Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-08
IAN OCEAN HORROR.
Tx HUNDRED LIVES LOST IN A COL.
LISION AT SEA.

he Ocean Liner LA Bourgogne Collides
with the Ship Cromartyshire and Sinks
in a Few Minutes-No Children and Only
One Woman Saved.
Halifax, n. S., July G.-The British
ron ship Cromartyshire was towed in
ere this morning by the Allan liner
'irecian with her bow torn away by col
! Ision GO miles south of Sable island with
be French steamer La Bourgogne,
which went down 10 minutes later. OF
he 737 passengers and crew on board
|nly 1G4 were saved. Only one woman
has saved and she by her husband. The
|aptain and other deck officers went
own with the ship. The Cromartyshire
aid to and picked up the 1G4 passengers
Ind seamen who were rescued, trans
porting them to the Grecian, which came
long at that hour.
La Bourgogne sailed last Saturday
rom New York for Havre.
There were on board the La Bourgogne
b3 first-class passengers, 123 second
.eabin and 297 third-class or steerage pas
sengers. making a total of Gil passen-
gers, in addition to which there were
R32 in the crew, making grand total of
F37 souls on board.
Among the passengers on board the
! Inflated Bourgogne were, Mrs. j. F.
billion and Mrs. Dillon Oliver. wife and
daughter of Judge j. F. Dillon, counsel
for Western Shore and Manhattan Ele-
yated and Gould system.
The log of the Cromartyshire signed
! by Capt. Henderson Is as follows:-
4 son July / at } a. M, dense fog,
position of ship GO miles south of Sable
sland, ship by wind on the port tack
heading w. N. W., though under re-
luced canvas, going about four or five
knots per hour. Our fog horn was
being kept going regularly every min
ute. At that time heard steamer
whistle on our weather side or port beam,
(which seemed to be nearing very fast.
I'VE blew horn iand were answered by
Steamers whistle, when all of a sudden
she loomed through the fog on our port
bow and crushed into us, going at q
terrific speed. Our foretop mast and
main topgallant mast came down, bring
ling with it yards and everything attach
ed. l Immediately ordered the boats and
went to examine the damage. founC
that our bows were completely cut OF
and the plates twisted in every conceiv
| able shape. The other ship disappeared
through the fog.
"However, our ship was floating on he
collision bulkhead, so there seemed nj
immediate danger of her sinking. W.
set to work Immediately to clear th
wreckage and also to ship our starboarC
anchor, which was hanging oyer tn
starbOard bow and in danger of punching
holes in the bow. We heard steame
blowing her whistle on coming back, ant
we answered with our fog horn. tn
steamer then threw up rocket and fire
shot. We also threw up some rocket
and fired several shots, but we neithe
saw nor heard anything of the steamer
Shortly after or about 3 80 a. m. the TO
lifted somewhat and we saw two boat
pulling toward us with the French fla
i flying. We signaled them to com
alongside and found that the steamer wa
La Bourgogne.
"We laid to all day and received o
board about 200 survivors from anon
the passengers and crew, reported to b
in all over 500.
"Several of the passengers were on lif
RATS without oars and called for volul
teers from among my crew and the su
viving French seamen to bring tho'
RATS alongside of the ship. Some of IL
passengers and seamen from the sunke
steamer assisted us and we jettisone
some 80 tons of cargo from our fOreho
in order to Tighten the ship. At abov
p. IN. another steamer hove in sigl
bound westward. We put up our sigma
IN. c." wants assistance. Shortly aft
"a steamer bore down towards us. 81
proved to be the Grecian, bound fro
Glasgow to New York. The captain
the Grecian agreed to tow my ship
Halifax. Owing to the condition of II
ship | accepted the offer and we procee
ed at once TO transship the passenge
and get ready our tow line. At 6 p. I
we had made a connection and proceed
in tow of the Grecian towards Halifa
having put a sail over the broken bow
take part of the strain of the cOllisi'
bulkhead. There was at that time
feet of water in the forepeak.'
The Fourth Celebrations.
The Fourth passed very quietly in t
village, the larger number of those WI
were disposed to celebrate betaki
themselves to Lake DunmOre, where t
Citizens band conducted a remarkab
successful celebration. A few attend
Burllngton's celebration, where Car
dian militia company was the main
traction. The weather was good for I
occasion in this section, a rain sto
having cooled of the lntolerable heat
the previous day and settled the dI
of the roads.