The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-02

The Sinking Of the Bark.
Only Two Saved Out of Twen-
ty-four.

New York, Nav 23.-Tha Tribune says
the steamer City of Rome, Of The Anchor
lice, reached here to-day, having on boIrd
eside' her 1921 rsgIlir passengers, two
French f-herne1, the only survivors o;
the creS Of the French fishing bark, George
Jeanne, which was sunk by the City OF
Rome in a collision on the banks Of New
Foundlard, on May %. The names Of The
rescued meu are Herte err, AL ert and Frank
Alpbonsl Mare. The Inflated bark ate:
sh was struck, sank 10 less than a minute,
carving down with her twenty -four meG
only two Of whom were saveI. Captain
K ID. Mu If the CITY OF Rome says thst
during dense f'g on Mo lday the vests
ysce was slsckeDed TO half speed End bells
rung and whistles sOund-d when the fog
was thickest The men forward saw spaIs
and masts Of bark appear In the mis-
barely iwe.ty feet away. The bark lay at
anchor and according TO the captains
story was not ring .ng It's bill or X ep;ng
lookout The signal TO reverse the engine
was given but she struck The little bark
and her iron bow cut through
the George Jeanne with as lit
tie resistance as IL she hid b,e1
a piece of cheese. The people in the City
of Rome saw a few barefoOled freedmen
in fsbsr man's blouses, Iuunirg ir ntlc lily
forward on the Bark. The air was filled
with Iheir sfftighted cries. The shrill ex-
clamatlons of horror from tn d OK Of the
steamer and the h arse s.undiny Of tie
steamers Jog horn and then the Bark went
out of sight, feS spars hoaIed on the sea
and four meo could be seen struggling In
the water. Life buoys were thrown To tnem
and as soon rs u, s-irle The steamer was
stopped and back, d TO where the Bark had
be- en- ard two boats we're lowered by this
time. One of the four fishermen had
sunk. Two were cling'ng to buoys and
third floAted along side tie steamer sup
pprtei by a spar. The fourth officer, A. L.
Turner, rugged a rope around his body and
taking another rOye had himself lowered
TO the man. Turner succeeded in g ting
loop sbou. the FreEchm ms arm and n ok.
Strong arms pulled him hal way up the
side of the boat sten the loop slipptd over
his head and he fell beck into the wa'er
and sauk out of sight. This man
the captain OF the George Jernne,
Joseph BlOuiiD. Meantime ALERT aud
Marc were picked up by the boats. The
stseTage passengers Who ltGded from tn
City of Rome al Castle Garden, declared
with one accord th at the steamer was M k
ing AT least four kLOts IN hour when the
collision occurred. Every one on the
George jeanne except Mare was below,
Marc sat near the stera, keeping look
out. He heard the whistle OF the Rome
for eight minutes befoe she ap
feared He rang The bell OF
the q, orge Jeanne and kept up, and was
ringing IT when the Rome crush d into her.
The lost men were all married. Charles
Georgian, a Storage passenger, declared tie
officers were ali on the bridge watching
the passengers lesping and jumping and
were not keeping proper lookout. The
official leg Of the steamer SAFES that on
Monday the st amer made 40S mi es. A
memorial was presented to Captain Muror.
signei By the C bin passengsre, praisirg
his efforts to save lie survivors.