Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-06
DISASTER At SEA!
French Passenger Ship Sunk and
Many Lives Lost.
Wounded Soldiers at Santiago Being
Horribly Treated.
City Of Santiago 10 be BOmbarded BY
Skaters Batteries Tomorrow.
cAMLRAs FLEET GETS THROUGH CANAL

Halifax, July 6 Allan line steamer
Grecian Is entering the harbOr with the
ship Cromartyshire In tow. Ga July q,
at a. m. sixty miles south OF Sable
Island, the Cromsrtyshire collided with
the French liner La Bourgogne, and rie
latter sank. Six hundred passengers
and crew were drowned. Two hundred
including one woman was saved. La
Bourgogne was bound from New Yo k
for Havre.
Halifax, n. s., July 9. - The log Of the
Cromartyshire, signed by Capt henuer.
son, is as follows:
July i-5 m,--Dense FOG position
OF ship, south OF Sable island ship goiag
about four or five knots an hour: Our
fog horn was being kept going regularly
every minute. Al that time heard a
steamers whistle on our weather side or
port beam, which seemed TO be nearing
very fast. We blew the horn and were
answered by the steamers whistle, when
all on a sudden she lOOmed through the
fog on our port bow and crashed into MS.
going at u terrific speed. Immediately
ordered the boats out ana went TO exam
iue the damage. found our boats com.
pletely cut of and the plates twisted.
The other ship disappeared through the
fog, However our ship was holting on
the collision bulkhead, 80 there seemed
40 immediate danger Of sinking Ne
vet 10 work Immediately 10 clear the
wreckage and ship our starbOard anC nor
which was hanging over the staIl .ard
bow aud In danger OF punching holes In
the bow. | heard the steamer blowing
her whistle on coming back, aud We
answered with the fog horn. The steamer
then threw up rocket and llred shot
Ne also threw up aome rockets and lret
,hots; We never saw nor heard anything
About $50 the fog lifted somewhat
aud we saw two boats pallilg toward u
with the French Dag flying. We slg
nalled them TO come along slds "a,
iound steamer was La BOurgognl
from New York, for Hayre and had gon,
down We laid to all day and received
on board about 900 survivors from
amOngst the passengers and crew, re
ported TO be in all about 600. Seyera
passengers were on life RATS withOu
oars. called tog volunteers from
among my crew and surviving Frencl
seamen TO bring those RATS along sid
the ship. Some pas'ene0rs aud seamel
from the sunken steamer assisted us an
we iettisoned some thirtysiX tons o
cargo from our forehold in order +
tighten the ship, About p. m anothe
steamer hove In sight, bound westwart
We put up our signals "want assist
ance," Shortly after the steamer Dor
; down toward u.s. She proved TO be N
Grecian, bound from Glasgow Ia Ne,
York. At 9 p. m, we had made cOnnet
tions and proceeded In tow Of III
Greclan toward Halifax, There was
that time fourteen feet OF water In II
ItOrepehk,
J Mira. Henderson. wife Of the captain
vas on board the CrOmartyshire vii
her two children She had ample oppo
tunity OF interviewing those rescued al
!, expressed the belief that there had be-
e no efforts TO save the women The
we're many foreigners on board, wi
fought for places In the boats. Near
J, all the nrst.cass passengers were 10.
those saved being steerage passenge
nd sailors.
Prof. La Case and his wife were In 4
water eight hours clinging 10 the ra
10 before they were picked up by a bo
4 rom the CromaTtyshire. When the shi
/ struck, the passengers, with the sole g
a capiion OF Prof, Ia Case, were belc
\ leck, without warning came the ter
BILE shock, La Casse rushed TO his sta
room on the saloon deck and got his vi