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

lines. wistfully watching the survivors march
past. The expression on his face az they went
through hardened until It became bitter When
asked X he was looking for some one he said
that he was not. Then he added that he had
lost sister on the boat He said that he knew
she had not been saved and he said he didn't
know what had attracted him to the spot and
then he turned toward the group Of survivors
and said nerceIy:
My God could stand my loss, but when
you look at these and think that these are the
survivors. These-these-'-a then words failed
him. and he turned aw,y.
APPEARANCES AGAINST THEN.
However Just, however honest however fair
however determined not to PREJUDICE. any one
who saw the band Of survivors that came TO the
city yesterday could hardly escape a sickening
sensation about the heart and feeling that
the stories OF murdcrous brutality told Of the
crew were true. The members Of the crew.
with few exceptions and some Of the steerage
passengers well, were low proved. stockily
built. shifty-eyed. swarthy men. and looking al
them one could not help feeling that they
not men OF whom heroic deeds could be ex
pected in a steamship disaster.
They seemed to have sentiment above the
brutal instinct Of self preservation They hud-
died in little bands and said nothing Their
appearance moved many persons In the waiting
crowd at the station to EXPLANATIONS of dis
gust and horror. Even the policemen who were
keeping the crowd in check used strong words
in expressing their opinions Of the sailors.
What cattle they arer' exclaimed one police
man. mo wonder only one woman was saved
from the wreck
Another policeman stationed at the entrance
to the train shed remarked that the sailors
looked like a lot OF murderous wretches. only
he did not use the word "wretches." When
some asked the same policeman what was
going to be done with the men. who were then
being loaded into the stages. he replied: Il
don't know. but hope they are going to drown
them"
PRAISE FOR THE OFFICERS
Charles Liebre one Of the saved second cabin
passengers. met by a woman. who refused
to give her name. Liebre lost two children in
the wreck 1t was difficult TO induce him TO
say anything about the accident he apparently
believing that his statements would be exagger-
ated. II not like to talk" he said. you speak
go bad in the papers" 1t was. however evident
from the few words said by L!ebre and his COM
panion. who acted as Interpreter for him. tnat
he had witnessed good many scenes or the
kind reported. He was very anxious, however
TO be placed on record as bearing evidence IN
favor OF the officers OF La Bourgogne. they
acted splendidly." ne said. and sacrificed their
lives when they could have saved them. II was
the crew and the steerage passengers. particu-
larly a number Of Italian sailors. who travelled
In the steerage. who acted so disgracefully'
Oswald Kirner a second cabin passenger, was
apd xxhO
greeted him with many expressions Of Joy. They
were not relatives OF Kirner. but friends with
whom he boards. at No. 25S West Thirtieth-st-
An interview with Kirner appeared in yester-
days Tribune He Of the most bitter
OF the passengers who made statements at Hall
fax with regard to the behavior OF the crew and
steerage passengers Of the steamer. kirners
relatives live in Staten Island. The man and
woman who met him yesterday spoke little Eng
lish.
A Young Dominican brother from the Convent
of the Rosary and Saint Michael. Nepperhan.
n Y, met the train. Three cergymen from
that convent persisted on La Bourgogne-the
prior Of the convent. the Rev. Cyprien Flor-
soone and the Revs. Leon Baumann and Ber-
nadin Merlin. None OF them had been reported
as among the saved. but the brothers Of the
convent hoped against hope. and sent a repre-
"a
them might be saved. But the young Domini-
can went back. after all the passengers had
passed through the transhed. to tell his fell
lows that there no more hope that either
OF the three priests had been rescued.
He told a Tribune reporter that he was very
unwilling to believe that the French members
OF the crew had behaved in the way reported.
He said that he was acquainted with the char
acter OF French seamen. and thought that. while
OF course there might have been some black
sheep among those on La Bourgogne. II would
be found. II proper inquiry were ever made. that
those who had dsgraced themselves were Ita-
,ans The Italians forge: everything except
that they have knives when they are In state
Of excitement" he added. and they know how
to use their knives. too
COULD NOT REALIZE THE TRUTH.
Mrs.. I,abret. Of No. 100 West Twenty seventh
st the widow Of Louis Labret. who. with their
twelve year old daughter. was among the sec
ord-cabn passengers drowned. waited at the
station The poor woman was too hysterical 10
talk but like many another. she could not real
lie that her husband who had been alive and
we'll few days before was actually dead. She
thought that there must be some mistake, ana
hoped that she would see him walk out Of the
train There was another reason for her pres
ence at the station With her husband travelled
Iuc!,n Terland mot Verland. as incorrectly
printed In the lists. who was among the saved
Mrs Lahret and her friends hoped to obtain
from Terland the truth regarding Labret's fate.
II Is a curious fact that the whole family were
10 have travelled on La Tourair.. which sails
to-day but Terland persuaded Labre: to start
with himself by La Bourgogne
fJudson.t. was among the survivors. He was