The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-05
COLLISION At SEA


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on BOARD u.sss.
NEW YoRk. May sp.-Tne seeames Cty
81 Rome OF the Anrhor Line reached hero
today. having on board besides her i.si
regular passengers, two Preach fishermen.
the only survivors Of tie crew o. The fwoch
eshinx bark George Jeanne. which WSs
sunk BY the City Of Rome 10 \ collision On
the banks Of Newfoundland On May IS
The names OF the rescued men are Herhss'
Albers md Frank Alphonsc MARI. The III
fated bark. after size Was struck sank tn
less than . minute carr, Ing down with her
twenty-four men. only two 81 whou, were
saved. Captain X II. Nufo, Of The City OF
Rome. was too much broken up BY the -
meinbrsnce Of the scene Ia give any msEs
than q brief statement The steamer kr
Liverpool May 20. The weather MAS nne
until Monday. when. after . bright morn
ing q dcns. fog came on II was 80
thick that from the bow OF the boat
Is was difficult Ia see one hundred feet
ahead. \ greai many crbrrgs were passed
Between ten and -four Y. III fifty eight vcfe
counted. large and snail. The Captain ~
serts that the vessels pace wa slsrke1cd
To half speed. aad. fully rralir!ng the dan
ger. every rrecaUiion was taken. Bells
were rang and whistles sounded numcr-
cusly. AZ $50 when the log WAS the
thIckesi the men forward saw the spArs snt
mas;s II \ bark aPp-ar IN the mist barely
twenty feet away. The bark lay az anchor.
and. according ~ the Captains story. WAS
not ringing its b.,l or Keeping a losyoui-
The signals to reverse the engines Mere
given. but she s.mcs the little bark aad
her iron bow cut through the George jeanne
with "a little resistance a If she had been
q riace Of cheese. The people on The City
Of Rome saw a few barelooted frenchmcn
IA blue fshcrmen's biouses running
trAntically forward OH the BARK. The
air was filed with their airiShiei
cries. the shrill ordinations OF
horror from the deck OF the steamer and
the hoarse sounding OF the steamer FOG
hoTp and then the bark Wen: out OF sight
A few spars fioated on the sea and fous
men could De- Seen struggling In the water.
Life buoys were thrown 10 them, and rs
soon as possible the steamer was stopped
and backed 10 " here the bark had been and
two boats We're lowered. by this time ono
81 the Jour fishermen had sunk, two were
clInging u buoys and a third iloafsd along
s3Ne inc Steamer upIpiSc " Sp~''
Fourth Officer A. G.. Turner rugged . rope
around his body and taking another rope
had himself lowered to the man. Turner
succeeded in getting u loop about the
Frenchman's arm and neck. Strong arms
pulled him half way up the side OF III
boat when the loop slipped over his head
and he fell back iuio tie water and sank
out Of sight. This man was the captain Of
the George Jeanne. Joseph Blondin. IN
the meantime Albert and Mare were picked
up BY the boats. The steerage passengers
who landed from the City OF Rome nj
Castle Garden declared with n accord that
the steamer was making at least foufics.n
knots an hour when the collision occurred.
Every one on the George Jeanne except
MaJc.was below. Marc sat near the stern
keeping a lookout. lie heard the whistle
OF the Zone for eight minutes before she
appeared. lie rang the bell OF the George
Jeanne and kept IL up and was ringing u
when the Rome crashed into her. The lost
men were all married.