The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-29
SEARCH FORTHE SEASDEAD
a STEAMER GOES IN QUEST OF Ia
BoURGOGNE VICTIMS.

Ex-Judge Dillon Of This City and Mr.. POrry
of Kansas City Charter the HinNvatbn,
Which Will Try to Find tho Bodies OF the
Seven Member of Their Fnmilies-HInny
Bodies Reported Anont and watches and
Other Articles Have Been Recovered.
HALIFAx. July 2S.-The British steamer Hlh-
watha sailed this evening on a%cruise in search
Of the bodies Of n number OF the victims OF
La BourGoRno disaster. The expedition is
fitted ont by ~eX-JudRe John +. Dillon OF New
York and Mr.. W. {. Perry OF Kansas City. Mr..
Dillon lost his vito and daughter. with their
nurse and maid. and Mr.. Perry lost his wife.
three daughters and son. The Compngnie
Generate Transatlnntiquo had been asked to
institute n search for bodies. but declined on
the ground that It would be impossible without
very great expense to recover all the bodies II
they could be iound and It would not do to
search for q favored few and ignore others.
On the refusal Of the French company to un-
dertake the work OF search. Mcssrs. Dillon and
Perry have chartered the steamer Hiawatha Mt
their own expense. and the expedition will DO
conflL.ed to q search for members OF their own
families. George Clay Of New York sailed with
tho Hinwatha tonight as manager OF the expe-
dition. The steamer has boon proylsioned for
q month. She takes a staff OF the best men in
each department for carrying out the work.
While no bodies will be placed in collins ex-
copt those for which tho expedition Is In search.
any that may be found and taken up for exam
nation will DO docently buried at sea. The
search will be largely confined to female VIC
tins. as only one is q male. the son OF Mr..
Perry. The Hiawatha will proceed first to the
latitude where bodies were last reported to
have been seen.
Tho steamer Harlow. on her trip from Cape
Breton to this port. will call at st. Peters for
Prof. Alex. Graham Bell and land him on Sable
Island. where he will seek for traces OF the
bodies OF Prof. Pollok and his wife. who were
friends OF Prof. Bell.
Last week the Captain OF a tank steamship
arriving in Philadelphia reported that when of
Sable Island his ship had passed through q
considerable area In which the bodies Of those
who were drowned by the sinking Of La Bour-
gogne we're floating. The Captain reported
| thu life preservers seemed to be attached to
most Of the bodies.
Capt. Mcdonald Of the schooner Delight.
which arrived at st. Johns. Newfoundland.
yesterday reported that he had sailed past
many floating bodies OF men and women and
a great deal Of wreckage from La BourEogne
when he was of Sable Island. The Captain
put out q boat and rowed to some OF tho
bodies. He took from them watches. rings,
pocketbooks and jewelry. which he thought
might be recognized bytheir friends. Capt, Nc
Donald said that 1t was his intention to put these
articles in the hands Of the shipping authori.
ties in st. Johns. 80 that people who had lost
relatives and friends on La Bourgogne could
put themselves in communication with the au.
thorities.
Tho Captain said that the bodies were &C
much decomposed that they could not possibly
have been recognized by their features.