New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
got aboard La Bourgogne'

! Anan, ana several got dDOdTu Id DoutSoS"e'
No lives lost.
| La Bourgogne. after .he accident, had drawn
away several hundred feet and then dropped
anchor. she unlnjured. save that few
patches Of paint had been scraped from her
! bow.
All told, there were 81 souls on the Asa-lo
! passengers and 81 officers and crew. The pas
| sengers were: Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cantrel.
| Of Newark: c. c. Tietjens. Of No. l03 West
! Fifty-fourth-st.: Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Pearce. OF
| Kingston, jamaica George N. Douglas JoHn
w. Dey. Newark: Watson Ryno. Newark; j. T.
| Cummings, st. Louis; p. J. Ifof, Washington.
| T. c.; A. l.. z. Carracrista. Mr.. and Mrs. c. b
! Miller, Miss Annie Fitzgerald and II. r. ingalls,
The officers OF the Ailsa included Captain J. W.
| Morris, Chief officer L. Cote Second Officer John
! c. Nelson, Third officer p j. Murphy. Chief En-
gineer Wotherspoon, Second Engineer c. Mer-
chant Third officer Henry Barclay and Purser
! L. X. LuZmore.
| According TO the testimony Of one Of the crew.
the second officer, John G. Nelson. was among
| the fourteen who went ashore in the boat. The
crew was what Is known in sea parlance as
mixed and consisted OF Spaniards. Italians.
! Cubans and Scandinavans. When the crisis
! came the seamen saw that only one boat was
| available for and the brawnest among them
| insane In the face OF danger. made rush for II,
dashing aside the terror r-stricken passengers. and
| a scene ensued that seldom. for the good name OF
seamen. be it said has been witnessed.
GOOD CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS
In brave contrast to the cowardly action Of
! some OF the crew the attitude OF Captain
Morris and his chief officers The Captain stayed
| on the bridge until he was waist deep in water
! and then he swung the manboom where he
shouted encouragement TO his passengers and
! crew until after all had been saved. he dropped
| to the deck Of the tug
The Harold after all In the rigging had been
rescued. made for the Barge Cfce where the
passengers were landed. The passengers and
crew had lost all they possessed. and when they
came ashore they looked bedragged and dazed.
! The four women were especially woe-oegone'
and az they were more or less bruised and as
some OF them were hysterical they could tell 1t
| tie Of the disaster. save to join the men in the
| denunclat!on Of tho crew. The officials at the
| Barge Office pier made the passengers as com
| foriabla as possible, and when they had partly
recovered from their startling experience they
went away to their homes or hotels Many Of
the passengers had many valuables. not oniy
,ewelry and clothing. but household furnitW
nlanos etc and all these went down IN the
general wreck.
] "A
Captain Poirot OF La Bourgosne. said 10
Tribune reporter late last night: Just as we
we're passing Quarantine we ran Into an In
tense fog said to the pilot: I think we hai
ho,,or anchor. But as we were In the middle
| of the charnel, II was deemed advisable tha'
we should 90 a little - the south Of Fort La
ravette where all the vessels were anchoFeu'
We heard the tells OF Fort Lafayette. and as
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prepared to anchor. and Just az we we're go'hs
IN anchor we saw a vessel very close 70 us. n
r,,la on tho starboard side We had no, up to that
moment heard a sound OF any kind from that
direction.
II Immediately gave orders 10 put the engines
full speed astern. and had the orders repeated
several times indicating the importance 10 inc
engineer OF putting the engine at full power
The ebb tide at this time was very strong
which carried the ship ahead NOTWITHSTANDING
all efforts 70 the contrary. And whie La pou'
gogne had apparently no headway' we sithp!
! touched the ship about 1--WE yards from ner oo"'
No one felt the slightest shock
"Bv the engines working astern full speed
We backed clear OF the vessel. my intention De-
ing 70 anchor just under her stern. As soon as
m ,.a-. c,ear OF her the vessel disappeared In
the fog In a few moments we ahchoreu' '"e
only sound audible being the bell or the Nerra'
NJ the Hamburg Line anchored close to us.
Th. whaleboat was lowered at once with an
officer TO see what damage had been done the
other vessel II. however could not ma nT''
owing to the fog and as no sound OF either pTll
or whistle came from her. This happened ABOUT
2:lo. and We anchored at 2:22. 1t want until
$50 when the fog lifted for very few
moments that We saw a vessel sunk about a
mile east of us. She had boat near her'
had no time t. send my wha.eboat before the
fog shut in again. | hailed L tuSboat that was
pass,ng ard sent officer with "A letter TO the
agent Mr. Forget. with orders TO 80 'rst 10 the
sunken vessel II our ship had lost her mead
u.av SIX or seven wards sooner. the collision
would have been avoided. transferred my
mail 70 the Campauia. which Is still lying here
La Bourgogne will return 10 the whart TO-
morrow morning at daylight II 1t Is clear, 10 re-
pair one plate which is broken ana which Is
about fifteen feet above the water line. IL IS
near the bow on the starboard side.
TIL, officers Of the Bourgogne are captain Pol
rot Second Captain Giquel. FIRST Officer Motay.
Second officer ri hard Third officer ReInp'sr'
chief Engineer Dalido. Second J. .g!ne"f Ri's~ar.
| Third Engineer Maur.n Fourth Eng" Mlhe.
Commlssaire Salvy. Sous Coinmissaire J. iouX.
| and the doctor. Dcpech.
CAPTAIN Morris OF the Aiisa. reported ~ IN"
Office Of the Atlas Line late IN ne afternoon.
and departed. presumably. for mis- home In Jer-
| sey city.
! POSTMASTER GENERAL PEARCES STATE
MENT.
George II. Pearce. an Engshman. who Is the
Postmaster General of Jamaica. was & passenger
on the Ailsa and he was especial; outspoken
about the ccwardly and brutal actions OF the
crew He had been on q vacation and had been
making a trip through the United states. lie
said: Il was in the main cabin when the crash
came and the shock threw me of my chair. AT
first no one thought anything serious was the
| matter, but We're soon undeceved. Captain
Norris and his officers behaved splendidly. but