New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-15

| hours the Greece lay TO by her. tho increase Oh
water In the freroom was but two feet inc accommo
datons o. the Greece little straitened py the n
crease In number on board but rooms were found Tor Oil
tho cabin nassenger There was an abundance OF pro-
visions for ALL though iore than the ordinary amount
OF salt meats were used Ho dd not consider that the
Europe at all weakened Then lenRtneneu. rms
q very common practice all over Europe anu "nen
properly done land the iron deck put Oh, u was 'no"k
that steamer was strengthened rather than otherwise
OF the boats Of the National Line, the Greece hoanu
Canada and England had been heightened Inc careoes
OF the French steamers were generally light aud those
OF tho National ins exceedingly heavy and yet none Oh
their steamers had shown signs OF any weaKness
CHIEF-ENGISEER DOUGLASS OF THE GREECE
The following statement made by Chief-Engneer
Douglass Of the Greece On Thursday afternoon, Aprh
after all the Of the Europe had been trans
ferred to the Greece Capt Thomas ordered two boats 10
return for such provisions they could obtain Inc
French purser told him the icehouse and storeroon
were filed with water The boats returned no"e'ei'
but instead OF bringing provisions brought OH the
French captain and all the officers. Capt Lemsrie'
upon meeting Capt Thomas thanked him very much for
acting as he had done. present at the meeting.
Capt Thomas asked Capt. Lemarie what was
the matter with his ship, snd the answer was
that she was broke In and sinking fast How long
do you think she will remain ahoat was the next ques
ton, and the reply, two three hours Capt TnOmas
said he was going to send his chief eDgneerion board
and invited him 20 accompany the party
he would then declined, and sent his sub-leutenant'
When we boarded the Europe went directly to the
engine room. The first thing saw was hand force
pump that had been taken from the DECK ana THIS had
been used pump the water out OF the freroom INTO
the engneroom. where the pumps were IN workng or
der. Evidently the leak was in the freroom nave
said the ship could been saved and believe so now
IT, instead using this force pump they had cut hole
or passage from the fre-rOom into the engine
ROOM Then the water could easily have been mastered
from that point. 1t strange 10 me that an en-
gueer officer should have used such means TO free the
ship when others far effective were within easy
reach The force-pump OF little avail for this pur-
pose This is the whole secret of the ships going down.
II they had simply this hole aud allowed the water
10 flow into the engneroom, where they had complete
control, trouble would have been experienced The
bilgepumps in the fire-room were evidently choked up
When went board IL too late to do this, as the
water a level in both fre-room and engne-room
In regard to Mr. Mackenzie's statement that he saw
Capt Lemarie showed back from the gang
way, 1 say it is false, for when we went
of in the morning he was in bed. lie told
me so himself aud Others have told me so since. On
the first night sent for Chief Engineer Leroux OF the
Europe several tunes. TO help us In the examination
but either he could not would not come and was in
bed As TO the statement made that the officers OF the
Greece intoxicated at the time, can only say this
is the unkindest fasehOod Of ALL and we court an nyes-
gation this particular. The water was not up to the
fires when we boarded her, and none in the hold
Neither captain any of the crew ever expressed
any desire return TO the ship though volunteers we're
invited from them when crew was sent on board on
the following morning do not consider that steamer
is weakened in lengthening, but If properly DONE is
some hat strengthened do not blame Capt. Lemaire
for the statements has made for the words were put
n his mouth by Mr. Mackenzie In spite OF the unusual
length OF the last trip there were eight days coal lett
upon our arrival III this harbor.
DIR. GUULMARTE.
reporter called DR.. GuIllmarte, surgeon on the
Europe and informed him that the officers OF the Greece
denied having in any way prevented Capt. Lamarie
from going board the Europe the morning after the
transfer of the passengers and to the Greece Dr.
Guilmarte said: "DO not believe a word OF it, DO you
suppose that captain after having placed tho passen-
gers and crew out OF danger. will take no further
interest in his vessel, especially If he sees her
ahoatf At midnight the two captains were con-
sulting how best the vessel and cargo.
and they then agreed That capt Leare was to return TO
Edrope the next morning Several persons overheard
thew had decided to do. He Intended with his
vessel 10 the nearest port The persons he Greece
who first boarded the Europe the first mate and
the chief engineer of the Greece The English captain
was at first very friendly disposed ana 9u every'nns
chief engineer, by iusnuatons against us ana repre-
sentaons OF tie richness of the cargo must have de-
TERED him from his purpose, as his subsequent
behaviour toward our captain proved We were unaoie
to ascertain the size Of the Leak but the pumps That
were available not sufficient to pump out the
water that rushed the hold The water gained FAST
and, in consequence of the rolling OF the ship: ex
tingushod the fires in four of the furnaces L do
not Know what caused the leak, but when
we left Havre the tide was low and according TO
the captains opinion the ship must struck against some
object and the increased pressure OF the water against
that part during the storm broke It OPEN The Europe
lay l6 days at the dry docks at Havre was thoroughly
inspected and declared perfectly sound and seaworthY
before she left that place. do not think that her
being heightened weakened her at all, in fact, she was
stronger at that part than any other However 40
not think that after she had sprung aieaK she coud
stop leak in an iron vessel The transfer OF the pas
sengers from ship TO the other was conducted in
great ORDER and almost every preserved presence
OF mind. First the children were lowered into the
boats i'll sheets then the females then the male pas
sen gers, aud Tasty the and officers have been
years at aud have never witnessed any accident
where SO much cooiness and composure were als,
played. AS 10 the captain, he is man or
Hi he Storm sS Segn ne took any
He could always be seen either pacing up ana down
Some persons accused the French officers OF cowardce
and somebody stated that appeared with three fe-
officers behaved like men. aud did their duty. In
regard to the statement that our sailors refused to do
it is they had refused when they saw how Capt
Lanarie was treated but as soon as lie ordered them
they cheerfully went to work.
LANDING OF THE FRENCH IMMIGRANTS.
The large number of steerage passengers who
rescued from the Europe and brought to this port by
the steamship Greece on Monday evening, remained on
the steamer throughout the night. The crowd
ing Of the Europes passengers into the steerage
OF the Greece which had on board large number Of her
steerage passengers when she left Queenstown Sc
rousy interfered with the comfort OF ALL and rendered
the latter portion OF the passage anything but
agreeable. Extra hammocks were swung, how
ever, and other arrangements made whereby the
Europes passengers were rendered comfort
able ss possible under tho circumstances. AT an
early hour yesterday morning the steamug from Castle
Garden which is employed for The debarkaton Of immi
grants pushed out into the and after
alongside the steamer. The $50 immigrants who
crowded together the deck Of the Greece, eagerly
hurried over the gangway stepped upon the