New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-27
SEA CLAIMS SCORE
STEINER LOST IN BAY
OF FUNDY.
Only Sir of Those on Donald
son Liner Hestia Kno1Cn
To Be Safe.

Eastport, Me. Oct 26-The North At
lantic's annual toll of human lives and
vessels received the first tithe of the
winter season from its tributary. the
Bay of Fundy, to-day. in the loss of AT
least score of souls and the destruction
on shoal inside of Old Proprietor's
Ledge. off Seal Cove. Grand Manan. of
| the Donaldson Line steamer Hestia,
bound from Glasgow for St. John and
Baltimore. Four of the victims-young
| Scotch laddies-were passengers on the
/ steamer. AMI the others were members
| of the crew. Captain Newman and
| twenty or more members of the crew
we're last seen this morning in ships
boat. which was being tossed and buff
feted on the angry sea, making still
more dangerous the ever treacherous
tides which rush into and out of the
Bay of Fundy.
! FORCED TO CLING TO CRAFT
OF the forty persons who were aboard
the steamer when she struck on the
shoaI at L a. M. this morning only six
are positively known to have been saved
| They were forced to cling to their inn
paled craft, shifting their positions
often, as the steamer was being tossed
by the great seas. 1t was not until
p. m. to-day that lifesavers. from the
Seal Cove station were able to man
their boats and reach the stranded ves-
sci.
Those known to be saved are Third
Mate Stewart Second Engineer Nor
gan and Seamen Keen. Mckenzie. Smith
and McVickar.
NORTHEAST GALE BLAMED.
A heavy northeast gale is believed 10
have been responsible for the Hestia's
fate, although it is supposed that a mis-
take of the man al the wheel in believ-
ing he had picked up Gannett Rock Light
while really discerning the CLEANS of the
lighthouse on Machias Seal Island. sew
eral miles southwest, carried the ship
many miles OFF her course.
In the belief that he was leaving Grand
Manan on the port tack. and following
the usual course to st. John, the navi-
eating officer sought the distinguishing
marks of that route. But they were
not to be seen. Instead, the steamer was
heading for Seal Cove. between Gan
nett Rock and Machias Seal Island, over
seas which barely covered a treacherous
bottom, OF shoals. II was on one of these.
just inside Old Proprletor's Ledge. that
the vessels nose became impaled. leaving
the stern free in the surrounding sea
and subject to the violent movements OF
those waters.
RDATS PITT OVERROARn
Captain Newman at once ordered his
men to prepare to put the lifeboats over
board. Three were available, and one by
one they were swung from the deck but
while the tackle of one of the boats was
being unfastened il dropped from the
davits into the sea and was soon beyond
recovery. Then preparations were made
to prevent a second similar mishap.
Into another boat were placed the four
boys and more than dozen members of
the crew. They had barely taken their
places when the tackle gave way, and
without warning the boat, with its occu-
pants. fell into the water. The craft
capsized. but soon righted, and one of
the boys was seen clinging to the bot
TOM Again the boat was capsized and
this time disappeared.
Meanwhile, those aboard the vessel
launched the third boat IL was their
last remaining hope, and they waited
some time to make certain that this
craft should not go the way of its prede-
cessors. Captain Newman and all the
remaining seamen. except six. entered
the boat. These six were the ones res
cued by the Seal Cove Iifesavers this
afternoon. Captain Newman and his
men succeeded in hauling two of those
struggling in the water into their over
crowded craft. but were unable to rescue
others, whose cries could be heard above
the gale.
Third Mate Stewart was now in charge
OF the stranded steamer. At daylight
he hosted a signal of distress. Only the
hardy Grand Manan fishermen frequent
those shoal waters. and the storm If
this morning kept the fisher folk i'm port
1t was late in the afternoon before the
vessels plight was discerned. But that
did not mean immediate rescue for those
aboard. Finally the Seal Cove lifesavers
were able 70 board the Hestia, and after
considerable difficulty succeeded In TAX.
ing off the six men. The vessel is a
total wreck
Captain Newman and his boat which
carried about twenty men, was missing
at a late hour tonight. and all may pos
sibly have perished.
IMPERIAL TRAIN IN GERMANY.