The record-union., 1898-07-07

all have been hanged to the yard arm
long ago.
PASSENGERS ENTIRELY NEG
LECTED.
The correspondent interviewed near
ly adj the passengers who could speak
English. One passenger said the Off
GERS and crew of La Bourgogne neglect
ed the passengers entirely. 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 We're
launched by the brave second officer.
He was last seen standing on the deck
with his hand on the rigging, going re-
signadly to certain death.
Christopher Brunini, a passenger,
was thrown into the water, and swan
for two hours before he found boat.
He clung to this as his last hope. After
some time man got hold of the same
beat, 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 drown
ed by the capsizing of the boat.
many of his friends being prevented
from getting into the boats by the
sailors. He lest everything but what
he stood in.
MehlenG Secondi, an Italian Staerage
passenger, is among the saved. When
he got on deck he found a raft with
five men on it. The raft, however, was
tied and chained fast to the deck, and
no sailors We're near to let it loose. None
of the five men had knives. The ship
sunk rapidly, and they We're all percip-
itated into the water. He was i'm 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 batted with oars and
showed with boathooks. He managed
to seize an oar however. and pulled
himself to the boat ard climbed in.
August Piyrgi was eager to give your
correspondent an account of his exper-
fence. He was in the water about half
an hour, and attempted to get into a
boat. He was seized when he man
aged to get half in and thrown back
into the wafer. Again he tried to ell
ter the boat, but the savages who
manned it We're determined to keep him
out. He managed at last to get in and
to stay in. Cqinging to the life line of
a boat not far away he saw his mother
AS If his trials were not enough he was
forced to watch man shove her into
the ocean with an oar. She never rose.
He said the man was saved. and was
almost sure he could recognize him.
Charles Liobra a Frenchman, eX..
pressed himself as thoroughly ashamed
of his countrymens conduct. He float
ed a long time before a boat came
along. He tried to get in, but was as
sailed with oars and boathooks. Mr..
Liobra showed the correspondent his
arms and body His arms are black
and blue, and his body is terribly
bruised from the blows he received. Af-
ter this boat went off he was in the
water eight hours.
Charles Duttweiller, a German man
aged by an interpreter to tell his story.
1t is this: He got in a boat which was
tied fast to the ship, and stayed in it
until he saw it was certain death TO
remain longer He jumped, but was
carried down in the whirlpool made by
the sinking steamer. He was in the
water half an hour when a boat came
along Within reach and he attempted 20
enter, but the wretches in it showed him
off with boathooks His left eye is bad
ly cut by the jabs he received. He
saw women showed away from the
boats with oars and boathpoks when
clinging to the life lines OF the RATS