Year: 1874

Wnce tney sent boats 70 take on passenRers
nrs boatoad left the side OF the Europe at p m anu
the last passenger stepped upon thedeck Of the Grcece
at 6 o'clock Three hundred and seventy persons
were transferred from vessel TO the other In sma
boats with the running to tremendous hight In
two hours and half. The officers and passengers OF
the Grece behaved, said DR.. Burridge, In thoroughly
generous and noble toward US all the time We
have been on board and In cases have put then'
selves out OF their way 20 serve US.


Z. HENRY.


T. Henry and wife were on their way TO this country
for the purpose Of beginning business In perfunery
They had with them their entire stock none OF
which was saved. mr. Henry said; 81 knew
nothing of the danger that threatened
us until heard the cannon. knew that
to bo the signal OF distress; 80 dressed instantly
and rushed deOk. Men running here and there
with pale, scared looking faces, and everything Was III
confusion. At last learned that the boat had sprung
leak. For little time thought We should be lost.
knew no boat could live In such sea- and thereore'
abandoned hope OF escaping by such means. Inc
Greece hove in sight about IL O'clock a. M, but We
could not get enough to her TO allow OF sending
boats to her before the afternoon. Myself and my
wife LEFT in the fourth boat to the Greece. Ihe
sea too rough for us 10 chmp upou
the ship by means OF ladders, 30 every pas
senger was osted separately by rope tied around the
chest and both the vessel and our boat ptched very
violently, nearly all Of the people went under Few iee'





suffered bruises and jams from contact with the boat Ut
SHIP On the next morning after arrival upon thiS
ship we had the greatest fright Of all In attempting 10
aid the Europe in getting before tho wnd as sne was
nearly helpless the on the Greece were oDgeu W
use q rope. Just the Europe was directly pehhu u'
she started suddenly forward and struck the Ireece
blow on the sarboard side OF the sern stav
ing hole in her. For little while thought we were
doomed to 20 to the bottom. but examination showed
the hole 10 be above water mark As 1t was, the water
was more than three feet deep In the after cabin un
the damage was repaired"


DIR. L. G. PAGE.


Dr. L. G. Page, Chief Surgeon OF the Greece sara
We sighted te French ship April O. In the afternoop'
and came abreast OF her. We sat down to dinner al
p. III. Tue captain was called upon deeK anu
told by The assistant officer that there was
somethine wrong with the French steamer.
she had the signal OF sinking nying and she came along
side and then we the French captain making Jes
tures Our chief officer ordered out the Doas ana tney
were out before the others were started ihorc
was o heavy sea at tho time. We gave tno
passengers refreshments as they arrived, anu
there were no accidents among them except


few scalds probably from the steam The passengers
and crew we're all on board ship at ESQ., and the
French ship was totally abandoned After that went
on deck and / Capt. Lemalre there' ahu ho
said his ship sinking. We dId our
best to make all the passengers comfortaDie'
Next morning the chief officer and engineer ol our snip
went on board the Europe believe at the Captains
reqaest do not know what they reported Out heA'
morning. after had lain to all night, they went Oh
hoard again about 20 a. Before they went Mr. Buck,
our chief officer, into my room and SAID, Gooupy,
Page am go.nC II is risky, bat am going Inc Sai
wage crew in number and my assistant ana he
fourth officer. We lay to several hours and saw them
make sail and il was the attempt TO got her head 10
the eastward after the rope passed that the collision
occurred


THE sTEwARDEss OF THE EUROPE


The sewardess Of the Europe said that the passengers
were not made aware of the danger they were ln'
arising from fact that the vessel was leakug until
short time before they transferred TO the Greece
She had noticed that the captain Of the Europe ap-
peared TO be at times very anxious; but as he sa'u
nothing aud WHOM talking to the passengers seemed 10
he cheerful che did not suspect anything like serious
danger At the time when about TO make the transfer
the captain came quietly to the passengers anu 'oiu
them to put their life-preseryers' as Tue
ship was evidently sinking. Almost IN the same
breath be informed them that another vessel was In
sight he had sgnaed her 10 come to his assistance
and take of the passengers and that she was fast ap
preaching There time to get any OF the baggage
m the transfer was made soon afterward Every
on board the Europe during this perilous perod De-
hayed in calm and orderly manner, and there was not
half so much excitement during the whole time as she
had witnessed since she had landed on the pier. Ihere
WAS in her opinion plenty Of time to have obtained all
the baggage but nothing was saved beside the Inais
except some bread The captain OF the Greece put crew
Oh board the Europe, she understood Tor the
purpose of getting the baggage Of the passengers; but
when the men got board the Europe they refused 10
save anything and claimed the vessel as prize They
even refused to obey the captain Of the Greece or allow
him to 20 on board and looked upon their action as
little less than piracy All the passengers and crew OF
the Europe she believed had-been saved-in fact she
was sure that not a life had been lost There we're IA
Messengers An the cabin and IN the second caOin
While on the they had all been treated as wei as
could been under the circums tances vi
course they had put with some hardsDlps ana lhe
loss OF the baggage was serious nconvehlehce a
the same clothing. To the inquiry as TO whether sue
had any friends in the city 10 whom she conu go das'
NIGHT he rcpiled that arrangement ndd peen
,nsde nv MIR Mackenzie, who had informed her that
suitable quarters had been secured