The Portland daily press., 1898-07-07

| launched ana in short time the steamer
listed SO rapily thet it was impossible to
do so. Seurioh declares that two of the
life RATS, upon which people wcre saved
were cut adrift by him. He was unable
to move them, but they were tum bledsoyer-
| hoard when the steamer caTeened and
| proved useful. The steamer slowly settled
| down by the stern and starboard side, and
tile water advancing gradually drove the
| people forward.
| Finally, men, women anG children were
walking about on the port bow. The
stern WAS deep i'll che water and the bow
in the air. Tho ship gave q great plunge
and hundreds of people were in the water,
grabbing at broken cars, bits of canvas,
etc., and struggling like mad. Seurich
went over the starboard side and caught
IL raft on which he climed. He thinks
that had the boats been launched as soon
| as the steamer was struck, several hun
| dred who persisted would have been
saved. Only one of port boats, q small
one. was launched. That was the boat
| the second purser escaped in. It was q
small boat and was got afloat with diff
| Guilty
The lashings on the boats looked like
they had not been disturbed for long
time. The fastenings on the life RATS
were stout ropes, which the air drafts
would not break when the ship went
| under. Suerich saw ono boat leave the
| bourgogne with only few people in it.
LOST HIS SWEETHEART.
Fred Nyffier, Swede, lost his sweet
heart through the boats not being cut
away. The girl had a life belt on but the
suction of the sinking ship was too
powerful. He and the young woman got
into boat with many others, waiting
for the sailors to launch it. The boat
was finally capsizedFand the girl was lost.
Nyffler climbed upon life raft which up
set and five were drowned of the twenty
or more who were crowded on it. The
others climbed upon the raft safely then.
SORROWFUL SYRIANs.
Among the survivors are small party
of Assyrians and Armenians TIL ere were
| rs Assyrians in the party when it left
New York. All but eight persisted One
of the eight lost his wife and two brothers
and ten other relatives. Another lost two
daughters, young women. Only one OF
the thirteen Armenians survive. The
| AssyrianS were bound to their homes
near Damascus and every one had had
| from one to two hundred dollars saved.
| They lost it ALL barely escaping in their
| pants and shirt. On board the steamer
Grecian which towed the Cromartyshire
with the survivors to Halifax, the AS
| syrians wept like children and could not
be comforted. Some Of them melancholy
with grief have not tasted food since. The
one surviving Armenian tells a sorrcwful
| tale of the drowning Of an Armenian
priest and his family, who had got into o
| port boat with some thirty other people.
| When the end was certain and the boat
was abandoned to its fate. by the crew,
| who made no effort to launch 1.-The priest
| stood up and with lplifted hands prayed
| aloud
Several Frsnch priests stood on the deck
during the sinking of the steamer with
out making an effort to save themselye
and gave sabsolution to Il largo number of
passengers.
There are none of the survivors who
saved more than enough clothing to cover
their nakedness Nearly all lost several
years savings and they were mostly work
Ing people, bound horne to European
lands. Consul Francklyn has information
that one smokestack of the steamer fell
| across boat and smashed it as it was be-
ing lowered. There were about forty per-
SONS in the boat.
Three boats were found Fafter the ship
sunk, bottom up, and in one, it is stated,
were several dead bodies of women.
Patrick Mckeown, before mentioned,
states that he heard OF women having
had their threats cut and thrown out of q
boat to tighten it. He could not verify
this.
AS one boat was launched, men pushed
the women and children aide and the
captain threatened to fire upon them if
they did not desist. When the steamer
was about to take her final plunge the
captain blew the steam whistle in good
bye to the boats, and he shortly engulfed
of Chicago, and her son, Dwin, about
eleven years of age, were among those
who persisted.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
New York, July 6.-The officials of
the Compagne General Transatlantique
tonight gave out the following list of
passengers saved from the La Bourgogne
wreck:
D. Lacasse, Antoine A rard, Oswald
kirner, Charles Liebre, Jacques Baccarat,
Otto Zeilger, Lucien Verland, Patrick
McKenwn, Bre German.
Third Class-Nicholas Commeau, An
tonic Stiffano, Susie Cambatobie. Antoine
Bonich, Louis Yyans, Yiodoulo,. Neglis
Matoyich Jacob Stok, Joseph Richmany,
Pinocetti, Christopher Brunini, Antoine
Kucko, Ernst Del Motto, Joseph ROLLER,
Touni Grief. Thomas Manatestini, Isaac
Saruis, Edourd Geoges, August Boss,
Begun Hyffeler, Gerri Freed, Henri
Adriano, Clement Berthonari, Frantz
Satorio, August Casparino, Charles Ano-
tonic, Carlos Kessel, Matheo Jurish,
John Nichols, Gust1no Bianguo, Dominica
Papnni, PeIlegrino Elkoow, Aliz Kill,
Adolphe Ebrahim, John Michael, Rachilde
Mitchell, Baion Milon, Demos Bougado.
Anna Grimauld, Gustav Lucia, Eionnet
Heetonivich, John Kourio.
THE FIRST STORY.
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