The only woman saved was Mrs Adrian(Victoire) La Casse, a lady we owe much to for her. Treasures, 22. He was on his way to visit his sick sister who was a nun in France. Mark Durham, 4. Free shipping . La Bretagne as she appeared c. 1890–1895 Unknown - Library of Congress (Public Domain) I have a copy of my Great Grandfather's "Copy of Statement" of the incident, dated July 11, 1898. … He left a wife and 3 young children behind. I have been studying this wreck for years. var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; There are newspaper reports with quotes from him in them. 390 first class passengers Treasures, 10. Charles said that there were about 70 Assyrians aboard and that only 8 survived the disaster. Ship construction utilizing systems of watertight compartments should be such as to insure that stricken vessel could remain afloat long enough to allow passengers and crew to escape to safety quickly. Did they bring any of the bodies ashore for burial? // my great, great, great grandfather was a passenger on this ship, does anyone know where I can find the passenger list/ships manifest of passengers? In summer 1898 he embarked on the French steamship SS La Bourgogne to travel to Ireland to see his parents' relatives. The French passenger liner La Bourgogne, from the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, sank after a collision with the British ship Cromartyshire, in dense fog, 60 miles south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia, in the Atlantic, on 4th July 1898. Mr. Brown/Herr Braun ?? He also intended to visit his parents in Ireland. Gil, 14. The vessel had been constructed in Toulon in 1886 for $ 1.6 million; it grossed at 7.395 tons and was 480 feet long. Possibly like the Titanic !Any candidate for salvage ? The collision had taken place at 5.00 in the morning and half an hour later, Captain Henderson, in the lifting fog, noted the approach of two life-boats filled with survivors. Many of the victims, he thought, caught pieces of wood and other wreckage, and their life gradually ebbed away in the vain hope of being rescued. American editorial comment at the time of the disaster decried the continuing peril of ships colliding in fog on the ocean. Discussions with the survivors revealed many strange stories concerning the collision of the two ships. She gave me the copy. // ]]> please email me the link gbo1968@yahoo.com. Caitlin, 20. Instead the French Consulate issued statements defending the French officers and crewmen. She was built in 1885 by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line). I started searching the newspapers from the East coast and unbelievably an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer dated July 7, 1898, page 6, shows that the journalist talked to a Charles Elkoory about the "Assyrians" on board. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); Details about SS LA BOURGOGNE SHIP BOSTON MA TO FRANCE See original listing. Kül Tegin, 40. They were going back to visit relatives in northern Italy. Onur Evren, 12. Nobody has ever attempted to locate La Bourgogne... Are you interested ??? She was a 7,395 gross ton vessel, 494.4 feet (150.7 m) long and with a beam of 52.2 feet (15.9 m). Madz, 26. Prof. Walter had published a book on Rousseau. Of the 173 survivors fewer than 70 were passengers, with only one woman rescued. Stepan Der Stepanian, his wife and three children,[3] and three members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. There are no deaths on the British sailing craft when it struck the speeding French liner on the starboard side. I would suggest e mailing the Sable Island Ship Wreck Society...I think that is what it is called but not sure. Seeking passenger list of SS La Bourgogne arriving in New York Joseph Faltin Oct 4, 2020 7:01 PM I am looking for a passenger list for the April 1, 1895 arrival of the SS La Bourgogne in New York. Any ideas how to get a list of those who died? My Great Great Grandfather Oscar Dandoy emigrated to America on La Bourgogne, arriving in New York on August 28, 1893. The SS La Bourgogne sailed from New York on 2 July, 1898.Her destination was Harve, France. Foi a segunda embarcação de um grupo de quatro transatlânticos que estrearam em 1886, depois do SS La Champagne e seguido do SS La Bretagne e SS La Gascogne.Foi lançado ao mar em 1885 e realizou … The similarly sized steamers, La Champagne, La Bourgogne, La Bretagne, and La Gascogne, were built under a French government subsidy law that provided that the ships could be taken over in a time of war. As a child, she told me that one of the passangers that drowned, a Turkish man who was returning back to his native Turkey after retiring as a circus performer, drowned because he could not swim due to the weight of the gold he stached in his pockets. Ships Arriving at the Port of New York, 1890-1891. De La Casse, the only woman saved, as pointed out by Patricia Pinner above, attended the funeral of Father Kesseler in New York, and later wrote a beautiful and lengthy account of the tragedy which was published. On July 3, 1898, at the height of the Spanish-American War, La Bourgogne left New York City for what would be the last time. Switzerland lies to the east. Her name was Grace Marshall and they were going to Europe to meet family and inlaws. I told my cousins about my discovery and they were in disbelief. Terry Good, 16. SS La Bourgogne Famous Travelers During 1889 EDISON, the celebrated electrician, was the social lion among the passengers on La Bourgogne, of the French Line, hence for Havre recently, and may have mentally called out for deliverance from his friends. The four masted steamship La Bourgogne was launched in 1885, the second of four large steamships commissioned by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. It was widely held, based on the tales of rampant brutality aboard the foundering of La Bourgogne, that a strict and impartial investigation of the disaster would be held by the United States authorities in New York City. It wasn't until recently that my genealogy project took me in search of the details of this story. Undeated! John Walters, 45. The outcome of the disaster was considered a disgrace to the officers of the ship, her owners and the French merchant marine in general. He immigrated to the United States sometime in the mid 1890s, from Mt. He was taking his fiance home to meet his family. [CDATA[ The loss of the liner La Bourgogne, 1898 The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 remains locked in the public imagination as the supreme tragedy of North Atlantic passenger travel, all the more so since elementary safety precautions could have saved many more lives, even if they could not save the ship. She had two funnels and four masts, was of iron and steel construction, and propelled by a single screw giving a speed of 17 knots (20 mph). Where can such a list be found ? [2] At the time, she was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew, of whom 549 were lost, including Turkish wrestler Yusuf İsmail, the American instructor/sculptor Emil Wuertz, American painter De Scott Evans, an Armenian Orthodox priest, Rev. The Right Rev. Craig Rosenthal, 27. My great uncle Peter Barrett originally from Tyrone N.Ireland, died in this wreck. There was accommodation for 390 first class passengers, 65 second class and 600 third class passengers. Benedict ManovillSonz, 11. They didn't remember the rest of what she told them because they were young and they weren't that interested. SS La Bourgogne Passenger Lists All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS La Bourgogne Available at the GG Archives. Jeff Domenick, 31. On 4 July 1898 she was sunk in collision in dense fog with the British sailing ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island. I belong and old painting (1901 ? The Passenger List The following is the passenger list (flrst and second cabin) of La Bourgogns. They have the original papers and will make copies of them and they will snail mail them to you. Bourgogne–Franche-Comte, region of France created in 2016 by the union of the former regions of Bourgogne and Franche-Comte. The French line does not register the addresses of Its passengers: Mrs. M. Arrouot, Rev. ( With help from relatives,she opened a shoe store which had a live goat in the window to attract children) Peter Barrett is mentioned in an old article as one of the few bodies(maybe 8 out of 500+) identified from the. It was known for its speed — it could cross the Atlantic in just over seven days and averaged 17 knots — quite fast for its time. Although herself a Protestant her praise of Father Kesseler, as well as many other details are worth reading. She was a 7,395 gross ton vessel, length 494.4ft x beam 52.2ft, two funnels, four masts, iron and steel construction, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. My grandmother, Christina Nicoleti from the Northern Italian city of Turino, emigrated to America aboard the La Bourgogne in 1896. Arnet Taylor, 18. Very fascinating, as I had never heard of this wreckage. The loss of the French liner La Bourgogne in 1898 was one of the most disgraceful of such disasters, the final death-toll being in no small measure due to the behaviour of a crew whose motto appears to have been “Women and Children Last”. julien comeau feb 21 2010, 13. Heading on a northeast course was the British Sailing ship, Cromartyshire, at reduced speed and sounding her Norwegian foghorn at regular interval.The La Bourgogne was no match for the steel hulled … The Cromartyshire then jettisoned thirty tons of her cargo to lighten the ship, and took the survivors from the French vessel aboard. The wrestler's name from Turkey is Ismail Yousouf and yes he toured the US fighting everyone who would fight and beat them all! It is mounted in black wooden frame. SS La Bourgogne Go to: SS La Bourgogne The ill fated La Bourgogne illustrated in this colorized photograph from 1895. In 1890 and 1891, there were a total of about 2,000 ship voyages per year which arrived at the port of New York, recorded in the National Archives microfilms. I have a water colour by A. Ogden representing the collision of these two ships. Common sense dictated that ships under conditions of reduced visibility should proceed with infinite care and at greatly decreased speeds. One man on La Bourgogne when the ship sank went out of his mind and jumped to a watery grave. The French passenger liner La Bourgogne had sailed from New York on July 2nd, bound to Le Havre, France, carrying 725 people and 1.000 tons of cargo valued at $ 600.000, and 170 bags of mail. Lebanon, which at that time was part of Syria and is today Lebanon. My great, great uncle, Father Anthoney Kessel was also a passenger on the La Bourgogne and refused a lifeboast to stay with passengers. (function() { The liner was operated by the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and was part of the French Naval Reserve. google_ad_client = "pub-4868576166220424"; All were taken aboard the Cromartyshire, and it was learned that La Bourgogne had gone to the bottom about forty minutes after the collision. In dense fog, she kept blowing her foghorn every minute. 1888-03-10 SS La Bourgogne Passenger List There is a small memorial stained glass window in the University of Michigan Library for Professor Edward Lorraine Walter, who drowned in this tragedy. Quick investigation indicated that the sailboat was in no imminent danger and Captain Henderson ordered his life-boats lowered. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. [1] She was a 7,395 gross ton vessel, 494.4 feet (150.7 m) long and with a beam of 52.2 feet (15.9 m). In his memoryI would be glad to send a copy to anyone interested. Two days later she steamed at full speed despite the fog she enveloped the Grand Bank. Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island, was a fellow passenger. I am putting together family history info on the Aldige's. Jennifer, 43. The French government indicated an inquiry and possibly a trial would be held in France. I am in the process of writing a historical fiction book on this particular ship wreak and am in need of information and names of actual people for my characters. Glenn Dandoy, 30. Can you email me at benni01@hotmail.com. 549 passengers were lost including Joseph. My mother's father(my grandfather-whom I never met since he died in 1958 and I was born in 1962) was 9 at the time of his father's death. //-->, //