Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-02
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
The Atlantic Passenger Steamship vile
de Hayrc Ran Into By the Brit
ish Ship Loeb ErRe.
Two Hundred and TWenty-Six Of the
VILE de Havre's Passengers Lost,
and Only Eighty-SeTen Per-
sons Saved.
Full Particulars of the Terrible Disas-
ter-Names Of Some Of the saved
and Dead-HistOry Of the
Vessel.

anu AAAntOAJ VI NhO
, Vessel.
foxpoE. december 1.-The ship Trimoun-
| tain, from New York, arrived at Cardiff early
: this morning with the intelligence of dread
ful disaster 10 the steamship Ville de Havre,
which left New York November 18th, for
Havre, in command OF Capt. Durmont.
Of or tSe me- tWenfv1third eiEsA the Vile de
| Havre came In collision with the British
ship Loeb Erne, from London, bound for New
York, and sunk shortly after. Two hundred
and twenty-six OF the passengers of the Vile
ou Havre were lost. The Trimonntain saved
eighty-seyen passengers and brought them TO
LONDON, December l.--Later dispatches
from Cardiff bring the following additional
ue Havre: She was struck amidships by the
4, Loeb Erne, and sunk In twelve minutes after
the collision. The Loeb Erne Immediately
lowered three boats which rendered al the
service possible. BY them hfty-three OF the
crew were saved, including the captain, and
these 90 TO make up the eighty-seyen saved.
Among the passengers rescued are ten women,
and among the saved are the following: Cap
tain Surmount and five other officers, fifty
four Of the crew, and twenty-seyen passen-
gers, viz: Mary Hunter, Annie Hunter, Hell
enc Mixter, Madeline Mixter, Emile
Cook, Rev. n. Weiss, Mrs. Il. g. Spaford,
Mrs bishop, Charles Crestew, Miss Breeden,
ham, jr., F. MarcOunet, Fanny Binninger, Al
fred Barbanson, Favier Penquignot, Mr.. Lou
raux, &. Burrett Waite, COrnelia Edgar, Mrs.
Marie BuIkley, W. K. Swift and wife, Andrew
| B. McCreery, Mr.. Cramer, Henry Belknap,
and "Legrand"-probably "Bangrand"-were
among the passengers. In the Vile de Havre
| were the following members of the late evan
gelical alliance returning TO their homes: Rev.
Antonio COrrasco, Of Spain; Prof. E. Provier,
| Of Geneva; and Rev. n. Weiss, Emile Cook
| and Mr.. LOrriere, of Paris. Alfred Barbanson,
of the Belgian legation at Washington, was
also passenger.
Vile de Havre reached Bristol to-day. They
were all saved by the boats Of the Loeb Erne,
and transferred to the TrimOuntain, which
carried them to Cardiff. There is great ex-
citement in London over the loss of the
/ vessel.
was formerly NAPOLEON III. She was altered
! and enlarged last winter and came here fer
the first time as the Vile de Havre on April
| 9th, making the passage from Brest in little
less than ten days. Excepting the Great
| Eastern. She was the largest steamer that
ever entered this port. Herdimensions were
/ four hundred and thirty feet by forty-eight
/ feet. Her carrying capacity was three thou
| sand five hundred tons, weight and measure.
ment. Her main saloon was fitted up with
marble Wainscoating of three varieties; the
/ upholstery was in velvet, with the woodwork
carved in the most unique designs Her en-
gines were compound direct-acting, three
| ihOuSand-two- hundred. horse power, and were
made in England.
! ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
NEW YORK, December 1.-The Office of the
| general Trans-Atlautic mail steamship COM
/ pany, IS Broadway, was beSieged, at an early
I hour this morning, by persons who sought in
I formation concerning the loss of the Vile de
Havre. Many OF those who called were plain
/ ly suffering from terrible suspense in regard
TO the tate of friends or near relatives on
board. Several persons, still ignorant of the
disaster, entered the office at different times
and asked, in a CHEEKY manner, If the Vile
de Havre had yet reached port. In each OF
| these cases a monentary silence followed,
broken only by the reply OF the clerk, that
the vessel had not yet arrived. II
no other questions were asked, the inquirer
left without further Intelligence, for all
Seemed to shrink from communicating the
news which might be like death blow 10 the
hearer. Among those who visited the Office
for particulars OF the disaster. was A. Ben
ninger, of No. 80 Bread street, whose wife and
daughter were on the steamer. He had re-
ceived dispatch from his daughter, saying
Alone, saved; gong to Paris" Fanny, his
wife, was therefore lost. Mr.. Benninger, who
is an elderly man, was evidently half stunned
by the sudden shock, and his grief excited the
sympathy OF strangers as well as friends.
The following Is the list Of cabin passengers |
who sailed in the vessel from this port on the
fifteenth instant: Captain c. HuHter, Mrs. |
Hunter, Miss Caroline Hunter, Miss Mary |
Hunter, Miss Annie Hunter, Mrs. Hunters |
maid, Mrs. Lopey, Mrs. M. r. SimOns, Mrs. /
Benninger and daughter, Mrs. Stucke, Master |
Willie Calvert, Mr.. and Mrs. Montague, Mrs. /
Marie Barkley, Miss Montague, Miss Wag- |
staff Rev. y. Weiss, Mrs. H. Edgar, Emile |
Cook, Miss f. = dgar, A l. &. Portman, Miss |
Mrs. l.. Kidd, Mrs. II. q. Spafiord Andrew b. |
MeCreery, Miss Maggie Spafford and infant, |
tier, Miss Nieolet, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. |
K. Swift and child, Henri Belknap, |
Mr.. Lariaux, Mr.: Cramer, Mrs. Edmund Cur
FL. LadO, Mrs. f. Ferdinand, Master V. Fer |
dinand, Mrs. c. A. Platt, Hamilton Murray, |
Alfred Barbanson, NJ. L. Squadrille, George |
II. Taylor, James Bishop, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles |
Mixter, anu two daughters, Mrs. D. |
Goodwin, two children and nurse;
fousse, Mile Elise Msrconnet, Mrs. NJ. Sigour-
nay, Nine. Adele Lack, Masters A. q. and W. |
c. X. SigOurnay, NJ. Baptiste Bogereau, Miss
A L. SigOurnay and nurse, Pierre Balleo. Mr. |
and Mrs. Thomas Hammond, RoberJ Bona
venture, Frank Hammond, Rev. &. Simon, |
Miss Alice Hammond, Hyppolite Waite, Clar-
ence Hammond, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ban
graud, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. JohaniQue, Eugene |
Bangraud, K. Williams, Emile Deuye, Judge
Peekham, Henri Nallat Mrs Beckham, Mr..
and Mrs. Xavier Bruney, MIR. and Mrs. Colo
deOn, Xavier Pequignot, p. L3rrazaboi, |
Charles Burncause, 4. Hesie, Alex. Clevernet, /
Mime. ClaVernel, Mile. Aimee Clavernel, Miss
Marie Bonn, Miss Mary B. Church, Miss L. W.
Putnam, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Creste, Antoine
LafarQUe, Nine. AnteOinette, LaureS Louis lie
Jenne Mr.. and Mrs. Freak, MarcOnnet Freak.
The following took passage at the wharf as
the vessel was about TO sail and were not en-
tered in the formal manifest of the ship: Mrs.
Bonn, Mr.. and Mrs. Collldeon, Mary H. Church,
Chas. Creste.
saved-Mrs. Charles Creste, Eugenie Casilis,
Andouine Lafargue, f. HeSse, Antoinette
IL
ander Claverine, Nine. Bougraud, Eugene
Bougraud, Xavier Bruey, Mrs. Bruey, Mrs, |
Clayer Annie Claverine, Alfred Bougraud,
Mrs. Adele Lack Sebastian MoSco, Frederick
MarcOnnet, Elise MarcOnnet, Xavier Pequi- |
not. Rev. Z. simon. Louis Leieune, Charles |
Burnonez, Baptiste Bogers, Pierre Denis, Mrs.
The officers Of the Vile de Havre are Cap
tain Surmont; first officer, Care; second Off
Ger, Galand; third officer, Dubee; fourth OH |
Ger, Meillour; purser, Vie. No steerage pas |
sengers are carried by vessels of this line to /
HaVre. The cabin passengers numbered one |
hundred and thirty, and the crew, 1t was said /
at the Office of the company, numbered about |
one hundred and fifty, although the |
number is not known exactly. Cap
tain NJ. Surmont, commander of the 1
Vile de Havre, is feet-coInmodore, and /
has been in the service Of the line since It's
organization, and has borne high reputation /
a. an efficient officer. The Nillede Havre was /
10 all respects one OF the best finished vessels
ever built on the Tyne. She was fitted with /
staterOOms for two hundred cabin passengers
Judge Rufus H. Peckham, of Albany, who is
among the lost passengers, was one Of the
most prominent members Of the judiciary in
New York state, andwas judge of the court 1
OF appeals. He was the father OF Wheeler III 4
PeckhaIn, OF this city.
A London dispatch dated three O'Clock this
afternoon, gives the following additional par
tlculars Of the catastrophe: The Vile de /
HaNre was struck amidShips by the English
ship Loeherne and sunk in twelve minutes.
The LocherDe got out her three boats and |
stood by the spot all the morning picking up
the survivors. II was not until well in the /
the ship TTi-Mountain, bound TO England, to
whose deck she transferred the saved, and
went her way TO New York. A later dispatch
says that some of the passengers on the Vile
de Havre were known to have launched three
Of her boats and there is just a ray of hope
that they may have escaped q Watery grave |
LONDON, December 1.-The ship Locherne
was so badly damaged by the collision with
the steamship Vile de Havre, that the per
sons rescued by her from the wreck requested
to be put on board the Tri-Mountain. All
were safely transferred. with the exception of
three persons, who We're too badly fnj ured TO
put about for Queenstown, at which port she
was due about the tweDty-ninth ultimo
Nothing has yet been heard of her.
STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS, -
LONDON December 1.-The following addi-
tional particulars Of the loss Of the Vile de
Havre have been gathered from the surviy-
ing officers and passengers of the lost vessel
thick fog until the twelfth. At the time of
the collision the weather was clear, with lit
tie wind blowing, but there was heavy sea-
The captain had just retired and the second
steamer at the time were all right. The coll
lision was wholly unexpected. The Loeb
Erne struck the steamer amidships and
made chasm twelve feet deep
feet wide. The exact position Of the
Vile de Havre at the time was latitude 472l
longitude % 81. panic took possession OF
the passengers, ana i've minutes after the
across two large boats, which were filed with
people and ready for launching. The boats ,
were crushed TO pieces, and many Of their oc-
cupants killed and tnj ured. During the brief
ing steamer the crew were able TO ,
launch only a whale-boat and the captains
gig. The Loch Erne went a mile before
stopping. She then got out four boats to pick
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