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

got hold Of II. Somebody tried to push him
away. but he held on. and slowly dragged MN
self out Of the water.
1t was a little after this that he wi'ness'h
what he describes AS tho killing OF announcer
PHILADELPHIA man. whom he met after La Bour-
gogne had sailed from New-fork. Mcheo"h
cannot remember the mans name. and only
knows that he was n tailor. The latter APP
preached the raft struggling through scores OF
drowning mon women and children. seaman
whose name McKeown did not know. but whom
he saws he can identify. raised an oar ana
struck the tailor three terrible blows on the
head which McKeown says must have killed
him The man sank without making sound
McKeown held TO the raft until Il had made its
NAV "a the Cromartyshire. He does not be-
lieve that any more than two boats anu ''"'
ratio cot au.av from the steamer and the occu-
nants Of all Of these we're picked up ny Inc
Cromartvshire. Mckeown sa" the captain
standing on the bridg" as the steamer '"oo''A
IN the sea. and then her boilers blew up MIN d
terrific roar. The slanting deck and the ''es'hs
we're then crowded With passengers ana san.
ors cllnging desperately 70 whatever 'heH '''
get hold Of while the priests were Pass'"s
among them. performing the rites OF aoso'u'''"
SAW HIS MOTHER THRUST ONLfboaHD'
August Pourgi vas eager TO give the coI'e
sno,d.r. an account ~ his experience. He was
In the water a bout hsif an hour and aoemP's'
70 get into a boat He was seized when ne ha'
managed ~ get half in and thrown oaoK INTO
the water Again he tried 70 enter the boat pn'
m. inhumsn savages who manned II were deter
mined 10 keep him out He managed OF last %
60, in ana ~ STAY IN Clinging ~ the li!"i'ne ~
a boat no. far away he saw his mother. ana as
- his trials were not enough. he vas forced -
watch a man shove her r'ith an oar mo 'h~
ocean. from, which she never RIOS" lie saws 'he
man was saved and he s almost sure n" can
r.coen,ze him. though he does moi kno" the
brute's name.
A Arcbard If New York lost his ufc and two
children. all Of whom GOT into boat bnt were
nitch.d out by N. brutal sailors He tried 10
gave h,s wife. but tre vhirlinE waves carried
her our ~ his reach.
HOW MRS IA CASSIE WAS. SAVED
Tn. ONLY woman saved was Mrs A Ia
Case wife II language teacher ~ Plainheih'
y J They we're IN the water eigh. hours cling
,nr - raft before they we're picked up ~ a
hoa, from the Crornartyshire They lost every
thing but what they stood in. including money
and valuables Mrs. La Case SAYS the oHlcers
bravely stayed ny their posts. going down WIN
the ship The only officer saved was III" purser
He went down With IN. ship. but t"ing strong
swimmer managed 10 save himself
When the shD struck La BouTgo6ns pas
seneers with the sole exception q! Professor La
Case wer. below decks Is cas-" rush"d m
haste 20 his stat.room on the saloon deck. 60,
fastened on deck 10 b thrown into the water
on reaching Il. They soon found a partly sub
merged raft. on 70 which La Case li,'ed his I'M
conscious wife. and then clung 10 II himself
Some OF the boats La Casse saws. cap'iz"n ana
all on board v.re drowned
Charles DIttneilera. q German. ccud not
sneak English very well. but the correspondent
managed through the aid ~ an interpreter 70
get hi. story II is this He got into boat
which was tied last n the ship. and stayed IN
4, until he saw u was certain death 20 remain
any longer He Jumped. hu' was carried down
ir the whirlpool nladN by the sinking steamer
He had been In me water half an hour "h''l
q boat came within reach. which h" attempted
10 enter bur the wre;ches IN ~ shoTed him on
with boat-hooks HIS left eye Is hacl" cut oy
the iabh!ng he received. He saw women showed
away with oars and boalhooks wren c!'ngihs
for dear lfe 70 the nfelines II the RATS and
nfeboat. ". also declares that the ere" as
saultei many passengers win anV lnPifmeh'
within reach and II no instrument was - DC
,sd s,r,ck the men and women. helpless IN m"
water. with their flFs
ON RAFT. BUT COULDN'T GET AWAY
N.bo,,n, secondo an Italian steerage passen-
ger ,s among the saved When he got on deck
he found a. raft with fve men on II. The ratt'
however. was tied and chained fast ~ the dech'
and no sailors were near TO let 1t loose None ot
~. 6v. men had knives The ship sank rapidly.
and they we're all precpta'cd into the water
He was IN the water twenty minutes ana alohe'
the other five sinking before his eyes. he came
across a boat. into which n" tried to r"t. he
eventually succeeded, but rot BEFORE oes
nerate fight with her crew. He was pa''etcu
Nth oars and shovel away with noat'nooks' ne
managed 10 seize an oar. however. end pune'
h,mself TO the boat and climbed IN.
"rroa" Miller. a Swiss. the most joviai
- .,,.r,ed NJ all the unfortunate passen-
gers Ue lost all his money and clothes' WIN
Tho exception Of pair of trousers ana sh'I'
hut he laughed and now and again cuIseh tue
nendish French sailors with pass!ohd'' e"'"e''
meas. lie vent TO bed the night bcior' Inc COZ
Iision and slept we'll. II" never ncaro sunni
but woke IN the morning the same as ne "o""'
any other morning. lie went on geek ann "a"
the splinters. He asked the oihce' Oh "d'' !,
u,ha, uas IN The officer replied that II Was all
right that the ship would not go down Ni'1ef'
however got into lifeboat with som" othefs
AVA r.n,aincd there until he reached the water
when he thought 1t was time to leave none
Of the sailors ever attempted 10 lei inc poa'
| Ioo,. He swan for long time before he was
picked UP. He saw an Enenshinan attempt u
get into boat. but the men IN the boat VINO
we're sailors OF La Bourgogne. hit him over the
head with the butt end OF an oar and ne rel
back and sank out Of sight
THE WAITER WOULDN'T TALK.