The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-07
LOST WITH 500 LIVES.
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to the yard arm long ago.
The correspondent interviewed nearly all
the passengers who could speak English.
One passenger said the officers and crew
of La Bourgogne neglected the passengers
entirely.
The second officer was the only one of
the crew to do anything to help the ter
rified passengers.
He cut loose all the boats he could and
in fact all the boats that were launched
were launched by the brave second officer.
He was last seen standing on the deck
with his hand on the rigging going re-
signedly to death.
Christopher Brunini, passenger, was
thrown into the water and swan for two
hours before he found a boat He clang
to this as his last hope.
After some time another man got hold
of the same boat and together they man
aged to right it, Under the seats they
found the dead bodies of four men and
three women, VINO had evidently been
drowned by the capsizing of the boat.
Brunini said the crew were cruel in
their conduct toward the passengers. He
was unable to get in the steamers boats
when he came on deck being showed
away by the sailors He saw many of
his friends being prevented from getting
into the boats by the sailors. He lost
everything but what he stood in.
Mehlini Secondo, an Italian steerage pas
senger, is among the saved He came
across a boat. which he tried to get into.
He finally succeeded, but not before des-
perate fight with the crew. He was bat
tered with oars and showed away with
boat hooks. He managed to seize an oar,
however. and pulled himself to the boat
and climbed in.
August Perugi was eager to give an ac-
count of his experience. He was in the
water about half an hour. and attempted
to get into a boat
He was seized when he managed to get
half in and thrown back into the water.
Again he tried to enter the boat, but the
inhuman savages who manned it wore de-
termined to keep him out. He managed at
last to get in and to stay in.
Clinging to the life line of boat not far
away, he saw his mother, and as If his
trials was not enough he was forced to
watch a man shove her deep into the ocean
with an oar. She was drowned. He said
the man was saved.
Other tales of horror were told by sur
vivors.
The log of the Cromartyshire. signed
by Capt. Henderson, is as follows:
ION July 4, at a. M, dense fog, posi-
ton of ship miles south of Sable Is
land, ship by wind on the port tack head
inb about W.N.W., though under re-
duced canvas going about four or five
knots per hour. Our fog horn was be-
ing kept going regularly every minute.
cat that time heard steamers whistle
on our weather side or port beam, which
seemed to be nearing very fast.
eve blew horn and were answered by
steamers whistle, when all of sudden
she doomed through the fog on our port
bow and crashed into us going at a terri
fc speed.
"Our foretopmast and main topgallant
mast came down. bringing with it the
yards and everything attached.
81 Immediately ordered the boats out
and went to examine the damage. I
found that our bows were completely cut
off and that the plates were twisted into
every conceivable shape.
THE other ship disappeared through
the fog However our ship was floating
on her collision bulkhead, so there seem
ed no immediate danger of her sinking.
We set to work Immediately to clear The
wreckage and also ship our starboard
anchor, which was hanging over the star
board bow and in danger of punching
holes in the bow.
I'VE heard a steamer blowing whis-
lie ana coming back and we answered
with our fog horn. The steamer then
threw up a rocket and fired shot. We
also threw up some rockets and fired
several shots but we neither. saw nor
heard anything more of the steamer.
Shortly after, or about $50, the fog
lifted somewhat and we saw two boats
pulling toward us with the French flag
flying. We signalled them to come along
side and found that the steamer was the
La Bourgogne. from New York for Havre
and that she had gone down.
eve laid 20 all day and received on
board about 200 survivors from among the
passengers and crew, reported to be in
all about 600.
Several Of the passengers were on life
RATS without oars and 1 called for volun-
teers from among my crew and the surviv-
ing French seamen. to bring these RATS
alongside the ship
Some of the passengers and seamen
from the sunken steamer assisted US and
we ietisoned some thirty-six tons of cargo
from our forehold in order 10 tighten the
ship.
"At about p. m. another steamer hove
in sight bound westward. We put up our
signal IN. c." want Assistance. Shortly
after a steamer bore down toward u.s. She
10 be the Grecian, bound from