The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
SCNE OF LIVES k,E LOST AT SEA Steamer Hestia Piles on the
 Shoals. WRECKED OFF MAINE COAST Only Six Saved of Forty Men
 Aboard. Captain Newman aud Twenty of the Crew Left in ships Beat
 and Are Believed
 to Have Been
 Drowned.
WRECKED OFF MAINE COAST

A~StPSats AAtp OCts SOs-3Hc NUItu Attantic's annual toll of lives and ves- sells received the first 1.-the of the win ter season from its tributary--the Bay of Fundy--today. in the loss of atleast score of souls and the destruction on shoal inside of Old Proprietor Ledge. off Seal Cove, Grand Mannan. of the Donaldson line steamer Hestia, bound from Glasgow for St. Johns and Baltimore.
 Four of the victims-young Scotch laddies--were passengers on the ill., fated steamer. and the others were members of the crew. Captain New man and twenty or more members of the crew were last seen this morning in a ships boat which was being tossed on the stormy sea.
 Of the forty persons who were aboard the steamer when she piled upon the shoal at 1 o'clock this morning. only six are positively known to have been saved. They were forced to cling to the wreck. shifting their precarious positions often as the steamer was tossed by the seas. It was not until ! p. m. today that life-sayers were able to man their boats and reach the stranded vessel. When rescued, the survivors were in weak state after their fourteen hour ordeal.
 Those known to be saved are:
 IulEu Aat6 CtCW8Its gJSN9Sh4 EfA6thSct Morgan and Seamen Keen, Mckenzie Smith and Mcviekar.
 Caught In Gales
 A heavy portheasteriy gale is be- lieved to have been responsible for the Hestia's fate, although 1t Is supposed that mistake of the man at the wheel in believing he had proceeded up Gan- nett rock light while really discerning the gleams of the light house on Mae. hia's Seal Island, several miles south. west. carried the ship many miles of her course.
 immediately after the vessel struck, Captain Newman ordered his men tc prepare 10 put the life boats over board Three of the life hoats were axatia bfe. 4tsid one. bs ono thsy were swung from the deck. but while the tackle of one of the, boats was beina anfasfened the small craft dropped from the dayit into the sea and was soon beyond recovery.
 Then preparations were made to pre- vent second similar mishap. Into another boat were placed the four pas sengers and over a dozen members Of the crew. They had barely taken their places when the tackle gave way and the boat, with It's occupants. was pres eipitated Into the turbulent waters. The craft capsized, but soon righted. apd QuS OL tIG QOyo W oo HN~h NNt~oANo " the bottom Again the boat was cap sized and this time disappeared.
 Meanwhile those aboard the vessel launched the third boat. It was their last remaining hope and they tarried some little time to make certain that thls craft should not go the way Of its predecessors. Captain Newman and all the remaining seamen, except six. entered the boat. These six were the l t&xy he I- ternoon. -.
 Captain Newman and his men suc- ceeded in hauling two of those strug- giing in the water into their over crowded craft, but they were unable to rescue others whose cries could he heard above the gale.
 Signal of Distress.
 The Hestia gradually settled by the stern. At daylight. Mate Stewart ,boistea the union jack, reversed.>as a signal of distress but 1t was late in the afternoon before the vessels plight was discovered.
 In the face of the gale nearly a score of fishing craft went to the res cue of the wrecked steamer. One by one. however, they were forced to turn back after answering the signals or the Hestia. Finally life savers were able to get to the Hestia and after cons,derable difficulty succeeded in talk ing off the six men. The vessel Is a total wreck.
 The boat which carried Captain New man and about twenty men was miss ing at a late hour tonight and may pos sibly have perished.
 The Hestia was a steel screw steam CT. built at Hunderland in 1890. and was formerly the Mary Beyts. She regis tered 2,44O tons net, and hailed from Glasgow;