Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
CURACOA. AMI.

fires out, and next morning it was under
eight feet of water, showing that if the en-
gine pump was in correct order, this in
crease could not have been very extensive.
The Europe sailed away under sail, and
collision occurred when we were trying TO
give her steerage way. The salvage crew
put on board the Europe were all from
the Greece.
DR.. L. G.. Page, Chief Surgeon of the
Greece, describes putting the salvage crew
on board the Europe, and SAYS: We lay to
several hours, and we saw them make sail,
and it was on the attempt to get her head TO
the eastward after the rope passed, that the
collision occurred. This was about noon.
The reporter here informed the Doctor that
Capt. Lamaire complained that when he
wished TO return on board his ship he was
pushed back and prevented. The Doctor,
with some warmth, said the idea of the
British ship taking OFF the whole crew and
passengers Of the French ship and pre-
venting them from going back, if that
were true, they were mice, not men. The
French
Displayed their Bravery
al the time OF the collision by putting on
their arms lite preservers, the men rushing
down among the women and causing a
panic, and for several days they carried
their life presevers. As to what Capt.
LeInaire says, be was pushed back, it is
A Total FaIsehOOd.
Not one Frenchman volunteered to go on
board the ship as a prize crew; the ship was
totally abandoned for u hours without
soul ON board. The night she was aban-
dOr.a1 fl,o r,-ara al in la
ing roOm-the French Captain, one doctor,
and some of the officers were on deck and
looking through their glasses, and they
said s1She is going down now; in fact she is
a wreck" and one man said: ssBOys, dye
want to see her going dOwn?7 At 4:30 p.
NJ. they began to come on board; at $50 P.
NJ. were all on board.
Statement of the French Captain.
Capt. Lamaire, Of the Europe, said the
vessel was recently lengthened, reitted and
supplied with new boilers aud machinery.
She made her first trip to New York last
August, and this would have been her fifth
transatlantic voyage since she was re-
paired. While coming out Of the port Of
HavTe she scraped her bottom against
stones, but / did not believe the danger, If
any sustained, was of a serious character.
The pumps were vigorously applied, but
without any avail, as the water poured in
more rapidly than we could discharge 1t.
The following day we sighted the Greece,
and we fired gun and put up signals Of
distress. The Greece came up, lowered
her boats, and in few hours passengers
and crew were transferred from the
as soon as we got on the Greece, Mr.. Buck
first officer Of the latter, took possession OF
the Europe, but returned after a while TO
Greece, they only saved the mails and
made no attempt 10 save vsluableS in the
same room. The vessels were near each
other for twelve hours, and no disposition
was shown to save the cargo IL could
have been done, though the sea was noun
famous at times. The following morning
Buck and those who volunteered to take
charge of the Europe, came on deck to
take boats to proceed TO our ship. at
tempted 10 get into the boats to resume
control of my vessel, but l was pushed
back and would not be permitted to 20 on
board Of her. The officers Of the Greece
behaved in
Most Infamous Manner.
We saved the mails, but they would not
allow us to save the baggage. The Captain
Of the Greece promised to allow me TO go
ON board next morning, but did no. do so.
Capt. Lamaire did not change his cloth
ing after getting on board the Greece, not
being willing to aecept any eourtesies after
the manner in which the officers of the
Greece acted.
A Flat Denial.
Cant. Thomas, ofthe Greece, denies en-
plIatically the statement that che French
Captain was in any way hindered from re-
turning on board his ship. Matter isSlike-
ly to come under investigation ere long.