The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-06

The Lost Artists on the 'Fvening Starr,
ESOre the PARIS correspondent OF theN o. Picayune.
have Just witnessed distressing scene. Tue
Dramatic Artists Association here celebrated
this morning, az st. Roch, a mass for the unfor.
tunate artists who perished on the EUeRtag Star.
A cataialco was raised at the entrance of the
choir. All the artists, lyric and dramatic, in
PARIS we're present. The manager of the French
Comedy and the Superintendent of the Theatres
IN. Camille Doucet) we're also in attendance.
The families OF the victims wore deep mourn
ing The most distressing scenes TOOK place Mt
the close OF the service. The widow Ot poor
Clarence, who died here a Jew weeks since,
was so affected by the sobblng, cries, and moaus
heard all around her, she was seized with
Mysteries, and had 10 be carried out OF the
church.
The father of poor Mallle de Mery-who is
believed to have been the unfortunate woman
who clung to boat by her hands Tor several
hOurs-sobbed and moaned in heart-rendlng
manner, and at last tainted from excessive
grief. The families of many of the victims have
been plunged into the deepest poverty by the
loss OF those, on whom they we're dependent tor
their daily bread. have heard of one old lady,
whose daughter and son in-law left their chill
dren with her. They went down in the ship,
and she, with her poor grandchildren (who were
entirely dependent on her children), do not know
where to procure the means OF living. Among
the victims was Mad'lle Campana, whom fate
tried its best TO save from death, but the poor
girl would rush to her watery grave. She was
well known here. She played for some time at
Constautinople, where she played for year,
and she was engnged there when Mons. AEhaiza
enlisted her. She was informed of her engage
ment to go to New Orleans just in time to quit
Constahtnople and reach Havre when the COM
pany embarked, provided she travelled con-
stantly by express trains. She embarked on
DWyssus, the French steamship of the Messa-
geries Imperales. When Marseille5 was made,
the mstral blew with such violence, and the
sea was so rough, the steamer was unable to
enter the port, and was obliged TO take refuge in
the harbor La Ciotat. Mad'lle Marta Campana
then begged the captain of the steamer to ALLOW
her to land with the mails and go to Marseiles
with them; she explained to him how neces.
sary 1t was for her to reach Havre Oh q given,
ana then very near day. He consented. She
reached the Marseilles and Paris railway
station after the ticket and baggage offices were
closed: Sac appealed to the station master to
allow her 10 take place in the train then about
10 leave, and she wrung consent from him too
She reached Paris after the transatlantic
steamer had sailed fIom Havre. She took the
railway, and reached IL Just in time to take the
EtRe de Paris, which bore her comrades to
America. The passage Of the VlNe de Paris
was slngniarly stormy AMI uncomfortable She
embarked on the ill,tated EUeRlnq Sdr-you
know the rest! The person designated on the
fst OF passengers as -. Bonne de CamDana,S
was Madlle Marta Campana's chambermaid.
named Josephine.
The same day the Dramatic Association had
the mass for the repose OF these victims ceie-
brated here, the artists of the Havre Theatre
had similar mass celebrated in their cathe-
dTaL They went in process. on from tae thea
ire TO the church, and returned IN procession.
zoe munsipai authorities at Havre were present
at the mass.
Subscriptions are taken up here for the
tamilles OF the poor victims. Cannot New
Orleaps-the most generous city in America
open a subscription list, and out of ITS abun-
dance send to these starving families enough to
keep want from the door until time is Afforded
them to look for occupation?