New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-09

believed him. and walked aTT"h esan to list. and
,ced howeys. rnaa We're wearing feoee'
went went below and pu, one ne on mat Eliza Nenegger
Msf9 s h Win So;hna ss
and Nr and Sas sRsG
SSh li,sSS% w., TING f sS' the
with b me Boat anH loose The not the sS
The boat Snv w sss saTs Of the psTy
While Nyier in the boat ,o he sA he said. had
sVd. the 5 o. n'ns 1s Ngys
down the bridge screaming ming obtaining md only sailors
boat Sad terrible Ins her decks
ing almost perpendcu,ar ~, As so oas N saaS
went up d in 'ne ea a away but no signs
e'f the ' Down keg' sGnf @
the surface in minute and all srouna th 'e water
GSrfn or a nep men he En-. MA
fenesger. but could not see ner unset throwing all
Of croT ni , fsl waer He to get upon
il again however. with several others anu
| on ii until picked up by rescuers'
WOMEN THRUST OFF WITH BOATHoohe
Nyfr,er states that while on the raft ne saw Ia
women. who were clingng TO the very ropo ''o - 49,
s,a - ,brus, n their death with boathooks IN inc
hords NJ Frenchmen on the raft NyHier 10 certain
h. can point out the men. He says hey ou' ~
rope. and although the women were ' ,,.s h.,
pitfuy and one of them pleaded Tor her me- '''''
were all ss wemen WAS the mother of August and
John Burg. who were among the SUI gu. two were
Nvfier saw an American beaten over the re-, ne eau
while Sa Trying y u sf' before Nyer and his fellows
were taken board the Cromartyshid5ee. They
jumped raf for quite s0s whs off, SI' ''
venture to attack and at ,sst has been some
years in baltimore his S way ns to m rrnhes
OF %' he MS co Tfe ah he pu them
anShs5 pOs5 w sos en eose "d
t he boat enu tipped when descended throwing the &C.
into the water Just and at H one Of them
fell directly the boat; In WHICH e and
wife and children had been PaceSd ONE Of the
funnel Chains struck Mrs. Achard across the chest chest
and others who we're Witnesses say 1t was the
b Was w isnt ths
get hold Of a it h to % smp ae Aftef
f fsr got es da S was
or arms for long time. Mr. Achard had s@ 'sS
Sav es Ph m a. he lie ' ana
wretched on account OF the oss OF MS WI" ~ one
%ha cond me not wesp In his Watch was
w dsS. they yH st ~s;
BRUTALITY OF AN ENGINEER.
From the testimony Of three persons-otto
Zeicer. from New-York: r. Achard. Of Balti-
more AMI Charles Zebra, chief cook OF the
Stafford Hotel. Phadephia-it appears that inc
fourth engineer Of La Bourgogre. who was saved
acted in the most brutal manne: toward the pas
sengers The three men agree In the statement that
after the collision when every one was surrounding
the boats the fourth engineer said: Damn the pas
scngers Let them save themselves. We save our
selves first" He also said that II he had revolt
yer he would shoot the passengers.
Mr. Zebra spoke In great praise OF the captain OF
the Bourgogne. although that officer did not think
that the collision serious and Informed those or
the saloon passengers who inquired that there was
danger. This is thought to be one reason that
none out OF the seventy-hve hrst-cass passengers
saved.
On the voyage Zebra became acquainted with
Yousouf. the wrestler. who was passenger After
the collision. Zebra he saw Yousouf struggling
in a crowd Of drowning passengers beating them or
with stiletto and showing them aside. trying 10
reach boat; he failed, however and went down
In conversation with Zebra before the wreck the
wrestler had expressed himself as !ll-peased with
the treatment he had received in America
l.. Taraud. OF No. l64 West Thirty sixth-st.. New
York. and Mr. Lucas. from Northran, France. the
latter being waiter on board the Boursogne, botn
tell of being driven away from boat containing
Austrians, armed with knives. While the Halifax
was entering Boston Harbor this morning eight per.
gave their names witnesses to the fact that
the Austrians used knives to keep people out or
we'll declined to give his name as he said it would
wakened him. and he ran up to the spar deck to
his boat There were twenty men appointed to
which was the second mates, No. l. The second
mate was at his post and the boat Nv, was Immediately
this boat including a lot Of women As the Bour-
sogns was sinking the boat caught ana upset
minute. He was saved two minutes after by
raft There re- were , lots Of women and children
away. as he said he did not like to see these things
The young Frenchman from New-Orleans said he
could not say anything In praise OF the crew of the
Bourgogne. He did not see any OF the officers after
the accident except the captain. who was gesticuat
Messrs. Zeiser and Karamer. second-class passen-
gers. state that Victor Gendrot and another sailor
Of tnraf TINT ha ~ hrat
cry in saving some passengers. They called for VOL
unteers TO go from the Cromartyshire and were the
means OF saving many who otherwise would have
persisted. They the only sailors who did any
thing TO help the passengers
Fireman Yoss. OF the Bourgogne said
"Wher the ship began to list the chief engineer
and 6 mKsef came anne on deck saw the captain
when they found out the real danger Of the ship
the . os Shbass csp snd h to
would see that ali were saved He stood on the
AS member 81 the 't crew. wish to say we did
everything possible to save the lives Of ne passen
when an acciden; like the one we Unfortunately f
OF VAS to es al the the
boats, unless one beat his way through the solid
hold of US and mplored us their knees to save
We nr we ha s9d t brn mat we wSnd d. our best
was understood that We would run for Sable
The Dominican Fathers tried to calm the excited
people as best they could. and they gave them
their blessing and conditional absoitiOn before the
ship keeled over"
The assistant purser Ernest Scol. stated that the
acted we'll and In good order. The only act
OF violence he saw was committed by an Austrian
This man. the purser declares. jumped into life
boat and threatened TO kill anybody who ventured
10 follow.
NJ. Troyvoux. general passenger agent of the
Compagnie Generate TRANSFORMATIONS. who was in
Boston to-day to look after the landing OF tho
passengers from La Bourgogne. as soon as the
Halifax pulled in AT her berth. went aboard and
talked at length with the surviving attaches of the
French vessel In speaking Of the accident after
ward. he said II was the consensus Of opinion that
the reason La Bourgogne sank quickly was that
her sarboard side was torn from the bridge to
amidshps by the anchor OF the Cromartyshre
which was probably unslung by the crash and
catching IN the breach made by the frs; collision.
tore hole large enough to let the ter into sew
eral compartments at ore time. and pulling the