Rankin, James (Mrs.) - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Bell, Joe - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Ghent, Child of Taylor - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Ghent, Child of Thomas - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Gray, E. A. - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Snowden, James - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Shorts, Duke - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Rankin, H. L. (Dr.) - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Rankin, Charles (Mrs.) - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Strong, Charles - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Scott, Samuel - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Scott, John - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Coleman, Child - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Coleman, (Mrs.) - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Brewton, E. (Mrs.) - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Buch, Son of George - 1899

A son of George Buch, 10, died Oct. 5th at his home 4 miles NE of Greenville.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 13-Oct-1899

SS La Bourgogne : 1885-1898

{This page is being renovated.  I'm adding the Passenger List that I have names for and linking them to their information pages.  Everyone that I have so far has been added and I will update the list as I add more names to the Blog.}

 

La Bourgogne Information Card
Nationality:  French
Purpose:  Transport
Type:  Ocean Liner
Propulsion:  Sail and Steam
Date Built:  1885
Launched:  08-Oct-1885
Tonnage:  7395 gross tonnage
Dimensions:  494 feet long x 51 feet wide x ___ feet tall
Material:  Iron and Steel
Engine:  Originally a 1 x 6 cylinder compound steam engine.  In 1897-98 re-engined with 1 x 4 cylinder, quadruple expansion engine, 2 brigantine rigged masts, single shaft, 1 screw.
Power:  9800 indiated horsepower
Speed:  17.5 knots

Capacity:  390 First Class Passengers, 65 Second Class Passengers, 600 Third Class Passengers

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 42° 55' 41.4012" N

Longitude: -59° 55' 0.5016" W

About 60 nautical miles (69 mi; 110 km) south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia.

Story:

On 4 July 1898 shortly before five in the morning La Bourgogne collided with the British sailing ship Cromartyshire about 60 nautical miles (69 mi; 110 km) south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia during a dense fog.  The ship was apparently traveling at full speed despite visibility later estimated at approximately 20 yards.

Captain Oscar Henderson of Cromartyshire was sailing sounding his fog horn and heard a ship's whistle but was unable to determine its direction.  His ship collided with La Bourgogne about midships on the starboard side while most passengers were asleep in their compartments.  The liner's compartments adjacent to the collision point filled immediately, starboard side lifeboats were damaged and the ship took a sharp list to starboard making launching of port side lifeboats difficult.

As the ship started to list and the stern went under, an undisciplined rush for lifeboats began.  La Bourgogne sank just over half an hour after the collision.  The Cromartyshire survived the collision, but her crew mistook the La Bourgogne's whistle and signal rockets for an offer of assistance, and they did not realize what was happening until the whistle fell silent.  Around 5:30 am, the fog thinned out, and the crew of the Cromartyshire spotted and began rescuing survivors from La Bourgogne.

At the time, La Bourgogne was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew, of whom 549 were lost.  Of the 173 survivors, fewer than 70 were passengers, with only one woman rescued out of approximately 300 on board.  All children perished.  Almost all first class passengers died in the disaster, with survivors largely limited to steerage passengers and sailors.  According to survivor accounts, the ship's officers remained at their posts after the collision, with all officers except for the purser failing to survive.

Following the disaster sensational reports circulated that the crew had refused to aid passengers in the water, to the point of stabbing them or hitting them with oars.  Surviving crew members required police protection upon their arrival in New York and the French government covered the tragedy up.

Timeline Notes: 
10/08/1885 – Launched

06/19/1886 - Maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York City

xx/xx/1886 - Traveled the Le Havre to New York transit in a little more than 7 days. This gave the company first place in the New York postal service, and ignited a competition for the record in the Trans-Atlantic run.

02/29/1896 - Ran down and sank the anchored British steamer Ailsa, of the Atlas Steamship Company, at the entrance to New York harbour.

xx/xx/1897-98 - Was fitted with quadruple expansion engines and her masts reduced to two.

07/04/1898 – Sunk.  This sinking was infamous because only 13% of the passengers survived, while 48% of the crew did.

553 LIVES LOST.

Many Sank to Death With the La Bourgogne.

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MURDER AND VIOLENCE

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Three Jeannette People Among This Steamer are Among Those Who are Lost

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But One Woman Saved Out of 163.

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A telegram was received here, Wednesday forenoon, which told of the sinking of the French Liner, steamship, La Bourgogne, off the coast of Halifax.  As soon as the information was received, a Dispatch reporter interviewed our steamship agents and the result of his investigations was, that he learned that Mr. Arthur Materne, of Fifth street, had sold tickets to Mr. Joseph Azelvandre, of West Jeannette, and an aged gentleman named John Remillieux and a boy aged 11 years named John Premier, who had been visiting relatives during the past year and who was on his way to his parents in France.

The steamer sailed from New York June 27 and these three from Jeannette were passengers.  Numerous telegrams sent by friends of the unfortunate passengers, to authorities in New York, whose only answer was, that the names mentioned were not found on the list of survivors.  From these answers, it is reasonably certain that all Jeannette people on board the ill fated vessel perished.

Joseph Azelvandre was a brother of our townsman, John B. Azelvandre, and was one of the best known foreigners in Jeannette.  He was forty years old and single.  He was well-to do as far as this world’s goods go, his wealth being estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000..

Emannel and Erneste Delmot, of Arnold, also took passage on the ill fated steamer and in all probability, lost their lives.

Halifax, July 7.—A member of the ship’s crew on La Bourgogne gives this list:
Ship’s crew, 233
Third-class passengers, 295
Second-class passengers, 123
First-class passengers, 75
Total number of souls on board, 716
Passengers saved, 53
Ship’s crew saved, 110
Drowned, 553
News of the great ocean disaster reached here yesterday morning, when that ship Cromartyshire, with her bow badly stoved and partly dismasted, was towed into port.  She was picked up all battered by the Allan liner [S. S.] Grecian and towed in.

When off Cape Sable the Cromartyshire collided with the French line passenger La Bourgogne and sank her.

Only one woman is among the saved.  The only officers saved were the purser and three engineers.  Thirty men belonging to the crew were also picked up.  The balance of the saved are passengers.

The collision occurred at 4 o’clock on the morning of July 4.  A heavy fog prevailed and the crash came almost without warning.  Most of the passengers were in their staterooms.

So quickly did the vessel founder that a number of these did not even have time to reach the deck and died in their staterooms.  The woman saved was Mrs. A. Lacarse.  She was picked up by her husband and placed on a life raft.  She clung to the raft until picked up.

Captain Deloncie? {text is hard to read} stood on the bridge of his ship as she went down.  He refused to leave the vessel and perished.  The captain of the Cromartyshire said: “When my ship was 60 miles off South Sable island, she was on the port tack, heading west to northwest under reduced canvas, going four or five knots an hour.  The foghorn was kept continually blowing.  Shortly after 4 a. m. I heard a steamer’s whistle on our weather bow, which seemed to be nearing us very fast.”

“I blew our horn and was answered by the steamer’s whistle.  Suddenly a steamer loomed up through the fog on our port bow and crashed into us, going at a terrific speed.  Our foremast and main top gallant mast was carried away.  I immediately ordered the boats out and went to inspect the damage and found that our bow has been completely cut off and the plates twisted into every conceivable shape.”

The Cromartyshire was kept afloat by her collision bulkheads.

La Bourgogne disappeared in the fog after the crash and the Cromartyshire’s port anchor was shipped.  Afterward, the survivors were picked up.

The scene was terrible, with hundreds of lives hanging in the balance.  The people swam and floated about the surface of the water, looking for chances to save themselves.

There were three priests on board the ship, and as she was sinking they want about the vessel giving absolution to the Catholics on board.

As the ship sank a vortex was created which sucked down everything on the surface within a wide radius.  When the suction had ceased about 200 bodies came to the surface in a rush.

The work of rescue was commenced without a moment’s delay.  At 5:30 o’clock the fog lifted and then two boats were seen approaching the Cromartyshire full of men.  Men could also be seen in all directions clinging to the wreckage.  These were picked up by the Cromartyshire as fast as possible.

Nearly all the first-class passengers were lost, those saved being mostly from the steerage and sailors.

Later the steamer Grecian came along and after some of the passengers were tra?shipped {hard to read text}, proceeded to tow the Cromartyshire to Halifax.

The scenes enacted on board the La Bourgogne just after the collision were terrible to witness.  Men fought for positions on the boats like raving maniacs, women were forced back and trampled on by the human beasts.

On board were a large number of Italians and other foreigners, who cared little for human life.  These fiends stopped at nothing, in one boat was a party of 40 women, but so great was the panic that not a hand was raised to assist in her launching.  The occupants so near salvation were drowned like rats.

So desperate was the situation that an Italian passenger drew his knife and made a thrust at one who, like himself, was endeavoring to reach the boats.  Immediately the action was imitated in every direction.  Knives were xxxxx {text broken up} with deadly effect.  Women and children were driven back to an inevitable death at the points of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use.  According to the stories of some of the survivors women were stabbed like so many sheep.

The scene on the waters was even worse.  Many of those who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats and on rafts.  These were rudely pushed back into a watery grave.  It was a time in which compassion was not to be found.  Here knives and other weapons did their work.

Nearly all the first class passengers were lost.

Most of the saved were members of the ship’s crew and steerage passengers.

Pittsburg, July 7.—Elgin A. Angell, an attorney of Cleveland, O., a son of C. D. Angell, the extensive oil operator of this city, is reported among the passengers lost.

Michael Horn of Duquesne, it is believed was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer La Bourgogne.  Mr. Horn purchased a ticket from Roth, Teitelbaum and Co. of McKeesport a week ago last Saturday and went to New York, from which city he is thought to have sailed on the La Bourgogne last Saturday.

It is feared that two young Pittsburg girls, Marie and Bertha Flueckinger, aged about 23 years and employed by the family of James Oliver at Shields station, were on the French liner La Bourgogne, which was lost at sea yesterday.

Rev. Father John Williams who was reported on the ill-fated vessel, was recently pastor of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church at Emsworth, Pa.  Father Williams is 44 years old. He is the head of the Order of Holy Childhood of the United States.  For a number of years, he was connected with the faculty of the Holy Ghost college.  For a time he was also pastor of the Catholic church in Sharpsburg.
{Last paragraph illegible.}
~ Jeannette Dispatch, 08-Jul-1898, Page 1, Columns 3 & 4.

Passenger List:  

--A--

Achard, Antoine A. - 1898

Achard, Antoine (Mrs.) - 1898

Achard, Marie - 1898

Aldigé, Alice François Marie [LaPretre] - 1898

Aldigé, Amelie Louise (Borde) - 1898

Alpi, Giovanni - 1898

Alpi, Giuseppe Jr. - 1898

Alpi, Giuseppe Sr. - 1898

Angel, Elgin Adelbert. - 1898

Angell, Elgin A. - 1898

Arrouet, Marie Henriette [Vert] - 1898

Azelvandre, Joseph

 

--B--

Barcelo, Mademoiselle - 1898

Baumann, Leon (Rev.) - 1898

Behr, Gaspard - 1898

Binesse, Mademoiselle - 1898

Borde, Claire Jeanne Georgiana Amelie "Amy" - 1898

Bournonvie, Laure (Mrs.) - 1898

Bourquin, C. (Mrs.) - 1898

Bramberg, L. (Mrs.) - 1898

Brochard, Child - 1898

Brochard, Ferdinand - 1898

Brochard, Ferdinand (Mrs.) - 1898

Brochard, Léonie (Miss) - 1898

Bronk, J. N. (Mrs.) - 1898

Broyer, Paul - 1898

Broyer, Paul (Mrs.) - 1898

--C--

Cablat, Félix André - 1898

Caneo, Luigi - 1898

Carbral, G. (Mr.) - 1898

Carullas, (Mrs.) - 1898

Casazza, Giacomo - 1898

Casazza, Louis - 1898

Casazza, Rose (Miss) - 1898

Chanut, J. M. (Mr.) - 1898

Cicot, Juliette (Mrs.) - 1898

Clark, Cornella [Demarest] - 1898

Clark, Walter V. - 1898

Clark, William B. - 1898

Coleman, J. B. (Mrs.) - 1898

Coleman, (Maid) - 1898

Collin, Pierre - 1898

Connors, Minnie - 1898

Cook, E. C. (Mrs.) - 1898

Crumley, H. S. (Mrs.) - 1898

Cure, Gustave - 1898

Cure, Gustave (Mrs.) - 1898

--D--

Davis, S. E. - 1898

Davis, (Valet) - 1898

Delmot, Emmanuel - 1898

Delmot, Erneste - 1898

Dettweiler, Charles - 1898

Dillon, Anna [Price] - 1898

Dillon, Annie (Oliver) - 1898

Dinsse, Miss - 1898

Dubose, Mr. - 1898

Dumont, Sylvain (Mr.) - 1898

Dumont, Sylvain (Mrs.) - 1898

Durkee, Joseph H. (Mrs.) - 1898

 

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Evans, Blanche (Miss) - 1898

Evans, De Scott {David} : 1847-1898

Evans, Laura (Miss) - 1898

Evans, Mabel - 1898

 

--F--

Fitzgerald, Ambrose (Rev.) - 1898

Flueckinger, Bertha - 1898

Flueckinger, Marie - 1898

--H--

Horn, Michael - 1898

--L--

Lacarse, A. (Mrs.) - 1898

 

--P-- 

Premier, John - 1898

 

--R-- 

Remillieux, John - 1898

 

--W--

Williams, John (Rev.) - 1898

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SS La Bourgogne 1885-1898

SS La Bourgogne 1885-1898

Brewton, Bud - 1883

Bud Brewton, Mrs. E. Brewton, Mrs. Coleman and her child, John Scott, Sam Scott, Charles Strong, Mrs. Charles Rankin, Dr. H. L. Rankin, Duke Shorts, Rev. R. P. Baker, James Snowden, E. A. Gray, child of Tom Ghent, child of Taylor Ghent, Joe Bell, Mrs. James Rankin, and Paul Arons have all died in Brewton during the solemn visitation.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 03-Oct-1883

Braswell, Mary Fost - 1875

Mary Fost Braswell was born in Richland Dist., SC 10/12/1702, married at age 17 to James Brown who died 3 years later.  To this union were born 2 children.  Nine years later she married James Braswell and moved to Butler Co. in 1837.  Her second husband died in 1863.  She died 7/9/1875, aged 83.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 22-Jul-1875

You can visit the memorial page for Mary Fost Braswell.

Bransford, Nathan (Rev.) - 1881

Rev. Nathan Bransford, 89, died at home near Georgiana this morning.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 17-Nov-1881

You can visit the memorial page for Rev. Nathan Bransford.

Brannum, Bettie - 1885

Bettie Brannum died in Butler County in March.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 27-May-1885

You can visit the memorial page for Bettie Brannum.

Brannon, Lou (Miss) - 1875

Miss Lou Brannon died in Eufaula Saturday.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 14-Jan-1875

Bragg, Thomas M. (Dr.) - 1883

Dr. Thomas M. Bragg died in Greenville Nov. 28th, aged 89.  He was born in Spartanburg, S.C. 12/28/1793 and was thought to be the oldest Mason in the United States at the time of his death.  He was made a Master Mason in 1815, and was a member of Eureka Lodge.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 26-Sept-1883

You can visit the memorial page for Dr. Thomas M. Bragg.

Bragg, Martha M. [Nunnelee] - 1875

M. N. Bragg, wife of A. J. Bragg of Camden, died last week.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 27-May-1875

You can visit the memorial page for Martha M. [Nunnelee] Bragg.

Bragg, Elizabeth - 1870

Elizabeth Bragg, wife of Dr. T.M. Bragg, died Oct. 11th. She was born in Wicks Co., Ga. 8/28/1802. She was married first to Jeremiah Gafford who died many years ago.

~ South Alabamian dated 29-Oct-1870

You can visit the memorial page for Elizabeth Bragg.

Bradley, Walter - 1876

Walter Bradley, 9, son of Morton Bradley, was killed by a train in Limestone, Co. last Friday.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 10-Feb-1876

You can visit the memorial page for Walter Bradley.

Bradley, Thomas E. - 1875

Thomas Bradley died in Belleville, Conecuh County recently.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 23-Sept-1875-Feb-1875

You can visit the memorial page for Thomas E. Bradley.

Bradley, Ila May - 1914

Ila May Bradley died at the home of her uncle, Frank Perry, last Friday and was buried at Antioch.  Rev. Judson Cook officiated.

~ The Living Truth dated 21-jan-1914

You can visit the memorial page for Ila May Bradley.

Bradford, T. J. - 1876

T. J. Bradford died in Monroeville Jan. 29th.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 10-Feb-1876

Bradford, Daniel Morgan (Gen.) - 1869

Gen. Daniel Morgan Bradford of Huntsville , 76, died on the 13th. He was captain of "Carroll's Life Guard" at the Battle of New Orleans and was appointed Receiver in the Land Office at Huntsville by Pres. Jackson. He held this office until removed by Grant.

~ South Alabamian dated 30-Oct-1869

You can visit the memorial page for Gen. Daniel Morgan Bradford.

Bozeman, Martha Caroline - 1889

Martha Bozeman, 58, died of typho-malarial fever Aug. 28th.  Was a Primitive Baptist and was baptized by Eld. William Findley into the Cool Spring Church.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 04-Sept-1889

You can visit the memorial page for Martha Caroline Bozeman.

Bozeman, Joseph Daniel - 1896

Joseph Daniel Bozeman died Sunday at his home 3 miles NE of Greenville, aged 71.  Survived by several children.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 01-Jul-1896

You can visit the memorial page for Pvt Joseph Daniel Bozeman.

Bozeman, J. G. (Mrs.) - 1895

Mrs. J. G. Bozeman, 60, of Greenville, died last Friday and was buried in the Rowden Cemetery.  Rev. E. L. Norris officiated.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 25-Dec-1895

Bozeman, Joseph Daniel "Little Joe" Jr. - 1889

J.D. Bozeman Jr. died 8/19/1889 of typho-malarial fever, aged 19 years 6 months 20 days . Was called
"Little Joe".

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 28-Aug-1889

You can visit the memorial page for Joseph Daniel "Little Joe" Bozeman.

Barganier, Sim - 1884

Henry Bozeman, 36, son of J. D. Bozeman, took strychnine in Greenville and died on the 12th.  He was found by Sim Barganier lying on the hill beyond Persimmon Creek.  He never married.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-May-1884

This could very well be the memorial for Sim Barganier.

Bozeman, Joseph Daniel - 1884

Henry Bozeman, 36, son of J. D. Bozeman, took strychnine in Greenville and died on the 12th.  He was found by Sim Barganier lying on the hill beyond Persimmon Creek.  He never married.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-May-1884

You can visit the memorial page for Pvt Joseph Daniel Bozeman.

Bozeman, Henry - 1884

Henry Bozeman, 36, son of J. D. Bozeman, took strychnine in Greenville and died on the 12th.  He was found by Sim Barganier lying on the hill beyond Persimmon Creek.  He never married.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-May-1884

You can visit the memorial page for Henry Bozeman.

Perdue, Hill - 1884

The infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Bozell died in Greenville Thursday the 9th.  His father, an Italian and man of talent, was in jail at the time and was allowed to by Sheriff Grant to attend the funeral in the company of Mr. Hill Perdue.  Mr. Bozell covered the walls of his prison with portraits and caricatures.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-Oct-1884

Bozell, Infant Boy - 1884

The infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Bozell died in Greenville Thursday the 9th.  His father, an Italian and man of talent, was in jail at the time and was allowed to by Sheriff Grant to attend the funeral in the company of Mr. Hill Perdue.  Mr. Bozell covered the walls of his prison with portraits and caricatures.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-Oct-1884

Boyle, James - 1899

James Boyle fell dead Nov. 30th on the road between Manningham and Cahaba Roads.  He was 55 years old and was born in Donegal Co., Ireland.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 08-Dec-1899

You can visit the memorial page for James Boyle.

Boyle, Bartholomew (Col.) - 1875

B. Boyle, a Railroad conductor, fell between the cars at Opelika last week and was killed.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 01-Jul-1875

The news of the sudden death of col. B. Boyle, at Opelika, yesterday, created a profound feeling of sadness in this city.  He left here yesterday morning for Opelika.  Arriving there, he was attempting to get off the cars, when he fell between them.  The cars being in motion the wheels ran over him and crushed both legs to pieces, besides inflicting other terrible wounds.  He lived but a short while afterward.

Col. Boyle has been connected with railroads all his life, and is well known throughout the South as a contractor and builder.  He and his associate, Mr. Kelly, built many mils of the Montgomery and Eufaula railroad.  They had large contracts on the South and North Road, and are at present interested in the Selma and Gulf and Opelika and Guntersville Railroads.

Col. Boyle was Superintendent of the latter road.  His death is a severe loss, not only to his family and friends, but to the entire State.  He was a public spirited, enterprising citizen and as noble and high-minded and generous man as Alabama could boast.  Most sincerely do we deplore his loss.  His remains will reach the city this morning from Opelika.  [--Advertizer, 26th ult.]
~ Birmingham Iron Age, 01-Jul-1875, Page 1, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Col. Bartholomew Boyle.

Boykin, Hayne - 1874

Hayne Boykin died at his residence in Escambia Co. on the 3rd from dropsy of the chest.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 17-Sept-1874

Boyd, Cicero - 1876

Cicero Boyd was killed by a train near Lomax Friday.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 06-Jan-1876

Bowers, Ann (Mrs.) - 1882

Mrs. Ann Bowers died Sunday in Greenville at the home of her niece Mrs. E. W. C. Stewart from hemorrhage of the lungs.  Aged 64 years.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 30-Mar-1882

Bowen, Edward (Col.) - 1874

Col. Edward Bowen died in Greenville Sept. 21st, aged 78 years.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 24-Sept-1874

(Born 04-Oct-1796)

Boutwell, Jefferson Davis "JD" - 1928

J.D. Boutwell died Oct. 30th. He was born in Lowndes Co. 67 years ago. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery. He was survived by 3 sons, Vivian, Vernon and Dewey Boutwell, and 3 daughters, Mrs. J.M. Lewis, Mrs. S.H. Cheatham and Mrs. Eugene Coker.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-Nov-1928

You can visit the memorial page for Jefferson Davis “J D” Boutwell.

Boutwell, Emma C. [Robinson] - 1910

Mrs. F.M. Boutwell died Monday after an illness of some weeks.  She was buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Greenville with Dr. Waggoner conducting the services.

She was survived by her husband , 3 daughters, Lora, Allie May, & Dannie Boutwell and 4 sons, Charlie, Lloyd, Reese & Frank Boutwell.

- The Greenville Advocate, 17-Jun-1910

You can visit the memorial page for Emma C. [Robinson] Boutwell.

Boulware, Ella Kornegay [Goldsmith] - 1886

Ella Boulware, wife of A. Boulware and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goldsmith, died May 22, aged 21.

~ The Greenville 26-May-1886

You can visit the memorial page for Ella Kornegay [Goldsmith] Boulware.

Boswell, James Jackson "Jack" - 1930

J. J. (Uncle Jack) Boswell, 82, died at home near Pigeon Creek post office last Saturday.  He was survived by 6 children, Bunk Boswell of Pigeon Creek, Houseon Boswell of Chapman, Mrs. H. P. Jones and Mr. Pink Sims of Greenville, Mrs. Andrew Cumbie and Mrs. J. A. Brewer of Pigeon Creek.  Burial was at Pleasant Home.

~ The Greenville xx-Jan-1930

You can visit the memorial page for James Jackson “Jack” Boswell.

Booker, William Edmund - 1886

William Edmund Booker of Union Town, AL, died at Rutledge on Saturday last.  He had just graduated from the State University.

~ The Greenville 2-Aug-1886

You can visit the memorial page for William Edmund Booker.

Bonner, Micajah Hubbard - 1883

Judge Micajah Hubbard Bonner was born near Greenville 1/25/1828.  He was educated in Ky. and admitted to the Bar in Lexington, MS 12/5/1848.  He was married to Elizabeth E. Taylor in Marshall, TX in July 1849 and died 11/28/1883 in Tyler, TX.  Was a member of the M. E. Church.

~ The Greenville 26-Dec-1883

You can visit the memorial page for Judge Micajah Hubbard Bonner.

Bonifay, George (Mrs.) - 1879

Mrs. George Bonifay, an aged and highly respected lady of Pollard, Escambia, Co., died recently.
~ The Greenville 20-Nov-1879

Bond, Mrs. - 1868

Mrs. Bond, mother-in-law of Capt. John Gamble, died suddenly Monday last.
~ The Greenville 09-Apr-1868

Evans, Blanche (Miss) - 1898

On 4 July 1898 shortly before five in the morning La Bourgogne collided with the British sailing ship Cromartyshire about 60 nautical miles (69 mi; 110 km) south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia during a dense fog.  The ship was apparently traveling at full speed despite visibility later estimated at approximately 20 yards.

Captain Oscar Henderson of Cromartyshire was sailing sounding his fog horn and heard a ship's whistle but was unable to determine its direction.  His ship collided with La Bourgogne about midships on the starboard side while most passengers were asleep in their compartments.  The liner's compartments adjacent to the collision point filled immediately, starboard side lifeboats were damaged and the ship took a sharp list to starboard making launching of port side lifeboats difficult.

As the ship started to list and the stern went under, an undisciplined rush for lifeboats began.  La Bourgogne sank just over half an hour after the collision.  The Cromartyshire survived the collision, but her crew mistook the La Bourgogne's whistle and signal rockets for an offer of assistance, and they did not realize what was happening until the whistle fell silent.  Around 5:30 am, the fog thinned out, and the crew of the Cromartyshire spotted and began rescuing survivors from La Bourgogne.

At the time, La Bourgogne was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew, of whom 549 were lost.  Of the 173 survivors, fewer than 70 were passengers, with only one woman rescued out of approximately 300 on board.  All children perished.  Almost all first class passengers died in the disaster, with survivors largely limited to steerage passengers and sailors.  According to survivor accounts, the ship's officers remained at their posts after the collision, with all officers except for the purser failing to survive.

Following the disaster sensational reports circulated that the crew had refused to aid passengers in the water, to the point of stabbing them or hitting them with oars.  Surviving crew members required police protection upon their arrival in New York and the French government covered the tragedy up.

**  Status: Drowned  **
Country of Origin: United States
Occupation: unknown

Daughter of David De Scott Evans  (19 years old)

You can visit the memorial page for Blanche De Scott Evans.

**  For the most complete and up-to-date information that is added as it is discovered, see the "Bio" section of this blog for La Bourgogne.  **

553 LIVES LOST.

Many Sank to Death With the La Bourgogne.

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MURDER AND VIOLENCE

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Three Jeannette People Among This Steamer are Among Those Who are Lost

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But One Woman Saved Out of 163.

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A telegram was received here, Wednesday forenoon, which told of the sinking of the French Liner, steamship, La Bourgogne, off the coast of Halifax.  As soon as the information was received, a Dispatch reporter interviewed our steamship agents and the result of his investigations was, that he learned that Mr. Arthur Materne, of Fifth street, had sold tickets to Mr. Joseph Azelvandre, of West Jeannette, and an aged gentleman named John Remillieux and a boy aged 11 years named John Premier, who had been visiting relatives during the past year and who was on his way to his parents in France.

The steamer sailed from New York June 27 and these three from Jeannette were passengers.  Numerous telegrams sent by friends of the unfortunate passengers, to authorities in New York, whose only answer was, that the names mentioned were not found on the list of survivors.  From these answers, it is reasonably certain that all Jeannette people on board the ill fated vessel perished.

Joseph Azelvandre was a brother of our townsman, John B. Azelvandre, and was one of the best known foreigners in Jeannette.  He was forty years old and single.  He was well-to do as far as this world’s goods go, his wealth being estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000..

Emannel and Erneste Delmot, of Arnold, also took passage on the ill fated steamer and in all probability, lost their lives.

Halifax, July 7.—A member of the ship’s crew on La Bourgogne gives this list:
Ship’s crew, 233
Third-class passengers, 295
Second-class passengers, 123
First-class passengers, 75
Total number of souls on board, 716
Passengers saved, 53
Ship’s crew saved, 110
Drowned, 553
News of the great ocean disaster reached here yesterday morning, when that ship Cromartyshire, with her bow badly stoved and partly dismasted, was towed into port.  She was picked up all battered by the Allan liner [S. S.] Grecian and towed in.

When off Cape Sable the Cromartyshire collided with the French line passenger La Bourgogne and sank her.

Only one woman is among the saved.  The only officers saved were the purser and three engineers.  Thirty men belonging to the crew were also picked up.  The balance of the saved are passengers.

The collision occurred at 4 o’clock on the morning of July 4.  A heavy fog prevailed and the crash came almost without warning.  Most of the passengers were in their staterooms.

So quickly did the vessel founder that a number of these did not even have time to reach the deck and died in their staterooms.  The woman saved was Mrs. A. Lacarse.  She was picked up by her husband and placed on a life raft.  She clung to the raft until picked up.

Captain Deloncie? {text is hard to read} stood on the bridge of his ship as she went down.  He refused to leave the vessel and perished.  The captain of the Cromartyshire said: “When my ship was 60 miles off South Sable island, she was on the port tack, heading west to northwest under reduced canvas, going four or five knots an hour.  The foghorn was kept continually blowing.  Shortly after 4 a. m. I heard a steamer’s whistle on our weather bow, which seemed to be nearing us very fast.”

“I blew our horn and was answered by the steamer’s whistle.  Suddenly a steamer loomed up through the fog on our port bow and crashed into us, going at a terrific speed.  Our foremast and main top gallant mast was carried away.  I immediately ordered the boats out and went to inspect the damage and found that our bow has been completely cut off and the plates twisted into every conceivable shape.”

The Cromartyshire was kept afloat by her collision bulkheads.

La Bourgogne disappeared in the fog after the crash and the Cromartyshire’s port anchor was shipped.  Afterward, the survivors were picked up.

The scene was terrible, with hundreds of lives hanging in the balance.  The people swam and floated about the surface of the water, looking for chances to save themselves.

There were three priests on board the ship, and as she was sinking they want about the vessel giving absolution to the Catholics on board.

As the ship sank a vortex was created which sucked down everything on the surface within a wide radius.  When the suction had ceased about 200 bodies came to the surface in a rush.

The work of rescue was commenced without a moment’s delay.  At 5:30 o’clock the fog lifted and then two boats were seen approaching the Cromartyshire full of men.  Men could also be seen in all directions clinging to the wreckage.  These were picked up by the Cromartyshire as fast as possible.

Nearly all the first-class passengers were lost, those saved being mostly from the steerage and sailors.

Later the steamer Grecian came along and after some of the passengers were tra?shipped {hard to read text}, proceeded to tow the Cromartyshire to Halifax.

The scenes enacted on board the La Bourgogne just after the collision were terrible to witness.  Men fought for positions on the boats like raving maniacs, women were forced back and trampled on by the human beasts.

On board were a large number of Italians and other foreigners, who cared little for human life.  These fiends stopped at nothing, in one boat was a party of 40 women, but so great was the panic that not a hand was raised to assist in her launching.  The occupants so near salvation were drowned like rats.

So desperate was the situation that an Italian passenger drew his knife and made a thrust at one who, like himself, was endeavoring to reach the boats.  Immediately the action was imitated in every direction.  Knives were xxxxx {text broken up} with deadly effect.  Women and children were driven back to an inevitable death at the points of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use.  According to the stories of some of the survivors women were stabbed like so many sheep.

The scene on the waters was even worse.  Many of those who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats and on rafts.  These were rudely pushed back into a watery grave.  It was a time in which compassion was not to be found.  Here knives and other weapons did their work.

Nearly all the first class passengers were lost.

Most of the saved were members of the ship’s crew and steerage passengers.

Pittsburg, July 7.—Elgin A. Angell, an attorney of Cleveland, O., a son of C. D. Angell, the extensive oil operator of this city, is reported among the passengers lost.

Michael Horn of Duquesne, it is believed was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer La Bourgogne.  Mr. Horn purchased a ticket from Roth, Teitelbaum and Co. of McKeesport a week ago last Saturday and went to New York, from which city he is thought to have sailed on the La Bourgogne last Saturday.

It is feared that two young Pittsburg girls, Marie and Bertha Flueckinger, aged about 23 years and employed by the family of James Oliver at Shields station, were on the French liner La Bourgogne, which was lost at sea yesterday.

Rev. Father John Williams who was reported on the ill-fated vessel, was recently pastor of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church at Emsworth, Pa.  Father Williams is 44 years old. He is the head of the Order of Holy Childhood of the United States.  For a number of years, he was connected with the faculty of the Holy Ghost college.  For a time he was also pastor of the Catholic church in Sharpsburg.
{Last paragraph illegible.}
~ Jeannette Dispatch, 08-Jul-1898, Page 1, Columns 3 & 4.


Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 42° 55' 41.4012" N
Longitude: -59° 55' 0.5016" W
 

SS La Bourgogne 1885-1898

Evans, Mabel - 1898

On 4 July 1898 shortly before five in the morning La Bourgogne collided with the British sailing ship Cromartyshire about 60 nautical miles (69 mi; 110 km) south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia during a dense fog.  The ship was apparently traveling at full speed despite visibility later estimated at approximately 20 yards.

Captain Oscar Henderson of Cromartyshire was sailing sounding his fog horn and heard a ship's whistle but was unable to determine its direction.  His ship collided with La Bourgogne about midships on the starboard side while most passengers were asleep in their compartments.  The liner's compartments adjacent to the collision point filled immediately, starboard side lifeboats were damaged and the ship took a sharp list to starboard making launching of port side lifeboats difficult.

As the ship started to list and the stern went under, an undisciplined rush for lifeboats began.  La Bourgogne sank just over half an hour after the collision.  The Cromartyshire survived the collision, but her crew mistook the La Bourgogne's whistle and signal rockets for an offer of assistance, and they did not realize what was happening until the whistle fell silent.  Around 5:30 am, the fog thinned out, and the crew of the Cromartyshire spotted and began rescuing survivors from La Bourgogne.

At the time, La Bourgogne was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew, of whom 549 were lost.  Of the 173 survivors, fewer than 70 were passengers, with only one woman rescued out of approximately 300 on board.  All children perished.  Almost all first class passengers died in the disaster, with survivors largely limited to steerage passengers and sailors.  According to survivor accounts, the ship's officers remained at their posts after the collision, with all officers except for the purser failing to survive.

Following the disaster sensational reports circulated that the crew had refused to aid passengers in the water, to the point of stabbing them or hitting them with oars.  Surviving crew members required police protection upon their arrival in New York and the French government covered the tragedy up.

**  Status: Drowned  **
Country of Origin: United States
Occupation: unknown
Daughter of David De Scott Evans  (22 years old)
You can visit the memorial page for Mabel Evans.

**  For the most complete and up-to-date information that is added as it is discovered, see the "Bio" section of this blog for La Bourgogne.  **

553 LIVES LOST.

Many Sank to Death With the La Bourgogne.

-----

MURDER AND VIOLENCE

-----

Three Jeannette People Among This Steamer are Among Those Who are Lost

-----

But One Woman Saved Out of 163.

-----

A telegram was received here, Wednesday forenoon, which told of the sinking of the French Liner, steamship, La Bourgogne, off the coast of Halifax.  As soon as the information was received, a Dispatch reporter interviewed our steamship agents and the result of his investigations was, that he learned that Mr. Arthur Materne, of Fifth street, had sold tickets to Mr. Joseph Azelvandre, of West Jeannette, and an aged gentleman named John Remillieux and a boy aged 11 years named John Premier, who had been visiting relatives during the past year and who was on his way to his parents in France.

The steamer sailed from New York June 27 and these three from Jeannette were passengers.  Numerous telegrams sent by friends of the unfortunate passengers, to authorities in New York, whose only answer was, that the names mentioned were not found on the list of survivors.  From these answers, it is reasonably certain that all Jeannette people on board the ill fated vessel perished.

Joseph Azelvandre was a brother of our townsman, John B. Azelvandre, and was one of the best known foreigners in Jeannette.  He was forty years old and single.  He was well-to do as far as this world’s goods go, his wealth being estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000..

Emannel and Erneste Delmot, of Arnold, also took passage on the ill fated steamer and in all probability, lost their lives.

Halifax, July 7.—A member of the ship’s crew on La Bourgogne gives this list:
Ship’s crew, 233
Third-class passengers, 295
Second-class passengers, 123
First-class passengers, 75
Total number of souls on board, 716
Passengers saved, 53
Ship’s crew saved, 110
Drowned, 553
News of the great ocean disaster reached here yesterday morning, when that ship Cromartyshire, with her bow badly stoved and partly dismasted, was towed into port.  She was picked up all battered by the Allan liner [S. S.] Grecian and towed in.

When off Cape Sable the Cromartyshire collided with the French line passenger La Bourgogne and sank her.

Only one woman is among the saved.  The only officers saved were the purser and three engineers.  Thirty men belonging to the crew were also picked up.  The balance of the saved are passengers.

The collision occurred at 4 o’clock on the morning of July 4.  A heavy fog prevailed and the crash came almost without warning.  Most of the passengers were in their staterooms.

So quickly did the vessel founder that a number of these did not even have time to reach the deck and died in their staterooms.  The woman saved was Mrs. A. Lacarse.  She was picked up by her husband and placed on a life raft.  She clung to the raft until picked up.

Captain Deloncie? {text is hard to read} stood on the bridge of his ship as she went down.  He refused to leave the vessel and perished.  The captain of the Cromartyshire said: “When my ship was 60 miles off South Sable island, she was on the port tack, heading west to northwest under reduced canvas, going four or five knots an hour.  The foghorn was kept continually blowing.  Shortly after 4 a. m. I heard a steamer’s whistle on our weather bow, which seemed to be nearing us very fast.”

“I blew our horn and was answered by the steamer’s whistle.  Suddenly a steamer loomed up through the fog on our port bow and crashed into us, going at a terrific speed.  Our foremast and main top gallant mast was carried away.  I immediately ordered the boats out and went to inspect the damage and found that our bow has been completely cut off and the plates twisted into every conceivable shape.”

The Cromartyshire was kept afloat by her collision bulkheads.

La Bourgogne disappeared in the fog after the crash and the Cromartyshire’s port anchor was shipped.  Afterward, the survivors were picked up.

The scene was terrible, with hundreds of lives hanging in the balance.  The people swam and floated about the surface of the water, looking for chances to save themselves.

There were three priests on board the ship, and as she was sinking they want about the vessel giving absolution to the Catholics on board.

As the ship sank a vortex was created which sucked down everything on the surface within a wide radius.  When the suction had ceased about 200 bodies came to the surface in a rush.

The work of rescue was commenced without a moment’s delay.  At 5:30 o’clock the fog lifted and then two boats were seen approaching the Cromartyshire full of men.  Men could also be seen in all directions clinging to the wreckage.  These were picked up by the Cromartyshire as fast as possible.

Nearly all the first-class passengers were lost, those saved being mostly from the steerage and sailors.

Later the steamer Grecian came along and after some of the passengers were tra?shipped {hard to read text}, proceeded to tow the Cromartyshire to Halifax.

The scenes enacted on board the La Bourgogne just after the collision were terrible to witness.  Men fought for positions on the boats like raving maniacs, women were forced back and trampled on by the human beasts.

On board were a large number of Italians and other foreigners, who cared little for human life.  These fiends stopped at nothing, in one boat was a party of 40 women, but so great was the panic that not a hand was raised to assist in her launching.  The occupants so near salvation were drowned like rats.

So desperate was the situation that an Italian passenger drew his knife and made a thrust at one who, like himself, was endeavoring to reach the boats.  Immediately the action was imitated in every direction.  Knives were xxxxx {text broken up} with deadly effect.  Women and children were driven back to an inevitable death at the points of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use.  According to the stories of some of the survivors women were stabbed like so many sheep.

The scene on the waters was even worse.  Many of those who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats and on rafts.  These were rudely pushed back into a watery grave.  It was a time in which compassion was not to be found.  Here knives and other weapons did their work.

Nearly all the first class passengers were lost.

Most of the saved were members of the ship’s crew and steerage passengers.

Pittsburg, July 7.—Elgin A. Angell, an attorney of Cleveland, O., a son of C. D. Angell, the extensive oil operator of this city, is reported among the passengers lost.

Michael Horn of Duquesne, it is believed was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer La Bourgogne.  Mr. Horn purchased a ticket from Roth, Teitelbaum and Co. of McKeesport a week ago last Saturday and went to New York, from which city he is thought to have sailed on the La Bourgogne last Saturday.

It is feared that two young Pittsburg girls, Marie and Bertha Flueckinger, aged about 23 years and employed by the family of James Oliver at Shields station, were on the French liner La Bourgogne, which was lost at sea yesterday.

Rev. Father John Williams who was reported on the ill-fated vessel, was recently pastor of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church at Emsworth, Pa.  Father Williams is 44 years old. He is the head of the Order of Holy Childhood of the United States.  For a number of years, he was connected with the faculty of the Holy Ghost college.  For a time he was also pastor of the Catholic church in Sharpsburg.
{Last paragraph illegible.}
~ Jeannette Dispatch, 08-Jul-1898, Page 1, Columns 3 & 4.


Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 42° 55' 41.4012" N
Longitude: -59° 55' 0.5016" W
 

SS La Bourgogne 1885-1898

Bolling, Zeke - 1869

Zeke Bolling was found dead in bed Friday.  Death was thought to be an affection of the heart.
~ South Alabamian, 25-Sept-1869

Bolling, Samuel Jackson - 1891

Judge Samuel Jackson Bolling died Friday following a congestive chill at the home of his son S.J. Bolling, Jr., in Greenville.  He was born in Greenville, SC 2/29/1816; moved to Butler Co. in 1819 where he was lived ever since.

He was elected County Judge before he was 21 and was later Judge of Probate.  He remained in office until 1865 when he was replaced by Judge Gardner.  He was a member of the Succession Convention in 1861 and Constitutional Convention in 1865.

When 22 in 1838 he married Mary Ewing, daughter of Jonathan Ewing, formerly of Ga., but then in Greenville.  He was a Universalist.

Survived by 2 sons, 2 daughters and their families.  He died Nov. 27th.
~ The Greenville Advocate 02-Dec-1891

You can visit the memorial page for Samuel Jackson Bolling.

Evans, Laura (Miss) - 1898

On 4 July 1898 shortly before five in the morning La Bourgogne collided with the British sailing ship Cromartyshire about 60 nautical miles (69 mi; 110 km) south of Sable Island near Nova Scotia during a dense fog.  The ship was apparently traveling at full speed despite visibility later estimated at approximately 20 yards.

Captain Oscar Henderson of Cromartyshire was sailing sounding his fog horn and heard a ship's whistle but was unable to determine its direction.  His ship collided with La Bourgogne about midships on the starboard side while most passengers were asleep in their compartments.  The liner's compartments adjacent to the collision point filled immediately, starboard side lifeboats were damaged and the ship took a sharp list to starboard making launching of port side lifeboats difficult.

As the ship started to list and the stern went under, an undisciplined rush for lifeboats began.  La Bourgogne sank just over half an hour after the collision.  The Cromartyshire survived the collision, but her crew mistook the La Bourgogne's whistle and signal rockets for an offer of assistance, and they did not realize what was happening until the whistle fell silent.  Around 5:30 am, the fog thinned out, and the crew of the Cromartyshire spotted and began rescuing survivors from La Bourgogne.

At the time, La Bourgogne was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew, of whom 549 were lost.  Of the 173 survivors, fewer than 70 were passengers, with only one woman rescued out of approximately 300 on board.  All children perished.  Almost all first class passengers died in the disaster, with survivors largely limited to steerage passengers and sailors.  According to survivor accounts, the ship's officers remained at their posts after the collision, with all officers except for the purser failing to survive.

Following the disaster sensational reports circulated that the crew had refused to aid passengers in the water, to the point of stabbing them or hitting them with oars.  Surviving crew members required police protection upon their arrival in New York and the French government covered the tragedy up.

**  Status: Drowned  **
Country of Origin: United States
Occupation: unknown
Adopted daughter of David De Scott Evans
You can visit the memorial page for Laura Evans.

**  For the most complete and up-to-date information that is added as it is discovered, see the "Bio" section of this blog for La Bourgogne.  **

553 LIVES LOST.

Many Sank to Death With the La Bourgogne.

-----

MURDER AND VIOLENCE

-----

Three Jeannette People Among This Steamer are Among Those Who are Lost

-----

But One Woman Saved Out of 163.

-----

A telegram was received here, Wednesday forenoon, which told of the sinking of the French Liner, steamship, La Bourgogne, off the coast of Halifax.  As soon as the information was received, a Dispatch reporter interviewed our steamship agents and the result of his investigations was, that he learned that Mr. Arthur Materne, of Fifth street, had sold tickets to Mr. Joseph Azelvandre, of West Jeannette, and an aged gentleman named John Remillieux and a boy aged 11 years named John Premier, who had been visiting relatives during the past year and who was on his way to his parents in France.

The steamer sailed from New York June 27 and these three from Jeannette were passengers.  Numerous telegrams sent by friends of the unfortunate passengers, to authorities in New York, whose only answer was, that the names mentioned were not found on the list of survivors.  From these answers, it is reasonably certain that all Jeannette people on board the ill fated vessel perished.

Joseph Azelvandre was a brother of our townsman, John B. Azelvandre, and was one of the best known foreigners in Jeannette.  He was forty years old and single.  He was well-to do as far as this world’s goods go, his wealth being estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000..

Emannel and Erneste Delmot, of Arnold, also took passage on the ill fated steamer and in all probability, lost their lives.

Halifax, July 7.—A member of the ship’s crew on La Bourgogne gives this list:
Ship’s crew, 233
Third-class passengers, 295
Second-class passengers, 123
First-class passengers, 75
Total number of souls on board, 716
Passengers saved, 53
Ship’s crew saved, 110
Drowned, 553
News of the great ocean disaster reached here yesterday morning, when that ship Cromartyshire, with her bow badly stoved and partly dismasted, was towed into port.  She was picked up all battered by the Allan liner [S. S.] Grecian and towed in.

When off Cape Sable the Cromartyshire collided with the French line passenger La Bourgogne and sank her.

Only one woman is among the saved.  The only officers saved were the purser and three engineers.  Thirty men belonging to the crew were also picked up.  The balance of the saved are passengers.

The collision occurred at 4 o’clock on the morning of July 4.  A heavy fog prevailed and the crash came almost without warning.  Most of the passengers were in their staterooms.

So quickly did the vessel founder that a number of these did not even have time to reach the deck and died in their staterooms.  The woman saved was Mrs. A. Lacarse.  She was picked up by her husband and placed on a life raft.  She clung to the raft until picked up.

Captain Deloncie? {text is hard to read} stood on the bridge of his ship as she went down.  He refused to leave the vessel and perished.  The captain of the Cromartyshire said: “When my ship was 60 miles off South Sable island, she was on the port tack, heading west to northwest under reduced canvas, going four or five knots an hour.  The foghorn was kept continually blowing.  Shortly after 4 a. m. I heard a steamer’s whistle on our weather bow, which seemed to be nearing us very fast.”

“I blew our horn and was answered by the steamer’s whistle.  Suddenly a steamer loomed up through the fog on our port bow and crashed into us, going at a terrific speed.  Our foremast and main top gallant mast was carried away.  I immediately ordered the boats out and went to inspect the damage and found that our bow has been completely cut off and the plates twisted into every conceivable shape.”

The Cromartyshire was kept afloat by her collision bulkheads.

La Bourgogne disappeared in the fog after the crash and the Cromartyshire’s port anchor was shipped.  Afterward, the survivors were picked up.

The scene was terrible, with hundreds of lives hanging in the balance.  The people swam and floated about the surface of the water, looking for chances to save themselves.

There were three priests on board the ship, and as she was sinking they want about the vessel giving absolution to the Catholics on board.

As the ship sank a vortex was created which sucked down everything on the surface within a wide radius.  When the suction had ceased about 200 bodies came to the surface in a rush.

The work of rescue was commenced without a moment’s delay.  At 5:30 o’clock the fog lifted and then two boats were seen approaching the Cromartyshire full of men.  Men could also be seen in all directions clinging to the wreckage.  These were picked up by the Cromartyshire as fast as possible.

Nearly all the first-class passengers were lost, those saved being mostly from the steerage and sailors.

Later the steamer Grecian came along and after some of the passengers were tra?shipped {hard to read text}, proceeded to tow the Cromartyshire to Halifax.

The scenes enacted on board the La Bourgogne just after the collision were terrible to witness.  Men fought for positions on the boats like raving maniacs, women were forced back and trampled on by the human beasts.

On board were a large number of Italians and other foreigners, who cared little for human life.  These fiends stopped at nothing, in one boat was a party of 40 women, but so great was the panic that not a hand was raised to assist in her launching.  The occupants so near salvation were drowned like rats.

So desperate was the situation that an Italian passenger drew his knife and made a thrust at one who, like himself, was endeavoring to reach the boats.  Immediately the action was imitated in every direction.  Knives were xxxxx {text broken up} with deadly effect.  Women and children were driven back to an inevitable death at the points of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use.  According to the stories of some of the survivors women were stabbed like so many sheep.

The scene on the waters was even worse.  Many of those who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats and on rafts.  These were rudely pushed back into a watery grave.  It was a time in which compassion was not to be found.  Here knives and other weapons did their work.

Nearly all the first class passengers were lost.

Most of the saved were members of the ship’s crew and steerage passengers.

Pittsburg, July 7.—Elgin A. Angell, an attorney of Cleveland, O., a son of C. D. Angell, the extensive oil operator of this city, is reported among the passengers lost.

Michael Horn of Duquesne, it is believed was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer La Bourgogne.  Mr. Horn purchased a ticket from Roth, Teitelbaum and Co. of McKeesport a week ago last Saturday and went to New York, from which city he is thought to have sailed on the La Bourgogne last Saturday.

It is feared that two young Pittsburg girls, Marie and Bertha Flueckinger, aged about 23 years and employed by the family of James Oliver at Shields station, were on the French liner La Bourgogne, which was lost at sea yesterday.

Rev. Father John Williams who was reported on the ill-fated vessel, was recently pastor of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church at Emsworth, Pa.  Father Williams is 44 years old. He is the head of the Order of Holy Childhood of the United States.  For a number of years, he was connected with the faculty of the Holy Ghost college.  For a time he was also pastor of the Catholic church in Sharpsburg.
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~ Jeannette Dispatch, 08-Jul-1898, Page 1, Columns 3 & 4.


Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 42° 55' 41.4012" N
Longitude: -59° 55' 0.5016" W
 

SS La Bourgogne 1885-1898

Bolling, Mary Ann [Ewing] - 1860

Mary A. Bolling, wife of S. J. Bolling, died July 5th, aged 42 years 5 months 26 days.

~ Southern Messenger, 11 Jul 1860

You can visit the memorial page for Mary Ann [Ewing] Bolling.

Bolling, John (Capt.) - 1898

Capt. John Bolling died in Tuscaloosa Friday.  He was born in Greenville, son of Judge Bolling. He was survived by one brother, S. J. Bollling and a sister, Sallie Bolling Powell.
(Buried in Magnolia; Capt. 17th Alabama Regiment.)

~ The Greenville Advocate 11-May-1898

You can visit the memorial page for John Bolling.

Bolland, Sallie E. - 1889

Sallie E. Bolland, wife of Rev. J. M. Bolland, died on the 12th in Greenville.  An attack of pneumonia in 1872 had left her with weak lungs.  Her husband was the presiding elder of the Union Springs District.  (She was born 10/25/1833).
~ The Greenville Advocate 12-Jun-1889

Boggan, William - 1889

William Boggan died at Awin, AL 5/22/1889, aged 80 years 1 month 2 days.  He was survived by his wife, 6 children and several grandchildren.  Burial was in Awin Cemetery

~ The Greenville Advocate 12-Jun-1889

You can visit the memorial page for William Boggan.

Boggan, Sallie Cathorene [Dailey] - 1928

Sallie C. Boggan, wife of the late S.D. Boggan, died recently.  She was survived by W. J., Fred, Pickette, & Berdis Boggan, Mrs. Leora Gafford, Mrs. Etta Gafford, & Mrs. Era Wright.

~ The Greenville Advocate 27-Nov-1928

You can visit the memorial page for Sallie Cathorene [Dailey] Boggan.

Boggan, Pickett - 1875

Pickett Boggan died near Pineapple recently.  He was napping on the piazza of his home in a rock chair.  His feet, which had been propped on the railing around the porch, slipped off and the chair threw him into the railing, pinning him there where he choked to death.
~ The Greenville Advocate 11-Apr-1875

Caldwell, Elizabeth M. [Black] - 1872

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Caldwell was born 4/7/1800 in S.C.; move to Monroe Co. in 1818; married John C. Caldwell in 1820; moved to Butler Co. in 1821; died 3/4/1872, aged 71 years 10 months 27 days.  Her husband died in 1871.  She was formerly a Miss Black.

~ The Greenville Advocate 07-Mar-1872

You can visit the memorial page for Elizabeth M. [Black] Caldwell.

Shrum, Margaret - 1925

The Editing Staff

Editor-in-Chief

 ~ Jeannette Red and Blue, High School Year Book Vol. V, Number 1, 1925, Page 14

 

 

Editorial--- “Rainbows”

Margaret Shrum

Every High School student has heard about the “pot of gold” which imagination has created as being at the front of the rainbow.  Some of us have read stories of the adventures of boys and girls, who were trying to reach the rainbow in order to get that gold.  But, have any of them reached it?  Few, if any, have, even in fiction.  They were not ambitious and persevering enough to keep on among the hardships they had to endure.

“What is a rainbow?” is the question which often enters our mind.  This question is prompted mostly because we see them only when the sun shines during a shower.  It is simply the sun's reflection upon hundreds of tiny raindrops; a sunray becomes bent as it enters a drop of rain and thus disperses into many colors.  It is a natural spectrum, the sun impersonating the artist and the raindrops, the paints; the sun rays act as brushes which the artist uses to mix the paints.

Just as it takes so many tiny raindrops to complete a beautiful rainbow, so it takes a great many things to make a complete and joyous success; just as the adventurer has many disappointments on his way to seek the “pot of gold”, so each of us has many disappointments on the road to success.

Upon graduating, the members of the Senior Class will go out into the world to attain success.  But to attain that success they must have the determination of will to keep on toward their goal; they must consider their misfortunes and hardships as elements which will tend to strengthen their characters and increase their knowledge of the world and its treatment of mankind.  They must learn that all these things are as necessary to complete their success, as the raindrops are to create the rainbow.

Every high school student has some ambition to reach some definite goal.  That goal should contain the word, success!  The Seniors have reached, upon graduation, the first turn in the road to success.  Probably some of them thought they would reach the rainbow at the first curve, but as the boy in the story learned, it was still far away.  Every graduate should resume the journey until he reaches the end.  Many will do so by doing commercial work; “a few may fall by the wayside,” because the journey was too tiresome and disappointing, even for obtaining a reward at the end.

I take this opportunity to say to every high school student, whether he is a Freshman or a Senior, that unless he works patiently and earnestly toward his goal he will not reach his rainbow which to him is-- success!  He will lose, like those adventurers of story fame.  So let us all become earnest  travellers <sic> on the road to success , where, when we reach the end a truly great reward awaits us.
 ~ Jeannette Red and Blue, High School Year Book Vol. V, Number 1, 1925, Page 15

Lane, Lydia {mother} - 1812

Lane  --  Lydia, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Lydia, Aug. 1, 1812. [wife of Elias Pool, G.R.9.]
G.R.9. — Gravestone Record, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Liberty Street, Rockland
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Daniel Jr. - 1812

Lane  --  Lydia, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Lydia, Aug. 1, 1812. [w. Elias Pool, G.R.9.]
G.R.9. — Gravestone Record, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Liberty Street, Rockland
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Lydia {daughter} - 1812

Lane  --  Lydia, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Lydia, Aug. 1, 1812. [wife of Elias Pool, G.R.9.]
G.R.9. — Gravestone Record, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Liberty Street, Rockland

~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Lydia [Lane] Pool.

Lane, Lydia - 1803

Lane  --  Lydia, daughter of Charles and Rachel, Nov. 8, 1803.

~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Lydia J. [Lane] Torrey.

Lane, Betsey - 1829

Lane  --  Lucy, daughter of John and Betsey, Sept. 9, 1829.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, John - 1829

Lane  --  Lucy, daughter of John and Betsey, Sept. 9, 1829.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Lucy - 1829

Lane  --  Lucy, daughter of John and Betsey, Sept. 9, 1829.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Hannah - 1793

Lane  --  Lucy, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Apr. 20, 1793.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Daniel Jr. - 1793

Lane  --  Lucy, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Apr. 20, 1793.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mary N. - 1844

Lane  --  Lovinia, daughter of David and Mary N., May 8, 1844.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912