The record-union., 1898-07-07

Third Mate Stewart of the Cromarty-
shire says that the F'renchman evil
IDENTIFY thought that the Bourgogne had
sunk the colliding vessel. The boats
were sent out and nearly 300 passen-
gers We're saved. AT the time of the
collision Third Mate Stewart says the
La Bourgogne was going about the
rate of eighteen or nineteen knots an
hour, through a dense fog, shutting out
everything more than twenty yards
away.
About three hours after the Gro
martyshire picked up the survivors the
Allan liner Grecian was sighted and
took the Cromartyshire 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 signaled the Cromarty-
shire that she was going to assist the
vessel signaling. In a few minutes,
however, the light disappeared and no
more guns or rockets We're discharged,
the vessel certainly having sunk.
Professor La Casse one of the survi-
ors, is of the opinion that there was
a third vessel in the collision. as he
minutes after the collision.
WOMEN DROWNED LIKE RATS.
Some of the scenes enacted on board
the La Bourgogne just after the colli-
sion We're terrible to witness. Men
fought for possession Of the boats like
raving maniacs. Women were forced
back from the boats and trampled on
by men, who made self preservation
their first object. Among them were
a large number of the lower class of
Italians and foreigners, who in their
frenzy stopped at nothing that prom
ised safety for themselves.
In a boat was party of forty wo-
men, but so great was the panic not a
hand was raised to assist in its launch
ing. The occupants, so nearly saved,
We're drowned like rats when the ship.
with awful kissing sound, went
down.
So desperate was the. situation that
an Italian passenger drew his knife
and made direct at one who like HIM
self was endeavoring to reach The
boats. Immediately has action was i'm
itaaed in every direction. Knives We're
flourished and used with effect. Wo-
men and children We're driven back to
inevitable death at the point of weap-
onS. the owners of which We're experts
in their use According to stories Of
the survivors. women We're sta bbed like
so many sheep
NOT ALL MET DEATH BY DROWN
ING.
The scene on the water was even
worse. Many of the unfortunates who
We're struggling in the water attempted
to drag themselves into the boats or on
rafts. These We're pushed back into
watery grave. Here, too, knives were
used freely
Not all of the dead met death by
drowning. Christopher Brunini saw a
sailor belonging to the Bourgogne strike
a passenger over the head with a bar
and kill him. The body dropped into
the water. The passenger grabbed the
boat IN which the sailor was and at
tempted to get on board
There We're III persons on board and
163 were saved. With the exception
Of two passengers. Professor La Casse
and his wife, all the passengers Of the
La Bourgogne are aboard the steamer
Grecian at the Cunard wharf. The
crew are also on board that boat ,Fhe
Grecian is expected to sail for New
York this evening. All the crew are
collected by themselves in the forward
part CT the deck, and are anything but
pleasant looking. The officer Of the
gangway looked at them with scowl
and said il he had his way they would