St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-29
Collision of the Steamer City of Rome
with Fishing Bark Off the Bank
of Newfoundland.
Without Warning the Bark Instantly
Sinks and Twenty-Five Lives
are Sacrificed.
Eleven Persons Drowned in Ne
braska Canyon by the Burst of a
Water Spout.
Disastrous Fire at Medford. Wis. -
Explosion in Philadelphia
Furniture Factory.
An Ocean Disaster.

NEW DIRK. May 2o.-IHc lTiUulle Sdy >
the steamer City of Rome, of the Anchor
line, reached here to-day, having on board
besides her regular passengers, two French
fisherman, the only survivors OF the
crew of the French fishing bark
George Jeannel, which was sunk by
the City of Rome in collision on the banks
of Newfoundlan, May 25.' The names of
the rescued men are Hubert, Albert and
Frank AlphOnz Marie. The Inflated bark,
after she was struck, sunk in less than a
minute, carrying down with her
twenty-fOur men, only two OF
whom were saved. Capt. r. d.
Munro Of the City of Rome was too much
broken up by the remembrance OF the scene
to give more than a brief statement. The
steamer left Liverpool May 90. The
weather was fine until Monday, when, after
a bright morning, a dense fog came on. 1t
was so thick that from the bow of the boat
it was difficult to see 100 feet ahead. A
great
MANY ICEBERGS
were passed. Between 10 p. IN. and a. m.
tifty-eight were counted, large and small.
The captain asserts that the vessels pace
was slackened to half speed, and, fully
realizing the danger, every precaution was
taken Bells were rung and whistles
sounded continuously. At 4:30, when
the fog was the thickest, the men
forward saw the sparS and mastS of bark
appear in the mist, twenty feet away. The
bark lay at anchor and, according to the
captains story, was not ringing its bell or
keeping lookout. The signals to reverse
the engines were given, but she struck
the little bark and her iron bow cut through
the George Jannel with as little resistance
as if she had been piece of cheese. The
people on the City OF Rome saw a few bare
footed Frenchmen, in blue fshermen's
blouses, run frantically forward on the
bark. The murky air was filled with their
AFFRIGHTED CRIES,
the shrill explanations of horror from the
deck of the steamer and the hoarse sound
ing of the steamers fog horn, and then the
bark went out of sight. A few spars
floated on the sea and four men could be
seen struggling in the water. Life
buoys were thrown to them
and as soon as possible the steamer was
stopped and backed to where the bark
had been and two boats were lowered.
By this time one of the four fishermen
had sunk, two were clingIng to buoys, a
third flOated alongside the steamer SUP
porting himself by spar. Fourth
Officer Arthur G. Turner rugged
rope around his body
and taking another rope had himself low
cred to the man. Turner. succeeded in get
ting loop about the Frenchman's arm and
neck and strong arms pulled him half way
up the side of the boat, when the loop
slipped over his head and he fell back into
the water and
- esS4sssseA NEs OFT OF SIGHT. sas
This man was the captain of the George
Jeannel, Joseph r. Londin. In the mean
time Albert and Marie were picked up By
the boats. The steerage passengers, who
hailed from the city of Rome, at Castle
Garden declared with one accord
that the steamer was making
at least fourteen knots an hour when the
collision occurred. Everyone on the George
Jeannel, except Marie. was below. Marie
sat near the stern, keeping a lookout. He
heard the whistle of the Rome for eight
minutes before she appeared. He rang the
bell of the George Jeannel and kept it III
and was ringing it when the Rome
| crashed into her. The fishermen were al
married. Charles Morgan, a steerage pas
senger, declared that the officers on the
bridge were watching the passengers leap
ing and tumbling, and were not keeping
proper lookOu The log of the steamer
states that on Monday the steamer mad,
400 miles, A memorial was presented tt
Capt: Munro, signed by the cabin passen
gers. praising his efforts to save the sur
YiYOrS.