, 1874-04-14
THE "EUR0PE" DISASTER.
Arrival or the Steamer Greece at New
York with the Passengers
and Grew Of the Sunk
en- Vessel.
Conflicting Statements Of the Cap
= tains of the Two Steamers.

b14 Btcerbgo passengers, anu W caoin I'LL" Aao
ST. 10 paBaengers Of tho steamer Europe. ar
Ri ha evening. She reports April 2. latitude
,48 foe 81 minutes, longitude 80 degroos os
mi + is, at IL o. m.; sighted a largo stohmer to
til ..lthwartf, bound wost. At p. m. Bho
ca ;. .ite near, showing signals of dtstrosa. We
bo ~:1wn, ans found her, to DO tho French
81, .--ir Europe, from Havre for New York, In a
sit: !: condition. And wshing uB to send our
BID. : uid assiat in gottinR Oft hor passongers
au' :: IN. Immediately lowered Nos. 6 and
be r and aetlt then1' away In Charge OF Mr.
3, >..]hiof 0nicor, and Hubbard, Second Ofdcor.
an th the assistance Of the French boats
49,. SAVED ALL on DoAnD,
consisting Of, thirty y-seyen cabin, 1872 steeragd
passengers, and 100 OF tho orew, without any
aorious accident although there was q noun
ta!noas oe aud both sssaners weFG 1on vesy
oliicors aud . reported that his ship had
sprung, = leak In tho engtus.roomx GROOM
in her. 1t 6:ao =: M, Mr: Buck, Chief ofacor,
and Douglus, Ohiof-Eugineer Of tile Greeco,
vent on board The. Europe, and examined her,
aud on thoir, return reported that there t was
thoy could not discover any water III any other
| part at the ship. Tho GEeoce lay by the Europe
ill night rand at O'clock next morning Buck
fS o'agas 5Ss 1Eaa fser went ad md
! upon their return reported that there was about
/ 8 'feet Of water in the engine room, and TINT
although thoy sounded OIL tue other @ COMBAT 11os
and gavo thoir opinion Tint the ship could bo
eaaily saved and taken to q port Buck, Chiof
oce end ens fnrh F. .no e5,reo IL
tho tbe'' slip, and Dr. Mcguire and tgonty-
two n men wont On board the Europe
in two Of tho arocco'a boats. The G1oeco
etood by until 12 t1. to 500 It sho coula rohae1
nude on the Europe loft llor in latituda, ,42 d.
grees Is 1ninrtos, longitude 80 degrees 40 min
! ntes, with hor hoad pointing southeast. and
strong westerly hreeZe blowing.
i STATEMENT or PASSENGER.
states that tic leak occurred on the last voyage.
Ths 15 ap pa wi m nsp pa pat IN o es @ss xho das
after sho loft BroAt sho made Z little
moro. and On the I'd of., April tue
water got into tho ship'a ,,s,I9 cabin; Il,
oes aroeeo 5Doo tho % pa n on had
alarm that The ship was sinking, aud at 1:90 they
were told to savo themselves. Every person on
board Was rcmoved to tho GREECE, a1d not, nothing is
| boata wore scarcely launched boforo those from
tho droeco wora alongside. There woro eight
boata Of the Europe and threo OF tho Groeco.
: TIE LADIES wEnE F1nsr REMOVED,
j and they weso not even ellowed to carry
necessary luggage. The Fronch Captain,
siaains and neH tat tasrss thsre aa I no 70
, ablo luggage. This gentefnsn says tue loak &c.
CURED in the central compartments under the
j., machinery, IL tho Captain stated.
THEE BoATa WERE 8wANPEp
before tho labor wns finished, but no lives we're
\ lost.
: Everything has been dono by the Captain and
- crow OF the qroece to make tho Captain, creW,
}, and passongora Of the Europe comfortable.
J.. Iii. Lloyd Phoenix, one OF the passengers OF
4 the Europe, Says tho fullest discipline was pre-
= aoEyod On board: There was no cause Tor any
NJ Er1h7p t,nt
: until tho signal Of distress was hung out: l
a asked tho purdcr what was the matter, and he
shrugged his shoulders and made mo 20 answef.
saw water rolling from side to sido in the GU
o gine hatch, and saw boat lowered. Wo un.
: dorstood that the loak occurred In that part Of
: tho chip whol, was longthened. and that tho main
eeet Of water VIII whsn We ioft ho p ship' the rolling
> Of which put the flros out, md that tue nc1t
raoyning It Vas under esght foot of water, ahow-
ing that If tho ongino,pump was IN perfect oIdof
TIE EuRopE BA1LEp AWAY uEDEn BAIL.
q and collision occurred whom wo wore trying to
: givo her ateorage WY The salvage crow put Oh
DR.. L. d. Page, Chief Surgeon of tho Greece,
s describes putting tho aalvage crow on board tho
s Europe, and Bays; We lay to several hours, aud
! We saw them make sail, and It was on The attempt
% waH paaacd, TINT tho collision occurred. She
. collidcl witt our storn. This Was about noon.
it Tho reporter hero informed the doctor tina.
u IT,
s. to return on boaEd lis shlp. ho was pushed bach
IN and prevented. Tho doctor. with some warmth
at said "The idea Of British ship taking OF tht
T. whole crew md passengers of french shp, ane
true, thoy wore mice, not men, The French dis
" played their bravery at tho time Of the cosior
ID BY putting on their Nfe-preservors. tue mai
N RUSHING DOWN AMONG TIE WOMEN
3; and causing panio, aud for several days tho
i ias Iansrio ' says that ho was pushed back.
ne tB q total falsehood: Not IT, on9 t1encnme' npa1
ds Grew not one. Tho chip was totally aban
ut donod TOR twelve hours, without soul on board
20 Tho night she was abandoned the gentiome1
ty | were ali in tho smoAing-rootn: The ffenc
as Captain, ono doctor, and some officers were. or
r deck, and looking through their glasaes, an
no they uaid. She is going down now in 1.aot.. eh
wtSse Ssf sop K Ky Gsn
come on board. At 0:50 they wero all on boar
IN and tho noxt day, at noon, on Good Friday,
n CAPT. 1AmAn1g, OF THE EUROPE,
US said tho vessel was rocently leugthened, re-
md supplied sah with p"w %sr bSi2Srs Iss
to %a'n'1say Nax sYs Yor 'qs iss n' Augass a.
or this would have heon hor fifth voyae
n. since sho was repaired. While coming out
all tho port OF Havro aho aorapod her bottom agalnt
stones, but they did not belioye that the aamag,
M If any, sustained was Of serious character I,
,x- was confirmed in his impressions when b
IT, reached Brest, two days asterTarde ard fogn in
IT, o ss ysss' e So, all tho r eot mate inc repore
,lo That ho observed considerable watt
om conc into tho ongne-room, and he had no ide
tod wloro It came from oxcept The ships bot bottom
3D. found a TINT WA tnere EN- tn
,n- ously @ var applied but without avail. as the watt
OIL pourad il moro rapidly than they could aibeha1E
of It. Tho following day they sighted tt
Grcoco, and Tired gun, and p,
i up aignals OF distreas. Tho Groe
ion came up, lowered her boats, and in two hou
quo the paasongeEA aud crew wore transferred fro
ere tbe Europe. Tho transfer was made with ve
by little confusion, and tho women and children nc
ne, first sayod. The boats belonging to tie Gree
Ign woro first lowered into the water: As soon
thoy got on tho Grocoo, Buck, First Officer OF t.
latter, wont on board the Europe. b'
roturnod aftor whilo to the oreoo
bo. Thoy only saved tho mails, and mad
[o]. no attempt to aayo tho valuaDes III tho SAT