The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

One passenger said the officers and crew Of
La Bourgogne neglected the passengers en-
tirely. The second officer was the only
man of the crew who did anything to help
the terrified and helpless passengers. He
cut loose all the boats he could and in fact
all the boats that were launched were
launched by the brave second officer. He
was last seen standing on the deck with
his hand on the rigging, going resignedly
to certain death.
Christopher Brunini, passenger, was
thrown into the water and swan for two
hours before he found boat. He chung to
this as his last hope. After some time a
man got hold of the same boat and together
they managed to right it. Under the seats
they found the dead bodies of four men and
three women, who had evidently been
drowned by the capsizing of the boat Bru-
mini said the crew were cruel In their con-
duct toward the passengers. He was un-
able to get In the steamers boats when he
came on deck being showed away by the
sailors. He saw many Of his friends being
prevented from getting into the boats by
the sailors He lost everything but what
he stood in.
Tried to Kill Him
Mehleni Second, an Italian steerage pas
senger, is among the saved. When he got
on deck he found a raft with five men on
1t. The raft however, was tied and chained
fast to the deck and no sailors were near
to let 1t loose. None of the five men had
knives. The ship sank rapidly and they
were all precipitated into the water. He
was in the water twenty minutes and alone
the other five sinking before his eyes. He
came across a boat. which he tried to get
into. He eventually succeeded. but not
before desperate fight with the crew. He
was battered with oars and showed with
boat hooks,
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Captain Henderson ia az follows.
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of shin. sixty miles south of Sable island.
shin nv wind on the mort tack about w.
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about four or five knots per hour. Orr fog
horn was being kept going regularly every
minute. At that time heard a steamers
whistle on orr west portside mr. mort beam
which seemed to be nearing very fast. We
blew horn and were answered. bv steam
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doomed through the fog on our mort how
and crushed into lis. going at a terrific
speed. Even foretopmast and main Tor
and gallant mast came down. bringina
with II wards and evervthine attached.
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went to examine the damage I found tba,
orr heats were connletelv emf off and the
mates twisted. Other shin disanneared
through the fog. However. our shin was
coating ON her collision bulkhead. so there
seemed no immediate danger of her sink.
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day and received on aboard about 200 sur
vivors from amongst the passengers and
crew. reported to be in all about six hun
dred. Several of the passengers were on
life RATS without oars. and I called for
volunteers from among nv crew and the
surviving French seamen to bring those
RATS alongside the ship. Some of the pas
sengers and seamen from the sunken
steamer assisted us and we jettisoned some
&c tons of cargo from our forehold in order
to tighten the ship. At about p. m. an
other steamer hove in sight, bound west
ward We put I'D our signals N. c. (want
assistance). Shortly after q steamer bore
down toward U.S. She proved to be the
Grecian, bound from Glasgow to New