Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-04
BY CTELEGRAPH.
Collision of the Steamer
Vile du Havre and the
Ship Loeb. Earn.
Sinking of the Former and Loss
of 139 Lives---Only 81
- Saved.
Wreck of the Steamship Willie Bi
Hayre. f-y.s tr.aa

wreck of tho Steamship Willie Du
COLLISION WITH AN UNKNOWN SHIP
IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE.
LoNDoN, Dec. /.
The ship Trimountain from New
York arrived at Cardiff at an early hour
this morning, bringing intelligence of
dreadful disaster to the steamship Vile |
Du Havre, which left New York Nov.
Is, for Havre, under command OF capt.
Surmont. At 9 o'clock on the morning
of the 22d of November, the Vile Du
Havre Collided with the British ship
Lock Earn, from London for New
York, and sunk shortly after. Two hum
dred and twenty-six of the passengers
on the steamship lost their lives. The
Trimountain rescued eighty-seven OF her
passengers and crew and brought them
to Cardiff.
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
@t. LONDON, Dec. /.
Later dispatches from Cardiff bring
the following additional particulars of
the loss of the Vile du Havre She was
struck amidships by the Lock Earn and
| sunk in twelve minutes after the COLL
| sion occurred. The Lock Earn immedi-
| ateIy lowered three boats, which rem
dered all the service it was possible for
them to do. Fifty-three of the crew
were saved, including the captain.
Among the passengers rescued are ten
| women Among the passengers rescued
from the Vile du Hayre were Judge
| Peckham and wife Of Albany, n. Y;
Mrs Edward Curtis and maid, X. A
Williams, Jr, Capt. c. Hunter and
wife, Mrs. Caroline Hunter, Mrs. Cramer
Of Waterford, Saratoga county. \. y;
Thomas Hammond and wife and three
children, Mrs. Mary Buckley of Rye,
Westchester county, n. Y. accompanied
by her daughter and by Miss Wagstatf
of Long Island. Mrs. Buckley is among
the saved, but the young ladies are I'M
derstood to have been lost, as Mrs b.
telegraphs she alone was saved. There
were also among the passengers the fol-
! lowing members of the late Evangelical
Alliance, returning to their homes Rev.
Antonio Carrusco of Spain, Professor f..
Premier of Geneva, Switzerland, Rev.
n. Weiss of Paris, Emile Cook of Paris,
and Mr. Lorriere Alfred Barbauson of
; the Belgian legation at Washington, was
, also a passenger. Charles 3. Waite
l and Julia Waite, children of the pro
prietor of the Brevoort house, were pas
sengers. The son was saved and the
daughter lost. James Bishop, of Bishop
& Co, No. 81 Broadway, is saved. Mr.
Breeder, a first-class cabin passenger
was lost. His daughter, who was Will
: him, is saved. Francisco Dado of Brook
lyn, first-class cabin passenger, was
saved. II. A. Witthaus was saved.
list OF THE SAVED.
n LONDON, Dec. ID p. m.
d There wereoeighty-seven saved from
: the wreck of the Vile Du Havre, t.
r wit. the captain, five officers, and fifty
S four of the crew, and twenty-seven pas
u sengers, as follows Miss Mary Hunter
: Miss Annie Hunter, Miss Helene Mixtcr
Miss Madeline Mixter, Emile Cook, Re
+. N. Weiss, Mrs H. 6. Spafford, Jane
e Bishop, Charles Creste, Miss Breeder
= Francisco Dado, Hyppolite Waite, +
70 A. Wiltkaus, Jr., T. Marconnet, Nils
a Fanny Binninger, Alfred Barbauser
N Xavier Hequignot, Mr.. Lonieux, G. Bul
5 nett Waite, Miss Cornelia Edgar, Mrs
i Marie Buckley, Mr.. and Mrs. WIN. /
ID Swift, Andrew B. McCreery, Mr.. Cr'
I'd mer, Henry Belknap, and Legrand (pr'
u baby Bangrand.)
+ THE LOCH EARN BADLY DAMAGED 5
* THE COLLISION.
=, ~ LONDON, Dec. $50 p. M.
Id The ship Loeb Earn was so bad
er damaged by her collision with the steam
Ut ship Vile Du Havre, that persons re
sued by her from the wreck requisite
a. to be put on board the Trimountain. A
al were safely transferred with the exec
ID ton of three persons who were too ba
II, " injured to be removed after the &C
"a IA lision. The Loeb Earn put about f
ct Queenstown, at which port she was Oh
about the Goth ult., understanding her di
he abled condition. Nothing has be-
-. heard of her.