Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-12-06
Loss OF the steamer Vile Du uavre.

morning bringing Intelligence OF the
dreadful disaster to the steamship Vile
du Havrc which lett New York Nov.
18th for Havre under the command OF
Captain Surnount AT two o'clock on
the morning Of the 2Srd of November
theVille du Havre collided with the
British ship Lochearn from London ior
New York and sunk shortly after. Two
hundred and twenty-six of the pssseh-
aers of the steamship lost their tves.
The Tremountain rescued eishty-seVeh
of her passengers and crew and brought
them TO Cardiff. ,o
Later dispatches from Cardiff orlHS
tho following additional particulars OF
the loss Of the steamship Vile du HaVre'
Sh. was struck amidships by the Loch-
oar. and sunk in twelve minutes @'er
thn collision occurred The I'oche;",l
;mmodiately lowered her boStS "'nch
endowed Mi the service it was posSioie
t;or them to do. Fifty-three Cd the crew
,vere saved. incl'sSSRs the Captain
Among the passengers save" S0o C"
women. -, van.
Among the passengers per the VILE
Jr Uay,v were Judge Feckkan and
wife. of Albany, n, Y, Mrs, Edward
Curtis aud maid; MIR. X, \. W'tthans,
IT.; Captain G, Huatcr and wife; Miss
Caroline Hunee,, Mr. Cramer, ct Wat
erford, Saratoga county, n. u; Thomas
Hammond and wife and three children;
Airs. Mary Bulkey, OF Rye, Westminster
county, accompanied by her daughter
and Miss Wasstaf, of Long Island;
Mrs. Bulkley is among the saved, but
the young ladies are understood to have
acen lost as Mrs. b. telegraphs that she
slose was saved. There were also
among the passengers the following
following members OF the Evangelical
Alliance returning to their homes
Rev. Antonio Corrasco, of Spain; Pro
f.ssor +. Pionir, of Geneva, Switzer-
land; Rev. \. Weiss, of Paris; Emile
Cook, of Paris; and Mr.. Lorlere, Al
fred Barbanson, of the Belgiumlegatlon
at Washington was also passenger
Charles Il. Waite and Julia Waite, chill
adren of the proprietor of the Brevoort
House were passengers The son was
saved; the daughter lost.
James Bishop, of Bishop II Co, No;
50 Broadway is saved, Mr.. Breeder OF
the first cabin passengers, was lost Ills
daughter who was with him Is saved.
Francisco Dado, of Brooklyn, first
cabin passenger is saved. Mr.. X. a.
I\-;tthars Jr was saved in perfect
health.
There were 81 saved from the wreck
of the Vile du Havre, to-wit' The cap
tain, five officers, fifty-four OF the crew,
and twenty-seven passengers.
The Vile du IIavre was formerly the
Napoleon 3rd. She was altered and
much enlarged last winter and came
here for the first time as Vile du llarre
in the month of April making the pass
age from Brcst to this port III nine day
and twenty-three hours. With the eX-
ception of the Great Eastern she was
largest steamer that ever entered tins
mort. her dimensions being 43O feet by
Is feet. Her carriage capacity was
2 500 tons weight and measurement.
Her main saloon was fitted up with mar
bic wainscottiug of three efficient va
rieties. The upholstering was III velvet,
and woodwork: carved i'll the most unique
design. Her engines were compound
direct acting 5000 horsepower, made
by Leslie tE Co., New Castle-on-Iyne.
The eighty-seven persons saved from
the wreck of the steamship Vile du
IIayre. were rescued by the Lochearn
and not the Trimountain as was first
stated. They were transferred from
the Lochearn to the Trimountain on the
same day. The survivors arrived at
Brest on to-day. There is intense OK
element in London over the disaster.
The bulletin boards at the newspaper
offices are surrounded by great crowds
in quest of information. Papers giving
the particulars of the disaster were sold
at double the usual price.
BosroN. Dee. 1.-The announcement
OF the loss of the Vile du llarre Great
ed a deep feeling of sadness here as sew
eral well known Bostonians were pas
senoers. Among them were Mr.. ChaS.
Mixtpr wife and two children, Henry
Sioouyney. wife, three children and
nurse, and Mr.. Nathaniel Curtis. Mr.,
Nathaniel Curtis was one OF the oldest
and most valued citizens. lie retired
from business some years ago and beng
recently bereaved sought relief from his
grief by a trip to Europe. y private
cable dispatch Just received says that
Mr.. and Mrs. Mixter and Mrs. Nathan
iel Curtis persisted.
TIE LATEST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF TIE TERRIBLE SCENE.
LoxpoN, December 1.-The following
additional! particulars of the loss of the
Vile du Havre have been gathered
from the officers and passengers at Car
diff.
The Vile du Havre experienced
thick fog until the Goth. At the time of
the collision the weather was clear and
little wind was flowing, bnt there was
heavy sea. The captain had just retired
and the second officer was IN charge
The lights on the steamer were all right
md the collision was wholly unexpect-
cd The Loeb Earn struck the steamer
amidshps and made chasmtwelve feet
deep and from twenty-five to thirty feet
wide. The exact position OF the Vile
dn Uayre at that time was lat. 1921,
.1o,soss;on Of the paSSen-