New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-09

watchers VINO hAd not found those tney nopen
TO see. hut who had confirmed their fears. went
away The big train. having discharged It's load
OF passengers backed nosily out OF the sta
ton into the yard. and the big waiting rotunda
was practically deserted.
PASSENGERS AND SAILORS TRANSFERRED
The sailors were taken to the French Line
pier in the stages. The Storage passengers
were taken to the Ho.el Gruetii. at No. Hj
Greenwich-st.. and to the Hotel wahrenberger.
at No 1870 Greenwich-st. They Will he kept at
the French company's expense until they can
take another ship or go to homes in this coun-
try. The sailors will leave here on La Touraine
this morning, and som Of the Storage pas
sengers may go with them
A Tribune reporter saw several OF the steer
age passengers at the Hotel Gruetli. Ernest
Delmotte. whose home Is at Blair station
about sixteen miles from Pittsburg. was going
10 visit his father and mother In Belgium Ills
information was interesting. though AT times
his method of expressing himself was not quite
as ineligible as II might have been. II printed
in the original vernacular. the readers or me
Tribune would have some difficulty in under
standing his story, but enough OF its peculiar,
ties are retained to indicate the fervor 1t had
in the telling. He said Il no got sure about
the time. My opinion II about loclock De
fog. you call dat fog ven II very thick-no see
anythlng-well. the fog It very heavy The
rocket go whisht-throe. four time ! believe
That I no certain about. But one thng ! 40
know for sure-the ship II go very, very iast.
II
bed. no sleepy. and when the wreck coming
am going upstairs. I not think II going TO was
very bad business. and when GO on the deck
the ship /; fall down. little bit. very little
bit on side. Then / say to me, ! 90 down.
tell my brudder. say to him. it no very much
harm. but the boat IT shake then much and /
feel sick. So ! go up there again. 1t then -
that about half hour Is past
Il try to walk to the before Of the boat. but
fall two, three times. Some sailors. they let-
ting down skin very sow-all the time rockets
go and ] hear noise OF cannon. Then say Tor
myself dat s bad II is time 70 do some
thing for me myself. I 20 me to the first cabin
and put me cork around Come out and try
TO walk on deck. and | fall back every re"
steps. I crawl on the hand and the feet and
look out on the water IT very I r9ugh; dO 70
up to the top OF the water ] see a-what you
call raft. I climb on II. 1t have hole In and
no very good. so climb to a second ratt. ana
as look back. the boat II turn up on the end
and go down.
Many people they hang on to ropes Of raft:
hut they must soon let go and get drowned
dead No room on raft for dem. There is ff-
teen nremens from the ship and de raft and
about twenty-five more peoplea Then quick.
like for some reason. no can tell why. our raft
he sink Again we climb an boat which Is
TO just then float by. But seven OF our forty
mems no come up again Six hours we no ,au
One man he die. believe he must be niue
drowned before he get on the boat. Then
skf from the Cromartyshire. he come out ana
us get on II am before the court swear
no anybody use knife"
HIGH SPEED IN THE FOG.
What 7 mad about, IT is this: The fog II
en- heavy. but the boat 90 so fast. just same
II It is possible everything to see. The officers
cool but they make big mistake. They think
the ship 90 good II cannot sink. When they see
danger IL is too late lose my brother and
three dear friends from Belgium
Tony Graff, who is miner from COLORADO.
said that when he arrived deck the ship was
settling down on its beam. lie rushed TOT a
small boat and cut 1t loose He escaped WIN
eleven Austrans. FIVE Italians ana two French.
men. lie said that when he first tried 10 get
into the boat the two French sailors barred the
way but they were overpowered. and he slipped
into the boat as II was putting on he sara
that everything possible was done ny Tue
French Line people for the comfort Of the sail
ors and the French passengers when they ar
rived in Halifax, but that the others were NOT
provided with clothes. and were generally neg
lected He said that some of the passengers
received clothes from the people Of Halifax. who
were uniformly sympathetic and KIND HIS
statement substantiated ny others
Rashid Milan. an Assyrian. said that he was
awakened by noise which sounded IKE gun;
He has had some experience as sailor ana
when he felt the shock and heard the cries he
kept cool and went into the cabin. he saw
number Of persons trying to put on the corks'
but as they did not know how to manage them
he helped them. and also put one about his own
waist The vessel sinking slowly. and he
decided to make a dive for the water. He went
over headforemost. and when he came 10 the
surface "A
ing some distance away. About fifteen min
utes later he looked back al the vessel. and only
the tops Of the masts were visible he had NOT
succeeded in reaching the log, which had been
swrIed away. but. he Is sturdy swim
mer ne resolved 70 sell his life dearly. Finally
he caught up with something which he described
az being like a ladder. He climbed upon II. ana
a few minutes later he picked up pair or oars
which were floating near him and began to
paddle Then he looked around again. The
water was strewn with wreckage Of all KINDS:
and men and women were scattered mere ana
time He was finally picked up and taken on
board the Cromartyshire.
Milan said that before leaving me snip ne was
standing by the side Of Michael Isaac. the lat
tors wife Sadie their three children and the
aged grandfather of the family hey were
syrans. and had come from Wilkesoarre Penn.
Their intention was TO catch previous steam.
or. but they arrived in NewYork too late and
stopped for week at No ~ Washington St.
finally sailing on La Bourgogne.
When the danger became imminent isaac
remarked that II he could get the children into
a boat Re could save his wife He pushed his
way to the side Of the vessel. and was attempt
ing to lift the little ones into noat Wnen ne
was forced back by the sailors His wife tnen
knelt down on the deck with her arms about
her children and Isaac and the old man stood
near them. All persisted
DREW REVOLVER ON SAILORS.
Karl Elkoory told OF a thrilling escape He
said he thought that he was the only man VINO
escaped without being in the water AT all i
Jumped from the deck into boat that was
rutting of from the ship. and three or four
yailors caught hold OF me and tried to throw
me overheard. a Frenchman sitting ir the DOW
drew a revolver and said he would shoot them
/. they harmed me. Then they let me remain
Elias Zugab swan after n boat and as ne
tried TO scramble In a sailor hit him across the
leg When seen at the Hotel Gruetli last even
ing ne was hardly able to walk from the enects
Of the blow The sailor continued 10 STRIKE at
rim AVID he was forced back into the water.
liz managed 70 reach another boat When at
inst he rea ched the deck of the Fnglisf vessel
the first man he SAW was the sallor VINO r hau
struck him. lie made Il rush for the man. They