The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

sailor was aud attempted to get on
board. With the exception of two pas
sengers. Prof. Iacassi and his wife, all
the passengers of the LaBourgogne are
aboard the steamer Grecian ~ the Cum
ard wharf The crew also on board that
steamer. All the crew are collected by
themselves in the forward part Of the
deck. and are anything but pleasant
looking The officer Of the gangway
looked at them with scowl and said if
he had his way they would all have been
hanged to the yard arm long ago.
SAW HIS MOTHER DROWNED.
The correspondent interviewed nearly
all the passengers who could speak En-
gIish One passenger said the officers
and crew of LaBourgognc neglected the
passengers entirely. The second officer
was the only man of the crew who did
ANYTHING to help the terrified and help
less passengers; he cut loose all the boats
he could and in fact all the boats that
were launched were by the brave second
officer. He was last seen standing On the
deck with his hand on the rigging going
reSignedly to death.
CHRISTOPHER Brunini. n passenger, was
thrown into the water and swan for two
to this as his last hope. After some time
another 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. Brunini said the
crew were so brutal in their conduct to-
ward the passengers. he was unable to
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being showed away by the sailors. He
saw many of his friends being prevented
from getting into the boats by the sail
ors. He lost everything but what he
stood i'm. Meheini SecondO. an Italian
steerage passenger. is among the saved.
He came across boat he tried to get
into. He eventually succeeded. but not
before a desperate fight with her crew.
II was battered with oars and showed
away with boat hooks. He managed to
seize an oar, however. and pulled him.
self to the boat and climbed in. August
pourg was eager to give your CORE
spondent an account of his experience.
He was in the water about half an hour
and attempted to get into boat. He
was seized when he managed to get
half in and thrown back into the water.
Again he tried to enter the boat, but the
inhuman savageS who managed it were
determined TO keep him out. He man
aged at last to get in and to stay in.
Clmging to the life line or Il boat not
far away he saw his mother. and as if
his trials were not enough. he was fore
ed to watch a man shove her deep into
the ocean with an oar. She was drown
ed. He said the man was saved.
Other tales of horror were told by
survivors.
LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS.
New York, July 6.-The following IS
the passenger first cabin list of La
Bourgogne sunk in collision on July 4.
The French line does not register the
addresses of its passengers. Mrs. NJ.
Arouet, Rev Brother Ambrose, Il. a.
Angel, Antoine Achard, Mrs. Antoine
Achard, Miss Marie Achard, Giuseppe
Alpi. Master Giovanni Alpi, Mrs. Il.
Bromberg, Rev. Leon Baumann, Miss
Binss. Mr.. GaSpard Behr. Mrs. Bourne
vile. Mrs. G. Courquin. Mrs. j. \.
Bronx, Ferdinand Brochard, Mrs. Ferdi-
nand Brochard and child, Miss Leoni
Brochard, Paul Broyer. Mrs. Paul Broy-
err. Miss Barcelo. Miss Rose Casazza,
Louis Casazza. GiacOmo CaSaZZa, Mrs.
u
Y. Clark. Mrs. j. Il. Coleman and maid.
Mrs. II. s. Crumley. Mrs. Gustaye Cure,
]. NJ. Chanut. c. Corbrai. Luigi Cuneo.
Miss Conner, a. Cabiat, Mrs. E. Cook.
Mrs. Joseph II. Durkee. Mrs. ]. +. DIl-
lon Oliver and maid, Mrs. Ernest Del
monte. Mrs. Dubosc. $. +. Davis and
valet. ID. Scott Evans, Miss NJ. Evans.
Miss Il. Evans. Miss l.. Evans Frank
A. Fiston. Mrs Frank \. Fiston, Miss
Marie Fiston. Master Frank Fiston.
Rev. Cyprien FlorisconP. Giovanni Fell
nj Adolph Graf A. Grandvilliers, Mr.
Gini. Mrs. Josephine German. Mr.. Ga
hriel. Master Gabriel Edward Halpron.
Mrs. A. Hummel and two children. Mrs.
!. Haggerty. Mr.. Anton Hednick. II.
Hyman. Mrs. II. LYMAN and child, Miss
Frances Hess, Mrs. S. HuntZmann, Miss
Harriet NJ. lover. Leon Racquet. Mrs.
Leon Jacquet and child. Miss c. JAMS
sen, Aimee Jolocat, Richard Jacobs.
Mrs. Richard Jacobs and child, Rev. y.
Kesler DIR. s. Hoppe, Mrs. Hoppe. Hen
ry Kraemer. Mrs. J. Kiehl. Oswold Kir-
ner l.. T.. GOdineo de Kaniel. Mrs. H.
II. Knowles. Mrs. Gertrude Knowles.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Kidd, DR.. l.. f. Liv-
ingood, A. d. LacasSi, Mrs. Lacassi,
Mrs. Logas. Mrs. Pauline Langley. Miss
\. Langley. Miss NJ. Laurent. Miss Lee
tourneau. Miss f. Mcfarland. Patrick
McKeown. Miss ]. MOSse. Raoul Melinc,
Miss Emma Nader, Mrs. James Mar
shall. Miss M0rrin. Mrs. Osgood and
child. Mrs. John Perry. Miss Sadie Per
ry. Miss Florence Perry. Miss Rather
inc Perry. A. Perry. Miss Suzanne Per
rer. Master Umbert Policri. Miss Pat
ton. Mrs. Anthony Pollock, Mr.. An
thony Pollock. Miss Plante. Miss Evelyn
Reeves. Mr.. Paul Risal Mrs. j. Rous-
sci. Miss Caroline Ritter, Jean Roneayol,
Mr.. Robcli, \. Schultz. Mrs. \. Schultz,
and maid: Miss Garcia Schultz, Miss
Mildred Schultz, Louis Sidebro. Miss
Therese Somer. =. j. Sosa. !. \. Sosa,
f. T.. Steel. G.. Steel, c. Tacot. Mrs. c.
Tacot. John Taitenger Mr.. L. Terland,
Mrs. Nalieado, Miss NanCauteren, Il. \.
NanCauteren, Jerome Nacher, Miss ID.
Vallette, Mr.. Vassal. Mrs. p. Vassal.
Leon Williams. Rev. w. c. Webster, A.
Weiss, Mr.. Il. II. Wuertz and two chill
dren, III. r. Weissig. Mrs. Wright Mrs.
Whitney. child and maid, Prof e. L.
Waiter. II. j. Wind, Otto Zaiger,
1t was said at the office of Howe &
Hummel, this morning. that the Mrs. A.