Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-05

>ank by the ssesss~r IA B.sar<-<n-.
which rrw~~~ss~d On Its wsy Ea.ttr-rwrs
TO the Pate es the Dt%ast-s ves-~t-C.w-
srsfiJ tsstoss sf th- Gr~w % the hnss
k~-<u~d ~ . Tug.
Nxw IoRK. Nzrch The -teamshiF 3
Ailsa- nf the Atlas line. wa sunk
about I'D O'Clock yesterday afteruccu
by the steamship La BourxOrne. Of the
General Transatlznsique line. bcunf
for Harve- The AilsA had sailed from
New York en- route 70 kin<stou- Ovx-
ing - the dense fog. the Ail>a came to
anchor Just at the south mouth Of the
NarrowsN The strong tide that was
running az the time swung the vessels
head - that AZ the time of the eollis-
sion she was pointing towards New
York
According To the statements OF sew
eral os the crew. the vessel had besa
at anchor but few minutes when n
huge steamer hove in sight and al
though, according to the Aii>a's crew.
a continuous ringing of her bell had
been kept mp since she came toanchor.
the vessel came On and struck the
AiIss full On the port bow. tearing out
large portion Of her side
Immediately after striking the Ailsa
the eoJIbiing vessel which was learned
to be .he steamer La RourTOxne.
baeiSs-si cut and after di-sngaxing her
self. prvcs~-ted On her way without
making the slightest offer - render
assistance % the AilSa-
Capt J. W Morris Of the Ailsa ~as
on the bridge as the time tn. COLLISION
occurred. and he immediately gave or
ders 20 weigh anchor This was in
stantlv d1nS. and the vessel vas
headed foe the Fort Hamilton Shor-
/ Before she had y1ae far. however. sh@
dlle'f and sans The captain Passen-
.xers and part OF the crew took - III .
rigging. from which they were res
cued by the tug Harold which hap
I p<nesl IN be- in the vicinity az the tizlss.
I The Harold. 20 make the rcss-ae.
I steamed between the nzasts aud di-
recslv over the deck - the Sanlxeu
stsamsr- The Harold alssl PiesSe-t up
later n part OF the crew f-ou a small
boat belonging to the Ail>s-
( According IN the crew only few
minutes elapsed from the tius. the ves-
sci was struck until she went down
As far a. can be learned Ia BsurgO<ue
I suffered httIe or NJ injury from the
Z contact The crew and passengers Of
Z the Suzken steamer were bruaxht up
I tO the city by the tug and landed AZ
the ship News ogtie,s Of the United
PresS.
In interviews with the passengers 20
the Iil-fase,l vessel it NaS learned that
{ the crew oe the AilSa behaved IN a
ulu-t c,1uarsiiy manner IL = asserted
that when la BsHrxpru= ssruesS tn.
NiiSa the crew. instead - trying % ~
Siss- seemed - be inspired with only
I the d.-ssrr u save themselves They
Seizssf sh- oaIy avsIla5 bic b.aat, which
they quickly lowered ansL- jumping
into is pushed of leaving the pass,a-
xers To their fate.
There we're "a cabin passengers on
bard the Aflsa- amsHx them several
+ women The latter were verzing on
T Mysteries when sewn at the pier ot the
/ ais~vs Pr~~s sap News otie-- >asns
! OF them looked A. though they has
been subjected ta Sore har,f usage
f The oEsissers IT the uF-fassd vessel
deny that tn. crew abused the paSs.-a-
gers or were zaiitv ot eowarsiiee.
Capt Morris 0t the Ailsa- refused 70
make any stztem~nt with regard e.
h0vx the aecisieat secured
J. Weatherspn.Sn. the ehief engineer,
( spoke fre~Iy ab-sus the accident tie
Z FeSIaresf that la BourEoyu~ was Il
blame- and sail that the Ailsa-s bell
Was runs eontinuog,Iy while sh- lay
at anchor He was rather Tndixnani
at the manner in which the French
steamer behaved lie dsuis,I ia totl
the passengers statement that ths
{ crew had s-izsd the only available boas
and abani0nest the passengers To- their
fate He asserts that the passengers
refused to 20 into the small boat and
sought refuge in the rigging, that
upon the refusal Of the passengers &
enter the boat the captain ordered the
crew to pull for the shore. and that
the vessel fIIed and went down :.
rapidly that neither the passenger,
nor crew were able To save any oi
their effects
The AiIsa now lies sunk to her lower
/ yards and i on a harsl bottom of Fort
I Hamilton
The ere~ numbered y. including
Capt Morris. 1t was composed oi
>paniargis. Cubans and ItaEia-S The
Ailsa i a British screw steamer. 80
feet in length. beam 34s feet; deptI
ss-9s tonnage i.33ls built at Glasgow
and owned by the Atlanta Steamship
Go. She had general cargo
n. -
zogne proceeded but short distance
after the collision and came to anchor
IL i not known whether she sustaines
any injury She Eas a. cabin Passssn
gers on board