Griggs courier., 1898-07-15
A HORROR N M|D-0CElh.
Over Five Hundred Persons. Perish
by the Sinking Of the Steam
er La Bourgogne.
IN COLLISION WITH A sA,lINe VESSEL.
The Disaster occur. sixty mile. soutn
of Sable lslaad-The Passengers.
and Crew Numbered TIA Persons,
Of Whom Only l05 Were Rescued
Story of the Wreck.

Halifax. N. s.. July LA Bourgogne.
with $40 persons. lies in l.000 feet of water
60 miles south of Inflated Sable island.
The Atlantic steamship. OF the Campagnie
Generate Transatlantique. was sunk at five
o'clock on the morning OF July in collision
with the British ship Cromartyshire. A
dense fog prevailed. The Cromartyshire
was moving at the rate Of five knots an
hour, La Bourgogne at II knots an hour.
The latter sunk in about Is minutes. or the
III passengers and members of the crew on
board La Bourgogne les were saved by the
Cromartyshtre. which. though badly In
jured and having IA feet Of water in the
forespeak lay TO.
Only One Woman Saved.
Only one woman was saved from La
Bourgogne, Mrs. A. D. La Case, of Plain
field, N. j. In the first mad rush of passen-
gers and crew after the collision the wom-
en- and children were forsaken. Courage
was thrown to the winds. Steerage pas
sengers and the crew fought their way past
the women and children and laid hold of
whatever would sustain them in the sea
until aid came.
Story of the Wreck.
The disaster occurred at five o'clock in
the morning Of Monday, July 4. about; 60
nearly hundred miles off this port. The
Bourgogne had left New York bound for
Havre on the previous Saturday. while the
Cromartyshire was on her way over from
IlaS&OW with q crew VI q ueA. AAS AO6
was very dense. and the Cromartyshire
was sailing along with reduced canvas and
blowing the foghorn. Suddenly out Of the
fog rushed great steamer. and IN mo-
ment there was fearful crash. the iron
PROV Of the ship plunging into the port side
Of the steamer just under the bridge. ~
The shock was terrific. and tore tre-
mendous hole in the steamer, while the en-
tire bow of the ship was demolished. The
steamer plunged on into the fog again. her
whistle crying for help and her rockets
signaling her distress. The Cromartyshire
was rounded to. and her master. Capt
Henderson, was considerably relieved In
finding that she was in no danger of sink
ing. on to the eastward could be heard the
hoarse call of the steamer. and as the
fog began to lift all the boats on the ships
were launched.
The fight for life on the decks Of the
steamer did not last long. for in little
more than half an hour she gave a long lurch
to port and went down. AS the ship sank be-
meath the surface the vortex OF the waters
sucked down everything on the surface
within a certain radius. When the suction
ceased. those still alive saw about zoo
bodies come out Of the water with a rush.
as II the sea were giving up the dead after
gle for life still continued after the ship
went down. Hundreds still fioated about
grasping for RATS. boats and wreckage in
frantic endeavor to keep above water.
Even then. many of those in the boats. II
the stories told are to be believed, showed
their brutality by beating Off those who at
tempted to ciimD aboard.
Westerners ON La DOur4oEne.
Chicago. July 1.-THE following is the lis,
of the cabin passengers from Chicago: Mr.
E. r. Rundell and wife. Mrs. Edwin 8
Osgood, Master Ed Osgood. Mrs. James
Hess. Mrs. H. H. Knowles. Miss Gertrude
Knowles. Miss Harriet NJ. Tower. Mis-.
Eloy Reeves. Mr.. p. A. Wright.
Ann Arbor. Mich. July lit has been
definitely ascertained that Prof. E. L. Wal
ter sailed on La Bourgogne. Prof WAL
ter occupied the chair Of romantic lam
guages in the University of Michigan.
Cleveland. O.. July 7.-Among the pas
sengers OF La Bourgogne were two from
Cleveland-Prof. e. l. Walter and Mr.. A.
=. Angell
Topeka. Kan, July Mrs. J. E. Dillon
and Mrs. Dillon-Oliver. of New York, re-
ported as probably lost in the Bourgogne
disaster. are the mother and sister OF Hi
ram r. Dillon. prominent railroad at
torney here and receiver of the Manhattan,
Alma & Burlington railroad.
Kansas City. Mo-. July 7.-Among those
on La Bourgogne were the entire family
Of John Perry. Of the firm Of Keith Per-
ry. Of this city. one of the biggest coal and
lumber concerns in the southwest. They
included Mrs. John Perry. Katherine, aged
6 years: Misses Florence and Sadie twins,
aged about 20 years. and A. Perry, aged
II years. Mrs. Perry, with her two young
est children, had met the Older daughters.
who had just graduated from an eastern
college. in New York. all proceeding 10
France for summer outing
New York, July 8.-Acting General Man
ager Paul F'aguet. of the French line, gave
out yesterday the following list of the lost:
First cabin. IS; second cabin, liz: steer
age. 246: officers and crew, lis Total, 565