The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-07-14
600 DROWNED.
A Transient Steamer Sunk in Coli
sion Off the American Coast at
Cape Sable.
KANSAS CITYANS LOST.
Mrs. John Perry, Her Four Children and
Miss Mcfarland Among Those
Drowned Monday Morning.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 6.-The
British Iron ship Cromartyshire was
lowed in here this morning by the
Allan liner Grecian. Her bow was
Acrn away by collision, sixty miles
south of sable island, with the
French transatlantic steamer La
Boureogne. The French vessel
went down ten minutes later.
OF the S31 passengers and crew
on board La Bourgonge, about l6O
were saved. One woman, Mrs. La
Case, wife of 4. ID. La Case of
Plainville, n. j., was saved by her
husband. The captain and 9th er
deck officers went down with the
ship
The Cromartyshire laid to and
picked up about 160 passengers and
seamen who were rescued, trans
porting them to the Grecian, which
came along shortly afterward.
KANSAS CITY PEOPLE LOST.
Among the passengers aboard
the lost steamer were Mrs. John
Perry, Miss Sadie Perry, Miss Flor
ence Perry, Miss Katherine Perry
and Albert Perry.
All of these are from Kansas City
the family of John Perry of the
Keith & Perry Coal Co.
THE CRoMARTYsHIRE's LOG.
The log of the Cromartyehire,
signed by Captain Henderson is as
follows:
"On July 4th, at a. m, dense
fog; position of ship sixty miles
south of Sable island, ship by wind
on the port tack heading about w
N. W., though under reduced can
vas going about four or five knots
per hour. Our fog horn was kept
going regularly every minute.
At that time / heard steamer
whistle on our weather side or port
beam, which seemed to be nearing
very fast.
We blew horn and were answered
by steamers whistle. when all of 6
sudden she doomed through the foe
on our port bow and crashed into
us, going at terrific speed. Our
foretop mast and main top gallant
mast came down, bringing with il
yards and everything attached.
immediately ordered the boats
out and went to examine the dam.
age. L found that our boats were
completely cut off and our plates
twisted
Other ship disappeared through
the fog.
However, our ship was floating
on her collision bulk head so there
seemed no Immediate danger of her
sinking. We set to work immedi-
ately to clear the wrecksge and also
ship our starboard anchor which
was hanging over the starboard bow
and in danger Of punching holes in
the bow.
THE LAST OF THE LA BoURGONGE.
We heard steamer blowing her
whistle on coming back and we an
swered with our fog horn. The
steamer then threw mp a rocket and
fred shot. We also threw up
some rockets and fred some shots,
but we neither saw nor heard any.
thing more Of the steamer.
: Shortly after, or about $50, the
fog lifted somewhat and we saw two
boats pulling toward us with the
French dag flying. We signsled
them to come alongside and found
that the steamer was the La Bour.
gonge from New York to Havre,
and that she had gone down.
We laid to all day and received on
board about 200 survivors from
amongst the passengers and crew
reported to be in all about 600. Sew
eral of the passengers were on life
RATS without oars and I called fol-
volunteers from among my crew and
the surviving French seamen tc
bring those RATS alongside the
ships.
Some of tho passengers and sea
men from the sunken steamer as
sisted Us and we Iettisoned some