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deeper and capslzed the boat
Mrs LaCasse says that a moment after
! the steamer was engulfed. men, women
and children rose on every side of the
| whirlpool and the sight OF the faces
and the arms and the sound Of the
shrieks were so terrible that she will re-
member them 10 her dying day
| HALIFAX. n. s.. July 6.-The log OF
the Comartyshire. signed by Captain
| Henderson Is as follows;
on July 4th. at A. NJ, dense fog. po-
sition Of ship sixty miles south of Sable
| Island. ship by wind on the port tack
heading about w. y. w. though under
reduced canvass going about four or hVt
| knots per hour.
\ WHISTLE HEARD.
! Our fog horn was being kept going
| regularly. every minute. At that time
| heard a steamers whistle on our wealth
or side or port beam. which seemed TO be
| nearing very fast. We blew our horn
and were answered by steamers whistle.
when all OF "A sudden she doomed through
| the fog on our port bow and crashed into
US. going at a terrific speed. our fore
topmast and main top gallant mast came
down. bringing with IL yards and every
| thing attached. / Immediately ordered
the boats out and went to examine the
damage. found that our bows were
| completely cut off and that the plates
were twisted into every Conceivable
| shape The other ship disappeared
through the fog.
TO CLEAR THE WRBCKAGF.
However. our ship was floating on her
collision bulkhead 50 there seemed no
immediate danger Of her sinking We
set to work Immediately TO clear the
wreckage and also ship our staTboard
anchor which was hanging over the stag
board bow and in danger of punching
holes in the bow. We heard a steamer
blowing her whistle on coming back and
we answered with our fog norm. The
steamer then threw mp rocket and fired
a shot. We also threw up some rockets
and fired several shots but we neither
saw nor heard anything more of the
steamer.
WAS LA BOURGOGNE.
Shortly after or about $50 the fog mt
Cd some what and we saw two boats pull
ing toward us with the French flag fly
ing. We sigralled them TO come along
side and found the steamer to be Ia
Rorgogne from New York Tor Havre and
that she had gone down. We laid to all
day and received on board about two
hundred survivors from amongst the pas
sencers and crew. reported to be In all
about six hundred.
THE RESCUE.
Several Of the passengers were on lie
RATS without oars and I called for vol
untoers from among my crew and the
surviving French seamen to bring those
RATS alongside the ship. Some Of the
passengers and seamen from the Sunken
steamer assisted us and we jettisoned
some thrty-six tons Of cargo from our
forehold in order 10 tighten the ship At
about p NJ. another steamer hove In
sight bound westward We put up our
signal N C." want assistance)
THE GRECIAN 70 THE RESCUE.
Shortly after a steamer bore down to-
ward us She proved 10 be the Grecian
bound from Glasgow 10 New York IT'D
captain OF the Grecian agreed 70 take the
passengers on board and also agreed 10
tow NV shin to Halifax. Owing 10 the
condition of my ship | accepted the Of
fer and proceeded at once to tranship
the passengers and get ready our tow
line
AtsP. NJ. we had made a connection
and proceeded I'm tow OF the Grecian to-
ward Halifax. having put sail over the
broken bow 10 take part of the strain
&C the collision bulkhead. There was
al that time Il feet of water in the fore
peak
Some OF the scenes enacted on board
La BourgOgne Just after the COLLISION
were terrible to witness. Men fought
for positions in the boats like raving
the hoats and trampled by men who
made self preservation their first object
on board were a large number Of the
lower. class Of italians and other foreign
ors. who in their frenzy stopped at moth
ing that promises safety for themselves
In a boat was a party OF forty women
but so great was the panic that not a
hand was raised to assist in its launch
ing The occupants. 50 near saved, were
drowned like rats when the ship. with
an awful kissing sound went down. 80
desperate was the situation that an ltal-
ian passenger drew his knife and made
direct at one who like himself was en-
deavoring 10 reach the boats. lmme-
diately his action was initiated In every
direction Knives were tiourished ana
used with effect. Women and children
were driven back to inevitable death at
the point Of weapons. the owners Of
which were experts i'm their use. Ac-
cording TO stories of survivors women
were stabbed like so many sheep.
THEY FOUGHT FOR LIFE.
The scene on the water was even
worse Many of the unfortunates VINO
were struggling in the water attempted
TO drag themselves into the boats or on
rafts These were pushed back into
n watery grave. Here. too. knives were
used freely Not all OF the dead met
death by drowning. Christopher Brunon
saw sailor belonging to the La
Bourgogne strike passenger over the
head with a bar and XIII him. The
body dropped into the water.
The passenger grabbed the boat in
which the sailor was and attempted TO
get on board.
With the exception Of two passengers,
Professor Lacasse and his wife, all the
passengers of the Bourgogne are aboard
the steamer Grecian al the Cunard
wharf The crew are also on board that
steamer. All the crew are collected by
themselves in the forward part OF the
deck, and are, anything but pleasant look
ing. The officer of the gangway look
ed at them with a scowl and said II ne
had his way they would all have been
hanged TO the yard arm long ago.
ONE WAS \ HERO.
The CORES pondent interviewed nearly
all the passengers who could speak En-
glish. one passenger said the oihcers
and crew OF La Bourgogne neglected the
passengers entirely.
The second officer was the only man or
the crew who did anything 10 help the
terrified and helpless passengers lie
cut loose all the boats he could. and IN
fact. all the boats that were launched
were launched by the brave second OFF,
Ger. He was last seen standing on Ahe
deck with his nand on the rigging going
resignedly TO death.
SWAN FOR TWO HOURS.
Christopher Brunini, a passenger was
thrown into the water and swan for two
hours before he found a boat. He chung
to this as his last hope After some time