The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-07

was from Philadelphia. where he had a
trying 10 get On a raft not far distant
from the one Meksown was Oh. A French
sailor grabbed an oar and bea. him over
tire forehead.
Charles Dutsweiier, a German. managed
by an interpreter 10 tell bis story. II Is
this: He got in a boat which was tied
fas. 20 The ship and stayed in il unit! he
saw Ii was certain death 10 remain longer.
He Jumped. but was carried down in the
whirlpool made by the sinking steamer. he
was in the water half an hour. when boat
came along within reach and he attempted
OF with boat hooks HIS left eye is badly
cut by the iabs he received He saw
women showed away from boats with oars
and boat hooks. when clinging 20 the life
lines Of rats and lifehoats. He also says
the crew assaulted many passengers with
instruments were 10 be had punched the
women into the water with their fists.
The Weak HAD No Chance.
One OF the most importan, witnesses will
be John Burgi. who go, INTO boat with
his mother before the ship sank The sail
ors in the boat held him and threw his poor
old mother into the water. Then the sail
ors threw him out. beat him with oars and
water nine hours before he was saved by
boat from the Cromar;yshire
Gustave Crmaux, a French passenger.
ccrroborated the other passengers in Their
statements about the crew They did no:
attempt 10 cut any boats loose, except
those which they needed themselves. He
saw women showed away from boats with
oars. and not only being showed away, bu.
pushed into deep water.
The officers of the Grecian say the pas
sengers and sailors presented a sorry spec
tacle when they were taken on board from
the Cromartysh:re. They had not eater,
for nearly twenty-four hours Some are
sun dazed. and do not know where they
were or what they Were doing. The third
officer of the Cromartysh shire said that one
the size some hours after the collision
seized his life belt and asked the steward
for his knife. He cut a piece OF the life
belt and started to ca, it, saying II was
all he wanted.
Patrick MckeOwn states that he
heard of one woman having had
her throat cut and being thrown
out of the boat to tighten Il.
There are no survivors who saved more
than enough clothing 10 cover their naked
ness. Nearly all lost their savings and
they were mostly working people bound
home 10 European lands.
Assyrianx and Armenians Die,
Among the survivors are nine Assyrians
and Armenians. There were seventy-fve
Assyrans in the party when it left New
York. All but eight persisted. One of the
eight lost his wife and two brothers and
others relatives. Another lost two daugh-
ters- Only one of thirteen Armenians
survive.
TIE one surviving Armenian tells a sor-
rowfui tale OF the drowning of an Arme
MAN priest and his family, who had got
INTO a boat with some thirty other people.
When the end came and the boat was
abandoned 10 its fate by the crew, who
made TO effort TO launch IL. the priest stood
lp and. with uplfted hands. prayed
aloud
In BourgOEne's PASSENGERS
Following is Est OF the first and second
cabin Passengers OF La Bourgogne:
Mrs NJ. Arrouet. Rev. Ambrose E A
Agel; Antonio Achard. Mrs. Achard Miss
achard Antoine Achard, Guiseupe AIn,..
Amster Giovanni Alpo.
MIS-. l.. Bromherg. Rev. Leon Bsumanp.
Miss Rinns. Mr.. Casnard Rehr Mrs
bonneville. Mrs. G Bournquin. Mrs ! \
Bronk Ferdinand Brochard Mrs. FertlIn-
and Brochard and child. Miss Brcchard.
Paul Brochard. Mrs. Brocher. Miss PAR
GEO.
Miss Doz Casazza Louis Casazza. X
'iacomo casazza, Mrs. J. Cycot. w. V.
clark. Mrs. Clark. Mrs. J. III. Coleman and
maid. Mrs. ~. s. Cramiey, Gusfaye Cure
Mrs Gustave Cure. j. NJ. Chanut. Pierre
Com. q G Crabrai LouIgi Cameo. Miss
Conner. A Cahiat. Mrs. Z. c. Cook.
Mrs. Joseph purkee. Mrs j. r. Dillon.
hiS Union, Mrs Oliver and maid Mrs
Ernest Dimotte. Sylvan Dunont Mrs pu-
mont NJ Duboisce. S. +. Davis and valet.
ID. ;. Scott. John Evans. Miss Evans.
Miss II. Evans. Miss l.. Evans
MI Frank Fiston. Mrs Fiston. Miss Ma
RE Fiston. Master Fiston. Rev. Cyprien
Fioriscone.
Giovanni Gelini. Adolph Graf. Grand
villers. Mrs. GIani Mrs. Josephine G9er-
man. W. Albert Cabot. George Greidha-
her Mr.. Gabriel. Master Gabriel
Edward Haipron. Mrs. NJ Hunmei ard
TWO children. Mrs. James J. Haggerty.
Mrs. Anton Hernick. r. Hyman. Mrs r
Hyman and c3ild. Miss Frances Hess.
Mrs III. $. Huntzmann, Miss HARRIET
Hover.
Leon Jacuiet, Mrs, Jaculet ard chl.a
Mrs. j. Jannsen. Mamie Jolocet. Richard
Jacobs, Mrs Jacobs and child.
Rev. A. koss.aer Or. Hoppe Henry
Hoppe. Henry kraemer. Mrs j. Kiechl
Oswald hienter, I.cdanido kekersfaniel
Mrs. II IT. Knowles. Mrs George
Knowles. Mrs. Henry Kidd.
DR.. l.. r. E.ivingood, a u Ia Case.
Mrs. Ia Case. Emile lie Gross. E y l..
Mare Mrs. G. Laurfchesse. l.. l. Tabriei.