Note Written in Dutch Found Floating in St. Lawrence Closes With “Adieu.”
By the Associated Press.
QUEBEC, November 2.—”Lost in storm. Written by one of the shipwrecked crew of the S. S. Aophard, Holland. Please be kind enough to forward this to Safekeeping. Happened October 25, 1925. Written by Ye Teolsa, Adieu.”
This message, countersigned by “Capt. Banderweevoen,” was found in a bottle in the St. Lawrence River near the lighthouse on Ste. Felicite, Quebec. October 27. It was written in Dutch, and, following its translation today by Abbe Desmet of Laval University, was sent to the Department of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa.
Day of Great Gales.
MONTREAL, November 2 (AP)—The Dutch steamer Alphard, 2,017 tons, sailed from Montreal for Rotterdam October 24. Her master was A. Van Waarden.
On Sunday, October 25, the date on the note in the bottle picked up in the St. Lawrence, great gales swept the entire Atlantic Coast and reached into the St Lawrence. Considerable damage was done to shipping and several transatlantic liners were held up in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The master of the Alphard as contained in marine records here Is “Van Waarden.”
Evening Star, Washington, DC, November 2, 1925