New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-09
.wrIrI, TALES OF SURVIVORS.
WOMEN THROWNIKTO THE SEA
IA souRGoGNE's PASSENGERS AT THE
GRAND CENTRAL STATION.
THEY TELL OF rHD BLOODY WORK OF ITALIANS
An TIVE CRUELTY OF TIE cREw-PRAisE
FOR THE SHIPS orFIcERs-PArhhi''
SCENES on THn ARRIVAL
OF THE TRAIN.

A heavy train poked its nose 'n'o 'he "rano
Central station shortly before O'CLOCK yes'er-
.,v afternoon and came numbering down the
,ract until IL wheezed and came 10 s'anostii
o, tic terminal In the coaches OF this tram
,rara 161 survivors Of the wreck or the french
IT.. .,samshi, La Bourgogne. Out OF ia per-
.ons who sailed SO happily down the Say
lac, Saturday. only these were lett. WIN the ex-
IGNITION Of thre, who had parted company with
49,, IN the way from Halifax. The remainder
mere drowned at sea or killed in the mad rush
,olov,nS the collision of La Bourgogne with the
Cromartyshire
For a full hour before the train bearing the
.,rv,vors arrived persons interested in those
coed from the wreck began to appear at the
..,,on The arrival az the train had been fore
ella so that the hour was known. There were
many IN the throng that gathered who
,onnc against hope. With no word Of any
,,na one way or the other they came hoping
chat nv some fortunate oversight the ones they
were looking for might have been saved In
this ,hrong were men, women and children. AS
the reports had made known the fact that
none OF the first cabin passengers had escaped.
the friends Of those who travelled in that cabin
knew IL would be useless TO go TO the train.
but despite this there were friends who were
anxious TO get additional details Of the sad af-
fair. and they were present simply to hear the
tale repeated and hungrily srasped at every
word spoken.
BANIsHING FALSE HOPES.
Among the waiting ones the agent Of the
French Line moved with notebook in
hand and a pencil IN the other. From one to
another ne fitted. making a note here or giving
a word there He told freely 20 far as he
able. all about those who were coming on the
train and some Of those who had gone to the
station with one little CLEAN OF hope left had
this ouenched by a word from him. Outside
the station the agent had grouped eight stages
taken from the Fifth-ave. line. and these he
held 10 carry the survivors from the station to
the pier Of the French Line so that they could
ne taken aboard the steamer La Touraine which
sails to-day for France. He was quiet cour
teous and alert but would talk to one
cept those directly interested. He was correct
IN dress and had a wallet we'll filed with small
bills. which money he later distributed to those
survivors who needed money for any purpose
There was a mistaken report that the train
would arrive at $50 p. m. and when the first
section OF the Shore Line Limited arrived at
that hour there there was crush to get to the
train but It was soon discovered that mis-
tied themselves TO wait an hour. When the
train finally did arrive the rush was repeated A
strong detachment Of police. under Captain
Martens kept the crowd back. The ordinary
passengers were allowed to pass out through
the line but the survivors OF the wreck were
held away up the platform. where no one could
reach them Then they were divided into
s1usds Of twenty and one squad at time
under strong police escort. pushed through the
crowd and reached the stages. As fast as
stage was filled the driver would whip UP ana
whirl off with his load.
MRS LA CASSIE NOT ON THE TRAIN.
Inquiry at the start revealed that Mrs. La
Case. the only woman who was saved. was
not on the train. She and her husband came
from Boston on another train. and hurried
through the city TO their home In Plainfeld
The only other survivor that did not come in
was an italian named Enrico Gorri who lives
In Halifax. Aside from the passengers in the
second cabin and the steerage who were saved
not single first cabin passenger having es-
caped-there were 131 members Of the crew In
the marty. The thirty second-class and steerage
Passengers talked more or less about the dis
aster. but the members OF the crew. whether
acting under orders or out Of Indifference main
tanned a sulen silence and walked stolidly
through the lines waiting and took their
seats in the coaches. The only divergence was
when some one espied a friend or a relative In
the side lines and turned aside to greet him. and
then hurried on.
There were pathetic incidents in connection
with the arrival Of the train. One tall, mus
cular. wen-dressed man stood in one Of the