The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1873-12-10
LOSS or THE STEAMSHIP WILLIE
DE lIAyRE.
OVER TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.


London. December | ---Inte,ligence wa
received here 1T an early hour this morning
Of the loss of the steamship Vile de Havr,
from New York for Iayre, France. 81,
left New YORK November 18th under til,
commend Of Captain Surmont. About j
o'clock on the morning Of TIE 23rd Of No.
yemher she was struck amiaships BY the
British ship Inch Earn. fro,r London fo,
New York. and sunk IN twelve minutes III.
ter the collision occurred. The Lach E,rn
immediately lowered three boats, which
rendered MI the service possible for Them
20 do. The captain. Eve officers and iifty-
four Of the crew. and twenty-seven passen-
gers were saved. Two HUNDRED aud twea.
ty-six II the passengers LOST their lives.
The ship Triinountsin from New York.
which arrived ut Cardiff this morning,
brought the rescued passengers and crew.
THE LATEST.
London. December THE following
addition particulars have been received
gathered from officers and passengers of tie
steamer. ut tarlife: The Vile de Hayre
experienced q thick fog until the 2O,h. At
the time Of the collision the weather was
clear and little wind was blowing, but
there was heavy sea. The captain had
just retired and the second officer was IL
Charge. The lights on the steamer we're
all right The coils on was wholly unex.
pcciea. The l.ach Eirn struck the stea.
ner amidship and made chasm twelve
feet deep. aud from twenty-five to thirty
feet wide. The exact position Of the stea-
mer 1t the time was latitude AZ, %; Ion.
gitude 3j. 81.
a panic took possession Of the passenger.
soon after the collision. The main and
mizzen mnsis fell rcross two large boats.
which were filed With people aud read,
foI launching. The boats we're crushed
aud many OF their occupants killed and iu-
jarcd.
Ia the brief interval between the COLI.
sion and the sinking Of the steamer. the
crew we're able to launch only whale boat
and the captains gig. TIE Lach Earn
won't mile before stopping. aud then she
gut out four boats 10 pick up the people
struggling in the ws,er. In the meantime
tie second lieutenant Of the steamer picked
up one load Of those who we're clinciny III
planks. spars. &c.. and took them 10 the
lach Earn. The lieutenant's boat re-
turned to the scene aid rescued another
load.
Captain Sarmon,, who remained on
deck % the last. was rescued hy this boat.
One of his officers swan a mile 70 tie Iach
Eim. aud vas hauled on 5Oard With
rope.
The boats continued to search the water
IN the vicinity Of the disaster until there
as no hope of ssring moro lives. The
cold was intense and many Of the survivors
we're in the water two hours, and we're al
nDst llfeless when rescued.
The ship Trimopntain sighted The Lach-
Earn Fix hours after the sinking of :he stes-
mer, ana received the survivors. as before
Those saved speak IN the high.
80 terms Of the kindness of Capt. Urqa-
hart. her commander. There we're six
,,ow.aways on the Vile de IIavre.
Later ACCOUNTS make the date of the CO.
isivn the 22ad instead Of tie 25Fd IL No
fember.
Tie cause IL this fearful dis sser--tbe
I.ach Earn--isa ship Of la,nUO tons bar
hen. drawing twenty feet Of water. She
vas launched At Glasgow, Scotland. in Mo-
fembcr. 1869. Her dimensions are
eng,h. 23G feet beam. IS feet; depth IL
hosd. II feet. She was IN this port in Sep |
tember. 1871. and attracted much atteu.
lion as she lay II her dock 10 the East river.
She is Of what Is known amvng ship bull.
lors as medium model.