, 1874-04-15
THE EUROPE DISASTER.
:Lettors from the Captain Of the
Sunkcn Vessel.
Counter Statements.

New YoAK, Anfil 14.-iho btatomontb An"oe
hy neraops on board Of tho htoamships Europe
and Greece conflict very much. Mono doubt
that OF Capt Lemairo, that he beloved Lis
ahtn to bo In sinking condition, or spcnk other
,s,po Than In tho hghcst terms Of tue discipline
exercised on board OF tho Europe whom hor
condition was mado known to tho passengers,
Init f,ant. Loma,ro maloH statements in regard
tn lin oiltcotB Of tho Grooce which arc onlptat-
icnlty denied. On tho other hand, tho state
rnent iB .,uado by The Chiot-Engineor % or tho
Grooce, Tint nt tic tino ho boarded tho Europe,
nfter ]1er abnnionn.ont, her ilroB wore mol. put
out by water, but That had the crow romalneu at
thor postH no difficulty would hnvo boen OK
porionrol 10 keeping tho wator under, and safely
Continuing tho voyage.
CAPT LEhAlnE,
of tho Europe haB published lctsor, In whloh
10 saYs, "fho Second Onioor Of tho English yea-
soI,li making Ais last on board ard bog
Red mo strongly, on tho part OF Oapt. Thomns,
Of tic Grocce, 10 60 Oh board Of Ills vossol and
confor with him. stating that my vessel would
bo Watched until morning, promising formally
before my officers, to put me eaok on . boara Or
to prevent my returning. On roachlnE the
Greece, saw Tho Captain, md 1t was docidod
TINT, to ascortain for certain
THE GRAVITY or THE LEAKAGE,
q boat should 10 sent withmy Second Onicer and
tho Chic cf-Eugineor of tho Qreoco, who woultl
mike a thorough examination. Thoy camo
bacl,+ reporting fect Of water ovorywhoro.
AFTERWARDS, I made, With Cant. Thomas.
hoa1d perfectly, by which should 60 back to
my alip at dayDreak, to oxamine tho progress OF
tho Leakage, trnnsfer aomo provisions aud 1ag-
eaeo md afterwards adopt formal dotcrmina-
ton by NJ assembled council, and abandon tho
Europe If uocoHsary, or attempt to bring her
under us TO tho nearoBt port If it were possible
Ii the morning, when tho boat wes really to bo
sent OH, prepared to embark, but was
REBurPED IN brutal alASNEn.
The Clief-Engneer OF tho Greoco came back,
declaring that tho water had gained fcot.
LATER On, another boat, commanded by tho
sion OF my ateamor as doreliot VoByo1, aud in
go doing violated all the laws Of honor and
honest dealing. A second was sont out, and
with lko result, and had the samo 81 Kind Of
Who opssa WIS surrounded by some of his officers,
and told him that protested agalnat his act,
and said thatit was q picco Of bud faith. Ho
replied that tho First Otllcer Of the qreeco was
II protested. was helpleaH and without power,
mud WAS q priaoncr with all my officers md mon.
Ihad, therefore, but the last rcBou,co left me- to
prevent tho meeting to which esasperatlon had
driven my crew to tho yorge, to avoid tho thls
inevitable collision and certain b1oodshod. I
SUFFERED THE LAST HUMILIATION,
but aay boldly, in my defense. that acted
with humanitarian vieWa to save tho human
neted without no other motive and all the con-
seriousness OF right Of an honest men. add, III
JUSTICE that, with tho exception OF the before
mentioned outrnges, myself, my CROW, aud OH
cors wero troased With urbauity On board the
Greece"
CH1ET-EN01NEER LERoCx
makes, in substance, the aamo statemont ~ the
Captain, aud says that Ae WIS d witncsa TO the
promise mnde to Capt. Lemnito, thlt ho should
bo nlloEed to roturn to his vessel next dry, and
to tho violent manner in which ho WAS pushed
back wien attempting to visit bis ship. Ho
also says that ho himself was prevented from on
t,rot NH
ropo to examine tho condition OF nualrs. Ho
regards tho whole proceedings as q conspiracy
to provent tho crow Of tho Ironoh vessel from
getting bncA to her.
The son Of the Now York agent Of tho limo.
who wat a passenger on tho Europe, says that
ho heare tho Chiol- -Engneor Of tho ..Greecc say,
when pll shing back Capt: Lcmaire: You have
no business hero. I will take that ship, and
don't Interfere"
CAPT. TIIoaIAs, OF THE GREECE,
prouounCes those stories OF Capt. LcE1alro and
his Chief-EnCneor absurd aud without par-
ticlo Of truth.
In tho transfer Of tho passengers III. Voisin,
who was bound for Now. Orleans, waa badly
bruised, and his wife las almost lost hor renson.
4 WATCH WITH A HISTORY.
When Mr.. Reed WAS about to descend to the
boat from tho Europe, he threw down valleo
containing number Of useful and valuable
articles. A sailor throw tho valiso into the soa,
saying that no baggage coull bo tGken soYoral
days after tho bag was found III st;,to-room. Il
Curiously enough, among. tho things in tho ya-
lise was watch which belonged to Miss
Hunter, who waa saved from the Ville du Hayre.
Tho watch had boon injured by the water whom
Miaa Hunter was founu floating. and had boon
lsft in Paris for repairs l1r. Reed 1ias bringing
It to its owner when 1t was q hecond time
wreckod and rescued.
4 COLLISION
occurred between tho two vossols when thoy
wero about to part company. It seems that
uhlo tho Grcoco was endeayorlng to pass :
hauser on board of tho Europe, to tow her heat
of before tho wind. tho Europe forged alcae
and struck tho stern Of the Greece cul:itg .
hole in the half-round, down to tho main deck.
FORMAL PROTEST.
Capt. Lomniro, Of tic steamer Europe. sub
mitted to tho French Consul to-day forlna
protest in regard to tho part played by tho oili
GERS Of the Grceco, in tue late disaster: Th
thoritics OF Franco. Some serious trouble i
likcly to asso in connection with tiae loss Of th
steamship.
FOREIGN.