The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 6

THE PHILADELPHIA IKQUIBEB THXTBSD AY MOKNTETG, JULY -7, 1898 LINER "LA BOURGOGNE- SINKS'-WITH. OVER FIVE HUNDRED SOULS Continued From First Page Knowles are respectively the wife and daughter of H. H. Knowles. Inspector of agencies in the Equitable Life Assurance Company, in Chicago.

II. M. Kidd is thought to be a graduate of Yale, 18'J2, living in Albany. He was R-ICE- v-' twins, aged about 20 years, and A. Perry, aged 11 years.

Mrs. Perry, with her two youngest children had met the older daughters who had just graduated from an Eastern college, in New York, all proceeding to France for a summer's outing. Mrs. Terry was the granddaughter of Ex-Governor Madeira, of Ohio. Miss Sadie and Miss Florence Perry graduated last week from the Sacred Heart Convent at Man-hattanvllle, N.

Y. St. Lotiis Had Two ST. LOUIS, July 6 Two passengers on La Bourgogne were from St. Lou-Is.

They are Anton Donelli and C. D. Angelica. It is probable that others from this city were on board, having shipped from the New York ofiice. One From Ann Arbor ANN ARBOR.

July 6. It has been definitely ascertained that Professor E. L. Walter sailed on La Ilonrffoirn. Pro.

VIABLE 5. LIEBRE'S AWFUL BLOW Chef of Stratford Saved, His Children Perished Among the inquirers at the office of the company were Joseph Girard and G. Cholet, who were in search of information regarding Charles Liebre, formerly chef at the Hotel Stratford. Liebre lett here on Thursday last with his two children, intending to sail on La Bourgogne. They said that a mutual friend, Charles La-jottee, a former Philadelphian, but now a resident of New York, had been in this city Sunday and told them that he had seen Liebre and his sons on board the vessel and that he had some trouble over his tickets.

The trouble is thought at the ofiice of the company here to have been Rome misunderstanding regarding the war revenue tax. Two telegrams were received from Liebre by the manager last night which left no doubt that he was the former chef of the hotel. The last dispatch confirmed the fact that the boys were drowned, and said Liebre was on his way back to Philadelphia. Manager Dennison, of the Stratford, says that Liebre's wife died about three months ago, and the chef seized the first opportunity to take the boys, aged and years, to his parents in Paris. He was going to leave them there tp be educated and return to his old oost at the Stratford in henry MAP SHOWING THE PLACE OF A.

Schultz, Mrs. A. Schultz, their two itiiimcu, mm a ill a Hi were on board. Mr. Schultz was an importer of laces.

Chicago list of the cabin passengers from Chicago Mr. E. R. Rundell and wife, Mrs. Edwin wgooa, aiaster JUU.

Osgood, Mrs. James M. Marshall, Mrs. E. C.

Cook, Miss Frances Hess, Mrs. H. H. Knowles, Miss Ger- iruue snowies, M. Tower, Miss Eloy Reeves, Mr.

P. A. Wright. Mrs. JflmPH AiiirfthaM ii Yia irlfa T.i,..

i shall, of the Chicago Title and Trust Company. She was going to -Paris. Mrs. E. C.

Cook, who accompanied Mrs. Marshall. a iuc mill? wi louii, oi rue ijity Lumber Company. Hotel Martin's Contingent NEW YORK, July 6. It was learned at the Hotel Martin that the following nPr.

sons sailed on Da Bourgogne, after buying stopped at that hotel: B. J. Gautier, Galveston; I. Straas, wife, son and daughters, Brussels; Mrs. C.

Bihon, Mexico; Au-guste Laeoste Oloroai, St. Marc, France; aim. ai. z.aoeua, Jiexico; air. ana Mrs.

Groin, Mexico; S. LVmpo, Mexico. Thomas II. Whitney's Family NEW YORK. July 6.

Among the passengers were Mrs. Thomas H. Whitney, child and maid. Mrs. Whitney was the wife of Thomas H.

Whitney, of the Whitney Glass Works, Glas.sboro, N. J. The Whitueys" residence was in Washington, I. C. J.

M. Chanut, of No. 2 West Fourteenth street, was on a business trip to Paris. Baltimore's Passengers BALTIMORE, July 6. Six Balti-moreans were aboard the Bourgogne.

They were Dr. L. E. Llvlngood. of the Johns Hopkins Hospital; Ralph Leon Williams, Antoine Achard, Mrs.

Antoine Achard, Miss Marie Achard, Antoine A. Achard. Mr. Williams was a teacher in one of the Raltimore schools, and lived at 13 East Franklin street. Mrs.

Achard was the buyer for the millinery and dressmaking department of Joel Gutman and went to Europe every year. Her husband and two children always accompanied her. The family resided on North Howard street, near Madison. Washington's List WASHINGTON, July 6. Mr.

and Mrs. Anthony Pollok, of this city, were on La Bourgogne. Mr. Pollok is the senior member of the law firm of Pollok Mauro and is a man of large means. They had planned to remain abroad three months.

The agents of the steamship company here have on their lists also the names of Miss E. D. Vallette and Mrs. C. Bourquln.

The names of neither appear in the city directory. Pittsbnrg PITTSBURG. July 6. Two of the La Bourgogne's passengers were Bertha and Maria Fluecklger, of Allegheny City (second class Rev. Father John Williams, of Ems-worth, left here to take passage on the Bourgogne and Is supposed to have perished.

St. Paul ST. PAFL, July 6. Among the passengers were Helolse Legas, a widow, of ttls city, and her daughter, Mrs. J.

M. Bronk. One From Denver DENVER, July 6. Bourgogne carried one passenger'-' from Denver, Miss Marie Plcoc. Cleveland CLEVELAND.

6-July 6. Among the passengers on Bourgogne were two from Cleveland. Prof. liL. Water and Mr.

A. E. Angell. 'Buffalo BUFFALO. N.

July 6. Albeit Steg-man. giving his residence as Chicago, took steerage passage here on La Bourgogne. Dr. Livingood's Sad End READING, July 6.

Dr. Louis Llv-lngood, of this city, was on La Bourgojrne. He is one of the professors of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Last week he was on a farewell visit to his father, Jacob S. Llvlngood.

a member of the Rending bar. He then left for a six months' visit to Vienna, where he intended remaining in the line of his professional work. Wilmington Alan Saved officers in the matter of launching the boats on the port side of the steamer pointed out the perfect impossibility of doing this. The ship had such a great list to the starboard that the boats on the port side were immovable, but Zurich's argument, however, is this: That the lines should have been cut, so that when the ship went down the boats might nave floated off and been reached by the drowning people struggling in the water. Zurich shut his eyes and pressed his head as he recalled the awful scene on the deck of La Bourgogne as she sank.

She had a list to starboard of nearly 45 degrees, and the collision having taken place abaft the bridge, the steamer sank more rapidly in the after part. Lying almost on her starboard side, she foundered stern first. The passengers crowded up from the water rising on the deck till they were packed close. Prayers, imprecations and maniacal laughter mingled in an awful chorus of woe. Above all stood Captain Deloncle, firm at his post on the bridge, going to death in the brave way that an officer commanding such a ship and with so many lives in his care should go.

He died heroically, and his last words were the steam whistle's "Good-bye." ASSYRIANS PERISHED. Among La Bourgogne's passengers were seventy Assyrians, who had been for some years in New York and were bound for their native city of Beyrouth. Charles Elkoory told me that of seventy only eight survive. One of the seventy included in the lost thirteen relatives. Of another company, consisting of eleven Armenians, only one was saved.

"Sergus," as he pronounced his name, though he could not spell it, with the Armenians, was a priest, also returning to the land of his birth. With the priest were gathered all the Armenians, and the pravers of this representative of an ancient Eastern church ascended from dying lips to the same throne as those that were being offered up by the representatives of the Roman Church in another part of the ill-fated steamer. Fried Niffler is a native of Switzerland, who lived in Tacoma, Wash. He was able to speak jocularly though surrounded by so many sorrowing people, men filled with sadness, but mingled of course with self-congratulations at escape from almost universal death. Niffler told me that soon after leaving New York he had made the acquaintance of a young lady, Miss Eliza Neffenoggar, a Swiss resident in New York, and who has a sister in that city.

When he came up from his berth he was met by an officer of the steamer who assured him there was no danger, but ne hastened for a life preserver and started in search of his lady friend. He found her and both got into a boat. But the lines attaching the boat to the davits had not been cut and the ship went down with boat and crew. Niffler rose to the surface and says his first thought was for his lady companion, but she was nowhere to be seen. He was a good swimmer and was materially assisted bv his life belt.

He reached a raft, scrambled into it and was saved. George Francklyn is the agent in this city of the line that owned La Bourgogne. He is also agent of the company that owns the Allen Liner Grecian that towed in the Cromartyshire and lastly he is French Consul. He consequently occupies an important position in this matter. I told him of the stories of mismanagement and lack of system on the steamship.

He pointed out how likely to be exaggerated such stories of passengers are. "The officers are all dead," said Mr. Francklyn. "The captain went down at his post nobly. There is certainly no inference of cowardice in this, and the position of the ship made it impossible to move the boats on the port side of the heavily-lifted steamer.

Mr. Francklyn took a brief statement in French from one of the passengers and from the assistant purser, but these he did not consider of sufficient importance to translate for publication. I asked him regarding the stories of brutality by sailors of the sinking ship and he replied that the only thing of this kind of w-hich he knew, was on the part of some Austrian sailors who were passengers on the steamer, twelve of whom had taken possession of a boat that w-ould hold forty and had refused to share ifc with others. MRS. HENDERSON'S STORY.

Mrs. Henderson, a native of this city, wife of the captain of the Cromartyshire, says when the collision occurred the weather was foggy and she had risen from her bunk at an early hour, as was her custom when the weather was thick. Shortly before the vessels came together she detected a steamer's whistle blowing on the port side of the vessel. The Cromartyhire was sounding her fog horn at intervals of one minute. Mrs.

Henderson called the attention of her husband to the sounding of the whistle, and a minute later the mate who was on the watch also detected the sound. It came nearer and nearer, and Mrs. Henderson stood near the cabin in order to res- teen feet of water in the fore part. Her bows were entirely gone and water washed over the bulkheads. Halifax was reached at 0 o'clock this morning.

TERRIBLE PANIC. Albert Gaidot, of Paris, who was returning from a visit to New York, says that when the awful crash came nearly all on the French liner were below in their berths, only the watch an-i officers on duty being on deck. There was little, if any, outcry from those on board till just as the steamer took her final plunge. Then everything was confusion. It w-as everyone for himself.

The steamer took a sudden lift and the women and children all rushed madly to the uppermost side. Many men went to the lower side and succeeded in reaching the lifeboats and rafts on that r- side. I Into one boat about forty women and children crowded, but they were unable to get the daits clear, and when the ship went down t-be carried the boat and its occupants with her. THRILLING RESCUE. Mrs.

Le Casse, the only woman who escaped of the 200 on board, was rescued by her husband, after being under water twice, i-he and her husband were caught in the whirlpool from the sinking 6hip and whirled about at a sickening rate. When thev finally came to the surface they managed to get on a life-rait floating near them, on which there were about twenty others. In the whirlpool were to be seen heads and arms of men, women and children and the shrieks and cries of the drowniug ones were heartrending. Mrs. Le Casse says when she heard the whistle of the approaching steamer in answer to that from the Cromartyshire she realized that in an instant there would be a collision.

She saw the immense hull of the steamer loom up in the fog and almost immediately after there was a terrible crash. The steamer careened on her side and the waves rushed in. Mrs. Le Casse was carried by a wave into the sea. She caught hold of a raft and held bravely on for a while and then lost consciousness.

Her husband was standing near the rail of the steamer. His wife, apparently dead on the raft, tossed in the trough of the sea. lie leaped overboard and caught her just as she was slipping into the water. Both floated about for some time before being rescued. A HORRIBLE SCENE.

Mr. Le Casse, when describing the scene that followed the collision, said it was one of horror. A large number of those who were below were unable to reach the deck and went down with the steamer. "I saw a boat load of women go down," he said. "The accident happened a few yards from me.

There were about forty women in the boat, and not one man in it, and strange to say the boat was launched without an oar. The women did not remain quiet in the boat. To escape the spray from the waves that dashed against the lifeboat, several of the women went to the other side of the boat, and it capsized, and every soul was lost. Three of the women remained afloat for a few seconds and then disappeared. I could not reach them from the raft.

I had no oars and I experienced great difficulty in keeping the raft with my wife, who was senseless and prostrated by my side. I tried restore my wife, but was unable to do so for some time. I saw scores of people in the water right near the raft, but they disappeared in a few minutes. At times I could see the heads of many people emerge on the crest of a wave, ana later on they disappeared in the trough of the sea." Patrick McKeown, of Wilmington, is an Irishman, but he proudly said in telling his story, and though full of the horrors of his recent experience, that he had become an American citizen. He he was in bed when the collision occurred.

The window of his room was broken. He put on the clothes he stood in, which was all he saved, and rushed on deck. It was crowded, but an officer who met him said there was no danger, and he rather leisurely went back for a life-preserver. When he returned the confusion and ter-Tor on the deck had become terrible. The steamer had listed to starboard, and men, women and children were running hither and thither.

He could not see an officer, and there appeared to be no one who could exercise any control over the helpless multitude. Taking no chances on the fast sinking ship, he slid down the side of the steamer into the water and grasped a raft, on which Mrs. LeCasse was lying watched by her husband. KILLED BY A SAILOR. McKeown then went on to tell of a horrible story which I refrained from accepting without auestioning him closely.

He said that he had picked up the acquaintance of a fellow passenger, an Irishman like himself, who had lived in Philadelphia working at the tailoring business. This poor fellow tried to get on the raft, but I COLLISION Members of the erew: Edward Lalsne. fourth Yves Lobrys. engineer. Victor Grendot.

Emile Lebourch. first Sylvester Allain. electrician. Vincent Leperson. sail- Andre Depree.

electrl- or. clan. Emanuel Jacob. Ernest Scott, second TeHtou Leuore. purser.

Ilene Ranis. Jean Fallot, boatswain. Pleree Le Breton. Pierre Ballard, second Fortune Valerie. mate.

Iesire Lemageur. Jean Mavue, second car- Plrre Buffet. penter. iullluane Le Pare. Yves Oliver.

Joseph Tentius. Louis Corre. Boys: Maurice Dev'ale. quar- Jules Betfer. termaster.

August Tacheur. Yves Pierefl. Andre Darshry. Saved from the engine room: Louis Guegan. Joseph Andren.

Jean L. Jean. Joseph Holir. Pierre Bernard. Pierre Bedlard.

Louis ProiHlbam. Louis L. Heroder. Henry Martin. Yves Prote.

Yves Sailius. Jean Refloeh. Louis L. Jubien. Pierre Jehannot.

Yves L. Gall. Jean Masic. L. Tetot.

Joseph Allain. Yves Ralloc. Charles Fortin. Louis Cento. Jean I Porre.

Yves Bemel. Joseph Hovat. xlelleguis. Pierre Coquart. James Crowley.

Frani'is Haniel. Joseph Eseats. Yves Mainguy. Jean Calvary. Francis L.

Gall. Vincent Rallec. Guenolet Keraudror. Charles Bidaut. Hippollte Tanquay.

Francis Nicolas. Jeun Maree. Alars L. Mescany. Ange Le Iautec.

Alexis Lochero. Joseph Piroune. Jnllen Piroune. Yves Easel. Mario Mainguay.

Jules Bailie. Jean Blouin. Pierre Leeardien. Jean4Malgom. Francis Oaulet.

Yves Larcher. Pierre Veisln. PARIS STUNNED News of the Disaster Cansed Consternation PARIS, July 6. The news of the ca tastrophe to La Bourgogne has thrown the city into consternation. Special editions of the newspapers giving details sold like wild-fire.

An enormous crowd is in front of the offices of the steamship com pany beseeching news. The offices will be open all night. The officers of the French Transatlan tique Steamship Company were soon be sieged by anxious inquirers, but the company's officials had little to communicate beyond the number of those who have perished. The immensity of the calamity has spread the greatest gloom in Paris, and the names of the survivors are awaited with the greatest anxiety. French Embassy Notified WASHINGTON, July G.

The French Embassy has received a dispatch from the agent of the French Steamship Companv1 at New York announcing the wreck of the Bourgogne and the loss of about GOO lives. The news caused the deepest depression at the Embassy, as many of those on the steamer were friends of the Ambassador and other officials of the Embassy. cich were employed on barges of the Reading Railroad Coal Company plying between this city and Boston. The barge Oakhill, in which they had worked last, was laid up for a few days last week. It was not known how long she was going to be idle, so the home fever, which had been working in the blood of the men for over a year, took complete possession of them.

Malatestaich remarked to another boarder in the house, Casi-mir Babon, that he believed he would go home. He attempted to persuade Babon to go with him and almost succeeded. The latter, however, changed his mind, and many and earnest were the thanks he uttered last night that he had done so. Malatestaich, however, gained the consent of Succich, and both men started away last Friday. They purchased tickets at Ambrosio's banking house, Seventh and Fitzwater streets, and gayly bade their comrades good-bye.

That was the last heard of them till the awful news of the Bourgogne's sinking reaching their Countrymen yesterday afternoon. Both men were married. Malatestaich leaves a wife and two children in Castelmuschia, and Succich a young wife and an aged father and mother. Some of New York's Drowned NEW YORK, July 6. Of those who were from this city Ferdinand Brochard kept a delicatessen store In West Twenty-eighth street.

GiuseppI Alpl was a manufacturer of artificial flowers in West Third street. His brothers are attached to the Vatican. Mr. Alpi left a wife and seven daughters at home. His father-in-law, Giovanni Fel-Ilnl, was also on La Bourgogne.

Pierre Collin and A. Grandvilliers were confectioners In the employ of Maillard. M. Genl Is said to have been in business on Broadway. Mme.

Elise Roussell's husband is connected with the French newspaper, Courier des Etats Unis. C. Tacet was the proprietor of a delicatessen store in Eifffcth avenue. Pedro J. Sosa and his 12-year-old son were among the cabin passengers.

Senor Sosa was a civil engineer of Panama, who was identified with the building of railways there, and who was connected with Count DeLeeseps in the Panama Canal scheme. He was bound for Paris to act as a member of a commission appointed to decide upon means for completing the canal. Senor Sosa was a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. and was about 45 years old. Rev.

Anthony Kossler, the pastor of St. Joseph's Church, in West One-hundred-ana-twenty-flfth street, this city, was born in Cologne, Germany, and had been a resident of New York city for over forty-five years and was considered the leading piiest of the German Catholic Church here. As a cabin passenger on "board La Bourgogne was afso Rev. Cyprien Floriscone, the Dominican prior, O. S.

at Sherman Park, Li. I. Mr. Jerome Vacher, Importer of silks, was also a passenger. He lived In Pater-son, N.

where his wife and daughter now are. Mr. Vacher Is said to have started the first silk mill In Paterson. Judge Dillon's Family NEW YORK, July 6. The Mrs.J.

F. Dillon and Mrs. Dillon-Oliver who were on board the Bourgogne were the wife and daughter respectively of Judge J. F. Dillon, counsel for the West Shore Railway, the Manhattan Elevated Railway.

and the Gould railway system. Mrs. Dillon, who was about 55 years of age, was making a trip to Europe because of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Dillon-Oliver. Mr.

Dillon, whose home Is at Fair Hills, N. is in poor health, and it is feared among his friends that the shock will seriously affect him. Walter V. Clark and wife, of Hacken-sack, N. were among the passengers.

They were married last Thursday. Mr. Clark was prominent in the New Jersey militia. Mrs. H.

H. Knowles and Miss Gertrude SE fessor Walter occupied the chair of Romantic Lauguaes and Literature in the 1 111 tri Bll Ul JUlC'LUtm. DuBoic Was Not Aboard MONTREAL. Julv ft. St nor DnTtoa.

merly of the Spanish Legation at VVash- mgton, laugneu when he was told that his name was on the list of Dassensrc of the ill-fated La Bourgogne. ion can imagine tnat 1 nave no desire to sail by the way of New York." be said. It has since been learned that the man referred to was Eugene DuBost, a whole- oaie miner oi mis City. Three vounz ladies, the Misses Ren nd Laura Barsalou and Anaido Letoureau, who were drowned, left Montreal to join the convent of the female Franciscans In France. Massachusetts Passengers BOSTON, July 6.

The local office of the French Line Steamship Company In this city says that nine passengers on La Bouigogne registered from this city. The first news of the disaster reached the company here through the Associated Press reports and they looked over their passenger lists for names of those on board fioui this section. The following were found: Miss Minnie Connor, buyer, C. F. Hover Co.

Albert Weiss, music teacher, Roxbury, Leon Porteau, musician, Roxbury. Mrs. Leon Porteau. Mme. Vallade, mother of Mrs.

Porteau. Leon Jasquet, musician, Roxbury. Mrs. Leon Jasquet and Infant son. Mme.

Vert Arrouet, modiste. Boston. Rev. W. G.

Webster, Providence. The local office thinks It is possible that others from this city proceeded direct to New York and engaged for their passage there. As soon as news of the disaster became known a story started that at least fifteen members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra were on board. It appeared, however, that only three of the players In the organization were among the passengers. They were Messrs.

Weiss, Porteau and Jasquet. Lancaster Woman's Fate LANCASTER, July 6. Mrs. Catharine Bannworth, of this city, was among the third-class passengers on the lost steamer Bourgogne. She was 40 years oid, has a husband, son and daughter, and left Lancaster last Friday for a trip to her old home in Alsace.

Bride and Groom Irost Special to The Inquirer. HACKENSACK, N. July 6. Among those who sailed on the ill-starred La Bourgogne were a bride and bridegroom from this city, Captain and Mrs. Walter V.

Clark. They went for a honeyuvon tour in Europe. It was on last Thursday that they were married. Their friends gave them an enthusiastic send-off aboard steamer. One of the last things Mrs.

Clark said at the good-bye gathering was: "Don't be afraid if the ship goes down. I'm so light-hearted I'll float." Their names are not on the list of the saved. Captain Clark was nearly 50 years old. He was Inspector of rifle practice in the Second New Jersey Regiment, and recently a recruiting officer at the State camp. The Only Woman Saved Special to The Inquirer.

PLAINFIELD, N. July 6. Mrs. Adrian C. La Casse, the only woman saved of the hundreds of passengers on board the French Liner La Bourgogne, was going to France on the ill-fated steamer to spend the summer.

Mr. LaCasse was on deck when the collision occurred and hastening to the state room brought hi a wife from the berth and jumped overboard. Both were saved by clinging to a raft. Mr. LaCasse was professor "in the New Jersey Military Academy in this city, and in the school of languages here.

On finishing their school affairs here for the summer vacation Professor and Mrs. LaCasse decided to visit relatives in France and left here Thursday amid the well wishes of their friends, hoping to spend a pleasant summer and be back here by September. A UNIVERSITY MAN Francis Penn Steele, and His Ulster Lost Among the passengers on the ill-fated steamer Burgogne who were lost were Francis Penn Steel, and his sister, Miss Gertrude Steel, both of this city. Mr. Steel, who resided with his mother, Mrs.

Elizabeth Steel, at 219 East Logan square, left upon a trip abroad with the intention of spending a short vacation in Paris and returning in a few weeks. Francis Penn Steel, is well known in the college world, being prominently connected with the Mask and Wig Club, of the University of Pennsylvania, during the entire four years of his course. He entered the class of 'i)o in the freshman FRANCIS PENX STEEL, JR. rear, in the Wharton school. Immediately he joined the Mask and Wig Club, and from his first appearance was considered the most gracetul dancer in that society, always taking feminine parts.

It was always conceded by his class that to Steel was due a large measure of the success achieved by the club during hia association with it. Mr. Steel was graduated with high honors from the University in 1895, and in his senior year was vice-president of his class. Since then he has been connected with a business house, and it was during hia vacation from here that he took passage on the Bourgogne. DR.

KOPPE LOST He Was a Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Simon Koppe, who, with his bride, were among the passengers on the ill-fated vessel, and with her perished in the catastrophe, was a native of Germany. Dr. Koppe was a graduate of the Gymnasium of Breslau, and had for three years past been a student in the department of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He held the "George L.

Harrison" fellowship in Semitics at the University in 1897 and 9S, and was a Ph. D. of that institution. Koppe graduated last spring. While in Philadelphia he resided at 3205 Woodland avenue.

the fall. ANXIOUS INQUIRERS Up-Town Woman Eagerly Sought News of Relatives The names of Miss Marie Midon and Miss Suzanne Perrier, who are said to be among the Philadelphians on board, cannot be found in the directory. J. L. Miller, the company's agents in this city, ia of the opinion that their tickets had been purchased from some other point, as many passengers purchase tickets in other cities than that in which they reside.

A case of this kind came to the attention of The Inquirer reporter. Miss M. Bitner, of 2217 Berks street, was among the number who besieged the ofhee of the company. She was in search of information regarding her grandmother, Mrs. C.

Bourquin, and a cousin, Mrs. 1). Vallette. Both women were residents of this city and made their home at the address given above. They had gone to Washington a short time ago on a visit and had purchased their tickets in that city.

They are evidently lost as their names do not. appear among those saved. They left this city last Friday and contemplated remaining in France for a year. Both have many relatives scattered through the Republic and their program waa to visit them all. BOUND FOR IRELAND Peter Barrett Was Going to See His Sick Father Peter Barrett.of this city who met death as a passenger on the French Liner, was a cutter in the employ of John Condon tailors, at 810 Chtstnut street.

He started for Europe rather unexpectedly in response to the news that his father is lying critically ill at his home on the estate in the North of Ireland. The home, at Sixty-fifth street and Elmwood avenue, is closed, and Mrs. Barrett, with their tour children, is spending the season at Sea Isle City. Dr. Edward H.

Green, of 302 South Tenth street, who is a brother-in-law of Peter Barrett, explained that the French line of steamers was chosn for the voyage because Mr. Barrett intended going first to Paris to see a sister who is a member of the Order of Little Sisters of the Poor there- From. Paris he intended going to England to see a brother and then to his father's house. Mr. Barrett was about 40 years old and was greatly devoted to his family.

GRIEF-STRICKEN ITALIANS Mourning the Loss of Two Fellow-Workmen Lost on the Bourgogne A group of sunburned sons of Italy sat last night in the boarding house kept by Frank Rosich, at 2540 Tilton street, Richmond, and talked in subdued tones of the fate which had befallen two of their countrymen, Stefano Sucich and Tomaso Malatestaich, who went down with the ill-fated Bourgogne. It was only last Friday that the men left the boarding house to go to New York for the purpose of taking passage on the French vessel. They had been talking of the trip for months, and had carefully hoarded their savings for the time when they would be able to visit their wives and parents in Castelmuschia, in Istria. Both men were young, industrious and sober. They had been in the United States for several years past, and resided at Ro-sich's boarding house for the past three years.

In common with the other lodgers in the house, Malatestaich and Sue-In the list of saved is the name of Thomas Manatestina, a third-class passenger, who may be the Thomas Malatestaich mourned as lost by local Italians. RS. KUNTZMANN LO ST She Left Here to Attend Her Parents' Golden Wedding Among the Philadelphians on La Bour- fogne was Mrs. Sophie Kuntzmann, of 241 South Bonsall street. Mrs.

Kuntzmann Was born in Romehamp, France, on March 2, 1850. She had not been home since coming to this country, and the main object of her trip was to be present at the celebration of the golden wedding of her parents, who live in Romehamp. Her intention waa to visit a sister in Paris and together go to their birthplace. Mrs. Kuntzmann's trip was to have lasted about six or eight weeks.

Her husband. Jasques Kuntzmann, conducts a cigar and confectionery store at the southeast corner of Oakford and South Bonsall streets. In addition to her husband three children survive Mrs. Kuntzmann, Paul, Emile and Marie, aged respectively 28, 26 and 14 years. ILL-STARRED CRAFT La Bonrgogne Had Several Close Calls Before Monday NEW YORK, July 6.

La Bourgogne had had many mishaps since she was built at Toulon. France, in 1880. In 1890 La Bourgogne almost met the same fate that overtook her last Monday morning, and curiously It was a British ship that she ran into that time also. The French Liner had left Havre on January 4, and at midnight was off the Scllly Islands It was then blowing a hurricane, when suddenly the British steamer Torrlder, bound for Glasgow, headed directly across her bow. The Frenchman crashed Into the steamer, striking her stern, carrying away her propeller and otherwise damaging her.

She escaped with slight injuries, aud the English vessel, after La Bourgogne had lain by her all night, was able to proceed to the nearest port. In February, 1800, La Bourgogne collided with the steamer Allsa In the Narrows of New York harbor, off Fort Wads-worth. The Allsa sank before she could be run aground. The Ailsa'8 sailors, mostly Spaniards and Italians, acted with the greatest cowardice, taking possession of the only available life boat and beating off women passengers. The passengers were thrown into the rigging, from which they were subsequently rescued by tugs.

The French ship's injuries were very slight. Iu November of the same year La Bourgogne while going out of the harbor ran aground off Sandy Hook, but was able to get off after a short time and continue her voyage. Two of the ship's company were Injured by heavy seas In 1SU4, and In one of the seamen, August Gulllard, fell overboard from the promenade deck aud was drowned. Munyon'g Rheumatism Pellets cure Lumbago. Sciatica and all rheumatic pains.

Munyon's doctors at your service free. point of weapons, the owners of which were experts in' their use. According to stories of survivors, women were stabbed like so many sheep. EVEN WORSE SCENES. The scene on the water was even worse.

Many of the unfortunates who were struggling in the water attempted to draw themselves into the boats or on rafts. These were rmshed hack into a watery grave. Here. too. knives were used freely.

Not all of the dead met death by drowning. Christopher Branini, a passenger, saw a sailor belonging to the Bourgogne, strike a passenger over the head with a bar and kill him. The body dropped into the water. The passenger grabbed the boat in which the sailor was and attempted to get on board. Brunini was thrown into the water and swam for two hours before he found a boat.

He clung 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 cruel in their conduct toward the passengers. He was unable to get into the steamer's boats when he came on deck, being shoved away by the sailors.

He saw many of his friends being prevented from getting into the boats by the sailors. He lost everything but what he stood in. Mehlini Secondo, an Italian steerage passenger, is among the saved. When he got on deck he found a raft with five men on it. The raft, however, was tied and chained fast to the deck and no sailors were near to let it loose.

None of the five men had knives. The ship 'sank rapidly and they were all precipitated into the water. He was in the water minutes and alone, the other five sinking before his eyes. He came across a boat which he tried to get into. He eventually succeeded, but not before a desperate fight with her crew.

He was battered with oars and shoved away with boat hooks. He managed to seize an oar, however, and pulled himself to the boat and climbed in. TERRIBLE ORDEAL. August Pourgi was in the water half an hour and attempted to get into a boat with his aged mother. He was held by some of the sailors, while others pushed his mother away.

Again he tried to enter the boat, but the inhuman savages who manned it were determined to keep him out. He managed at last to get in and to stay in. Clinging to the life line of a boat not far away he saw his mother, and, as if his trials were not enough, he was forced to watch a man shove her deep into the ocean with an oar, from which she never rose. He said the man was saved and was almost sure he can recognize him, though he does not know the man's name. Fred Niffler, a Swiss, was the most jovial and contented of all the unfortunate passengers.

He lost all his money and cfothes with the exception of a pair of pants and a shirt, but he laughed, and now and again cursed the fiendish French sailors with passionate earnestness. He went to bed the night before the collision, and slept well. He never heard a sound, but woke in the morning the same as he would any other morning. He went on" deck and saw the splinters. He asked the officer of the watch what was up.

The officer replied that it was all right, that the ship would not go down. Niffler, however, got into a life boat with some others and remained there until he reached the water, when he thought it was time to leave. None of the sailors ever attempted to let the boat loose. He swam for a long time before he was picked up. He saw an Englishman attempt to get into a boat, but the men in the boat, who were sailors of the Bourgogne, hit him over the head with the butt end of an oar.

He fell back and sank out of sight. DROWNED FIVE WOMEN. Charles Liebra, a Frenchman, expressed himself as thoroughly ashamed of his countrymen's conduct. This man is one of the most unfortunate. He had two motherless boys, five and seven years old with him.

He put them in a boat, but was prevented from entering it himself. He could not get in a boat and went down with the ship. He went down so deep that he thought he was gone, but he came to the surface and at once looked for the boat with his boys. They were nowhere to be seen, and he mourns them as, lost. He floated a long time before a boat came along.

He tried to get in, but was assailed with oars and boat hooks. Mr. Liebra exposed his arms and body. His arms are black and blue, and his body is terribly bruised from the blows he received. After this boat went off he was in the water eight hours.

Liebra also said that he saw five women who were evidently exhausted clinging to the life line of a boat. The French sailors maliciously, as the women were in no one's way, cut the lines and the women sank never to rise again. MURDERED A Patrick McKeown is an intelligent young Irishman from Wilmington, Del. He is justly indignant at the brutal crew. He is on his way to Paris to turn out leather for a firm there.

He was more fortunate than most of his fellow-passengers and got on a raft when the Bourgogne was sinking. He was the only passenger who could have walked through the streets of Halifax without attracting attention. One of the worst sights he said he ever saw was the murder of an American with whom he "had become acquainted on board the steamer. This man, whose name he cannot recall, was from Philadelphia, where he has a wife and family. The Philadelphian was trying to get on a raft not far distant from the one McKeown was on.

A French sailor grabbed half an oar and beat him three times over the forehead. The murdered man was on his way to Paris to see a sister. From Paris he intended to go to Ireland to see his fa'ther and mother. The Philadelphian referred to is evidenty Peter Barrett, of this city, who, as mentioned elsewhere, was going abroad to visit a sister in Paris and a sick father in Ireland. Ed.

Inquirer. SAILORS USED BOAT HOOKS. Charles Duttweiler, a German, could not speak English very well, but with the aid of an interpreter, he told this story. He got in a boat which was tied fast to the ship and stayed in it until he saw it was certain death to remain any longer. He jumped, but was carried down in the whirlpool made by the sinking steamer.

He was in the water half an hour when a boat came within reach and he attempted to enter it, but the wretches in it shoved him off, with boat hooks. His left eye is badly cut by the jabs he received. He saw women shoved away from boats with oars and boat hooks when clinging for dear life to the life lines of the rafts and life boats. He also says the crew assaulted many passengers with any implement that came handy and if no instrument was to be had, punched the men and women helpless in the water with their fists. WARNED NOT TO TALK.

When your correspondent was interviewing passengers he accosted an intelligent looking Frenchman. When asked if he could speak English, he replied, "No." Niffler, the Swiss, with a grin, then informed your correspondent that this was one of the crew, a waiter. He was questioned further, and it was seen that he spoke English perfectly, but did not wish to give any information. The next person accosted was a young sailor of the Bourgogne. He wrote his name on the back of a scrap of a steerage passenger's ticket, Rolleri Gioseppe.

He seemed anxious to give information. But the waiter before mentioned sail to him in Frnch not to give any information. Your correspondent said in English, pointing to the waiter, "Never mid him, bad." At this the waiter gave himself away on his "no English" by saying you are bad yourself and pulled the sailor away, jabbering in French to him. NO EFFORT TO SAVE. Gustav Crimaux, a French passenger, heard the shock in his berth, and rushed from the deck.

He corroborated the other passengers in their statements about the crew. They did not attempt to cut any boats loose except those which they needed themselves. He saw women shoved away from boats with oars, and not only being shoved away, but shoved deep into the water. The officers of the Grecian say the passengers and sailors presented a sorry spectacle when they were taken on board the Cromartyshire. They were dripping wet and had terrible expressions of countenance, not having eaten for nearly twenty-four hours.

Some are still dazed and did not know where they were or what they were doing. The third officer of the Cromartyshire said that one half-drowned wretch whom he pulled over the side some hours after the collision seized his life belt and asked the steward for his knife. He cut a piece off the life belt, and started to eat it, saying it was all he wanted. i i THESE WERE SAVED Names of Those Who Escaped From Impending Death NEW YORK. July 6.

The officials of the Comnagnie Generate Transatlantioue to-nljtht gave out the following list of passengers saved from the La Bourgogne wrock: SECOND CLASS: Mr. Albert Gaidot. Mme. A. D.

Lacasse. AntonloAchard. Oswald Kirner. Charles Liebre. Jacques Baccarat.

Otto Zalger. Luclen Verland. Patrick McKeown. Bre iermain. THIRD CLASS: Nicolas Commeau.

Cerrl Freed. Antaalo Stiffano. Henri Adrlano. Susl Oombattlc. Clement Berthonert.

Antolne Lonich. Frantz Satorio. Louis Yran. August Gasparino. Antoine Ylopoulo.

Charles Antonio. NeglU Malkovich. Carlos Kessel. Jacob Stok. Matheo Jurisp.

Joseph Richmany. John Nicolas. Joseph Borrato. Gustino Blanguo. EuRene Burroli.

Domic loo PampanL Eugene Pinocetto. Pellegrlno Elkoow. Christophe Brunin. Ellas Kallll. Antoine Kucko.

Adolphe Ehrahlnj. Ernest Delmotte. John Michell. Joseph Rollier. Rachild Michel.

Tounl Graff. Baton Milen. Thomas ManatestinL Demos Bougado. Isaac Sarguis. Anna Grimauld.

Edouard Georges. Gustave Lucia. August Boss. Eioonet Hectomlvich. Berguin Hvffeler.

John Kourlo. Waiters and Louis Thibaut. Alexander Bigear. Cortes Sauvaee. Gaston Havel.

Alphonse RIvault. Prosper Chau Yin. Jean Tourage. Louis Gautler. Eleanore De-ran.

Oliver Goodeloc. Henri Dobsava. Fernand Olivier. Pierre Goazamhis. Fernand Gaussev.

Camille Clar. Henri Lechvlier. Edmund Cassey. Ernest Angel. Alex.

Bouchard. Dufour Jacques. Charles Hach. Francers Lucas. Eugene Thomas.

Louis Lepert. Chas. Lacroix. Frances Sayeim. Smile Paulnier.

WILMINGTON, July 6. Among the passengers on the lost steamer La Bourgogne was Patrick McKeown, of this city, a heamer employed in the morocco factory of William B. Clerk Co. A telegram to Mr. Clerk this morning stated that McKeown was among those saved.

Twenty From Montreal MONTREAL, July 6. The agents of the French Line in this city state that twenty people from Montreal bought tickets for the ill-fated La Bourgogne, but up to this time only fifteen can be located. They are Eugene Dubest, Miss Letourneau and the two Misses Barsalou. Miss Plante, Mlss Couchon and Miss Merin. All of these young ladies left here to join the female Franciscans in France.

All have relatives and friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wymau, Mrs. Isidore Strauss, son and daughter, and an Assyrian, Moosa Daund, onhis.way to Bayreuth.

Wyman was a leather dealer here and Strauss was a commercial traveler from Belgium. Priest Probably Lost PROVIDENCE, R. July 6. Rev. Walter G.

Webster, who. It is feared, went down with the French Line steamer La Bourgogne, was ordained in the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this city last Ascension Day, and was one of the clergy of St. Stephen's Parish. He was on his way to make an extended tour of Europe by the advice of his physician. He was a son of Josiah Webster, a prominent resident of this city, and was unmarried.

Four From New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, July 6. The only New Orleans people known so far to have been aboard La Bourgogne are Mrs. Jules Aioige, her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Robert Borde, and the latter's little girl.

Mrs. Aldige and her daughter are well known in New Orleans society. Thirteen From Chicago CHICAGO, July 6. Among the passengers on the Bourgogne were Mr. E.

Rundel and wife. Mr. Rundel was vice-president of the Chicago Economist. In the party with Mr. and Mrs.

Rundel were Mrs. Edwin S. Osgood and son, aged 11 year-t. Mrs. Osgood was the wife of Mr.

E. S. Osgood, of the firm of Osgood engravers, in the Woman's Temple. Accom-pnnying this party were also Miss Harriet M. Tower, assistant principal of the Gfirfleid School; also Miss Floy Reeve and Miss Hess, of the Lewis Institute.

Mr. Rundel, Miss Reeve, Miss Tower and Miss Hess went as delegates to the world's Sunday-school convention, now in session in London. E. H. Wuertz, a sculptor, was also among the cabin passengers.

He has been connected with the Chicago Art Institute for several years. E. E. Angell, of the local law firm of Webster, Angell was a passenger on La Bourgogne. D.

E. Scott Evans, the former Cleveland artist, was also on the ill-fated ship. With him were his three daughters. Fight Calif ornians Aboard SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. There were eight California ns on La Bourgogne.

They were Mary Martin. A. Reggiardi, P. Pam-panin, Louis Handn, Mary Raboli, C. Alberts, G.

Carneto and B. Bartraml. Mary Mart'n was a Swiss woman. A. Reggiardi was a gardener from Santa Cruz, P.

Pampanin was a fruit dealer, Louis Handu was a young Frenchman who had been employed for four years by Lux Miller, near GUroy. Nothing is known of Mary Raboli except that she was a native of Italy; C. Alberts and G. Carneto are Swiss, B. Bartraml was from Los Angeles.

All of them engaged passage in the stearage except Mary Raboli, who traveled In the second cabin. Five From Kansas City KANSAS CITY, July 6. Among those on La Borgogne was the entire family of John Perry, of the firm of Keith Perry, of this city, one of the biggest coal and lumber concerns In the Southwest. They included Mrs. John Perry Kathe-rine, aged Misses Florence aja Sadie, 't- cue her children should a disaster occur.

Suddenly the huge hull of an ocean grey hound loomed up in the mist, going about seventeen knots an hour. Immediately there was a crash, and Mrs. Henderson rushed below and found her children awakened by the shock. BOATS LOWERED. Captain Henderson ordered the boats to be lowered and the damage to his ship ascertained.

As soon as it was found that the Cromartvshire was in no immediate danger the Britisher was put about. The vessel with which they had collided was at that time unknown. A few minutes later her whistle was heard and several rockets were sent up. Captain Henderson replied in like manner, thinking that the steamer was offering assistance, but in a few minutes all was quiet, and those on board began to realize the awful result of the collision. At 5.30 the fog lifted and two boats were seen approaching the Cromartyshire with only men on board.

Later the v-eath-er cleared still more and men were to be seen in every direction clinging to wreckage and floating on life rafts. Diligent search was made for survivors and all who could be found were taken on board. At night rockets were seen and it was thought that a boat from the steamer that had not before been seen was signaling But those ceased and search was unavailing. The conclusion was arrived at tnat it was some steamer celebrating the Fourth. Passengers and crew of La Bourgogne leave by the steamer Halifax for Boston to-night en route for New York.

MONSTROUS BRUTALITY Women Stabbed Like Sheep on the Vessels and Others Wilfully Drowned HALIFAX, July G. Stories of almost inconceivable brutality are told by some of the survivors of the disaster. Men fought for positions in the boats like raving maniacs, women were forced back from the boats 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 foreigners, who in their frenzy stopped at nothing that promised 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 launching.

The occupants, so near saved, were drowned like rats when the ship, with an awful hissing sound, went down. So desperate was the situation that an Italian passenger drew his knife and made direct at one who like himself was endeavoring to reach the boats. Immediately his action was imitated in every direction. Knives were flourished and used with effect. Women and children were driven backto inevitable death at the one ot La liourgogne manors, who hart succeeded in securing safety on the raft struck him over the head three times and beat him back into the water, into which he sank to his death.

Whether maddened from the sense of his own danger or crazed by a selfish fear that one more on the raft would imperil this sailor's life, McKeown could not sav, but he was ready to swear he said by Heaven that his story was true. "I left the doomed steamer only two minutes before she went down," continued McKeown, "and my last f-ight as I iumped from her deck was a Roman Catholic priest giving absolution to a praying group who with terror stricken and upturned faces gathered round the holy man. The wierd rushing of the water as the ship was engulfed was mingled with the piteously woeful shrieks of the worshipers as they in company with many less worthily engaged went into the ocean's death to await the resurrection morning." ONE LIFE SAVER. Matteo Zurich, an Austrian, showed me with pride a big jackknife which, he paid, had heloed to save many of the few who were spared. "I succeeded later," he said, 'in cutting away the bolt and in severing the fastenings of a life raft.

This meant many lives, for the officers could nowhere be found. This knife was the savior of some, for had it not been used the boat would not have been launched on the awful morning." He blamed the officers for gross mismanagement and lack of discipline. He was on deck before the collision. "It was very foggy," he continued. "I paw a ship loom up in front of me.

She wa5 then almost scraping the side of La md when she was a few yards astern I saw her masts falling overboard. I heard people on board shout and run forward to see what had happened. The steamer's starboard side was broken in to the water's edge. The plates were cracked and warped and the rivets broken and drawn. The hole was eight or ten feet big and the water was rushing in fast.

NO ONE IN CHARGE. "Then I went aft again, but I could not 6ee any one in charge, only a horror-stricken crowd of passengers. No commands were being given and no system prevailed. I went to the hurricane deck and started to cut away the lashing from a boat there. While doing so along came "pome sailors or firemen and cut away two life rafts and two boats.

I had my boat nearly clear, but just then I was driven away from the boats, which have gone down with the ship, as several of the others did that might have been used had the lines connecting them with the davits been cut." No officer survives to explain why the boats were not launched, and while the passengers who live are many of them men of intelligence, the great majority of them are illiterate foreigners, who can't be expected to come to correct conclusions. LINES UNCUT. i One of the best observers of what went cn was Albert Gaidot, already quoted, who in extenjiation of the conduct of the.