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rour terry otticers n die in bid to rescue 8 stricken fishermen 23 NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. (CP) — Eight fishermen and four officers of the CNR ferry service were lost yesterday and late Sunday in the sinking of their ships in a Cabot Strait storm. Forty-seven others were rescued. The 10.135-ton ferrv Patrick Morris, with a replacement value- of 310-million, sank after getting into difficulty while trying to rescue some of the eight-man crew of the Newfoundland-based herring seiner Enterprise. Captain Roland Penney of the Patrick Morris and three of his officers died. Captain Penney, 54-year-old veteran of the Newfoundland ferry service, was granted permission to take the Patrick Morris out of this port ahead oFichedule late Sunday after the Enterprise sent distress messages from a point about 10 miles off the northern tip of Cape Breton. The Morris apparently spotted bodies or survivors from the Enterprise and attempted to position herself to take them aboard. With the winds reaching 70 miles an hour, the Morris took a big sea through her stern doors and 35 minutes after sending an SOS she went down. Seamen along the waterfront here and in St. John's speculated that the doors may have been opened in an attempt to take the bodies of survivors abroad, but others felt this an unlikely thing for the captain to allow in such rough seas. The ferry carried no passengers. She carried 51 crew, 47 of whom took to lifeboats and rafts, and were picked up by the ore-carrier Rhine Que. The captain and three engineers apparently remained aboard, at least for a time. The body of Capt. Penney and an unidentified body were brought to port here later yesterday bv the fishing trawler GjlfOgrd. Ronald Andeyson, 44, of North Sydney. Little hope was held for the eight men of the Enterprise, which sank Sunday night. A piece of the ship's wheelhouse was found floating in the area yesterday morning. Aboard the Enterjjiise were Capt. Olaf TJTafaird and Bruno Cervie, both of Vancouver; Zannia Doiron of Cara-quet, N.B.; and Blanchard Collinshaw, Charles Abbott, John Hansforth, Emmanuel Lovell and Wilson Green, all of Isle aux Morts, Nfld. The Patrick Morris was formerly "owned by the West India Fruit and Steamship Co. Built in 1951 as the New Grand Haven, she was placed in service here in 1965. Equipped to carry rail cars, she carried a wide range "of freight on her final voyage — everything from potato chips to refrigerators. The ship had been out of service for several weeks because of ice conditions in the strait. There was no ice in the area yesterday. Capt. Penney joined the Newfoundland coastal service in 1942. A native of Lewis-porte, Nfld., he transferred to the CNR when the Newfoundland service was taken over by the CNR at Confederation in 1949. He had been a captain since 1953. In Moncton, the CNR regional vice-president, W. G. Macdougall, said an immediate search would start for a replacement ship for the Patrick Morris. In Ottawa, Trans-porTHSTInlster Donald Jamie-son said there would be an investigation. i ne scene on the waterfront brought back memories of the October morning in 1942 when the ferry Caribou was sunk by a German U-boat. The 2,200-ton Caribou was torpedoed near tne end of her overnight run from here to Port aux Basque, Nfld., by a submarine that surfaced and watched the ferry's survivors struggle in the water. One hundred and thirty-seven people were lost in the sinking. Canadian naval ships picked up 101 survivors. The Rhine _flr,e will land the survivors at Port Cartier, Que. The Ore's captain said it would take him about 24 hours to reach Port Cartier after he Was released from the search late yesterday. The three engineering officers lost with the captain were identified as Chief Engineer David Reekie, 53, of Sydney, Second Engineer Joseph Henry Slayman, 48, of St. John's and Third Engineer toil m refloat snip '£ SARNIA, Ont. (CP) - Additional tug boats have been summoned to the St. Clair River to help refloat the French cargo ship Eglantine which has been stranded about 40 yards off Port Huron, Mich., since Monday. o