
bound from Queenstown for Boston
sighted the St. -Cuthbert Sunday al
ternoon walloWing i'll the trough OF the
sea. a perfect mass Of fire and smoke
Flames seemed IL be bursting forth
from every quarter Of the big Steer num-
while volumes of smoke arose hlSA III
the air as if emerging from q Nhicaiio.
Amid the bowling Of the gale ana iht
fury Of the sea, men could DC seen On
the Inflated craft, helpless ana III tilr
mercy of the flames. Through thp
binding snow squalls. those aoodii
the ('ymric saw the men on the -.
,.u,bbert throw one of the boats into
tho So, Scarcely had it left the ship )
cid, before it capSzed and every man
IF the i. went to his death III the sea
Willing. though powcrlcss To render
,id ~, crew Of the Cynric We're forced
TO see tho men perish. h'h t!l'
storm, nhated some a llfeboat from tht
Cvmric was launched and IN charge =.
the chief officer it started to take on
the balance Of the crew VII" were
huddlrd together on the after section Oh
the b;.rning ship. Three trips were
made before all We're taken OF, the
work Of rescue being ATTENDED WIN
great danger For nine hours the
Cvn,ric stood by the blazing craft
THE captain of the st. Cutnhert a''u
several of the crew We're terribly hurn-
cd but were given every attention
aboard the CymriC.