The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-07
Told by the Log of the Cromarty.
Shire, With Which La Bour.
gOgne COlIided.
Nearly Eight Hundred Souls on
Board, Over Three.fourths of
Whom Perished.
Only One Woman Among the
Saved No Cabin Passengers
Rescued.

| ~ FROM m
''st made up Of the survivors of th
steamer La Bourgogne. sunk in COLI
sion with the Croma,yshire, 60 mile
OH Sable island. lG5 persons wer,
saved, Of whom lO6 were officers s,;,
ors' hremen and other ships people
'eaving but 50 passengers who esca ned
a majority OF these We're steerage and
second cabin passengers, very few ~
OF the first cabin passengers being
among those picked up by the Croma.
'Ssh're. According to the revised est.
mates OF the steamship people there
Were 50 first cabin passengers on hoard
l25 second cabin. 295 third cabin. and
222 OF the crew. making a total Of 727
souls on board.
Nome Terr BILE Scenes
some OF the scenes enacted on hoard
La Bourgogne just after the collision
Were terrible 70 witness. Men fopoh,
1or positions in the boats like ravi,,
maniacs; women We're forced bacl
from the boats and trampled by men
who made self preservation their hrs,
ooJect. On board Were large mum.
safety !or r tReMmselves. tRHM rs e In a boa, was
party Of 30 women, but SO great was
the panic not hand was raised TO as
sist in its launching. The occupants.
SO near saved, were drowned
like rats when the ship. with an
awful Kissing sound, went down. 80
desperate was the situation that an
Italian passenger drew his knife and
made direct at one who. like himseH,
was endeavoring TO reach the poats.
Immediately his action was initiated
in every direction. Knives were flour
ished and used with effect According
20 stories Of survivors women were
stabbed like SO many sheep.
Log Of the Cromartyshire.
The log Of the Cromarty shire. signed
BY Captain Henderson. Is as follows:
"On July lth. q, a. m., dense log,
position Of ship, to miles south OF Sable
island, ship by wind on port tack.
heading about w. n. w, though under
reduced canvas, going about four or
five knots per hour. Our fog horn was
being kept going regularly every min
nte. AT that time heard steamer
| whistle on our weather side or por
beam, which seemed to be nearing very
fast, We blew horn and were answered
by steamers whistle, when all OF /
sudden she loomed through the fog on
our port bow and crashed into Us
going at a terrific speed. Our fore
topmast aud main topgallant mas
came down. bringing with It yard
and everything attached. lmme
diately ordered the boats out an
! went TO examine the damage, foun
: that our bows were completely cut Oh
!, and the plates were twisted. Othe
ship disappeared through the fos
However, our ship was floating on he
. collision bulkhead, 80 there seemed
;. immediate danger Of her sinking. w
set to work immediately to clear tn
wreckage and also ship our starboar
anchor which was hanging over Il
y starboard bow and in danger Of puncl
. inc holes in the bow. We heard
y steamer blowing her whistle on comm
II hack aud we answered with our fe
> horn. The steamer then threw up
rocket aud fired shot. We also thre
mn some rockets aud fired several sho
: hut we neither saw nor heard an
thing. Shortly after. or about $50. Il
fog lifted somewhat aud wc saw tv
boats pulling towards rs with Fren'
flag fiyng. We signaled them to cor
alongside and found that the steam
VAS La Bourgogne. from New York
for Hayre, and that she had go
down. We worked all day and
ceiyed on board about 100 survive
from among passengers and crew,
nortsd to DO in all about 600. Sever
messengers were on life RATS withe
oars and called for volunteers FRI
among my crew. and the survivl
French seamen. to bring those rn
alongside the ship. Some Of the p
senuers and seamen. from the sunk
steamer assisted US and we jettisou
some 38 tons Of cargo from our TO
hold in order to tighten the oh
About 3 .. m. another steamer hove
s,oht. bound westward. We put
our signals IN. c." (want assistane
shortly after steamer bore do