The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-09


BOSTON, July g. - The Plant line
steamer Halifax has arrived here, hav-
ing on board 1872 survivors Of the
French line steamer La Bourgogne,
which was sunk in a collision with the
ship Cromartyshire, off Sable island,
last Monday. On the passage from
Halifax, La Bourgogne's passenger
list was carefully revised, and it was
shown that there were ia souls on
board the steamer, of whom $50 were
lost and 164 saved. OF the saved u
were second-class, AZ steerage and the
remaining los were members of the
crew.
On arriving here, the shipwrecked
men were given evers necessary at
tention. Each one was provided with
a ticket for New York, and special
electric cars were in waiting to con-
duct the passengers to the Providence
station, where they were put on board
train, bound for New York.
From the testimony of three per-
sons, Otto Zeiser of New York: Mr..
Achard, of Baltimore, and Charles Lie
bra, chief cook of the Stafford hotel
Philadelphia, it appears that the fourth
engineer of La Bourgogne, who was
saved, acted in the most brutal man
ner towards the passengers. The three
men agreed in the statement that, after
the collision, when every one was sur
rounding the boats, the fourth engi-
neer said: Damn the passengers; let
them save themselves; we save our
selves first" He also said that, if he
had a revolver, he would shoot the
passengers.
Mr. Liebra spoke in great praise of
the captain of the Bourgogne, although
that officer did not think that the col
liSion was serious, and informed those
saloon passengers who inquired that
there was no danger. This is thought
to be one reason that none out of the
seVenty-five first-ciass passengers were
saved.
On the voyage, Zebra became ac-
qua ted with Yousouf, the wrestler,
who~was a passenger. After the COL
lision, Liebra says he saw Yousouf
passengers, beating them off with a
stiletto and showing them aside, trying
to reach boat. He failed, however,
and went down.
L. Tarlaud, of New York, and Mons
Lucas, from Northern France, the lat
ter being a. waiter on board the Bour-
gogne, each tell of being driven away
H.
ed with Knives
; While the Halifax was entering Bos-
ton harbor this morning, eight persons
gave their names as witnesses to the
fact that the Austrians used knives
to keep people out of their boat
one or the crew, steward, who
spoke English well, declined to give his
name, as he said it would be bad for
him when he got back He said he
was in bed at the time of the accident.
The shock Weakened him, and he ran
up to the spar deck to his boat. There
are twenty-five men appointed to each
boat, but there were only seven or
eight at his, which was the second
mates, No. z.
The second mate was at his post and
the boat was Immediately got ready.
There were about fifty passengers in
this boat. including lot of women
AS the Bourgogne was sinking. the
bow caught and upset, throwing every
one into the water. He came up in a
minute. He was saved two minutes
after by raft. There were women
and children screaming for help, but
he turned his head away, as he said
he did not like to see those things.
NEW YORK, July S-Most of the
survivors of the disastrous wreck of
the French liner La Bourgogne, which
was sunk on Monday morning, sixty
miles south Of Sable island, arrived
in this city this afternoon from Bos-
ton.
NJ. FAUCET proposes to institute
thorough investigation, with the as
sistance of the French consul general,
who will take dispositions, and, after
having them sworn to, will have them
forwarded to France Only one pas
senger, so far, who has been reported
dead has been found to be alive. NJ
Faguet received word that Charles
Duttweiler, whose name appears on the
steerage passenger list, is among the
saved The exact details of the dis
aster have not been received at the
company's headquarters and probably
will not be until one of the subaltern
officers who was saved makes his re-
port