The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-04
Loss oY TIE VILE DU UAaaE.

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Loss OF THE VILE pU TAkaE.
Lospoy, Dec. 1.-The steamship Vile du
Havre, from New York for Ilavre, has sunk
at sea Over 200 lives were lost.
PARTICULARS OF the VILE be HAvRs ToR-
goR.
The Trimountain, from New ! ork. arrived
at Cardiff early this morning. with inseiH-
yenee ar the dreadful disaster to the steaua-
chip Vile du Havre, which left New York
Nov. Is b for Hayre, ia Command Of Capt |
Surmnnt At 10 o'clock on tie m 'rning oi
the 23l ult., the Vile iu Iayre came in co..
l,son with the British ship Locherns, from
London for New York, and sunk shortly atI-r.
Two hundred AMI tweuty-,ix persons on
board the Vile du Iiavre We're iost. The
Trinounain saved eighty-seven passengers
ami brought them 10 CIrllt.
The Vide du Havre formerly the NJ
poleon Ill She was altered and enlarged t
last winter, and came here for the hrst time /
as the Vile du Havre on the S-E OF Aprii, |
making the passage from Brest III nae days /
and twenty-three hours
With the exception Of the Great Z tstern, |
she was the largest steamer that ever enter |
ed this port Her dimensions were 430 feet |
/ ~ IS feet. Hsr carrying cnptcity WAS j, !
/ 500 tons freight and measurement. Her
/ main saloon was fittel up with marbi. s!ia-
/ scgtiug Ur three varieties. the uph 1Isterlr :
/ was velvet: and the wood work carved 10 the
most unique designs. Her engines were
compound direct acting 3,?pJ horse power.
/ Later dispatches from Cardiff bring the
| follow ing additional particulars Of the loss
( of th- steamship llayre She w.s stuck
! ainii-hips bv the Lncherne and sunk III
twelve minutes after the collision. TIE
Loci erne imme lately lowered their boats,
which rru,i,red all service possible by
them FIFTY three Of til" crew were saved
including the c.pt;iiu, and these 60 t.
make up the cishty-seven saved. Among
TIE Passengers saved are ten women.
ARRIVAL OF THE SURVIVORS AT BRISTOL
Lo~puN Dee. 1.-The survivors VI the
Vile Du lIuyrs reached Bristol to day.
They were all saved by tie boat Of the
LGcherne and transferred - the TrlmpGn-
tain, which carried them to Cardiff There
is great excitement IN Len lo1 over the
ios. Of the yeaseI.
New YORK, Dec l.--Tae general o!L &c
of the steamship company ou Broa lwr.y
was Jeeirged III an early hour thi. morn
ing by persons who sought infarmttion
concerning the i.ss Of the Vile Du liayre
Nav Of r-use who called were plainly
suffering from Il terrible suspense n re
ysri 10 the fatc Of iacu!s CT near relatives
, o2 board Several ptr~ons sill is,i"rIut
ot the disaster, cnte-ei the os!ice II dIiaE-
ei.t times and a.s al IL CHEEKY manner If
t ! the Vile iiaTre hal rs Vet I-asIei port
. IN each case lluinehtary ,I.rucc won.l
ue hruh 81 only bv the reply nt ths c!, rn
tha: the yes-cl hal not yet arrived 4 IA,
: ot,er our joins wsre asked tie ! qlircr
d lzft witnuu. further inte'I- -em,e, for al
+ seemed 10 shrink from comuu lcltl tie
uess, which might be like 1t dvatt bio. t.
Il tue hcarrr. 4.mo: < thGso 81 . VI !5cA the
L tficr ior Inr icqsr7 II sho tl-ast VAS y
It Di.rir.-f, - Broad ,treet whose " lie an
tGg.Llrr Nlre un tuart tie sci. lie
, hui rsoei,cd ! Li-Yat:a f;n'n Ia. iau-i.t'r
-aliHg "-i'onc saved. n.ilE [, i'.lri..
i Fannie" Ills Me therefore lost
i Mr. BhniEsrr. VIC ! al e!ieliy si.an. wa
eyiisn'v halt stun ne.! bY The - !pu slncs
IN h.. ..ief rxs til the ayng <Ay o
; strao-.r- - vii - t.l..Is.
e THE aF!.cLR. or T,.e VIZ Dg H.vI:
u a.e: Cs.rta!p, ~ mott Ii 81 oa.gl {, r.
d, second IF c,r, Gul;u, thrli ol..o,r, Dg &c
= fcggtl o:li4.r. MsiDI-u.; Pl-Ser, vi.
80 S-EEKAsE PASSENGERS
i are carried hy ycsaris of ihi, Ii ~ Il lIavre
The cabin IA seng,rsnum = ed hu idre
aud tIlT, y au the alew waN snii at Ia, OF
u fee u the .'rnpauy 10 be ab.uJ one hunjr.
anu tii.y, although tie number - not know
p Exactly.
~ CAPTAIN sUEA1ST,
e commander II iEe \ lille ,iu Hav,e, j Gee
/ mmoiore. and Has been in the sery ice i
tae iin- SINCE its or,an,zation. lie Ia
w borne tie rrEutA ton at being an e.i.ciei
uaieer. Tho Vile du Ilavrs was in all re,
On poets oue of the Lest flushed vessels ev.
built ou the lIre. She WAS fitted witli stat
ruoms for two hundred cabin I.assehge-s.
o' ADDITI A.L'PARTICCLARs.
IA A London dispatch To the agent at tlrc
o'clock this iltrrLoon gives the foiio"iu
. aiuitinSal particulars: The Vile pu ia
re was struck amid ships by the E1g l.
as -hip Locherne ana sank IL tx ~ye inmate
's, TIE Locherne got out her thres boats Al
It stood by tle spot all the nurning lica:i
~ up the surI iyOrs, and 1t was lUt until We
in the forenoon of tue same day that 81
tel! ia with the ship Trim"unttin, L. l. :
nd ianl b whose deck she transferred Il
OF saved and went on her way .or New ior
.,,s HOPE FOX soNE OF THk E1sT.
~. 4 later dispatch smys that some Of {
passengers On the Vile Du iiavrc We
II" kuown to have -unchei thre- OF atr boa'
and there l. just ray of hope that til
ia may have ESCAPED "a wst-rv grave.
BADLY DAMAGED.
Los DON, Dee. l.-Tac ship Lgcler
'"' WAS SO baily damaged by tie coli j
III with the Vile Da Have, that persu
.rv rescued by her from the wreck requested
,.i. be- put oh tho IIisnouuttia. All aere -
iy transferred Nth the exec, ton OF tn
y per-una who were too ba,iiv Injured to
oil removed. after the cO.lis tie Lo .h-I
ru. put for Queenstown, where shs was c
he, about the 18th uit. Nothing has yet be
h-ard of her.
NAMES OF CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE ri
10 sons.
for CHICAGO, Dec. |. Among the pass
gers on tie il!-fatei iiayre wrr. the tpii-
ius from here: Mrs. Goodman aud t
children, Master Willie Culver, son Of
eat T. Culver, Mrs. Ii. e. Spaiiord, III
lay. children and nurse. Mrs. Spatforl i, req,
,nn. I'd among the saved Her hu-baud s,i
ell fer + gland tonight. L Craner,
AUS Milwaukee, ami Mrs. L. Curtis and Iii
or of the same city, were also among