Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-12-03
TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK
TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE AND
ONE GOES DOWN.
Over Two Hundred Souls En-
gull hed.
Partial List of the Lost and Saved
Particulars of the Loss of the vile de
Havre.

Havre.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-The steamer Vile
de Havre, from New York to Havre, sunk
at sea, and over two hundred persons were
! lost,
| LONDON, Dec. 1.-The ship Tremoun-
/ tain, from New York, arrived at Cardiff at
an early hour this morning, bringing in
| telligence of dreadful disaster to the
steamship Vile de Havre, which left New
York Nov. 18th for Havre, under COM
mand of Capt. Surmount
How the Accident Happened.
At o'clock on the morning of the 23d
the Vile de Havre collided with the British
ship Lochearn, from London for New
York, and sunk shortly after. Two hun
dred and tWenty-siX of the passengers on
the steamship were lost. The Transmon-
tan rescued eighty-seVen Of her passengers
and crew and brought them to Cardiff.
| The Vile De Havre was struck amidship
by the Lochearn and sunk in II minutes
after the collision occurred. The Lochearn
Immediately lowered three boats, which
rendered all the service it was possible for
them to do. Fifty-three of the crew were
saved, including the Captain.
Some OF the PasscngerS
Among the passengers rescued are ten
women. Among the passengers per Vile
de Havre were Judge Peckham and wife,
of Albany, New York, Mrs. Edwards Cur
It's and maid, Mr.. II. A. Wilthaus, Jr..
Capt. c: Hunter and wife, Miss Caroline
Hunter, Mr.. Cramer, of Waterford, Sara
toga county, New York, Thos. Hammond
and wife and three children, Mrs. Mary
Buckley, of Rye, Westminster county. ac-
companied by her daughter and Miss Mag
staff, of Long Island. Mrs. Buckley is
among the saved, but the young ladies are
understood to have been lost, as Mrs. b.
telegraphs that she alone was saved
visitors Returning from, the Evangelical
Alliance On board.
There were also among the passengers
the following members of the late Evan
gelical Alliance, returning to their homes
Rev. Antonio, of Geneva, Switzerland
Rev. n. Weiss, of Paris; f. Mule Cook, of
Paris, and Mr.. Larriene and Alfred Bar
thason, of the Belgium legation at Wash |
lngton were also passengers. Charles b. |
Waite and Julia Waite children of the |
proprietor of the Brevoort House were also |
passengers. The son was saved, but the |
daughter lost James Bishop, of the firm !
of Bishop ~ Co., 81 Broadway, is saved !
MIR. Bruder, a first cabin passenger. was !
lost. His daughter, who was with him, |
was saved. San Francisco Dado, of Brook |
Ign, first cabin passenger, is saved. Mr.. |
IL. \. Wilthouse, Jr., was saved in perfect |
health.
a List of the Saved.
LONDON, Nov. 80, , p. M-There were
eighty-seven persons saved from the wreck
of the Vile de Havre, to wit: The Captain
and five officers, fifty-four of the crew and
twenty-seven passengers, as follows: Miss
Mary Hunter, Miss Annie Hunter, Miss
Helen Mixer, Miss Madeline Mixer, Emile
Cook, Rev. n. Weiss, Mrs. II. G.. Stafford.
James Bishop, Charles Creste, Miss Breed
err, Francisco Dado, :Hypholte Waite, r.
A. Withere, Jr., +. Macont, Miss Mary
Bonnerger, Alfred Barbouson, Archie Yer
Hequignat, Mr.. Lewis, G. Burrelwaite.
Miss Cernelia Edgar, Miss Buckley, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM II. Swift, Andrew b. Nc
Crery, Mr.. Cramer, Henry Belknap and
Legrande, probably Bangrand.
The Other Vessel Badly Damaged.
LONDON, Dec. 1-G:3O p. M.-Tbe shin
Lochearn was so badly damaged by the
collision with the steamship Vile de
Havre that the persons rescued by her from
the wreck requested to be put on board the
All were safely transferred
with the exception of three passengers,
who We're too badly injured to be removed !
After the collision the Lochearn put about
for Queenstown, at which port she was due
about the 10Th ult., Notwithstanding her
disabled condition. Nothing has been
heard of her.
Latest Details OF the Wreck
Ne YORK, Dec. 1.-The Vile De Havre
;arried no steerage passengers, had 1870 cab ]
II passengers and a crew of about $50 men {
captain NJ. SurmOnt, the commander of t
he Vile De Havre, is the fleet Commo.
lore and has been in the service of the {
Inc ever since its organization. Judge s
who was among the lost passefl- g
,ers, was one of the most prominent mem |
'ers of the Judiciary in New York State,
md was Judge of the Court of Appeals. n
The ship was of ! 200 tons burthen and Y
rawing 20 feet of water, she was launched
I Glasgow, Scotland. in November, 1860. d
Ter dimensions ale rs follows her length a
80 feet, beam 30 feet, and depth of hold 2l Il
eet, she was in this port in September. n
Ell and attracted much attention as she
ny at her dock in the East River. She was o.
t what is known among shipbuilders as a s.
ledium model. The officers of the Vile
)e Havre, who are reported saved, are the v
'aptain and the second officer, third off,
er, fourth officer and purser. Eighty-sev- n
n persons were saved. Several notable Fl
,oston families were aboard. The Vile De "
lavre was formerly Napoleon the Third,
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