Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
THRILLING STORY
Told by Survivors Of the
Wrecked Sim. Hestia.
Desperate Efforts to Save Men
In Capsized Boats.
Wreckers Reaping a Bonanza on
Freight from the Wreck.

Eastport Me, oct c6.-'i'he first in
formation received direct from the six
survivors of the Inflated Donaldson
line freight steamer Hestia which was
wrecked eight miles off Seal Cove,
Grand Manan Island, Monday morn
ing. resulting in the loss of IS lives
was brought here today. 1t materially
changed some facts contained in the
earlier reports obtained over the single
telegraph line to the island.
This information definitely deter
mined the fact that the crew consisted
of 81 men including Capt. II. NJ. New
man, and that there were four pas
sengers and no cattlemen. The mem
bers of the crew were all Scotch eX-
cept two Irishmen, Seamen Bernard
Breen and james Smith, both of whom
were among the survivors. The Keenc,
originally mentioned as saved AMI
Breen are one and the same person.
Two of the passengers were Roy and
Jack Galloway OF Glasgow, the twins
who were on their way to join their
brothers and father, David NJ. Gallo
way at Richmond, Va, where the fami-
ly had settled on farms. They We're
accompanying five horses, consigned
to their father and We're assisted by
Ia horseman whose name is believed to
be James CoWan. The fourth passen-
ger was Scotch boy immigrant,
Theodore Reid
It also was learned for the first time
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of these We're smashed, one was wash
ed away empty and one was washed
away with one man in it two or three
hours before any one attempted to
leave the ship and the fifth contained
Capt. Newman and "A people Capt.
NeWman's craft was the only metal
life boat on the ship. AS this has been
washed up on the Nova Scotian coast,
there is no doubt of the fate of its IS
occupants. The lone man in the boat
washed away was the horseman.
The HeSiia struck at Lilo a. NJ. Mon
day, but tho boats were not launched
until 80 A. NJ They were lowered tC
the first deck when the steamer struck
and the horseman took place in one
of them. An hour later sea struck
away both boats and the horseman
Capt. NcWman's lifeboat was success
fully laurched at $50 o'clock and an
other boat was being prepared for
launching when the rope in the for
ward davit broke or became loosened,
statements differing about the cause
of the mishar, and the II occupants
We're dumped into the sea. The four
members of the crew thus left on board
threw ropes to their companions strug-
Cling in the water and succeeded in
drawing two of them on board. These
were Second F!nginee: Andrew Morgan
and Seaman Frank McViCkar. Those
who saved them were Third Officer S
a. Stewart, Seamcn j. Mckenzie, Ber-
nard B,ccn and James Smith One
other was drawn Partly up to the deck
but for some reason loosened his hold
on the rope and fell rack into the rag.
ing saa
AS il was considered improbable &C
CoriiTg 90 the survivors. that any OF
the drowning persons were picked uI
by those on capt. NcWman'S boat il
is now certain that nine persisted be-
side the ship. Among these was the
Scotch i:nr'igrant lad Theodore Reid
VII" WAS heard to cry out. Mother
I'm drowninE save me"
The boat from which the II people
were spilled was smashed beside The
ship and another boat was smashed a
the davi,,, Tho two Galloway twins
were in Cant. NeWfars boat.
Within Il short time after the steam
or struck rockets ana booms We're Sc
Oft at intervals of ~ minutes up to
y. n. il an effort ~ attract attention
but 70 response was obtained although
the shioWrc"!lc'l crew all the time
could plainly soc Gunnett Rock light
four miles away. When ready to leav
quantity If bedding was dragged
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