Show The Lost Eagle I BOSTON April 1A special to the Journal from St Johns N F says The steamer Eagle was last seen by the steamer Aurora on the night of the 11th inst near Funks Island A terrible sea was running at the time Next morning the Aurora could find no trace of the Eagle Nothing has been seen of the illfated vessel since A message from Greecupond about 100 miles from here says that Lighthouse Keeper Cabot had boarded the sealing steamers Vanguard and Hector Both these vessels are reported to have passed spars with the name Eagle on them near the spot where she was last seen Lighthouse Keeper Cabot is a reliable man and from his knowledge of affairs there and the fact that the Eagle has not been seen since the 11th while other vessels of the fleet have been spoken every few days it is universally believed be-lieved that the vessel with her 260 souls onboard on-board was driven on the terrible reefs so numerous inside Funks Island that the sea broke her up and that she probably sank I immediately with her fifty seamen on deck i and 210 seal fishers below The sea that swept the coast that night was the worst ever witnessed by old sailors on board other vessels No ship once getting in those terrible breakers could possibly escape Captain Jackman commander of the ill fated vessel was considered to be the bravest brav-est skipper Newfoundland ever produced He was called King of the sealing fleet until 1885 when for the first time in his experience ex-perience he failed to secure any seals Last years bad luck again overtook him and he lost the steamer Resolute near the same fatal fa-tal Funks Island but all his crew escaped Late the same season he took command of the Eagle and within a few weeks she broke her shaft She was refitted and a month ago started with the rest of the fleet on what is now felt was her last voyage The majority are married and residents of this city and vicinity and all are in the prime of life The city is in mourning today This is the greatest calamity and most frightful loss of life in the modem history of this unfortunate un-fortunate colony |