New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-02


Hundred and TWenty-six Lives Lost
" Eishfy.seven Rescued and Taken into
Cardiff by an American Ship-List of
the Lest and saved.
LONDON, December 1.-The ship Tri-
mountain, from New York, arrived at Car
diff at an early hour this morning, bringing
| intelligence of the dreadful disaster to the
steamship Vile du Havre, which left New
! York November Is, for Havre, under COM
niand of Captain SnrmOnt.
At two O'clock on. the morning of the
| twenty-third OF November the VILE du
Havre collided with the British ship Loeb
earn, from London for New York, and
sunk shortly after. Two hundred and twen-
ty-six of the passengers on the steamship
| lost their lives. ssAst,. a#Y
The Trimountain received eighty-seven of
| the passengers and crew of the Vile du
Havre and brought them to Cardiff.
Further Particulars of the Loss Of tho
Vile du Hayre.
Later dispatches from Cardiff bring the
| following additional particulars of the
| steamship Vile du Hayre: She was struck
| amidships by the Lochearn, and sunk in
| twelve minutes after the collision occurred.
| The Lochearn Immediately lowered three
boats, which rendered all the service it was
| possible for them to do.
Flfty-three of the crew were saved, in
cluding the captain. Among the passengers
rescued are ten women. Among the pas
sengers per Vile de Havre were Judge
| Pickham and wife, of Albany, New York;
| Mrs. Edward Curtis and maid, Mr.. r. A.
| Witthaus Jr., CAPTAIN c. Hunter and wife,
Miss c. Hunter, Mr.. Cramer, Of Waterford,
| New York; Thomas Hammond and wife and
| three children, Mrs. Mary Bulkley, Of Rye,
Westehester county, New York, accompa-
MED by her daughter and by Miss Wagstotf,
OF Long Island. Mrs Bulkley is among the
| saved, but the young ladies are understood
| to have been lost, as Mrs. Bulkley tele-
graphs that she alone was saved.
There were also among the passengers
| the following members OF the late Evan
| gellcal Alliance, returning to their homes:
Rev. Antonio Carrasco, of Spain; Professor
| f. PrOvier, of Geneva, Switzerland; Rev.
/ N. Weiss. of Paris; Emile Cook, of Paris,
and Mr.. Lorriere.
Mr.. Albert Barbanson, of the Belgian le-
CATION at Washington, was also passen-
ger. Charles B. Waite and Julia Waite,
House, were passengers-the son saved, the
daughter lost. James Bishop, of Bishopr&
Co., No. 80 Broadway. is saved.
| Mr., Beecher, first cabin passenger was
lost; his daughter, who was with him, was
saved. Francisco Dado, of Brooklyn,
| first cabin passenger, is saved. Mr.. r. A.
Williams, Jr., was saved, and is in perfect
health.
LONDON, December /, p. M.-There
| were eighty seven saved from the wreck of
the Vile du Havre, towit: re
| The captain, five officers, fifty-four of the
crew and twenty seven passengers, as fol.
lows:
Miss Mary Hunter. Miss Annie Hunter,
Miss Helene Mixter, Miss Madeline Mixter.
Emil Cook, Rev. N. Weiss, Mrs. Ii. G. Sof-
ferd, James Bishop, Mr. Charles ,Creste,
Miss Breeden. Francises Llado, Hypolite
Waite, r. A. Williams Jr.,. n. +. Macon, Miss
Fanny Benneriger, Alfred Barvansau,
| Archiever Peguignot, Mr.. Lorix, G.. Burrili
Waite, Miss Cornelia Edgar, Mrs Buckley,
| Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Surft, Mr.. Andrew
B. MeCreery, Mr.. Cramer, Henry Belknap
| and Mr.. Legrande.
| The Vile du Havre's main saloon was
| fitted up with marble wainsc0tting of three
different varieties; the upholstering was in
velvet aud, wood work, carved in the most
unique design; her engines were compound,
| direct acting, 1900 horse power, made by
Leslie & Co., Newcastle on Tyne.
A Newport, Rhode Island, dispatch says
that Captain Hunter, of the United States
navy, aud his wife and four daughters were
on board the Vile du Havre. Two of the
daughters were saved
The Sunken steamer.
New YORK, December 1.-The Vile du
Havre carried no passengers in the steer
age. She had 100 cabin passengers, and
the officers and crew number about $50.
Captain Surmont, the commander, is fleet
commodore, and has been in the service OF
the line since its organization. Judge
Peckham, who was among the lost passen.
gers, was one Of the most prominent men,
bers of the Judiciary in New York State,
and was Judge of the Court of Appeals.
The ship was in this port in September,
1871, and attracted mnch attention as she
lay in her dock in the East river She was
of what is known among shipbuilders as a
medium model. The officers of the Vile du
Havre reported saved, are the captain,
second effieer, third officer, fourth officer
and purser. Eighty-seven persons were
saved Several notable Boston families
were on board
The Vile du Havre was formerly the
Napoleon ILL.,, and was altered and en-
larged. being, next to the Great Eastern,
the largest ship which ever left port.
Condition of the Colliding ship.
The ship Lochearne was 80 bally dam
aged by the collision with the Vile du
Havre that the persons rescued by her from
the wreck requested to be put on board the
Trimountain. All were safely transferred
With the exception of three persons, who
were too badly injured to be removed
After the collision the Lochearne put
about for Queenstown, at which port she
was due about the twenty-ninth, notwith
standing her disabled condition. Nothing
has yet been hear d of her.
Additional Particulars.
The following additional particulars OF
the loss of the Vile du Hayre have beer
gathered from the officers aud passengers
at Cardiff. Tho Wills du Hsvre experienced
thick fog on the twentieth.
At the time Of the collision the vesther
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