The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-11-18

NppHl hAll-pasl twelve o'clock this
Nplhlhgl heavily laden with sugar,
NolAsses, rice, etc, Several passen,
gtfs lelt the boat upon her arrival,
otherwise lhe loss Of life would have
peell very large 10 II is fourteen pas,
sehgeFs and many Of the crew are @,
lleVeH 10 DO drowned, Five bodies
nave been recovered, including the
captains daughter, about seventeen
years OF age, aud Mr., Frlesbie, well
known plantation engineer Captain
Jeanlreau lost four children. lie saved
MS wife and baby, who with him
were sleeping In the texas, DR., Pc
Veti a passenger who escaped from the
sinking steamer, gives II as his opin-
ioN lllal The boat was overloaded aud
parted IN the centre, The Empire was
bullt ~ Alglers about three years ago
ana was owned by tho Empire parish
packet company aud valued NJ about
$4,000 She had on board about 100
hogaheads Of sugar, besides u large
number Of barrels OF molaases aud u
quantity OF rice, II IL impossible Ut
present 10 got the actual number Of
lives lost, ~ the books aud papers Of
the boat ARE under the leXas,
LATER,
CAPTAIN Jeanfrau state that the lGm.
plre had only u fairoargo, was not over.
loaded aud that the guards were well
above water ut the time Of sinking.
lie was awakened by the great noise
aud confusion aud caught one Of his
children and swan with II totheshore.
lie saw his wife standing on deck
with her babe In horarma ~ the boat
went down. She chung 10 the wheel
house Of the Bradlsh Johnson, which
stood along side, but u violent shock
wrenched from her grasp her child,
who fell In the waterand was drowned,
John Dublin says; ~ am mate Of
the Empire. We arrived lust night
about twelve o'clock aud tied up, aud
| went TO my room and almost lnme.
diately went TO sleep, Between four
and five o'clock heard tremendous
crash. Thinking we had been run In
to, rushed on dock and seeing she
was sinking, shouted for everybody TO
get life preservers.
| rushed along forward shouting to
awake all / could, intending to run into
the cabin, when the boat almost In u
seconds time seemed TO sink and
was thrown into the water / swan
until caught hold of something to
save MYSELF
Eugene Durable, the pilot, says
"When the boat sank was IN bed.
heard crash and thought we We're run
into. ] was thrown in the water and
swan TO the wharf / think the boat
broke in two, she sunk so suddenly
Five bodies have been found. The
lost Is uncertain as no one is
positive rs to the number who left the |
boat Immediately on her arrival here.
The boat Is said to be insured for $780,
300.
New YORK, November 1.-THE
longshoremen made several
demonstrations to-day, but were driven
away by the police, who escorted the
italian substitutes to work.
Fourteen thousand dollars and the
secretary of the oriental insurance COM
oany have disappeared.
PHILADELPHIA, November H.
Annie Beaver, aged seventeen, was
kidnapped to-day.
LONDON, November IA dispatch
rom Calcutta reports that the vessels
which came in collision in the Hoogly
md were sunk, were the ships French
empire and City of Edinburgh. Two
,oats crews of those who were on
,oard the vessels are still missing.
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
water front on North river the whole
ength of West street is crowded with
ongshoremen on strike. The
argest gathering is in front of the
pacific mail company's dock. The
tevedores are confident that the new
lands in few days will become pro-
icient at their work, which is carried
N under the supervision of skilled
brennan. The steamships which have
rived are being rapidly unloaded,
When they will be prepared for sea
gain. On the East river side mat
ers are quiet. The Brooklyn long
horemen are working at old rates and
he employers state they have no in