The record-union., 1898-07-09
With One Hundred and Sixty-Four OF Those
Who Were Saved.
Tell Stories Of Thrilling Expe-
riences, Many of Them Giving
Horrifying Details of Brutality,
If Not of Murder, Occurring Al
ter the Il1-Fated Steamship
Came in Collision With the
Cromartyshire.

ROSTON, July S.-The Plant Line
steamer Halifax has arrived mere, nav :
ing on board 162 survivors OF the
French Line steamer La Bourgogne,
which was sunk in a COLLISION with Inc
ship Cromartyshire off Saple Islano
last Monday. On the passage from
Halifax La Bourgogne's passenger llSt
was carefully revised and 1t was SHOWN
that there were ia souls on board the
steamer. of which $50 were lost and loi
saved. OF the saved twelve were sec
ond-class, forty-seven steerage and the
remaining 105 were members or the
crew.
Following is the complete list of the
passengers saved, made up from the
emigration sheet Of the steamer Hail
fax. on which the survivors came to
Boston, and checked over by the sec
ond purser of the La Bourgogne ana
Purser Cook of the Halifax, and is pro-
nounced by La Bourgognes oIncer d.
absolutely correct and fi2al:
Second-class passengers-Mr. and
Mrs La Casse, Plainfield, n j.; AIoer'
Gaidot, E. Chard, L. Zerland, - Com
eau, H. Kraemer. Jake Baccarech' p
Cerani. Patrick McKeown, Charles LII
bera, o. Zaiger.
Steerage passengers-Nicolaus Auto
MUS, Stephano SuZe, Ernest Delinet0e'
L. Thunneta, Gustav Grimaux, Leon
Fuhrer, Jacob Matkevred, G. +. Lakons'
Anton Ross, Jos Richmond, Anton Con
balabic, France Kelement, Anton Douls'
Thomas Molomatisch, Nicholas Thom-
as. Yvan Borich, Marco Barratro, De-
must Inare, F'astony Bogist
On arriving here the shipwrecKed men
were given every necessary attentloh'
Each was provided with a ticket for
New York.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press who took passage on the HaH1ax
for the purpose of learning or the sur
yiyors more of the details Of the dlsaS-
ter than had been possible in the snort
time between their arrival at Halifax
and their departure for New york. DUR
ing the trip to Boston had opportunity
to come in contact with many OF those
who escaped. Their stories OF expert
ence were thrilling, and many Of them
gave horrifying details of brutality, II
not of murder, possibly never equaleo
in the history Of the merchant marine.
Among the survivors there were sew
eral who could speak English well, but
most of them could communicate only
through an interpreter. There We're
Swiss, Germans, Belgians, Italians and
Arabians. Some of them showed the
marks and bruises received during the
terrible 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
only man saved from La Bourgogne
who was on deck when the ship struck
was Mr. La Casse. La Case, with his
wife, left Halifax by rail.
The survivors agree that when La
Bourgogne was struck by the Cromarty
shire the shock was not great. There
fore it is believed that many of the
passengers never awoke. The state
ments as to the time intervening be-
tween the collision and the sinking OF
La Bourgogne vary. Some say ten OF
fifteen minutes and others say thirty
FIVE or forty-five minutes, while one
American was certain it was a full
hour The blow struck La Bourgogne
was one that could never be provided
against by water-tight doors.
Among the remarkable escapes were
those of three stokers Of La Bourgogne
Louis lie Julien, Jean Alvany and
FRANCHISE Mello. They were in the
stokehole when the accident occurred
Their story IN substance is as follows:
The engines were stopped after tbs
collision, and subsequently we started