Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-15
The Abandoned steamer-StatemeRts or
the Captaia and Passengers. and
OF the RescuerS,
The Criminal Conduct Of the Company
Owning the Vessel In Allowing
her TO 60 TO Sea.
The Leak the Result Of PatchWOrk-A
Warning TO Transatlantic Yisi-
tSrs-A Narrow Escape.

D
gers Of the steamer Europe, arrived thi
evening. She reports: 'That April %
in latitude 4so 2l\, longitude 30o O3>, a
IL am, she sighted a large steamer {
southwark, bound west; at { .. N. sh
came quite near, showing signals of dis
tress. We bore down and found her Z
be the French steamer Europe, from
Havre for New York, In a sinkip,
condition, and wishing US to sen,
our boats and assist in getting off tn,
I passengers and crew. We immediatel,
I lowered boats numbers six and eigh
and sent them away in charge Of MT
{ Buck, chief officer, and Mr.. Hubbard
/ second officer, and with the assistance
/ Of the French boats saved all on board
/ consisting of thirty-seven cabin and on,
I hundred and eighty-two steerags pas
I sengers, and one hundred and sixty O
/ the crew, without any serious accident
although there was 8 mountainous ses
/ and both vessels were rolling very heavi
! ly, and also succeeded IN saving the
mails. At six O'Clock in the evenine
/ Captain Iemaire came on board witt
! his officers and reported that his shiT
/ had sprung leak in the engineroon
and that be did not consider it safe tc
| proceed in her.
At half-past six O'Clock in the even
I ing No. Buck, chief officer, and Mr..
Douglas, chief engineer Of the Greece,
went on board the Europe and examined
her, and on their return reported that
there was about seven feet water in the
enginerOom, and that they could not
discover any water in any other part OF
Z the ship.
The Greece lay by the Europe all
night, and at five O'Clock the next
morning Buck and Douglass again went
on board the Europe for further exam
inatiOn, and upon their return reported
that there was about eight feet of water
in the engine-room, and that although
they sounded all other Commandments,
they could not discover any more water,
and gave as their opinion that the ship
could be easily saved and taken to q
port. Buck, the chief officer, aud Web
Der, the fourth officer, Immediately
went to take charge of the ship, and
DR.. Mcguire and twenty-five men went
on board the Europe in two Of the
Gyeece's boats. The Greece stood by
until twelve O'Clock in the day to see II
she could render any further assistance,
aud after seeing sail made on the
Europe, left her in latitude AZ 5S>,
longitude 307 49', with her head pointing
southwest and a strong westerly breeze
blowing.
J. f. T. Reace, a passenger on the
Europe, states that a leak occurred on
the last voyage. The ship was then put
on 8 dry dock in the harbor, and she
made little water. The day after she
left Brest, she made a little more, and
on the second Of April water got into
the ships cabin. About half-past ten
O'Clock on the morning OF the second of
April, they sighted the Greece. The
passengers then had the first alarm that
the ship was sinking, and at half-past
one O'Clock they were told TO save them
selves. Every person on the ship was
removed 10 the Greece, and nothing
whatever was allowed to be transferred
from the Europe, not even handbags.
The Europe's boats were scarcely
launched before those from the Greece
were alongside. There were eight boats of
the Europe, and three of the Greece.
The ladies were first removed, and they
were not even allowed to carry necessa-
~ baggage. The French captain, Le-
maire, really believed that the ship was
in danger Of sinking, and that there
was no time to save valuable luggage.
This gentleman says that the leak Oc-
CURED in the central compartments, IN
der the machinery, as the captain stated.
Three boats were swamped before the
labor was finished, but no lives were
lost. Everything has been done by the
captain and crew Of the Greece TO make
the captain, crew and passengers Of the
Europe comfortable.
Mr.. Llyod Phoenix, one of the pas
sengers Of the Europe, says the fullest
discipline was preserved on board.
There was no cause for any panic. No
one knew that anything was wrong un-
til the signal Of distress was hung out.
asked the purser what was the matter,
and he shrugged his shoulders and made
me no answer. saw water rolling from
side 10 side in the engine-hatch, and |
saw boats lowered. We understand that
q leak occurred in that part of the ship
that was heightened, and that the main
was choked UP and was
under six feet Of water when we left the [
ship, the rolling Of which put the fires |
out, and that the next morning it was
under eight feet OF water, showing that .
i the engine-pGmp vas in correct order 4
his increase could rot have been so eX-
-ensive. The Europe sailed away under I
,ail, and the collision occurred when we
we're trying to give her steerage-way.
The salvage crew put on board the Eu-
-ope were all from the Greece.
DR.. L. Page, chief surgeon of the
ireece, describes the putting Of the sal
ysge crew on board Of the Europe, aud
ays: "We lay to several hours and we
aw them make sail, and it was on the
attempt to get her head 70 eastward,
sfter the rope was passed, that the COZ
isSon occurred. She collided with our
terms This was about noon" The
eporier hers informed the doctor that
captain Lemaire 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 British ship taking off
All the officers Of a French ship! II
that were true they were mice, not
men. The French displayed their
bravery at the time Of the collision by
putting on their hfe-preservers and the
mes rushing down among the women
and causing q panic, and for several .
days they carried. their life.pTeseryers.
As % what Captain Lemaire says 4
that be was pushed back, is a total |
falsebOOd. Not one Frencbman vOlun-
NSNANA " ~ AenAN AA4g ~ a. q HllLE
crew. The ship was totally Abandoned 4
for twelve hours, without q living soul Z
on board. The night she was abandon
ed the gentlemen were all 30 the smok- I
ing-rOom; the French captain, one doe |
tor and some OF the officers were on 4
deck, and, looking through their glasses,
they said she Is going down now; in !
fact she is wrecked; aud one man said, |
Boys, do you want 10 see her 20 downg .
At half-past four they began to come on ]
board, and at ten minutes Of seven they
were all on board, and next day at noon,
on Good Friday, we left herr
Captain LemaiTe, Of the Europe, said
the vessel was recently heightened, refill
81 and supplied with new boilers and
machinery. She made her first trip to
New York last August, aud this wosld
have been her fifth trans Atlantic trip.
While coming out Of the port Of HavTe
she scraped her bottom against the
stones, but l did not believe. that the
damage, II any was sustained, was Of a
seTious character. Pumps were vigOr-
ousIy applied, but without avail, as the
wafer poured in more rapid ly than We
could discharge It. The following day
We sighted the Greece, and we ared a