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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1900
Page
8
Graphic report by a quartermaster survivor recounts the steamer wreck on a shore strewn with wreckage. Bodies disfigured and unknown victims found. zinc lifeboat ashore. Crew and passengers reportedly left the vessel to reach land, amid a vivid survivor account.
Quartermaster Wilson Cook, a Monticello survivor, recalls leaving St John Friday at 11 15 pm, storm conditions, and the ship sinking after a night of battling gale winds. Lifeboats filled, passengers split among craft, and Cook reached shore after a sea hurled a lifeboat against rocks.
In Yarmouth Nova Scotia the steamer Monticello disaster yields twenty five recovered bodies including Captain Harding and several crew members. Survivors number four with lifeboat reports and watch times noting 1245 and 108. The cargo and passenger totals are disputed, but official counts place on board thirty six.
Three men and four women survived the Monticello wreck as the sea pounded the steamer for hours. Stewardess Smith, badly ill, is among the survivors. Elsie McDonald is drowned and body recovered, while Lawrence’s body was seen but not reached. The three saved men blame a prolonged gale and leak that caused the vessel to founder amid mountainous seas near Halifax. other liners, including the Grecian bound for Philadelphia, also sailed back to port.
Halifax from Boston arrived on time amid continued aftereffects of the Monticello wreck. Heavy seas lingered but ships resume trips as Do minion Atlantic’s Prince Edward delays, while other steamers like Alert and Bridgewater faced returns. The Nannie C Bohlin reported heavy weather with jib damage. no other vessels reported damage.
The steamship Boston of the Yarmouth line arrived at Lewis wharf amid a gale that also wrecked the Monticello. Pilot I C Haines recalled surf so high on shore that observers could not see the vessels. Rescued crew members were thrown onto rocks and later reached Pembroke by help. Stewardess Miss Smith was among those aboard.
Survivors recount a four mile pull to shore amid a raging sea after a boat struck rocks. Debris and names surface as officials correct reports about Mrs Eldridge and her children. Drowned Nathan Hopkins is linked to the Yarmouth steamer fleet rather than Monticello.
Nov 11 report notes Katherine Smith 31, stewardess of the Monticello, saved aboard, two years with the line. Her mother, brother and two sisters live at 32 Lowell Street West Lynn. Origin Nova Scotia, moved to the States about three years ago. Family had no further news beyond morning papers.
At Chatham November 11 the tug Gypsum King towed two barges and the disabled schooner Robert Graham Dun after gasping Pollock Rip near dark while observed by Mercury and Juno towing the derelict schooner Myra B. Weaver. The fleet appeared bound for Boston as they headed northward.
In Vineyard Haven on November a barge named Nora was floated off West Chop and anchored in the harbor. Tug Teaser returned after an unsuccessful search for two barges, the Robert Ingle Carter and the Hudson, that broke away near Montauk Point during the November 9 gale, both coal laden and bound for Boston with crews of four or five. The Carter, formerly the schooner of the same name, wrecked near Portland Harbor three months ago, was raised and converted to a barge. The Teaser will resume the search for the missing barges. The bark Ethel Clarke reported violent weather on November 8 with deck lumber shifting and some sails lost.
Louis Minyard a 20 year old hallboy at the Otel Somerset on Commonwealth avenue was kicked during a game last Friday night resulting in severe eye inflammation at the Emergency Hospital. Doctors fear loss of the left eye and may have to remove it today.
The Rev H Winkley preached an interesting sermon at Bulfinch Place Church and Mrs Andrew Howes presented a version of the Passion Play from Oberammergau.
Evidence of a wide scale divorce mill led by Henry Zeimer, now jailed for obstructing justice, emerged as district attorneys searched offices tied to a lawyer using aliases W Waldo Maison and W W Royal. Papers, letters, and photographs revealed numerous staged corespondents and dubious referees, prompting calls for state action to curb future cases.
Maurice Kelly son of John P. Kelly of Hopkinton was fatally crushed while guiding a stone lifted for a Boston and Albany railroad bridge at Cordaville. A dogged grip released as he crawled under the stone, breaking his spine and legs. He died within minutes after workers freed him.
In Bucyrus Ohio Mrs Amos Dice filed for divorce in court. Early today her husband battered in with an axe and threatened withdrawal before firing three shots wounding her in the breast. Dice then killed himself and slit his throat. Mrs Dice is in critical condition.
The Hirsch Social Club of East Boston opened at Ohel Jacob Hall with President Abraham Marcus hosting the initial event. Speakers included Vice-President Samuel Weinberger, Ben Helman, Michael Ober, A. Thurman on Zionism, and club presidents A. Himelhach, H. Mintz, Annie Fine, Ida Goldstein, plus vocal numbers by S. Fleischer, S. Mintz, and H. Weiner.
The Allan liner Carthaginian arrived at St John’s with thirty five invalids from the Canadian contingent in South Africa. They are returning from military hospitals and received an enthusiastic welcome today.
New York dispatch outlines a bold Arctic race with expeditions from America Italy and Scandinavia aiming to plant the first flag at the North Pole. Promoters Baldwin and Ziegler pledge funds and plan a large, multi year, dog sled and vessel expedition guided by Arctic veterans amid uncertainty about Peary Sverdrup and potential rescue efforts.
Old in crime May Schaefer, 32, with six aliases, was arrested in Boston after knockout drops and lead knuckles were found on her. She has drifted through Philadelphia New York and Boston since 1890, facing shoplifting fines and parade-era notoriety. Inspectors Kelly and Douglas led the arrest. two accomplices, Lizzie Myers and Ora Young, were also seized and sent to New York. May used multiple names including May Oates May Blossom Nellie Oliver Nellie White and Mrs Morrison. She faces idle and disorderly conduct charges and a Superior Court arraignment was planned.
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