The herald., 1898-07-09
CREW OF FIENDS
TALES OF BRUTALITY ON THE
BOURGOGNE
YOUSOUF WAS DROWNED
THE GREAT WRESTLER A CUR IN
FACE OF DANGER
THE AUSTRIANS HAD KNIVES
Crew of the Bourgogne Kissed as They
Land in Observation-Disclosures to
Be Made-Captain Praised
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Speclal WIRE
NEW YORK, July 8.--From the testi-
mony of three persons-Otto Zeiser of New
York, VIM. Achard of Baltimore and
Charles Zebra, chief cook of the Stafford
hotel, Philadelphia-it appears that the
fourth engineer of La Bourgogne, who was
saved, acted in the most brutal manner to-
ward the passengers. The three men agree
In the statement that after the collision,
the engineer said:
Damn the passengers; let them save
themselves; we save ourselves first
He also said that if he had had a revolver
he would have shot the passengers.
Mr.. Zeiser spoke in great praise of the
captain.
On the voyage Zebra became acquainted
with Yousouf, the wrestler who was a
passenger. After the collision Liebra says
he saw Yousouf struggling in crowd OF
drowning passengers, beating them off
with a stiletto and showing them aside and
trying to reach a boat. He failed, however,
and went down.
L. Taraud of New York and Mons. Lucas
from Northern France, the latter being a
waiter on board La Bourgogne, each tell
of their being driven from boat contain
ing Austrians armed with knives.
While the Halifax was entering the Bos-
ton harbor this morning eight persons gave
their names as witnesses to the fact that
the Austrians used knives to keep people
out of their boat
The Crew Kissed
NEW YORK, July S.-The survivors of
the steamship La Bourgogne arrived here
today from Boston and were taken IN
charge of by the Compasnie Transatlan-
tlque officials. The survivors of the crew
OF La Bourgogne as they passed the station
were Kissed by the crowd.
Defends the Crew
NEW YORK, July S.-Most of the sur
vivors of the wreck of the French liner
La Bourgogne, which was sunk on Monday
me ming sixty miles south of Sable Island,
wi arrive in this city this afternoon from
Boston. The officials at the company's Of
flee show the effects of the terrible strain
to which they have been subjected since the
first news of the calamity reached them. M.
Faguet, the acting general agent of the
line, was at his desk until midnight an
swerng, or at least trying to answer, the
kilograms that came pouring in from all
parts of the country, anxiously inquiring
after friends and relatives. He has not
been able to secure sleep since the accident
was reported. AS soon as the survivors
reach this city, M. Faguet proposes to in
stitute a thorough investigation with the
assistance of the French Consul General,
who will take dispositions, and after having
them sworn to will forward them to France.
Only one passenger SO far who had been
reported dead has been found to be alive
M. Faguet received word that Charles Dutt-
weller, whose name appears on the steer
age passenger list, is among the saved. The
exact details of the disaster have not been
received at the company's offices, and prob
ably will not be until one of the subaltern
officers who was saved arrives and makes
his report. M. Faguet spoke freely on the
question of the crews behavior, saying:
81 am quite sure that grievous injustice
has been done in accusing the ships crew
of inhuman behavior toward the passengers
II any atrocities have been committed they
were the work of foreign sailors who were
= in the steerage, and comprised a variety of
nationalities, principally Italians, I be-
lieve."