Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
BELIEVED SOUTHERN CROSS
WITH CREW OF TO MEN WAS
LOST IN TUESDAYS STORM.
REPORTS OF ARRIVAL OF
VESSEL IN PORT UNTRUE
eslIaventure, Bringing in Bodies Of
Dead and Surviving Members Of
Crew Of !!!.fa.ed Newfoundland,
Blocked in Ice 100 Miles North Of St.
Johns-Rescue Ships Area Sent Out.


There was growing apprehension today
that the. sealing steamer Southern
Cross went down Win all on board
during the blizzard off Cape Race Tues
day. She carried a crew OF 40 men
and was heavily loaded with 1900 seal
skins, trophies of hunt recently con-
cluded in the gulf Of st. Lawrence.
Hope for the safety Of the vessel,
based on dispatch from Sydney. n. s..
which stated that a wireless message
had been received there reporting the
arrival of The Southern Cross. was dis
sipated before noon Nher the govern
ment after several htuls inquiry, de-
clared the Syoney report untrue.
The government has instituted an
extended search for the missing vessel
and Appealed to ti4.1Uniied States for
assistance. The l-.,d, New Found.and
Company's steamer tyle, which has a
good wireless equipment, was chartered
for the purpose and will sail at mid
night The American Revenue cutter
Seneca, which is doing ice berg patrol
duty several hlndred miles OF the
southern coast, was asked to assist.
Beliaventurs Blocked in Ice.
| The sealer Bellaventure with her
cargo of dead is blocked in the ice 100
miles north Of here and can not arrive
before Sunday. She went to the aid
of her sister sealer, the Newfoundland
when 12O hunterS from thes1latter were
caught by the storm while killing seals
Tuesday and were unable to regain
their ship.
The Bellaventure. the Stephano and
Florizel picked up many bodies and a
number Of survivors. II is known that
! fifty- eight lives were lost and some
thirty men are not accounted for. II
lis believed that 1t Isl scarcely possible
that the latter could have survived th'
| long exposure an the Ice foes. K
Wirsless 50 Station Crippled. t3,
Confidence in the 7 safety OF the
Southern Cross "f1afamous as one
/ of the vessels used in the
Shackelton Antarctic expedition, re-
ported to have come safely thru the
! storm Of Tuesday which brought death
to more than sixty members of the
crew OF the sealer Newfoundland, gave
way to grave doubt today. Meager ad-
vices that the Southern Cross was safe
at Channel, Newfoundland, small
port near Cape Race. and that sealer
| Erick also was there. were uncon-
| firmed. The gripping Of the Cape Race
| wireless station in Tuesdays gale made
it difficult to obtain further particulars
The Bellaventure." "one of the sealing
fleet, was nearing this port today III
the midst of another storm, bringing
fifty-eight bodies and thirty-five sur
vivors Of the Newfoundland. who were
overwhelmed by the blizzard while
hunting seals on the ice foes.
Everything was in readiness mere TOY
the care Of the bodies and the rellel
Of the suffering men who had escaped
death but had been severely injured Q!
forty eign. hours exposure to the bit
ter wind and driving snow.
Death List Will Be Increased.
When ninety miles from port the
Bellaventure became blocked in the
ice off Cape Bonavisga and at noon her
captain sent wireless message STANG
that 1t might be Sunday before ne
could dock Many OF the rescued seal
ers are 80 Ill that the death list VIII
probably be increased.
AS the recently equipped wireless
! station for the sealing steamers was
partly wrecked IN Eesleiua! 90"
communication with the Bellaventure
was established today thru the furness
line steamer Eagle Point.
1t has been many years since this
CITY has been so stirred over ar
ocean disaster. Hundreds OF people
rnamed the streets all night besiesine
the newspaper offices. the telegraph
station, the government chamber ano
the Grenfall institute, where the sur
yiyors will be housed, but news was
meager, no list of dead being avail