Kansas City Journal from Kansas City, Missouri • Page 2

THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 7. 189a ward could be. heard the hoarse call of the steamer, and as the fog began to lift all the boats on the were launched. Halt an hour after the collision the misty curtain went up, giving a clear view for miles, and then it was that those on the Cromartyshire realized the fearful struggle for We. On board the Bourgogne the collision had come so suddenly and at such a time in the morning that few besides her crew were on deck, but the shock roused nearly everyone and within a few minutes the decks were crowded.

At first it seemed as if there was some attempt at discipline. A few of the boats were swung oft and some of the passengers allowed to get Into them. But as the steamer began to settle list to port, the officers lost control of the crew and a panic ensued. Passengers and crew fought for the boats and liferafl. The strong battered down the weak, the women and children being pushed far away from any hope of rescue.

Fists, oars and even knives were used by some of the demons to keep their places. The blficers seemed to have been iowerIess over their own men and only four were sa-ed. The light for life on the decks of the steamer did not last long, for in a little more than half an hour she gave a long lurch to port and went down. As the ship sank beneath the surface, the vortex of the waters sucked down everything on the surface within a certain radi- us. When the suction ceased, those still alive saw about 200 bodies come out of the water with a rush, as if, tho.soa were giving up the dead after having swallowed the "ship.

i- But the struggle for life sttll continued after the ship went down. Hundreds still floated about grasplns Tor ra'fts, boats and wreckage In frantic endeavor to keep above "wat'e. Even then, many of thost In the boats. If the's'tories told, are tibe showed their brutality by beating off those who attempted to -climb onoard. By- this 'time the- -small-boats ot the Cromartyshire, had come up and.the work of rescue began.

'-The crew of -the ship Worked heroically and saved "everyone who had managed to keep above water, but even then scores lell away from boats, rafts and wreckage, exhausted and were drowned. It was all over in an hour, although for some time after great pieces of wreckage came shooting up from the bottom, marking the spot where the great liner had gone down. "But little attempt was made to recover the bodies of any of the Ill-fated passengers or crew, and the battered hulk at the bottom of the ocean will probably be their tomb. In the afternoon the steamer Grecian was sighted coming from the westward, nnd a few hours afterwards the Cromartyshire was in tow and arrived here this morning. Mr.

Lacasse. or PlalnBela. J4 Is the only man of' the saloon 'and cabin passengers who survives, while his' wife is the only w.oman of 200, not first saloon cafiln, but of the wholeifchip, who escaped. Mrs. Lacosec wasArpascd from her berth by her tiusband.

who on deck threw about" her. the" first" articles 5f" clothing she could secute and reached the deck of the listing steazashlp to -find herself one of many frantic and halfdressed people who congregated about the boats, She saw the captain of the steamer on the bridge and'some of the officers at other points; endeavoring to direct the efforts of the crew tq launch the boats. There was little response to' the orders of the officers. The crew seemed paralyzed. Matters were quiet and there wan no panic at first.

Golden moments were slipping away and the decks were" becoming more- and more crowded wllrlJ frightened people. 1. The steamer was listing end settling, and then a. wild" fear seized on. the throng and the people lost their reason.

Mrs, Lacasse was separated from her husband In the scramble and the steamer listed so badly she slid down the declivity if the deck and Into the water. She had taken the "her husband's direction, to put on a life belt before leaving her stateroom and shortly after being thrown into the sea she was seized by the arm and drawn upon the life raft. Her savior was her husband. A moment later the 111 fated steamer disappeared and a whirlpool encircled the spot where the noble craft had been. Everybody around the vortex was drawn Into it.

The water rushed around, faster and faster, and the unfortunates disappeared with despairing cries. Mrs, Lacasse, had been on the edge of the maelstrom, but something striking her threw her outside the whirlpool and the next she knew she was on the life raft. A boat containing forty women was capsized and all went down In the whirlpool. There was not One man in this boat anil It was fast to the davits. Some of the women were trying- to cut the ropes when the steamer careened and the boat.

Mrs. Lacasse says a moment after the steamer was engulfed, men, women and children rose on every side of the whirlpool and the. right of and the iirms and the sound of the shrieks was so terrible that she Jvill remember them to lfer dying day. Matte a said it did not nprear to fie hnybSdy'-i "duty to look after lho launching ofthe boats." Those on the port side were not touched by the crew. People climbed Into tlfem, waiting for the boats to be launched, but in a short time the steamer listed so rapidly It was Impossible to do so.

Surlch declares that two of the life rafts UKn which people were saved were cut adrift by him. He was unable to move them, but they tumbled' overboard when the steamer careened, and proved useful. The steamer slowly settled down by the btern and rtarboard side, and the water. advancing gradually, droie the people forward. Finally, men, women and children were walking about on the port bow.

The fctern was deep in the water, and the bow In the air. The ship gave a great plunge, and hundreds of people were in the water grabbing at broken oars; bits of canvas, nnd struggling. Stirlcli went over the starboard side and caught a raft, on which he climbed. He thinks that, had the boats been launched as soon as the steamer struck, several hundred who pcrlsllciT would have been sacd. Only one of the port boats, a small one.

was launched. That was the boat the second purser escaped in. The lashings of the boat looked like they had not been disturbed for a king time. The fastenings of the life raft were stout ropes which the air drafts would ndt lyeak when the ship went under. Surlchuw one boat leave the Bourgogne with only a few peo- pie in It.

Fred Nyfller. a Swede, lost his sweetheart through the boats not cut away. The girl had on a lite belt, but the suction of the sinking ship was too powerful. He and the young woman got into a Loat with many others, waiting for the sailors to launch it. The boat was finally capsized and the girl was lost.

Nyfller climbed upon a life raft which upset and five were drowned, for there were too many erowded on It. The others climbed upon the raft. Among the survivors are a small parly, of Assyrians and Armenians. There were seventy-five Assyrians in the party when-i It left New York. All but eight perished.

One of the eight loH his wife and two brothers and other relatives. Another lost two daughters. Only one of thirteen Armenians survives. The Assyrians were bound to their homes near Damascus and every one had from J100 to 1200 saved. They lost it all, barely escaping In their pants and shirts.

On board the steamer Grecian which towed the Cromartyshire with the survivors to Halifax, ttie Assyrians wept like children and could not be comforted. The surviving Armenian tells a sorrowful tale of the drowning of an Armenian priest and his family who had got into a boat with some thirty other people. When the end came, and the boat was abandoned to its fate by the crew, who made no effort to launch it, the priest stood up and, with uplifted hands, prayed aloud. Several French priests stood on the deck during the sinking of the steamer without making an effort to save themselves and gave absolution to a large crowd of passengers. The log of the Cromartyshire, signed by Captain Henderson, Is as follows: "On July 4th.

at a. dense fog; position of ship sixty miles south of Sable Island, ship by wind on the port tack heading about AV. X. though under reduced canvas going about four or flv knots per hour. Our fog horn was kept-going regularly every minute.

"At that time I heard a steamer's whistle on our weather side or port beam, which seemed to be nearing very fast. "We blew horn nnd were answered by steamer's whistle, when all of a sudden she loomed through the fog on our port bow and crashed Into us, going at a terrific speed. Our foretop mast and main topgallant mast came down, bringing with it yards and everything attached. "Immediately ordered the boats out and went to examine the damage. I found that our "boats were completely cut off and the latestwlsted.

"Other ships disappeared through the fog. "However, our ship' was floating on her collision bulkhead, so there seemed no Immediate danger of her sinking. We set to work immediately to clear the wreckage and also ship our starboard anchor which was hanging over the starboard 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 horn. The steamer then threw up a rocket and fired a shot.

We also threw up some rockets and fired several shots, but wo neither saw nor heard anything more of the steamer. "Shortly after, or about 5:30, the fog lifted somewhat and we saw two boats pulling toward us with the French flag flying. We signaled them to come alongside and found that the steamer was the La Bourgogne from New Tork for Havre, and that she had gone down. "We laid to all day and received on board about 200 survivors from amongst the passengers and crew, reported to be in all about 000. Several of the passengers were on life rafts without oars, and I called for volunteers from among my crew and the surviving French seamen to bring these rafts alongside the ship.

"Some of the passengers and. seamen from the sunken steamer assisted us and we jettisoned some thirty-six tons of cargo from our forehold in order to lighten the ship. "At about 3 p. m. another steamer hove in tight, bound westward.

We put up our signals N. (Want assistance). Shortly afterward the steamer bore down toward us. "She proved to be the Grecian, bound from Glasgow to New York. The captain agreed to take the pasengers on board, and also agreed to tow my ship to Halifax.

"Owing to the condition of my ship I accepted the offer and proceeded at once to transship the passengers and get ready our towline. At 6 p. m. we had made a connection and proceeded in tow of the Grecian toward Halifax, having put a sail ever the broken bow to take part of the strain of the colliion bulkhead. There was at that time fourteen feet of water in the fore-peak." Mrs.

Henderson, wife of the captain, was on board the Cromartyshire with her two children. She tells a thrilling story of the terrible experience. The weather was foggy and she had risen from her bunk at an early hour, as was her custom when the weather was bad. Shortly before the vessels came together she detected a steamer's whistle blowing upon the port side. The Cromartyshire was sounding her fog horn at intervals of one minute.

Mrs. Henderson called the attention of her husband to the soun.dir.51 St the whistle and a minute later the mate, who was on watch, al'O detected the sound. It came nearer and nearer and Mrs. Henderson stood near the cabin in order to rescue her children should a disaster occur. Suddenly the hull of an ocean steamer loomed up in the mist, going about seventeen knots an hour.

Almost Immediately there was a fearful crash and Mrs. Henderson rushed below and found her children awakened by the shock. She dressed the little ones as quickly as possible and took them to the deck, expecting to see her own ship going down any minute. Captain Henderson, as soon as the collision occurred, ordered the boats to be lowered and the damage to be ascertained. As It was fouljd that the Cromartyshire was in no immediate danger, the Britisher put about.

The vessel with which they had collided was at that time, unknown. A few minutes later her whistle was heard nnd several rockets were sent up. Captain Henderson replied In like manner, thinking the steamer was offering assistance, but In a few minutes all was quiet, and those on board began to "realize the awful results of the collision. At 3:30 the fog lifted and two boats were seen approaching with only men on board. Later tho weather cleared still more and men were to be seen In every direction, clinging to wreckage and floating on life rafts.

The work of rescue was commenced without a moment's delay and about twenty persons were picked up and taken on board the ship. Mrs. Henderson, who had ample opportunity Interviewing those who were rescued, expresses her belief, from what she heard, that there had been no effort to save the women. On the morning of the collision Captain Henderson was on the poop" with his third mate, A. C.

Stewart. -Sailor Haley was the lookout and First Officer Klllman was aUf on the forecastle deck. The was making aboift five Knots an hour, with sails, set and taking in all the time. Not a sound was heard until the lookout, Haley, saw a large'stedmerihalf -1 -i a ship's length ahead on port -bow. In an instant the Cromartyshire's boom struck La Bourgogne's apd the sailer crashed into the Hnerj stovlng-a big hole near the engine room.

La Bourgbgne" sci aped the whole length of Cromartyshire's port side and then she veered aft. La Bourgogne blew long, mournful whistles for assistance. Third Mate Stewart ofrthe Cromartyshire says that the Frenchmen evidently thought they were another ship and that they, the Bourgogne, had sunk the colliding vessel. The boats were sent out and nearly 200 people were saved. At the time of the.

collision Mr. Stewart says La Bourgogne must have been going at the rate of eighteen or nineteen knots an hour, through a dense fog shutting out everything more than twenty yards away. About three hours after the Cromartyshire picked up the survivors the Allan liner Grecian was sighted and took the Cromartyshire in tow. About o'clock that evening, three miles away. Third Mate Stewart heard guns and saw three rockets go up and a blue light, the signal of distress, burning.

The Grecian signaled to the Cromartyshire that she was going to assist the vessel signaling. Then In a few minutes however, the light disappeared and no more guns or rockets were discharged, the vessel certainly having sunk. Some, of the scenes enacted on board La Bourgogne just after the collision, were terrible Men" fought for positions in the boats like raving maniacs; women were forced back from the boats and trampled by men. who" made self-preserva- tlon-thelr 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 riot 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 ef fect.

Women and children were driven back to Inevitable death at the point of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use. According to stories of survivors, women were stabbed like so many sheep. The scene on the water was even worse. Many of the unfortunates who were struggling In the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats or on rafts." These were pushed back Into a watery grave. Here, too, knives were used freely.

Not all of the dead met death by drowning. Christopher Brunon 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. The correspondent interviewed nearly all the passengers who could speak English.

One passenger said the officers and crew of La Bourgogne neglected the passengers entirely. The second officer was the only man of the crew who did anything to help the terrified and helpless passengers. He cut loose all the boats he could, and. In fact, all the boats that were launched were launched by the brave second officer. He was last seen standing on the deck with his hand on the rigging, going resignedly to certain death.

Christopher Brunon. a passenger, was thrown tnto 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.

Brunon 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. Ho saw many of his friends being prevented from getting into the boats by the sailors. He lost everything but what he stood In. Mehclini 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 twenty 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 with boat hooks. He managed to seize an oar, however, and pulled himself to the boat and climbed In. August Pourgl was eager to give your correspondent an account of his experience.

He was In the water about half an hour and attempted to get Into a 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 savages who manned it were determied 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 be saw his mother, and, as If his trials were not enough.

Me was forced to watch a man shove her Into the ocean with an oar. She never rose. He said the man was saved, and was almost sure he could recognize him. Fred Nlfller, a Swiss, was the most jovial and contented of all the unfortunate passengers. He lost lt his money and clothes, with the exception of a "pair of pants and a shirt, but he laughed and cursed the French sailors with passionate earnestness.

Niftier got Into a lifeboat 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. Charles. Liobra, a Frenchman, expressed himself as thoroughly ashamed of his countrymen's conduct. This man Is one of the most unfortunate.

He had his two motherless boys, 5 and 7 -ears old, with him. He put them in a boat, but was pre vented -from entering -himself. He couldi not get into any bout and went down with the ship, but he cameto the surface and at once looked for the boat with his boys. They 'were nowhere to be seen "and he mourns them. ns lost.

He floated a. long time before a boat came along. He-tried to qel In, but assailed with oars and boathooks. Mr. Libora- showed your cor-' respondent "his arms and body.

His. arms" are "black and blue and his body is terribly bruised from the blows he received. After 'tjiis boat went oft, he was In the water" eight hours. Patrick McKcown is an Intelligent young -Irishman from Wilmington. Del.

He is indignant at the brutal crew. He was more fortunate than 'most of his fellow passen gers, and got on a raft when the Bourgogne was sinking. One of the worst sights he ever saw, he said, 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 Phll-adelphian was trying to get onto a raft not far dlstant.from the one McKeown was on.

A French sailor grabbed half an oar and beat him over the forehead. Charles Duttweiier. a German, managed, through an interpreter, to tell his story. It is, this: He got Into a boat which was tied fast to the ship and stayed In It until he saw It was certain death to remain longer. He jumped, but was carried down in the whirlpool made by the sinking steam-, cr.

He was in the water halt an hour when" a boat came within reach, and he attempted-to enter It, but.the wretches In It shoved him eft with boat hooks. His left eye is badly cut by the jabs he received. He saw women shoved away from boats with oara and boat hooks when clinging to the life lines of the rafts and lifeboats. He also says the crew assaulted many passengers also said that he saw.five women, who were evidently exhausted, clinging to the life line of a lat. The French sailors cut the lines and the women sank.

Gustav Crimaux. a French passenger, 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 pushed deep into the water. The officers of the Grecian say the passengers and sailors presented a sorry spectacle when they were taken on board from the Cromartyshire.

They had not eaten for nearly twenty-four hours. Borne are sun 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 oft the lifebelt and started to eat it, saying it was all he wanted. 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.

One of the most important witnesses will be John Burgi, who got into a boat with his mother before the ship sank. The sailors In the boat held him and threw his poor old mother into the water. The sailors threw him out, beat him with oars and shoved h'lm under the boat. He was In the water nine hours before he was saved by a boat from the Cromartyshire. Charles Liebra, who lost his two children, Otto Zalgcr, of New York, who was going to Paris, said: "We struck at 5 a.

and were afloat one hour before the ship sank. We were going at full speed. The crew acted cowardly, and some of the officers seemed to have Ic their heads. I could only see ore officer where I was on the port side. There was no discipline aboard, and tfie boats could not be released.

The sailors did not try to pull them down, but the passengers did. I tried to get a boat down, and one of the ship's waiters pushed me away and told me to 'go to "The captain did not appear to be aware of the danger at the beginning. He blew the whistle just before the accident and he tried another signal, but the water filled the engine room. "Half an hour later he fired distress signals, but It was too late. Then he put up danger signals.

I was told he was in the cabin when the accident happened, but he was on the bridge when the ship went down. I loosened one of the lifeboats, of which three were left on the steamer, but they were soon crowded with women, who behaved very quietly and bravely. Then I climbed on the superstructure and went all over the ship in company with two engineers. AA'e found the rafts on the other side, threw them overboard and jumped on them. "Our raft was damaged by a big hole In It so that we had to abandon it, but were picked up by the boats of the Cromartyshire.

We were the first saved and we saw other boats following us far away. The captain of the Cromartyshire called for volunteers, but none of the Frenchmen would volunteer to go out at first and the crew of the sailing ship had to go out. Afterwards the French sailors went out and picked up some of the rafts first. One raft had a cord' around it to which five women were holding. The sailors cut the 1 ope and the women were drowned." Tho surviving passengers and seamen were embarked to-right for Boston on the steamer Halifax and will arrive there Friday morning at daybreak.

Large crowds saw them oft and threatening looks were cast upon the seamen on account of the wild stories prevalent of women having been tossed overboard from tne Doats anu men beaten oft the life rafts. A rumor was In circulation that some, of the crew would be arrested on arrival at Boston. The consul reports that one boat left La Bourgogne with only twelve Austrlans In It who refused to allow six more In the boat, although it could accommodate fifty easily. These Austrlans were a shipwrecked crew bound for home. LIST OF THEPASSENGERS.

NEW YORK. July 6. Following Is the most accurate list obtainable of the cabin passengers on La Burgogne: Mrs. M. Arrouet.

The Rev. Brother Ambroise. E. A. Angel.

Antone Achard. Mrs. Antolne Achard. Miss Marie Achard. Antolne Achard.

Gulseppe Alpl. Master Giovnn! Alpt. Mrs. L. Bromberg.

The Bev. Leon Bauman. Miss Blnss. Sir. Gaspard Behr.

Mrs. Bourneville. Mrs. C-Bourquln. Mrs.

J. N. Bronk. Ferdinand Brochard. Mrs.

Ferdinand Brochard and child. Mies Leonle Brochard. Tain "Broyer. Paul Broyer. Miss Barcello.

Miss Rpse-Casasza, Louis Casasxa. Gtacomo Casazxa. Mrs. Juliette Clcot. V.

Claric- JJniWrVCterk. Mrs. J. B. Coleman and maid.

S. Coutnley. Gustave Cure. Mrs. Gustave Cure.

J. Cbanute. Pierre Collin. G. Carbrai.

Loutgi Cuneo. Miss Connor. A. Cabiat. Mrs.

E. C. Cook. Mrs. J.

F. Dillon. Mrs. Dillon-Oliver and maid. Mrs.

J. H. Dnrkee. Mrs. Ernest Delmottc Mrs.

Dumont. Mrs. Bosc. M. Sedavis and valet.

D. Scott Miss M. "Evans. Miss B. Evans.

Miss L. Evans. Mr. Frank--A. Flston.

Mrs. Frank A. Flston. Miss Marie Flston. Master Frank Flston.

1 The Rev. Cyprien Adolph Graf. A. GrandviUien, Mr. Glnl.

Mrs. Josephine German. Albert Gaidot, George Greishaber. Mr. Gabriel.

Master Gabriel. Edward Halpron. Mrs. A. Hummel and two children.

Mrs. James J. Haggerty. Mr. Anton' Hednick.

R. Hymnn. Mrs, R. Hyman and child. Miss Frances Hess.

Mrs. S. Huntaemann. Miss Harriet M. lover.

Leon Jacquet. Mrs, Leon Jacquet and, child. Mug; Janssen. Aimee Jolocat. Richard Jacobs.

Mrs. Richard Jacobs and child. The Rev. A. Kessler.

Dr. S. Koppe. Mrs. S.

Koppe. Henry Kraemer. Mrs. J. Kiehl.

Oswold Kirner. Legondtdeo de Kerdanicl. Mrs. H. H.

Knowles. Mrs. Gertrude Knowles. Mrs. Henry M.

Kldd. Dr. L. E. Livingood.

A. D. Lacasse, L. Labret. Miss Miss Logas.

Mrs. Pauline Langley. Miss A. Langley. Miss M.

Laurent. Mr. Laurenoona. Miss Letourneau. Miss Letourneau.

Miss Bertha Mohl. Rev. Bernardin Merlin. Miss E. McFarland.

Patrick McKeown. Miss J. Mosse. Regis Hlnnler. Paul Merlin.

Miss Emma Madcr. Mrs. James Marshall. Miss Morin. Mrs.

Osgood and child. Miss Suzanne Perrler. Mrs. John Perry, of Kansas City. Miss Sadie Perry, of Kansas City.

Miss Florence Perry, of Kansas CItv. Miss Katherine Perry, of Kansas City. Albert Perry, of Kansas City. Leon -Pontcan. Mrs.

Leon Ponteau. The Very Rev. P. L. Pensier.

Miss Mary Poncy. Mrs. A. Povolnl. Miss Anna Poncln, Lorenzo Polcrl.

Enrico Polcrl. Master Polcrl. Miss Edith Patton. Mr. Anthony Pollock.

Mrs. Anthony Pollock. Miss Plante. Mrs. Plmson.

E. R. Rundell. Mrs. E.

R. Rundell. Miss Evelyn Reeves. Mr. Paul Rlsal.

Mrs. J. Roussel. Miss Caroline Ritter. Jean Roneayol.

Mr. Robeleal. A. Schultz. Mrs.

A. Schultz and maid. ss Carola Schultz. Miss Mildred Schultz. Louis Sidebro.

Miss Thereso Sommer. P. J. Sosa. J.

A. Sosa. F. P. Steel.

G. Steel. C. Tacot. Mrs.

C. Tacot. John Taitenger. Mr. L.

Terland. Mrs. Vallado. Miss "Van Cauteren. E.

A. Van Cauteren. Jerome Vacher. Miss D. Valette, Mrs.

Vassal. Mrs. F. Vassal. Ralph Leon Williams.

Rev. Mr. W. G. Webster.

A. Weiss. Mr. E. II.

Wurtz and two children. H. E. Wesslg. Mrs.

Wright. Mrs. Whitney, child and maid. Professor N. Walters.

H. J. Wind. Otto Zaiger. H.

O. Wind. A. La Coste. Mr.

Diaz. Mr. Ecaballa. Mr. Cariellas.

8. Madrid. Mr. Jose Del Campo. Mr.

Grouln. F. Gonzales. Mrs. Villaminst.

Mrs. Picnon. Miss N. Picot. Mr.

Gauthier. Mrs. Gauthier. Mr. C.

H. Liebrc. Two children (names unknown). Mr. C.

H. Liebrc. Two children. Mr. J.

Haggerty. Mrs. Sabordes. Child Bordes. Misses Parcelo (three).

F. Strauss. Mrs. Strauss. Miss M.

Strauss. Mrs. W. Strauss. Miss Cauchen.

Mrs. Wallace. J. Spiles. D.

Wyman. Mrs. Wyman. Master Wyman. Ernest Dofmottes.

LIST OF JURVIV0RS. Waller and Kniiloei. Louis Thlbot. Charles Sauvage. Alphonse Rlvaut.

Jean Tourage. Eleanore Devan. Henri Debrava. Pierre Oazhls. Camllle Clar.

Edmond Cassey. Alexander Bouchard. Charles Huch. Eugene Thomas. Charles La Croix.

Emlle Paulnler. Alexander Klgear. Gaston Havel. Prosper Chauvln. Louis Gautler.

Oliver Goodeloe. Fernand Olivier. Fernand Gausey. Henry Le Chevalier. Ernest Anglel.

"Dufour Jacques. Francois Lucas. Louis Leepert. Frances Bayers. Members of the Crew.

Edward Lalsne. fourth engineer. Emil La Bourch, first electrician. Andree Depree, electrician. Ernest Bcholk.

second purser. Jean Patlot, boatswain. Pierre Ballard, second mate. Jean Movue. second carpenter.

Yves Oliver. Louis Core. Maurice DeVale, quartermaster. Yves Plerres. Yves LeBrls, Victor Gendrot.

Sylvester" AHaln. Vincent Leperson, sailor. Emanuet Jacobs. Teston Lenore. Rene Danis.

Pierre LeBreton. Fortune Valerie. Desire temagour. Pierre Ruffett. Gulllas LcPaso.

Joseph Tentltus. Julius Bettor. August Tacheur. Andre Darsnry. Savrd From the Enslne Room.

Louis Gegsn. Joseph Andrrn. Jean Ii. Jean. Joseph Holier.

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

Yves Sain. Jean Reflocli. Louis 1- Jublen. Plerr Jahnnot. Yves L.

Gall. Jean Made. L. Petit. Joxpph Attain.

Yves Rallec. Charles Fortin. lAUis Cento. Jenn Leporre. Yves Bequel.

Joseph Hovat. Joseph Helleguls. Pierre Coquiirt. James Crowley. Francis Hnmcl.

Joseph Eseats. Yves Mainguy. Jean Calvary, Francis L. Gall. Vincent Rallec.

Guenot Kerandror. Y. Van Bomohyc. Neglls leopolo. Jacob Malkevlch.

Hippolyte Blngua. Jean Marec Alars L. Mescany. Acgele Dantcc. Alexis Lechero.

Joseph Pieronouc. AllAin Peronec. Yves Easel. Mario Malnguay. Jules Bailie.

Jean Iilouln. Pierre Legnrdien. Jean Malgom. Francis Gaulet. Yves Larcher.

Pierre Vcisin. Passengers Second Clans. Mr. Albert Caidot. Mme.

A. D. La Casse. Antonio Achard. Oswald Kirner.

Charles Liebrc. Jacques Baccarat. Otto Zeiger. Lucien A erland. Patrick McKeown.

Bre Germalne. Puirnicen-Third Class. Nicholas Commotu. Antonio Stlffano. Susl Cdmbattfc, Antolne Bonick, Louis Yvan, Antolne Yopoulo, Neglls Matko-vlch.

Jacob Stok. Joseph Richmany. Jo seph Borratio. Eugene Borrali, Eugene Pinccittl. Christopher Brunin.

Antoine Kucko. Ernest Delmotte. Joseph Rollltr. Tduni Graff. Thomas Manatestini.

Isaac Sarguls, Edouard Georges, August Boss. Berguln Hyffeler. Cerrl Freed. Henri Ad-riano. Clement Berthonel.

Frantz Satoris. August Casparino, Charles Antonio, Carlos Kessel. Matheo Jurish. John Nicholas, Gustlno Rlangueo. Domlnlo Pam-panl.

Pellegrtno Elkoow. alias Kollol. Adolph Ebraham. John Michel. Rachald Michael.

Batno Mllen. Demos Pougadi. Anna Grimauld, Gustave Lucia, Elonnet Hectomivich. John Kourio. According to the foregoing list, there were 163 persons saved, of whom 106 were officers, sailors, firemen, waiters nnd other ship's people, while flfty-hine passengers escaped.

who the Victims were. Came From Every Fart of the Conn- try From Boston to San Francisco. NEAV YORK, July 6. When the news of the sinking of the French liner La. Bourgogne -reached this city to-day, hundreds of anxious persons crowded the offices of the company to Inquire of the fate of friends or relatives who had taken passage on the ship.

M. PaulFaguet, assistant general aent. had passenger lists distributed to all inquirers, who scanned the slips. General Freight Agent Caluchlos and M. Faguet.

after a brief conference, stated that since they had positively no official information regarding the loss of tho ship they would be compelled to treat the matter of the loss merely as a rumor. Nevertheless they issued orders to all clerks to cease work and Immediately prepare lists of names, with such addresses as they had. In order to relieve the anxiety of friends in case the report should be verified. To complicate matters only a few of the passengers of La Bourgogne had given ad- dresses. After some hours of careful work, M.

Faguet gave out a revised list of the passengers. A roster of the ship's crew could not be given with any degree of accuracy, as It was stated that the names of the men are kept at the bureau Des Marines at Havre. The first official Information of the wrecking of the steamship was received late in the afternoon when M. Caiuchols received a cablegram announcing the destruction of the Bourgogne with all her saloon passengers and all of the officers except two or three. Shortly after this he received a list of the survivors, but would not make it public until he had verified IT and taken especial care not to create false hopes or reports.

JL Faguet says there were eighty-three first class passengers; 123 second class, and 297 third class passengers aboard. Later In the day details of the rescue began to reach the officials. They stated that the saved had been taken away in three boats and on three rafts. The meager information received by the officials indicated that only one woman, Mrs. A.

D. Lacasse. of Plalntield. X. had been rescued.

About SO per cent of the crew had been taken off in safety before the ship went down. The crew- numbered 222 men. The officials say that the large percentage of crew saved is explained by the fact that they were on deck, while the passengers were below. The officers saved from the Bourgogne arc: Engineer Edouarde Lulsne. Engineer Emlle Lebouch.

Electrician Andre Depres. Purser Ernest Tools. The officials were of the Impression that the Bourgogne carried thirty officers In all, but of this they were not positive. M. Faguet said the Bourgogne was valued at $1,730,000.

and was of 7.030 tons displacement. She carried, with other cargo. 2,230 tons of hardware and agricultural machinery- No definite information could be given about the insurance on the cargo. It was learned at the Hotel Martin that the following persons sailed on La Bour gogne. after having stopped at that notel: B.

wife, son and daughters, Brus j. uauiier, uaivesiuu sels. Mrs. C. Bichon.

Mexico. Auguste La Coste Oloron, St. Marie, France. Mrs. M.

Zabella, Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Groin. Mexico.

Scampo. Mexico. The Mrs. J. E.

Dillon and Mrs. Dillon-Oliver who were on board the Bourgogne, were the wife and daughter, respectively, of Judge J. E. Dillon, counsel for the AVest Shore railway, the Manhattan elevated railway and the Gould railway system. AA'alter Clark and wife, of Hacken-sack.

N. were among the passengers. They were married last week. Mr. Clark was prominent In the New Jersey militia.

Sirs. H. H. Knowjes and Miss Gertrude Knowles are. respectively, the wife and daughter of II.

H. Knowles, Inspector of agencies In the Equitable Life Assurance Company. In Chicago. H. M.

Kidd is thought to be a graduate, of Yale, 182. living in Albany. A. Schultz. Mrs.

Bchultz. their two daughters. Carola and IMldred. and a maid were on board. Mr.

Bchultz was an Importer nt laces. Professor and Mrs. Simon Koppe were on La Bourgogne on their wedding trip. Professor Koppe is of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. They were married last week In this city.

Ferdinand Brochard kept a delicatessen stoe In AVest Twenty-eighth street. i Gulsstpe Alpl was a manufacturer of artificial flowers In West Third street. His brothers are attached to the Vatican. Mr. Alpl left a wife and seven daughters at home.

His fathr-tn-law. Giovanni Fel-lini. was also on La Bourgogne. Pierre Collin and A. Grandvillers were confectioners In the employ of Maillard.

Mme. Ellse Roussell's husband Is connected with the French newspaper Courier des Etats Unls. C. Tacet was the proprietor of a delicatessen store In Eighth avenue. Pedro J.

Sosa and his 12-ycar-old son were among: the cabin passengers. Senor Sosa was a civil engineer of Panama and was bound for Paris to act as a member of a commission appointed to decide upon means for completing the Panama canal. H- was a graduate of the RenssalaerPol)-technlc Institute at Troy. JT. Y.

Mrs. J. R. Coleman, another passenger. Is known to the public as Berenice AVheeler.

the actress." She was married less than a year ago. her husband being a resident of Lebanon. She was 26 years of age. and formerly resided In Kansas City. Yousouf.

"the terrible Turk." was a second cabin passenger. His name does not appear In the list. It is said that the wrestler was going back to Turkey to resume his place in the sultan's househoIiL CIIICAGO. July 6. Among the nassen- Lxers on the Bourgogne were Mr.

E. itundet anil wtie, sir. Kunnei was vice president of the Chicago Economist, in the party with Mr. and Mrs. Rundel were Mrs.

Edwin K. Osgood and spn. aged 11 years. Mrs. Osgood was the wife of Mr.

E. S. Osgood, of the firm- of Osgood engravers In the Woman" Temple. Accompanying this rarty were also Miss Harriet M. Tower, assistant principal of the Garfield school; also Miss Floy Reeves and Miss Hess, of the I.ewls institute.

Mrs. Rundell. Miss Reeves. Mi Tower and Miss Hess went as delegates to the World's Sunday school convention, now-In session In London. The last person to engage passage on tho steamer In Chicago was D.

Angelica, a clothing dealer, at HI North Ninth street. St. Louis. Mr. Angelica came to last week in Ill-health nrd to consult with hU.

brother about a trip to Europe. Thursday evening passage was s-'Ured for him in the seronil but too late for his name to appear in the list of second class passengers. His hrother savs Mr. Ancelica reached New In time to catch the steamer before she sailed. E.

II. AVuertz. a sculptor, was also among the cabin passengers. Mr. AVuertz received a medal at the world's fair for his work.

Ho has been connected with the Chicago Art insltute her for several years. Recently he has been in Omaha where somo of his work is on exhibition at the Mrs. James Marshall Is the wife of James Marshall, of the Chicago Title and Trust Company. rih was going to Paris. Mrs.

E. C. Cook, who accompanied -Sirs. Is the wife of E. C.

Cook, of the-City Lumber Company. The following is the list of cabin passea- gers from Chicago: Mr. E. R. Rundell and wife.

Mrs. Edwin S. Oscood. Master Ed. Osgood.

Mrs. James Marshall. Mrs. E. C.

Cook. Miss Frances Hess. Mrs. H. H.

Knowles. Miss Gertrude Knowles. Miss Hariet M. Tower. Miss Floy Reeves.

Mr. P. A. AVright. ST.

LOUIS. July 8. Inquiry at the local office of the French trans-Atlantic steamship company revealed the fact that only a few passengers on the Ill-fated La, Bourgogne had shipped from here. The names of the only two are Anton Donelli and C. D.

Angelica. It is probable that others from this city are on board, having shipped from the New York office. CLEA-ELAND. July 6. Mr.

Henry Lewls. the local agent of the French lino of steamers, said to-day that few Americans who travel abroad go by the trench lines, excepting when the American. English and German steamers are overcrowded and comfortable quarters cannot be secured upon them. Mr. Lewis stated that he booked a professor of the University of Michigan who Is well known In Cleveland, to go on La Champagne to have sailed June 23.

but later postponed the trip and asked to be transferred to La Bourgogne. but whether the gentleman sailed last Saturday or not. Mr. Lewis was nnable to ftnd out. A reference to the list of cabin passengers shows the name of Mr.

of the Michigan university. E. A. Angell. of the local law firm of AA'ebster.

Angell was, a passenger on the La Bourgogne. He was on hU way to Switzerland to join his wife and two children. DeScott Evans, the former Cleveland artist, was also on the lit fated ship. AVitir him were his three daughters. AVASHINGTON, July 6.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pollock, of this city, were on tho La Bourgogne. Mr. Pollock Is the senior member of the law firm of Pollock ii Mauro.

and is a man of large means. Thcy hnd planned to remain abroad "three months. The agents of the steamship companv here have on their lists also the names of Miss E. D. Vallette and Mrs.

C- Bour-quln. The name of neither appears in tho city directory. ROCHESTER. N. July S.

Crumley, whose name Is In the passenger list of La Bourgogne. was a resident of this city. His parents lire in Kingston. Ont. HALIFAX.

X. July Mrs. LaCasse. wife of A. D.

LaCasse. language teacher of Plalntield, X. was the only woman saved from La Bourgogne. CINCINNATI. July 6.

Dr. L. E. Livingood. on La Bourgogne, Is from Reading.

Pa. He has a brother here. TOPEKA. July (Special.) Hiram I. Dillon, of this city, lost his mother and slstet in the La Bourgogne disaster.

They were on their way from their home In New York to Europe to spend the summer. SAX FRANCISCO. Ju'y Inquiry at the office of the local agents for the French-line It was learned that there were eight Californlans on the Ill-fated La Bourgcgne. They were: Mary Martin, A. Regglardl.

P. Pampanin. Louis Handu. Mary Raboll. C.

Alberts, G. Carneto, B. Bartrami. Mary Martin was a Swiss woman. A.

Regglardi was a gardener from Santa Cruz. P. Pampanin was a. fruit dealer on Du-pon street. In 1S95 he started for Italy but became Insane In New York and was sent back to Ban Francisco by friends.

Louis Handu was a young Frenchman who had been employed for several years by Lux Miller, near Gllroy. Nothing is known of Mary Raboll, except that she was a native of Italy. C. Albcrtl and G. Carneto were Swiss, but nothinr could be ascertained concerning their local connections.

B. Bartrami was from Los Angeles. All of them enaared nnmare In the steer age except Mary Raboll, who traveled in the second cabin. ST. PAUL.

July the passengers on La Bourgogne. lost off Cape Sable, were Mrs. Heloise La Gas. 11 wldow of this city, and her daughter, Mrs. J.

M. Bronk. PITTSBURG. July 6. Two of La Bourgogne's passengers were Bertha and Maria Fluecklger.

of Allegheny City (second class passengers). BOSTON. July At least five passengers on the La Bourgogne engaged passage at the office of the French line steamer here. They wcre.Lon Barteau. 11 music teacher, with a studio in this city, and Jiving with hl3 wife, also a passenger, at Jamaica Plains.

Albert AVeiss. a member of the Boston Symphony orchestra; Miss Minnie Connors (foreign buyer for a dry good? house here) and Madame Kert Arrouet. a French dressmaker residing in Brookllne. NEW ORLEANS. LA July 6.

The only Xew Orleans people known so far to have been aboard La Bourgogne are Mrs. Jules Aldige. her daughter. Mrs. Dr.

Robert Bordca. and the tatter's little girl. Mrs. AldlRe and her daughter are well known In New Orleans society. ANN ARBOR.

July has been definitely ascertained that Professor E. L. AA'alter sailed on La Bourgogne. Professor AA'alter occupied the chair of Romanic languages and literature In the University of Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS.

July S. Miss Fannie L. Hess, a prominent young woman of this city, was a passenger on La Bourgogne. She was listed from Chicago, ns she traveled with other pupils from a Chicago lnstltutute. MONTREAL.

July 6. Senoc Du Bosc. formerly of the Spanish legation at AVash-lngton. laughed when he was told that his name was on the list of passengers of the Ill-fated La Bourgogne. "You can imagine that I have no desire to sail by the way of New York." he said.

It has since been learned that the man referred to was Eugene DuBost. a wholesale milliner of this city. Three young ladies, thp Misses Rene and Lauro Barsalou and Anide Le Toureuu. who were drowned, left Montreal to join the convent of the Femnie Franciscans In France. July 6.

Mrs. Mary Pi-cot, wife of a ranchman of Elizabeth. bought a ticket In this city last week fur passage on tho La Bourgogne. She said she Intended to spend the summer In France. So far ns known there wan nobody else from Colorado on the steamer.

SACRAMENTO. July Among-those who were drowned on the. French liner La Bourgogne to-day. was Brother Ambrose, principal of the Sacramento institute, conducted by the Christian Brothers In this city. NOT HER FIRST MISHAP.

Ln nnrsnscne Almost Met Her Fate la a Collision Oil the Kcllly Islands In 18IMI. NEW YORK, July 6. La Bourgogne had had many mishaps slnco she was built at Toulon, France, ln 1886. In 1S90. La Bourgogne almost met the same fate that overtook her last Monday morning.

The Freneli liner had left Havre on January 4 and nt midnight was off tho Scilly islands. It ws then blowing hurricane, when suddenly tho British steamer Torridon. bound for Glasgow, headed directly across her bow. gjr -aatrasg33CffrofKr" -v.