Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-07

those who were rescued, expressed
her belief from what she heard
that there had been no effort to save
the women. There were many for
eigners on board who fought for
places in the boats. 1t was fully
ten minutes to a quarter of an hour
before La Bourgogne went down,
and during that time there was am
pie opportunity offered to rescue at
least some of the women and chill
dren. AS It was, only one woman,
Mrs. La Case, was saved. She has
been on board ever since. She is
the wife of AID. La Case, a teacher
of languages. OF Plainville, N. j.
The crew of the Cromartyshire
comment freely upon the fact that
only one woman was saved out Of
three hundred. Nearly all the first
class passengers were lost, those
saved being Storage and sailors.
Lacasse and his wife we're in the
water eight hours, clinging to a
raft before they were picked up by
a boat from the Cromartyshire.
They lost everything but what they
stand in, including money and val
uables. One passenger was going
home to France with his two chill
dren, his wife having died a month
previously. He was saved, but his
Two babies went down with the
ship. Mrs. La Case says the Off
GERS bravely stayed by their posts,
going down with the ship. The
only officer saved was the purser.
He went down, but being a strong
swimmer managed to save himself.
When the ship struck thtey were
off Cape Sable. The passengers
with the sole exception of Prof.
La Case, were below decks. With
out warning came the terrible
shock. La Case rushed in haste
to his state room on the saloon
deck and got his wife out of bed
and partly dressed. They fastened
on deck only to- he precipitated into
the water. They were not long in
the water, however, when they
found a partly submerged raft up
on which La Case lifted his I'M
conscious wife and chung to it HIM
self. Some of the boats, La Case
says, capsized and all on board
were drowned. The struggles
swishfng water ara terrible
screams of the drowning made the
situation awe-inspiring never to be
forgotten. One man in the La
Bourgogne when she sank went
out of his mind and Jumped to
watery grave.
On the morning of the collision,
Captain Henderson was on the poop
with his third mate, A. c. Stewart.
Sailor Haley was on the lookout
and First Officer Killman was also
on the forecastle deck. The Gro
martyshire was making about five
knots an hour with several sails
set. Not a sound was heard until
the lookout, Haley, saw a large
steamer half ships length ahead
on the port bow. In an instant the
Cromartyshire's jibboOm struck the
Bourgogne's bridge and the sailing
vessel crushed into the liner, stow
ing a big hole near the engine room.
The BOurgogne scraped the whole
length of the CrOmartyshire's port
side and then she veered off. The
Bourgogne blew long, mournful
whistles for assistance. Third mate
Stewart, Of the Cromartyshire, says
that the Frenchman evidently
thought they were another ship,
and that they, the Bourgogne, had
sunk the colliding vessel.
The boats were sent out and near
ly 200 people were saved. At the
time of the collision, Mr.. Stewart
says, La Bourgogne must have been
going at the rate of Is or 10 knots
an hour through dense fog, shut
ting out everything more than
twenty yards away.
About three hours after the Cro-
martyshire picked UP the survivors
the Allan line Grecian was sighted
and took the Cromartysh1re in tow.
About o'clock that evening, three
miles away, third mate Stewart
heard guns and saw three rockets
go up and blue light, the signal
OF distress, burning. The Grecian
signalled to the CrOmartyshir that
she was going to assist the vessel
signalling. In few minutes, how
ever, the light disappeared and nc
more guns or rockets were dis
charged, the vessel certainly having
sunk. Professor La Case, one OF
the survivors, is Of the opinion that
there was a third vessel in the col
lision, as he saw the Bourgogne
sink within ten minutes after the
collision.
Following is the list of survivors:
Walters and Employes-Louis
Thibaut, Cortes Savage, Alphonse
Rivaut, Jean Tourage, Eleanore
Devan, Henri Deebrava, Pierre
Goazamhis, Camille Clar, Edmund
Casey, Alexander Bouchard, Chas.
HUGH, Eugene Thomas, Charles
Lacroix, Emile Paulnier, Alexander
Bigear, CASTOR Havel Prosper
Chauvin, Louis Gautier, Oliver
Goodeloc, Fernand Olivier, Fernand
Gaussey, Henri lie Chevalier, Ern-
est Angel, Dufour Jacques, Fran
co.'s Lucas, Louis Lepert, Frances
Savers.
Members of the crew-Edward
Laisne, fourth engineer; Emile Lee
bourch, first electrician; Andrew
Depree, electrician; Ernest Scott,
second purser; Jean Patiot, boats
vain; Pierre Ballard, second mate;
Jean Mavue, second carpenter;
Yves Oliver; Louis Core; Maurice
Devale, quartermaster; Yes Pieres;
Yves Lebrys; Victor Gendrot;
Sylvester Allan; Vincent Leper-
son sailor. Emanuel Iacoh. les