The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-09
ARRIVAL At BOSTON.
Stories Told by Passengers of the Ill
Fated steamer.


BOSTON, July S.-The steamer Halifax
has arrived here, having on board 1852 sur
vivors of the French line steamer La Bour-
gogne, which was sunk in a collision with
the British ship Cromartyshire off Sable ISL
and last Monday. On the passage from
Halifax La Bourgogne's passenger list was
carefully revised, and it was shown that
there were ia souls on board the steamer,
OF whom 500 were lost and 164 saved OF
those saved, twelve were second-class, for
ty-Seven steerage and the remaining 1O5
members of the crew. Following is the COM
plete list of the passengers saved, made up
from the immigration sheet of the steamer
Halifax, on which the survivors came to
Boston, and checked over by the second
purser Of La Bourgogne and Purser Cook.
Of the Halifax, and is pronounced by La
Bourgogne's officer as absolutely correct
and final:
Second-class Passengers--Mr. and Mrs A.
La Sasse, FialnIeId ~ j.; Albert Gaidot,
a. Achdru, Il. AerIand, -- Comeau H.
hraemer, Jake Baccareh, 3. Z. Ceranani.
ger.
Steerage Passenger List-Nicolas Auto-
MAS, Stephano Suse, Ernest Delmette 7.
Ihunnatta, Gustav Grimaux, Leon Feuhrer
Ross, Jose Richmond, Antoine Corbala bic.
Franz helment, Antoine Douis Thomas
Molomatish, Nicholas Thomas, WAN Boricn,
Marco baratro, g. Musianare John Telbv'
Elias Ardolli, Domnick biencoup John
Carlivette, Nicholas Elopois Richard Min
John Covex. John Micnael. Sergius Isaac,
Christoforo Brunlni, j. Bollur, Angus Bur,
81, John Burgi, Thomas TodoWell Fred Nif
ner, Eugene BarraIi, G. Purchart. Nicole
AAugustlni, Martin Adriana, Gun Parine,
Carl Cussall, Mathee Zurich, Joash Trok'
RampolH Belligrino, Charles Alberta. Juca1
Elite Carl Antonio. Gastony Is. Ogist.
On arriving here the shipwrecked men
Were put on board a train bound for New
York The correspondent of the Associated
Press. who took passage on the Halifax dur
ing the trip to Boston, had an opportunity
to come in contact with many of those who
escaped. Their stories Of escape were thrill
ing, and many of them gave horrifyine de-
tails of brutality, if not of murder. possibly
never equaled in the history of the mer-
chant marine. Some of them showed the
marks and bruises received during the terri
Bile struggle for life. Among those on board
the Halifax not one could be found who was
on deck at the time the collision occurred
The Survivors agree that when La HolIr-
gogne was struck by the Cromartyshire me
shock was not great. Therefore, it is be-
lieved that many of the passengers never
aWoke The statements as TO the time in
terVeninS between the collision and tho
sinking of La Bourgogne vary greatly.
Some say twenty or twenty-five minutes
and others say thirty or thirty-five minutes
while one other man says it was full hour
The bow that struck La Bourgogne was
one that could never be provided against by
water-tight doors.
Among the remarkable escapes were those
of three stokers. They were in the stoke
hole when the accident occurred Their
story is as follows Five minutes after the
crash the water began to come into the
boiler room, and it soon rushed in in great
volumes. The pumps were tried. but to no
avail. The water put the fires out The
chief engineer gave orders to close the
water-tiGht doors, but even when they were
closed the water came in almost as fast as
before. Then all hope was abandoned and
the engineer blew twice on the whistle the
signal for all to escape who could do So
There was rush. but about fifteen men
were drowned in the stoke holes and engine
room Three men who succeeded in getting
out found that all the boats had left and
they at once plunged into the sea. They
were picked up later and taken on board
the Cromartyshire
Achard. Frenchman who has been some
years in Baltimore, was on his way to
France with his wife and two children. On
the morning of the collision he put them in
q boat amidships and went to get another