Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-30
A TALE OF THE DEEP.
The Anchor Line STEAMER City Of Rome
0ollides With the French Bark
George Jeanne.
The Latter Sinks in Less Than Minute,
Carrying Down Twenty Four
Men-Two Saved.

NEW YORK, May 29.--The steamer
City Of Rome, OF the Anchor Line,
reached here yesterday, having aboard
besides her 1872 regular passengers two
French fishermen, the only survivors
OF the crew of the French fishing bark
George Jeanne, which was sunk by
the City OF Rome In collision of the
banks OF New Foundland on the 25th
Of May. Their names are Relsen
Albert and Frank Alphonse Mare.
The Inflated bark after she was struck
sank in less than one minute, carrying
down with her twenty.four men, only
Two OF whom were saved. Capt.
II. ID. Muro of the City OF Rome
was too much broken up
by the remembrance OF the scene to
give any more than brief statement.
The steamer left Liverpool May 90.
The weather was fine until Monday,
when, after q bright morning, dense
fog came on. II was so thick that
from the bow Of the boat IL was diff
cult TO see 100 feet ahead. A great
many icebergs were passed. Between
and p. IN. fifty-eight were counted,
thfKb anu lhC captain hBstlJb
that the vessels pace was Stacked to
half speed, and fully realizing the
danger every precaution was taken
The bells were rung and the whistles
sounded continuously. At 4
p, m; when the fog was
thickest, the forward watch saw the
spsrs and masts OF the bark appearing
In the mist barely twenty feet away.
The bark lay at anchor, ana according
to the captains story, was not pealing
its bell or keeping q lookout. The
signals TO reverse the engines were
given, but she struck the little bark
and her iron bow cut through her with
a slight resistance, as If she had been
piece of cheese. The people
of the City OF Rome saw
few barefooted men in blue fisher.
man blouses running wildly forward
In the bark. The air was filled with
their cries, the shrill EXPLANATIONS OF
horror from the spectators deck of the
steamer and the hoarse sounding OF
the steamers fog horn, and then the
bark went out OF sight. A few spars
fiOated on the sea and four men could
be seen struggling In the water. Life
buoys were thrown to them
and as soon az possible the
steamer WAS stopped and
backed to where the bark had been
aud two boats were lowered. BY this
time one Of the four fishermen had
sunk, two were clinging to the buoys,
and third fioated along the side OF the
steamer, supporting himself by spar.
The fourth officer, Archer Turner,
rugged n rope around his body, and,
taking another rope, had himself low
cred to the man. Turner succeeded In
getting loop about the mans arms
and neck, and he was pulled about
half way up on the side OF
the boat, when the loop slipped over
his head and he tell back into the
water and sank out of sight. This
man was the captain of the George
Jeanne, Joseph Blondin. In the mean
time Albert and Mare were picked up
by the boats. The steerago passengers
who landed from the city OF Rome at
Castle Garden declared with one ac-
cord that the steamer was making
at least fourteen knots an
hour at the time the collision
occurred. Every one OF the George
Jeanne, except Mare, was below.
Mare sat near the stern Keeping a
lookout. He heard the whistle of the
Rome for eight minutes before che ap.
peared. He rang the bell Of the
Jeanne and kept it up and was ring
ing 1t when the collision occurred.
The lost men were all married.
Chas. Morgan, q steerage passenger,
declared that the officers on the bridge
were watching the passengers leaping
and jumping, and were not keeping u
proper lookout, The official log OF the
steamer states that on Monday the
steamer made 40S miles. A memorial
was presented 10 Capt Wuro signed
by the cabin passengers praising his
Efforts to save the survivors.