Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-27
LOSS OF AN OCEAN STEAMER.

Trans Atlantic Steamship Company,
owners of the Vile du Havre Of
sad memory, have lost another of their
magnificent vessels, 1.-The Europe, %
which left Havre on the 9th ult. for
this port, and was abandoned by crew,
and passengers on the I'd of April.
The news reached this city by telegraph
from Queenstown. 1t appears that the
steamer Greece, of the National line,
bound from Liverpool to New York, en-
countered the Europe in sinking con-
dition, and took off her passengers and
crew, 400 in number. The first officer
of the Greece with twenty men remained
on board the Europe in the hope Of bring
ing her into Queenstown, and if they
had been successful they would have
earned enough salvage to have made
their fortunes as the ship and cargo
we're worth a million dollars. They
we're only to glad however, two days
later, in their turn to be rescued by the
steamer Egypt of the same line, and
abandoned the Europe to her fate, the
latter vessel at that time having eighteen
feet of water in her hold. No lives have
been lost.
The steamship Greece arrived at New
York on Monday afternoon, April Is,
with the rescued passengers and crew
of the Europe, making in all 1909 souls
on board. No precise information could
be obtained as to the cause of the acct
dent, but it was stated by some of the
crew that the ship had been leaking dur
ing the voyage out, and had undergone
repairs at Havre.
The past twelvemonths have been un-
usually disastrous in the records of ocean
travel. The Tribune states never before
IN single twelvemonth have SO MANY
American travellers crossed the ocean ::
and no single year in time of peace has
yielded so terrible record in loss of
property, human suffering. and loss of
life. The magnificent steamship Allan
tic, of the White Star line. was wrecked
on the coast of Nova Scotia, April |.
1873, at two o'clock A. NJ, and 546
lives were lost The Inman steamship
City of Washington, on July 9th, struck
on Gull Rock bar, Port LIE Bear, seventy
miles west of Sambro Light, and within
fifty miles of the point where the Allan
tic was wrecked. The City of Washing
ton had on board % cabin and 4Sl steer.
age passengers, all of whom was saved.
The crew also escaped. but the steamer
and cargo were total loss. The steam
ship lsmailia, belonging to the Anchor
Line Steamship Company, sailed from
New York for Glasgow on September
%, 1878, and has never since been
heard from. She was employed as a
freight steamer, and never carried pas
sengers. The French steamer Vile du
Havre sailed from New York for Havre
November 10, 1873, and at 2 A. M. OF
the 22d she was struck amidships BY
the English ship Loeb Earn, and sunk
in twelve minutes. Two hundred and
twentyslx lives were lost. Among the
passengersef the Vile du Havre were
several delegates to the Evangelical
Alliance returning to their homes. and
OF these some of the most distinguished
were drowned. The Europe is there
fore the fifth steamship plying between
New York and European ports lost with.
III year. The loss of life on these
steameres has amounted to 772 souls
and of property to millions of dollars
Observer.