Ogden Sun | 1905-11-21 | Page 1 | Of 129 Passengers Only Six Survived

OF ONLY A night of agony for those who did not go down with the steamer hilda 51 bodies washed upon the beach paris nov 20 special reports re celil here of the wreck of the steamer hilda which left southampton friday night for st malo france and aias totally wrecked on acs fortes leof the bardln lighthouse i es berday morning with the loss of over a hundred lives give a graphic description crip tion of the disaster owing to he rough sea together with a thick the captain of the hilda probably took the buoy light 0 the for the st malo light house he pave signals which were not seen by employed emp loyes and then the steamer slowly towards the light filhe hilda struck the rocks the sass boilers exploded and she was giving the passengers no coave their lives seven bodies v earing life belts were stranded off the village yav the coast near st malo is covered with wreckage and some cattle two thirds of the hildas passengers were french farmers returning to prance with heavy sums of gold from the sale of their yearly harvest of onions and potatoes the others were english families who were going to spend the winter at dinard the lies on the beach three nilla off st malo showing only her main mast and forecastle A correspondent of the matin went to the scene wreck on a government steamer the local officials they picked vp five bodies which were entangled in the rigging ot the hilda the tood iea presented a dreadful spectacle with arms and legs twisted in all alons and hands lorn with desperate niggling