Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-02

Associated Pres. Repo
THE LOST OCEAN STEAMER.
Sinking Of the VILE du Hasre
Terrible Incidents Of the Cnlnmttx.

NEW SoRK, December Especial dispatches
give the following OF interest about the loss of
the Vile du Havre: Most OF the passengers
Many prayed and many laid down with the
oslmness of utter despair. Some, hearing the
water Touring into the ship. never quilted their
stattrooms Whole families thus went down
together. The tour boats lowered by the Loeb
earn found passengers and crew
FLOATING ON THE WAVES,
holding to plsnks, buoys, spsrs and whatever
could be seized a. the wreck went down. Many
had thus prepared themselves from the first
Many of the women saved were floating in the
water. The captain of the Vile du Hayre l.
reported to have been quite exhausted by his
three DAYS and nights Of uninterrupted duty.
The officer who WAS in command when the col
lision took place was lost.
THE sUFFERISGs OF THOSE VINO WE'RE RES
CUED
were intense the cold being very severe. Many
ptrsons were nearly insensible, and would have
utterly persisted in r few minutes more. The
u scUes were sill a matter OF haphs Zsrd, as tine
PERMITTED no organized effort attempt NJ
choice. The purser OF the steamer SAYS - In
a few minutes the ship began TO sink, amidst
great disorder and frantic terror
TIE sCESE WAS Awful,
beyond deseription. The air reut with
Shrieks, but some were heard saying, calmly
"ss We must die let us die nohlv" The water
rushed into the bold with incredible velocity.
addressed myself, and with companion,
jumped overheard and swan towards the Loeb
earn, then a half mile away. A. I lett I
Nard the ship cracking and looking hack SaS
her go down with ore plunge forward For
moment the shrieks were terrible, then all was
silent. Alas! ii was
THE SILENCE OF pRArH."
Among the passengers on the Vile du Hsyre
was a French gentleman of remarkable cool
LESS and presence of mind. lie comtorted
many by his words. 4 priest asked Are Won
a Roman Catholic"'' '.Yes," was the answer
Repent, then" said the priest, land | forgive
your sins With these last words the priest
sank in the waves. The penitent was saved.
TIE PERSONS WHO REMAINED on THE IocH-
CARS
were French clergyman who had become de-
ranged, and another of the party left to take
care of him. The survivors were crowded into
the small cabin in pitisble state. They were
heart broken and destitute, but amidst their
grief they expressed their gratitude TO the
captain and crew of the Lockcarn for
saving them from a watery death. Captain
Crquhart, of the Trimountain, supplied the
survivors with all the clothing which could pos
sibly be spared, and with other requisites. new
ertheless some were almost naked, and others
were badly injured by fragments of the wreck
coming in violent contact with them. The sur
yiyors all attribute no blame 10 the officers Of
the Lochcsrn for the catastrophe, but say that
they did everything possible to prevent the
enormous sacrifice of life.
LATER REPORT
says that the bow or the Lochc arm was stove in
completely, and the ship was only kept snoat
by the water tight compartment. Lon
don dispatch sent last night saws the ship NJ. A.
Marshall, just arrived at Bristol, spoke the
Iochcarn after the accident. The captain OF
the LOchcarn was apparently in bed at the
time of the collision. There was some confu-
sion at first, but it was stopped as soon posi-
BILE.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
The Captain Hunter, lost on the Vile au
Haure, was a son of Hon John Hunter, former
~ Minister 10 Brazil, and brother to William
Hunter assistant secretary OF state. IL Was he,
who in 1862, while in command of the Mont
gomery. chased q British blockade runner into
CQbdn waters and fired d her