The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-07

y tgrds us. She proved to be the Gre.
\ Ct bound from Glasgow to New
n y. The captain agreed to take the
ltngers on board and also agreed to
TINY ship to Halifax. Owing to the
10 cNtion Of my ship, accepted the
- q and proceeded at once to trans.
81 the passengers and get ready our
tthne. AT d p. IN. We had made q
ctection and proceeded In tow of the
Gian toward Halifax, having put q
sDver the broken bow 10 take part
:. nte strain off the collision buikhead
Tie was at that time IA feet Of water
ia e forepeak
Story Of the Captains wife.
Is. Henderson, wife Of the captain,
won board the Cromartyshire and
toh her story Of the terrible disaster.
Ttweather was foggy and she had
riS from her bunk at an early hour.
Shtly before the vessels came TO-.
geer she detected a steamers whistle
bloinR on the port side. The Gro
may shire was sounding her fog horn
at intervals Of one minute.
Nj Henderson called the atten.
ito Of her husband TO the sound.
inpf the whistle, aud minute later
thinats who was on watch also de.
teed the sound. 1t came nearer and
nerer, and Mrs. Hen derson stood near
tn cabin, in order to rescue her
chdren should a disaster occur. Sud.
dely the huge hull Of an ocean steamer
ioOed up in the mist, going about II
kDts an hour Almost Immediately
There Was a Fearful Crash
an Mrs. Henderson rushed below and
fond her children awakened by the
shck. She dressed the little ones as
quickly as possible, and removed them
to ho boat, expecting their own ship
70 % down at any time. Captain Hen.
deson. as soon as the collision occurred,
fered the boats 10 be lowered and
tht damage to be ascartained. AS i.
wa found that the Cromarty shire
wa IN no immediate danger the Brit.
isler put about the vessel with which
thy had collided was at that time
unknown. a few minutes later her
whistle was heard and sew eral rockets
were sent up. Captain Henderson re.
pli.d in like manner, thinking the
steamer was Offering assistance, but in
few minutes all was quiet aud those
on board began to realize the awful re-
suits OF the collision. At $50 the fog
lifted and two boats were seen ap.
proaching with only men on board
No Pen Can Describe 1t.
No pen can describe the terrible .;ght
revealed to the onlookers when the
curtain Of mist was lifted. The WORK
of rescue was commenced without
moments delay and over 200 persons
were picked up and taken on board the
ship Mrs. Henderson. who had amp.e
opportunity Of Interviewing those who
were rescued expressed her belief from
what she heard that there had been no
effort to save the women. There We're
many foreigners on board who fought
for places in the boats. 1t was fully ~
minutes to a quarter Of an hour before
La Bourcogne went down, and during
that time there was ample opportunity
offered TO rescue OF least some OF the
women and children. AS II was only
one woman, Mrs. La Casse, was saved.
She has been on board ever since. she
is the wife OF A. ID. La Case. teacher
of languages, Of Plainvil!e. \. }.
Nearly All Cabin Passenger. Lost.
The crew Of the Cro.narty shire com
ment freely upon the fact that only
one woman was saved out of 800
| Nearly all the first class passenger
were lost, those saved being steerag
and sailors. La Casse and his VIII
were in the water two hours clinSin
to q raft, before they were picked
by a boat from the Cromarty shire
One passenger was going home I
France with his two children, his wifi
having died a month previously. II
was saved, but his two babies wei
down with the ship. Mrs. La Cas-
saws the officers bravely stayed by the
posts. going down with the ship. II
only officer saved was the purser. +
went down, but being strong swim
mer. managed to save himself Whe
the ship struck. they were OF Cal
Sable. The passengers. with the SO
exception Of Professor La Casse. we
, below decks Without warning can
the terrible shock La Casse rushed
, haste to his stateroom on the deck. AL
l cot his wife ont Of bed and part
. dressed. They fastened on dec
only to be precipitated into Z
4 water. They were not long IN
water. however. when they found
, partly submerged raft upon which
q Casse lifted his unconscious wife a
' clunR to it himself. Some Of the boa
. La Casse says. capsized. and all
). board were drowned. The strugglin
Q swishinu waters and the terril
0 screams of the drowning made
scene an awe.inspiring one. never
Q be forgotten. One man on the
r Bourgogne when she sank went out
" Of his mind. and jumped to wats
10 crave. On the morning Of the collis1
.. Captain Henderson was on the pt
% with his third mate. Sailor haley Y
9. ON lookout aud First Officer K,lman
u also on the foredeck. The Cromar
1t shire was making about ive Knots
m hour with several sails set and taxi
Y in all the time. Not SOUND
is heard until the lookout. Haley, saw