Show 1tRE TURNS ON V TH PASSENCtS V Terrible Experience of Shipwrecked Ship-wrecked People 4 FIFTEEN V PERISHED I H V ALL WERE WOMEN V V I Those Who Survived Were Threatened Threat-ened With Starv tonI ton-I When the Vessel Was Sinking the Sailors Armed With Guns Began Be-gan looting the Helpless Ones Tearing Rings Prom the Painting and Dying Woman While the Offi cers Could Do Nothing Against the Mob of Ghouls + Montreal Sept 29Two hundred and fifty scantily clad baggage bereft mnen women and children were on board of an InterColonial special which steamed steam-ed Into Bonaventura depot tonight hey composed the greater number of those who sailed from Liverpool on Sept 1 on board the steamship Scotsman Scots-man bound for Montreal which was wrecked on the shores of the Straits of Belle Isle at 230 on the morning of the 21st I was not only 3 tale Of shipwreck ship-wreck that they had to tell but one of death of surierlng and pillage for fifteen at least of the Scotsmans passengers pas-sengers perished all suffered cruelly from cold and privation and almost the worst horror of all the men who were supposed td succor and assist those committed to their care in the hour of need turned on the helpless passengers and with loaded guns and revolvers compelled them to part with the few valuables saved Captain Skiimshire and his officers were exceptions For the honor of the British merchant mauhe the crime may net be ascribed to the men engaged in i but to a gang of wharf rats and hangerson picked up on the docks at Liverpool to replace the usual crew at the Scotsman which joined the sea mens strike on the other side Those Who Perished The list of those who perished is as follows Firstclass passengers Miss Street Montreal Mrs Childs wife of the stage manager of the Sign of the Cos company Mrs Roberts and infant in-fant Mrs Scott lr Robinson wife I of the manager cf the Sunlight Scrap company of Toronto Mrs Robinson i Mrs Dickinson wife of a former editor edi-tor of the Toronto Globe Secondclass passe ser s Mrs Watson Wat-son Mrs Talbot Mrs Tuthill Mrs Skelton Mrs Eliza Watkins Miss B Weavers l will be noticed that all who perished per-ished were women This is accounted for by the fact that they were occupants occu-pants of the first boat which left the steamer after she struck and which was swamped before it could get clear of the ship V Entering the Straits of Belle Ise on Thursday night the t ln rrn anfo a dense fog At 2 oclock in the morn ing there was a shock underneath the keel of the vessel followed by another I and another The passpngers were asleep in their berths and all were awakened by the shocks and hurried I on deck Boatload of Women Drownsd I A port lifeboat was lowered and in this many of the women and children were placed Hardly was it clear of the ship when i capsized throwing its occupants into the water Those who perished were I this boat Some were saved for the ship had listed to port and several of the women were washed back on deck One woman clung to a rope for two hours before being rescued res-cued Meanwhile disgraceful scenes were being enacted on board Hardly had the vessel struck before the men from the stoke hole rushed into the cabins and slitting open valises and bags with their knives took all the valuables they could lay their hands on Several of them fired shotguns and tried to force men to leave their cabins I is said that some of the steerage passengers joined the firemen in looting the baggage bag-gage of the firstclass passengers I In more than one instance rings were torn from the fingers of fainting and dying women Captain Skrimshire and his officers could do nothing against the mob V V When morning came it was found that the Scotsman lay close Inshore alongside a cliff fully 3 thousand feet high A second boatload of women and children which had been sent off was I called back and the passengers transshipped to the rocks shipped ro alongside the ship I Danger of Starvation I Until 630 the officers and some of the crew of the Scotsman worked unceasingly unceas-ingly in getting the passengers ashore I and when darkness and a heavy fog set in they were safe orf the rocks But here the new danger of starvation I faced them The lower decks of the chip were entirely under water A I quantity of biscuit was carried on shore I and on this with a Very little corned beef and wild berries over 200 people existed for four days Some natural springs were found but despite this the bad condition of food and water brought on much sickness Many of the passengers suffered from the exposure ex-posure After much difficulty some overcoats and shawls wer secured for the women nearly every l ne of whom had left the ship in night clothes The passengers were obliged to climb up a rocky cliff nearly 300 feet high before be-fore they could find a place large enough to rest Here they stayed on the rocks for four clays and nights The first night they had absolutely ho shelter shel-ter but on Saturday the captatln sent up blankets and other clothing A number num-ber of passengers attempted to reach the lighthouse which was about eight miles away as the crotv files To do this it was necessary to dim about 1200 feet higher before a path could be reached It was not until the 26th that the Montford came along and was signaled by the Belle Isle light whtre a number num-ber of passengers walked from the wreck After bringing these people onboard on-board ship she proceeded towhere the Scotsman lay The weather was bright and clear As soon as practicable the boats were launched and the work of transferring the i passengers began |