The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-07

rescued were members of the crew OF
the French steamer. Only one woman
was saved. All the officers of the La
Bourgogne were drowned, with the ex-
ception Of the purser and three en-
gineers.
There were on board the La Bour-
gogne 191 first-class cabin passengers,
125 second cabin and 295 third cabin pas
sengers Cor steerage). making a total
og GIL passengers, in addition to which
there were 222 in the crew, making
grand total of S33 souls on board.
Meet i'm Dense Fog.
The ships met in a dense fog sixty
miles south Of Sable island. 1t was 5
o'clock in the morning and the feeble
rays of the newly risen sun were I'M
able to even partially penetrate the
thick, white mist that covered the
ocean like a garment. The Cromarty-
shire arrived here in tow by the Allan
line steamer Grecian. A ragged wound
in her bow and the absence of two Of
her masts showed the violence of the
impact with the sunken vessel.
There we, 500 souls aboard La Bour-
gogne. Two hundred of these were
SoNCbs iut lCSl SlIuBSlDS III the wat
er for a short time, soon gave UP the
unequal battle and went down, never to
rise again. The fogs are unusually
heavy in this latitude. Just how the
vessels happened to come so near each
other without being aware of the ter
rible danger threatening them, until it
was too late, is not yet known.
Sank In Five Minutes.
Captain Nunan, who is in command
OF the Allan line steamer Grecian. TO
whose courage the Cromartyshire owed
its conduct to a place of safety, de-
clares that La Bourgogne was less than
five minutes from the time Of the col
lision in going to the bottom
1T was the most appalling and most
sudden catastrophe it was ever my mis-
fortune to witness" said Captain Hen
derson of the Cromartyshire. There
was crash, the sound of which was
Understandable, composed as it was of the
rending apart Of the stout oaken ribs
of the French ship and the swapping
asunder OF her iron bolts. Many leaped
overheard Immediately after the meet
ing of the vessels, but our men were
not among the number of those who |
lost their heads.
La 4pphl Susie NuIlltu > OWlY around 1
two or three times, then seemed to go |
under with the rapdity OF a stone drop |
ping into pool Of water We were in |
some danger from the whirlpool which |
followed the disappearance of the trans
Atlantic steamer. but managed to get |
out OF reach Of the vortex in time. 1t.
however engulfed scores Of shrieking /
human beings. whom we could hardly
see for the density of the fog, but whose
cries of terror we could plainly hear"
The ships That Collided.
The La Bourgogne was built in 1856
at La Seyne. She was a four-masted
screw steamer Of 1896 tons |
gross register and Of 5000 horsepower.
She was 494.6 feet long, had 52.2 feet
beam and was S4.6 feet deep. She was
built Of steel and iron, had twelve
compartments and carried
water ballast. The British ship Gro
Captain Henderson. sailed
rom Dunkirk on June s for Philadel-
1hia. She is full-rigged three-masted
'hip of 1852 tons register. She was
quilt at Glasgow in 1879 and is owned
~ w. Law e. Co., of that city. She is
4s.9 feet long, has 32.s feet beam and
s 22.S feet deep.