New-York tribune., 1908-03-23
RECENT SEA TRAGEDIES
Fail and Umter Cost so LiJes of
Northeast Coast

Boston. March a review of the marine cas-
uaIities of the coast OF New England and British
North America duTin, the fall and winter ses-
Just ended shows that about % lives We're
lost. Of this number al persons perishsd IN the
wrecks Of ten vessel: belonging 70 the French
fishing feet Of ST Pierre Ngueon. last fail These
vessels foundered in heavy gales which swept th-
Grand Banks -.bouJ twenty five Nevfouneii ard
fishermen we're also Iosr in these storms
The most thrilling j aster that which -
fell the British Steane 81 Cuthf n, Of the Nova
Scotia coast Febru2ry = The steamer u lille on 4
voyage from Antwerp 70 New York. caught IRE.
and IN their end@vo-s escape in~inersrion fOu--
teen men perIshed-Ihirteen 81 drowning and ous
by falling into the burning hold The particulars
of the gallant rescue Cf the survivors by the men
Of the White Star steamer CyWyir are well known.
Another notabie disa ter OF tie winter w4s the
wreck Of the British steamer ToIes5y, Galveston
Tex. for Havre. The TOi-sov struck the rocks
at Freshwater Poirt. near cape Race, n a heavy
snoVstoru1 the night Of January l5- The steam
er broke in two. ana the IN danger Of
being swept oveTbc ard They finally reached the
beach. but enc5uarered "A steep cliff 20 feet IN
height. a ii extending for mixes After suffering
intensely from cold and fyins spray for eighteen
hours all hands We're rescued
one Of the greatest feats in marine annals vas
the saving Of six hundred persons who were on
the Canadian Pacific steamer Mount TenPIa
when she struck or IedGes OF Bridsevate y :.
on the night Of December =. while on her way 20
st John from Antwerp. The steamer went on
time il was thought she would TO pieces The
women and children wera landed o. Iron Bound
Island by means Of 1reecaes lines and baskets.
and the men were taken Of iu boats from fishing
schooners and tugs The Mount Temple is sziH
tie rocks.
on December rf tire Thomson liner Kildora.
bound from Dundee for Portland. struck Brazil
Rock. of cape SABLE. *. = -Hd totally
wrecked The crew was rescued hy tde steamer
sburs
The latest misfortune To- rer4u a steamer vas
that which overlook the Red cross steamer S-l-
via. New York for iielifax ana s. JoEn s y 2
She was wrecked on March L. on Sov and Plss
shOaL The passenger and crew 1ere landed
at New Bedford
The Dominion atlantic steamer Yarmouth As
wrecked near St- John cn De enbe- TO- but vas
foated later No one vaz lost.
During the fan the loss of two veil Auovn
New England yes=eIs was recorded Neither
was lost in home vare--- On December &c r-e
seven nasted schooner Thomas " Ls7-on ~e1t
10 pieces IN tHe Sc-Uy IsIsrIs Nearly al OF the
crew were dr1vret
The ether great trageGy Of tile sea. and one thar
may aIways remain U-- srsr-- the Disappear
ef the Bath t5,e-, snip Arthur Sew al orz of
the best known vessels in the American feet She
left Philadelphia On April g. le17 r7- Seattle ard
las never been reported since she left Delaware
Ere><vetar. TIE SavaH carried cargo Ct CcaI
and probably fsuHdered With all on board
On December the Norwegian bark CIerraalc.
bound from Weymouth X : for Fleetwood. Eng
land. became veteriozsed AZ sel and sank The
captain and e-=1t Of his men De-.--led seven men
we're zayeI after fearful experience OF eight days
an open to4-.
In addition the vessels raalei. thirty s-l0CueTs.
ten barees and several vessels os cths- riz we're
wrecked in New EnSlanJ and Canadian waters. n
Newfoundland v45erz dozens q fishing craft we're
driven ashore fl the gales oc last fail ard twenty
i've lives we're lost About doz7a lost their Ives
Of th- Eew England ccas- hE the -tukrz of 5a-sss