The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-10
100 LIVES LOST
IN HEAVYGALES
.INCHALEUR BAY
go Fishing Boats Are Be-
Iie,ed Sunk During Ter
rifle Storm.
BODIES OF SCORES
OF VICTIMS FOUND
I'm Most Cases Fathers and
Sons Go to Death
Together.
FINANCIAL LOSS MAY
EXCEED 100000
Schooner Captain Gives Thrill
ing Description Of
Disaster.
FINANCIAL LOSS MAY
EXCEED 100000

ST. JoHS. n. r.. June 9.--Reports re-
eeived here regarding the gale which
svept Chaleurs Bay between the north
coast of New Brunswick and the
Gsspc coast of Quebec Thursday and Fri
day of last week tell OF terrible trag-
edy It Is varouAy estimated that be-
tween 100 and 1875 lives were lost during
the two days.
Tho victims were fishermen, and a par
tlculsrly sad feature OF the tragedy is
that In most cases more than one member
Of family was taken. The Chaleurs
Bay fishermen ply their craft in families
the father owning the boat and his sons
sailing with him as assistants. Thus II
was that practically every one OF the fifty
or sixty boats hallng from Quebec and
New Brunswick fishing villages which put
TO sea on Thursday carried father and
sons or older and younger brothers In
their crews
There is only indifferent telegraph
communication with the fishing villages
nesting around the coast of the bay. and
for this reason there has been but little
opportunity 10 obtain "A connected story
OF what happened. OF the boats, how
ever. which put to sea only very few
have been heard from, while scores OF
bodies have either been brought In by
other vessels or have washed In on the
shores
Captain Sees Many Drown.
The first connected story Of the tragedy
is told by Capt. Samuel Breau of the
schooner Warren T. The Warren p.
reached Chatham this afternoon from
shippegan in the track OF the storm. and
her captain gives some slight idea of the
great loss of life.
Capt Breau himself was out In the
gale but as he was nearer land than the
fishermen, managed to make Shippegan
without damage. He says the wind blew
$50 miles an hour during the worst part
Of the gale. Looking seaward from his
vessel Just before the storm broke. he saw
eight fishing boats. each OF which would
carry four or FIVE men. After the clouds
had lifted a little he looked again for the
craft, but they were gone.
Later when the storm subsidized some-
what. he sent boats near the spot, and
some Of the fishing boats were found bot
tom up. with bodies OF men still on them.
,Fourteen bodies were recovered In that
vicinity. IN
Many Missing From Quebec.
From Paspebiac. Quebec, comes word
that thirty boats are missing and that
they averaged three men each. Some OF
them have probably made shelter In other
villages and owing to the difficulty OF get
ting communication their safety had not
been learned OF previously. It is estimated
pebisc have drowned.
From st. Simon comes a report that
four vessels. each manned by father and
sons are lost II true, sixteen lives have
oten lost there. The bodies of eight Cara.
Quet fishermen have already been picked
Wy, while at Shlppegan six are known &c
have been drowned. in addition TO this
bodies found by Capt. Breaus men.
It 10 feared that thousands OF dollars
worth Of damage has been done. The dis
sster Is the worst that has ever overtaker
the Chaleurs Bay fishing fleet
chaleurs Bay Is noted for it's heat
In summer and for the rapidity with which
storms develop. II Is the centre Of al
important fishing industry. afrording sup
port to scores of villages on the New
Brunswick and Quebec shores. While tn
LOGS OF lie is known to be heavy in tn
New Brunswick villages. 1t Is feared tina
those in Quebec have Jared even worse
a the number of fishing vessels gent on
from the Quebec side OF the bay was NOR
than double that sent from New Bruins
WICK
These surely Lost.
The following vessels are known to b,
lost, while nope Ii practically given up FOL
many more.
Captain Albert. schooner with crew o
h's; three crews of five each picked vi
drowned off Miscou Point on the New
Brunswick shore
Rubne e. Co, Caraquet, schooner. los
with all hands. This was ono of tn
largest boats in the New Brunswick fee
and probably carried eight men.
Schooner riding at anchor fifteen mile
OF shppegan: her entire crew either blow
overheard or swept away by mountainou
waves
One vessel dashed on beach at Poin
canoe, with all hands lost.
Schooner and fishing boat lost on mort
,'oast, probably seven or eight me
Nrowned
There IL no method of estimating tn
h"'n' ar lost from the Quebec side OF tn
Gay, and It probably will be days befor
there IL even an approximate idea of tn
extent Of the disaster there.
The Caraquet fishermen whose bodi'