, 1873-12-02
TUESDAY, DECEMBER ., 1873

,, ULCltA1 DHCLNIDL1t
Gus carlosturiet, who recently appeared At the
from Paris during the daYa Of the Commune for
his ludiorous sketches Of Thtors. He was about
% years old. Ills wifc was woman Of ready
wit aud superior accomplishments.
Another lost ia Il. Bqllaldrilfi, importer OF iow-
olry, doing bnnneHB at Noa.. and II, Maiden
Lane. but having his homo in Naples, Italy. Ho
loayes wife aud family.
on the black list, was dca1or In milliuory at
No. 600 Broadway.
Mrs. Edgar and her two daughters, Misses q.
and Z. Edgar. residing at No. - Ehnt Beyon-
ID naves fef tour ID Europe. Thsy also arc
I" Miss Julia Waite wns aged 20, and daughter
OF q. G. Waite, Of the Breyoort House. Bhe was
on er Wy to tH soath ot t1Hnoo @ WITH her
Ohnrlos Montague, whoso wifo and daughter
wore alao lost, was q pnrtnor in the house Of E.
Oaylus Der,nyter 1; Co., No. u Beaver atrcet.
Tho family wero returning to thoir homo IN
raria.
Mrs. DInninger was tho wife Of Abram Bin
ninner. No, 81 Droad street, Slio, and hor
daughter who WIS saved, were on tl,oir way to
paris to Wait married daughter who 1voB
there. IIo claims to have had
a pREaENTHlEST OF THE DISASTER
On tho msht Il took place. H. says,
tontion was attracted by what aeomed the
spontaneous moyamsnt Of tho flower which hs
wife lad pluoked and givon him shortly beforo
leaving. 1ro called tho attention OF son,o frionds
10 tho circllmstanoo, aud expressed belief Tint
it was warning Of somo evil which, would befall
hor.
now IT ALL HAPPENED.
On moagro information 1t is impossible to
explain with certainly all tho poouliaritios Of tho
disaster. Tho I4och Emo was MI Iron Baillng-
vessel, and at the time OF the disaster wae pos
aibly going ut speed Of 10 miles per hour.
qulste calculation. tappoara that tho blow struck
gu tho Willie du Hayro may hsve bcen eQunl to
100000 foot-tons,--a blow sufficient to Blnk
tho Willie Du uayro instantly, no matter how
strong sl,e might have been. The fact that Bho
had most perfect wator:tight compartments
would scarcely ha7o proved Of any avnil except
in weakening tho vessels hull, the force Of Huch
blow being sufficient to sink hor at once.
THE STRENGTH OIL WEAKNESS OF THE VESSEL OF
NO CONSEQUENCE.
had beon strong, she would hAyo beou eavel,
since no strength could hayo onablod 1lor to
Withstand q blow such rs this, II delivered
b1uareiy In lior sldo.
some misoalculatlon Of the officer in charge Of
tho dock.
THE VILE pu HAvnE
was tho largest ship that ever cau1o into this
port except tho GreAt Eaatorn. She WAS iron,
hnd q tonnage OF G.G00, and WAS made up in
wator-tight compartments. 6ho WAS, Of oourHo,
in thoroughly good order, and was admirably
otloered.
THE supEn1NrENpENT'e THEORY
OF tho disaster IL this. "The Loch Erne. struck
either sido, during thu heavy fog that prevailed.
Tho fog was 30 donso that they could not SEQ
their hands before their fnces. lily cxporionee,
in life-timo passed In practical connection with
3D. $r k1.nA ~. An1s E1a~
around aftort tho first shock aid run alongside tho
Villo du Hayre. That would be the effect Of tho
steamers impulse, The jibboom Of tho Locll
Erne certainly caught In tho holo 1t made, and by
this means tho ship WAS drawn along with tho
stoamer besides, hor rigging doubtless caught
in Bome Of the stoamor's outworks, and she may
laye been towod nlong by that. I tako tt for
granted, in absonco Of positive information on
tho subject however, that tho ship and steamer
| ran alongside Of each other for q considerable
timo after tile disaster occurred. The wator~
tight compartments must hayo boon open, but 1t
takes long timo Tor wator enough TO fow into
tlom to sink such vessel az tho Hayro.
Pors1pLE ESCAPE OF MESSING rAssENaEhs.
"Now, in TINT time do not aco why n great
many passengers did not escape from tho Villa
dn uayro to tho Loch Erno, Of which ye may nc
far have hoard nothing. Tho riggirc Of The
Loeb Erne would bo about OIL a Lowell with TIC
Aavo rapidly transferred themgolven by rattlins
! Of tho collision would arouso tloao who wore
| shopping, and 1t would DO tho first impulse ol
people under ouch sthrt]iug circumatancos tt
transfcr themselves at once from the vessc
which was the 1naltl scouo Of such disorder to ar
| apparently friendly one, lying alongside, where
In tho nature of things, thore was not likely t
have bcon so much disorder and confusion: II
the Loeb Erno did not cut away nhe would have
Mavre % went down, md 1 lind 10 dis.
patches showing that she was lost
Ny theory Is, therefore, that tho Loch l5rne
bag ! number OF passengers on board saved IN
| from. It is, therefore. Of great intoreBt te
know what became OF the Loeb Erne.'
ITO the Associated frtds.]
| THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
New YoRK, Dec. 1.-The office OF the Genera
Transatlantic Mail Steamship Company Of
Broadway WAS besiogod at m carly hour thi
| morning by persons who sought information
concerning tho loss Of the Villo du Havro. Man,
of them who. called we're plainly suffering from
torrible suspense In regard to the fate O
friends or noar rel<!ions on board. Several Per
sons, still Ignorant Of the disastor, entered tn
ofica at different times, and asked in q ohoer
manner If tho villo du Hayre had yet reacho
port. In each Of thoso casos a momentar
Hilonoo would bo brolon only by the roply Of th
clerk that tho vessel had not yet arrived. II nj
other questions wore asked, tho inquirer LOT
without fnrshor intelligence, for all Hcemc
to shrink from communicating news which Nigh
bo like doatll-blow to tho hearer. Among thos
who visited tho of>ioo for
- PARTICULARS or THE DISASTER
was A. Binningor, Of 90 Brond street, who's
wife and daughter wore on board the ateamot
He Ind received dispatch from his daughto
saying, Alone, saved. Going to Paris. Fanny.
His wifo was therefore, lost. Mr. Dinniugo'
who is an elderly man. was evidently hal
atunnod by tho sudden Hhoclz, aud his grio
excited the eympatiy Of ssrangers as well a
frioudH.
I LIST OF oAn1N pAssENGENg.
The following is List Of cabin passenger
who sailed in the vessel from this port on til
18th inat.
Capt. q. Hunter, Mrs. Hunter, Miss Carolin
Hunter, Miss hary Hunter, MiHs Annie Hunter
Mrs. Hunters maid, Mrs. Lopez Mrs. II. Il
simonH, Mrs. Diuninger and daughter,. Mrs
Btucklo, Mr. aud Mrs. and Miss Montigul,. til