The herald., 1898-07-09


BOSTON, July S.-The Plant line steamer
Halifax has arrived here, having on board
162 survivors of the French line steamer La
Bourgogne, which was sunk in a collision
with the ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island
last Monday. On the passage from Halifax,
La Bourgogne's passenger list was carefully
revised and it was shown that there were
ia souls on board the steamer, CT which $50
were lost and 164 saved OF the saved ~
were second class, AZ Storage and the re-
nainder 105. were Numbers Of the crew.
Following is the complete list of the pas
sengers saved made UP from the emigration
sheet of the steamer Halifax, on which the
survivors came to Boston, and checked over
by the second purser of La Bourgogne and
Purser Cook of the Halifax, and is pro-
nounced by La Bourgognes officer as abb
solutely correct and final:
Second-class passengers-Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Case, Painted. N. j.. Albert Gaidot, A.
Archard, L. Zerland. - Comeau, H. Krae-
mer, Jake Raccarech, B. Cerani, Patrick
McKeown, Charles Liberia, o. Zaiger.
Steerage passengers-Nicolaus Autonius,'
Stephano Suze Ernest Delmettet l.. Thun-
meta, Gustav Grimaux, Leon Fuhrer, Jacob
Matkevred, c. +. Lakong, Anton Ross, Jos.
Richmond, Anton Conbalabc, France Kele-
ment, Anton Douis, Thomas Molomatish,
Nicholas Thomas. IVAN Borich, Marco Bar
ratrd Damuse Ingre, Fastbuy Bogist, john
Teby, Elias Ardolla, pominick Biencoup,
John Cariivette, Nicholas Alopolis, Rich
ard Nibu, John Convey, John Michael, Ser
gius Isaac, Christoforo Brununi, j. Bollur,
August Bergi, John Bergi, Charles Tad
owel, Fred Neffler, Eugene Barralli, G.
Pourchat Nicole Augustine, Martain Adrl-
ami, Gus Parine, Carl Gussall, Mathee Eur
ich, Joash Tuol, Rapani Bellagrino, CHAR
los Albeta Jucan Elite, Carl Antony.
On arriving here the shpwrecked men
were given every necessary attention. Fac
was provided with ticket for New York
Stories of Survivors
| The correspondent OF the Associated
Press who took passage on the Halifax Tor
| the purpose of learning from the survivors
more of the details of the disaster than had
been possible in the short time before their
arrival at Halifax and their departure for
New York, during the trip to Boston, had
opportunity to come in contact with many
of those who escaped. Their stories OF cX-
rerience were thrilling, and many OF them
gave horrifying details of brutality, If not
murder, possibly never equaed in the his
tory of the merchant marine.
Among the survivors there were several
who could speak English well, but most CT
them could communicate only through an
interpreter. There were Swiss, French,
Germans, Belgians, Italians and Arabians.
Some of them showed the marks and
bruises received during the terrible strug-
gle for life.
Among these on board the Halifax not
one could be found who was on deck at the
time the collision occurred The only man
saved from La BOurEogne who was on
deck when the ship struck was Mr.. La
Case, with his wife, who left Halifax by
rail.
The survivors agree that when La Bour-
gogne was struck by the Cromartyshire,
the shock was not great. Therefore, 1t Is
believed that many of the passengers never
awcke The statements as to the time in
| tervening between the collision and the
| sinking of La Bourgogne vary. Some say
| ten or fifteen minutes and others say thir-
| ty-five or forty-fify minutes, while one
American was certain 1t was full hour.
| The blow struch La Bourgogne was one
that could never be provided against by
water-tight doors. Among the remarkable
escapes were those of three stockers of La
Bourgogne, Louis lie Julien, Jean Alvany
and FRANCHISE Mello. They were in the
stock-hole when the accident occurred.
Their story in substance is as follows:
The engines were stopped after the col
| lision and subsequently we started in the
| hope of Bleaching the steamer on Sable Is
| land. About five minutes after the crash
the water began to come into the boiler
room and soon 1t rushed in in great volume.
The pumps were tried but to no avail. The
water put the fire out and the engines
| stopped. The chief engineer gave orders
| to close water-tight doors, but even after
they were closed, the water came in almost
| as fast as before. Then all hope was
abandoned and the engineer blew twice on
| the whistle, the signal for all to escape who
could do so. There was rush, but about
| fifteen men were drowned in the stock
holes and the engine-room. Three men,
who succeeded In getting out found that
all the boats had left and they plunged into
the sea. They were picked up later and
! taken on board the Cromartyshire.