The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-01
SECOND DIspATCrT

LONDON, December 1.-The shir
| Inmountain from New York arrived n
| Cardiife at an early hour this mornint
bringing intelligence of the dreadful dis
| aster to the steamship Vile de Hayre
which left New York November 18th fo,
Havre, under command of Captain Sur.
mont. About two O'Clock on the morn.
ing of the 23d of November, the VILE
de Harve collided with the British shin.
Lachearn, from London for New York
and sunk shortly after. Two hundred
ana twenty-slx OF the passengers on the
steamship lost their lives. The ship Tri.
mountain rescued eighty-seven of her
passengers and crew and brought them to
THIRD Observation-Disclosures PAR
TICULARS OF THE DISAsTER-PAR-
TIAL LIST OF THE LOST AND SAVED
ETC.
LONDON, December 1.-Later dis
patches from Cardiffe bring the following
additional particulars of the loss OF the Vile
&c Hayre :She was struck amidships by the
Lachearn and sunk in twelve minutes
after the collision occurred. The Lachearn
Immediately lowered three boats, which
rendered all the service possible for them
to do. Fifty-three Of the crew were saved. !.
including the captain.
Among the passengers rescued were ten
women.
The following persons were among the
passengers on the steamship: Judge
Peckham and wife, of Albany; Mrs. I'd.
ward Curtis and maid, Mr.. r. A. Wilt
hams, jr., Captain @. Hunter and wife,
Miss Caroline Hunter, Mr.. Cramar, of
Waterford, Saratoga county, New York !;
Thomas Hammond, wife and three chill
dren. Mrs. Mary Bulkley, of Rye, West
chester county, accompanied by her daugh-
ter and Miss Wagstaff, of Long Island.
Mrs. Bulkley is among the saved. but
the young ladies are understood to be lost,
as Mrs. Bulkley telegraphs that she alone
was saved.
Inere were also among the passengers
the following members of the late Evan
gelIcal Alliance, returning to their homes:
Rev. Antonio Casasco, of Spain; Profess
sor Z. Proner. of Geneva, Switzerland
Rev. N. Weiss, of Paris; Emile Cook. Of
Paris, and Mr.. Lorriere. Alfred Barban-
son, OF the Belgium legation, was also a
passenger. Charles b. Waite and Julia
Waite, children of the proprietor of the
Brevoort House, were passengers. The
son was saved but the daughter was lost.
James Bishop, of the firm of Bishop &
Co., 81 Broadway, is saved. Mr.. Breeder,
. first class cabin passenger. was lost, but
his daughter, who was with him, was saved.
Francisco Dodo. of Brooklyn, first cabin
passenger, is saved. Mr.. r. A. Withaus.
jr., was saved.
it 3 .
FOURTH DISPATCH.
LONDON, December 1--2 P. M.-There
were eighty-seven persons saved from the
wreck of the Vile de Havre-to wit: The
captain, five officers and fifty-four of the
crew, and twenty-seven passengers, as fol-
lows: Miss Mary Hunter, Miss Annie
Hunter, Miss Helene Mixter, Miss Madeline
Mixter, Emile Cook, Rev. N. Weiss,
Mrs. Ii. G. Stafford, James Bishop,
Charles Cresti, Miss Breeder, Francisco
L. Dodo, Hypholite Waite, r. A. Witt
haus, jr., E. Macconet, Miss Fanny Ben
ninger, Alfred Barbanson, Achiever,
Piquignot, Mr.. Lorix, @. Barrett Waite,
Miss Cornelia Edgar, Mrs, Bulkley, Mr..
and Mrs. William Swift, Mr.. Andrew B.
McCreery, Mr.. Cramer, Henry Belknap
and Legraude probably Bangraud).