Lane, Sally - 1816

Lane  --  Rachel Jenkins, daughter of Charles Jr. and Sally, Nov. 29, 1816.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Charles Jr. - 1816

Lane  --  Rachel Jenkins, daughter of Charles Jr. and Sally, Nov. 29, 1816.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Rachel (Jenkins) - 1816

Lane  --  Rachel Jenkins, daughter of Charles Jr. and Sally, Nov. 29, 1816.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Rachel {mother} - 1809

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Nov. 8, 1809.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Silas - 1809

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Nov. 8, 1809.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Rachel {daughter} - 1809

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Nov. 8, 1809.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Rachel {mother} - 1797

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Charles and Rachel, Sept. 14, 1797.

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

You can visit the memorial page for Rachel Lane.

Lane, Charles - 1797

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Charles and Rachel, Sept. 14, 1797.

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

You can visit the memorial page for Charles Lane.

Lane, Rachel {daughter} - 1797

Lane  --  Rachel, daughter of Charles and Rachel, Sept. 14, 1797.

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

You can visit the memorial page for Rachel Lane.

Lane, Olive C. [Truette] - 1821

Lane  --  Olive C. Truette [? m.], , 1821. 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, Bethia - 1775

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Bethia, Aug. 23, 1775.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Daniel - 1775

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Bethia, Aug. 23, 1775.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Olive - 1775

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Bethia, Aug. 23, 1775.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Lydia - 1754

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Apr. 8, 1754.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Daniel - 1754

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Apr. 8, 1754.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Olive - 1754

Lane  --  Olive, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Apr. 8, 1754.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

SS Mahanada : 1914-1941

SS Mahanada Information Card
Nationality:  British
Purpose:  Transport
Type:  Cargo Ship
Propulsion:  Steam Turbine
Date Built:  1914
Launched: 
Tonnage:  7181 gross tonnage
Dimensions:  470 feet long x 58 feet wide x 32 feet tall
Material:  Steel
Engine:  Two Parsons steam turbines SR geared to a single shaft, 1 screw, 2 double boilers and 1 auxiliary boiler and 15 corrugated furnaces.
Power:  729 nominal horsepower
Speed:  12 knots

Cause of Loss:  Air Raid
Date Lost:  26-Feb-1941


Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.


Story:
On 26-Feb-1941, as part of the eight ship Convoy OB 290, the SS Mahanada was sunk by a torpedo from a German FW200 Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland.  In the same attack the Dutch SS Amstelland and SS Beursplein, the Greek SS Kyriakoula and SS Solfering and the British SS Swinburne and SS Llanwern were sunk.

 

Passenger List:  

Johnson, George William

Mazu, unknown male

Shaw, Ernest

Brown, Martha - 1885

An infant child of Fred and Martha Brown died in Butler Co. in January.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 11-Mar-1885

Brown, Fred - 1885

An infant child of Fred and Martha Brown died in Butler Co. in January.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 11-Mar-1885

Brown, Infant Child - 1885

An infant child of Fred and Martha Brown died in Butler Co. in January.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 11-Mar-1885

Brown, Walter H. - 1896

Walter H. Brown died in Montgomery several days since.  He was the son of Mrs. John Flowers of Bolling.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 27-May-1896

Brown, Sophronia - 1899

Mrs. Sophronia Brown step-sister of George Buckhaults, died Nov. 13th at the home of John Bush near Ft. Dale.  Burial in Ft. Dale Cemetery.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 17-Nov-1899

You can visit the memorial page for Sophronia Brown.

Brown, J. M. (Rev.) - 1890

Rev. J. M. Brown, pastor of the Methodist Church, died in Evergreen Wednesday.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-May-1890

Lane, Rachel - 1836

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Silas and Nancy, June 13, 1836.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Shaw, Ernest - 1941

Ernest Shaw died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 35 years.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country: United Kingdom
Rank: Quartermaster
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Grave Reference: Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 66

You can visit the memorial page for Ernest Shaw.

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.

Edeker, J. C. - 1884

Tribute of Respect to J. H. L. Brown who died 11/14/1883.  He was a Methodist and member of Sepulga Lodge #233.  He was survived by his wife and children.  Signed M. A. Ray, John Holley, & J. C. Edeker, Committee.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-Sept-1884

Holley, John - 1884

Tribute of Respect to J. H. L. Brown who died 11/14/1883.  He was a Methodist and member of Sepulga Lodge #233.  He was survived by his wife and children.  Signed M. A. Ray, John Holley, & J. C. Edeker, Committee.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-Sept-1884

Ray, M. A. - 1884

Tribute of Respect to J. H. L. Brown who died 11/14/1883.  He was a Methodist and member of Sepulga Lodge #233.  He was survived by his wife and children.  Signed M. A. Ray, John Holley, & J. C. Edeker, Committee.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-Sept-1884

Lane, Nancy {mother} - 1836

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Silas and Nancy, June 13, 1836.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Silas - 1836

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Silas and Nancy, June 13, 1836.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Nancy - 1836

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Silas and Nancy, June 13, 1836.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Hannah - 1796

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Mar. 27, 1796.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Daniel Jr. - 1796

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Mar. 27, 1796.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Nancy - 1796

Lane  --  Nancy, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Mar. 27, 1796.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Rachel - 1808

Lane  --  Nabby Smith, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Feb. 15, 1808.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Silas - 1808

Lane  --  Nabby Smith, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Feb. 15, 1808.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Nabby (Smith) - 1808

Lane  --  Nabby Smith, daughter of Silas and Rachel, Feb. 15, 1808.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Brown, J. H. L. - 1883

Tribute of Respect to J. H. L. Brown who died 11/14/1883.  He was a Methodist and member of Sepulga Lodge #233.  He was survived by his wife and children.  Signed M. A. Ray, John Holley, & J. C. Edeker, Committee.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 07-Sept-1884

Browder, Isham (Maj.) - 1869

Major Isham Browder died Tuesday last in Eufaula, aged about 60.  He dropped dead while going to bed.
~ The South Alabamian dated 30-Oct-1869

Broughton, J. T. (Mrs.) - 1878

Mrs. J. T. Broughton died on the 30th in Greenville, and was buried in LaGrange, Ga. In the family burial ground.  Survived by husband and children.  She was born near Winnsboro, Fairfield Dist., SC.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 02-Jan-1879

Broughton, John Thomas (Dr.) - 1913

Dr. J. T. Broughton died Aug. 29th, and is survived by his wife, sons and daughter.  He was a member of Eureka Masonic Lodge.
(Born 04/25/1830)

~ The Living Truth dated 13-Sept-1913

You can visit the memorial page for Dr John Thomas Broughton.

Brooks, Joanna W. - 1877

Mary Belle Brooks, daughter of Wilson W. and Joanna W. Brooks, died on the 5th, aged 1 year, 9 months, 18 days.  Notice signd for by A. T. Sims.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-Nov-1877

Brooks, Wilson W. - 1877

Mary Belle Brooks, daughter of Wilson W. and Joanna W. Brooks, died on the 5th, aged 1 year, 9 months, 18 days.  Notice signd for by A. T. Sims.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-Nov-1877

Brooks, Mary Belle - 1877

Mary Belle Brooks, daughter of Wilson W. and Joanna W. Brooks, died on the 5th, aged 1 year, 9 months, 18 days.  Notice signd for by A. T. Sims.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 15-Nov-1877

Lane, Lydia - 1768

Lane  --  Nabby, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Dec. 11, 1768. [Nabbey, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Nabby - 1768

Lane  --  Nabby, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Dec. 11, 1768. [Nabbey, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Mazu, unknown male - 1941

Mazu died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 45 years.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country:  India

Rank:  Boy
Regiment:  Indian Merchant Navy
Grave Reference: 

You can visit the memorial page for Mazu.

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W

About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.

Lane, Daniel - 1768

Lane  --  Nabby, daughter of Daniel and Lydia, Dec. 11, 1768. [Nabbey, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Roena - 1805

Lane  --  Miranda, daughter of Andrews and Roena, Oct. 4, 1805.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Andrews - 1805

Lane  --  Miranda, daughter of Andrews and Roena, Oct. 4, 1805.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Fissel, Ellen Eugenia [Diehl] - 1912

Blocher-Fissel
Thaddeus S. Blocher, son of Mrs. Mary Blocher, and Miss Anna T. Fissel, youngest
daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elias Fissel, both of Littlestown, were united
in marriage Thursday, Oct. 17th, at Reading.

~ The Hanover Herald – Saturday, November 2, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Ellen Eugenia [Diehl] Fissel.

Fissel, Elias - 1912

Blocher-Fissel
Thaddeus S. Blocher, son of Mrs. Mary Blocher, and Miss Anna T. Fissel, youngest
daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elias Fissel, both of Littlestown, were united
in marriage Thursday, Oct. 17th, at Reading.

~ The Hanover Herald – Saturday, November 2, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Elias Fissel.

Fissel, Anna Theodocia - 1912

Blocher-Fissel
Thaddeus S. Blocher, son of Mrs. Mary Blocher, and Miss Anna T. Fissel, youngest
daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elias Fissel, both of Littlestown, were united
in marriage Thursday, Oct. 17th, at Reading.

~ The Hanover Herald – Saturday, November 2, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Anna Theodocia [Fissel] Blocher.

Blocher, Mary L. [Long] - 1912

Blocher-Fissel
Thaddeus S. Blocher, son of Mrs. Mary Blocher, and Miss Anna T. Fissel, youngest
daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elias Fissel, both of Littlestown, were united
in marriage Thursday, Oct. 17th, at Reading.

~ The Hanover Herald – Saturday, November 2, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Mary L. [Long] Blocher.

Blocher & Fissel - 1912

Blocher-Fissel
Thaddeus S. Blocher, son of Mrs. Mary Blocher, and Miss Anna T. Fissel, youngest
daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Elias Fissel, both of Littlestown, were united
in marriage Thursday, Oct. 17th, at Reading.

~ The Hanover Herald – Saturday, November 2, 1912

You can visit the memorial page for Thaddeus Stevens Blocher.

Jacoby, Lottie May Ellen - 1906

Black-Jacoby
On Nov. 29 at Arendtsville by Rev. Theo. C. Hesson, John H. Black of Menallen
township and Miss Lottie May Jacoby of Butler township.

~ Gettysburg Compiler, 05-Dec-1906

You can visit the memorial page for Lottie May Ellen [Jacoby] Black.

Black, John H. - 1906

Black-Jacoby
On Nov. 29 at Arendtsville by Rev. Theo. C. Hesson, John H. Black of Menallen
township and Miss Lottie May Jacoby of Butler township.

~ Gettysburg Compiler, 05-Dec-1906

You can visit the memorial page for John H. Black.

Hesson, Theodore Calvin (Rev.) - 1906

Black-Jacoby
On Nov. 29 at Arendtsville by Rev. Theo. C. Hesson, John H. Black of Menallen
township and Miss Lottie May Jacoby of Butler township.

~ Gettysburg Compiler, 05-Dec-1906

You can visit the memorial page for Rev. Theodore Calvin Hesson.

Del Campo, Jose - 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: unknown
Occupation: unknown
You can visit the memorial page for Jose Del Campo.

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, De Scott {David} : 1847-1898

De Scott Evans (March 28, 1847 – July 4, 1898) was an American painter known for working in a number of genres.  Raised in Indiana, he spent much of his career in Ohio and then moved to New York City.  His posthumous reputation is largely based on a number of trompe l'oeil still lifes that have been attributed to him.

David Scott Evans was born in Boston, Indiana to David S. and Nancy A. (Davenport) Evans.  His father was a physician.  He attended Miami University's preparatory school in the 1860s, studying with professor Adrian Beaugureau at Miami and later in Cincinnati.  Evans married Alice Josephine Burk in 1872.  They had two biological daughters, Mabel and Blanche, and an adopted daughter, Laura.

Life
In 1873, he became head of the art department at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, and taught there until 1875.  Evans then lived in Paris from 1877 to 1878, where he studied with Adolphe William Bouguereau.  He then taught from 1882 to 1887 at the Cleveland Academy of Art, and then moved to New York City in 1887, at the age of forty.

Evans and his three daughters died in July 1898, when the Paris-bound steamer La Bourgogne was rammed by a sailing ship; 500 other passengers and crew were also lost.  His wife was not on board and later remarried.  There is a cenotaph for Evans and his daughters in the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Ohio.

Work
During his life, he was mainly known for his genre paintings and portraits of stylish young women in rich settings.  His popularity faded after his death, until a number of trompe l'oeil still lifes were attributed to him.  Evans is known to have signed his work as D. Scott Evans and later De Scott Evans, and some of the still lifes attributed to him bear the names David Scott, S. S. David, and Stanley S. David.  The attributions are not without question, but are assumed based on the similarity of two paintings of pears, and scholars' inability to identify another artist named "David" who was active at the right time and place.

Gallery

The Tack Room     [date unknown]

The Connoisseur 1887

Winter Evening at Lawnfield circa 1887

Arranging Pink Roses 1891

Grandfathers Clock 1891

~ Wikipedia Link for De Scott Evans.

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: painter
{The American painter De Scott Evans died with his three daughters.}
You can visit the Cenotaph memorial page for {David} DeScott 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.
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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

Mayers, Alverta [Crouse] - 1916

Black-Hinkle
Evelyn Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Hinkle, of Philadelphia, former
residents of Littlestown, and Mr. Lawrence E. Black, of Philadelphia, were
united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7th, at the Manse of the Reformed
Church of the Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., by the bride’s uncle, Rev. Frederick
Shannon.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. John D. Mayers, of Littlestown.

~ Record Herald, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 10-Oct-1916

You can visit the memorial page for Alverta [Crouse] Mayers.

Shannon, Frederick (Rev.) - 1916

Black-Hinkle
Evelyn Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Hinkle, of Philadelphia, former
residents of Littlestown, and Mr. Lawrence E. Black, of Philadelphia, were
united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7th, at the Manse of the Reformed
Church of the Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., by the bride’s uncle, Rev. Frederick
Shannon.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. John D. Mayers, of Littlestown.

~ Record Herald, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 10-Oct-1916

Black, Lawrence E. - 1916

Black-Hinkle
Evelyn Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Hinkle, of Philadelphia, former
residents of Littlestown, and Mr. Lawrence E. Black, of Philadelphia, were
united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7th, at the Manse of the Reformed
Church of the Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., by the bride’s uncle, Rev. Frederick
Shannon.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. John D. Mayers, of Littlestown.

~ Record Herald, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 10-Oct-1916

Hinkle, Hugh C. (Mr. & Mrs.) - 1916

Black-Hinkle

Evelyn Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Hinkle, of Philadelphia, former
residents of Littlestown, and Mr. Lawrence E. Black, of Philadelphia, were
united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7th, at the Manse of the Reformed
Church of the Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., by the bride’s uncle, Rev. Frederick
Shannon.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. John D. Mayers, of Littlestown.

~ Record Herald, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 10-Oct-1916

You can visit the memorial page for Hugh Crouse Hinkle.
You can visit the memorial page for Elsie [Myers] Hinkle.

Hinkle, Evelyn Jane - 1916

Black-Hinkle

Evelyn Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Hinkle, of Philadelphia, former
residents of Littlestown, and Mr. Lawrence E. Black, of Philadelphia, were
united in marriage Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7th, at the Manse of the Reformed
Church of the Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., by the bride’s uncle, Rev. Frederick
Shannon.

The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. John D. Mayers, of Littlestown.

~ Record Herald, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 10-Oct-1916

Funt, Ann Eliza - 1861

On the 28th ult., Mr. Phillip Bittlinger, of Menallen township, to Miss Ann Eliza
Funt, of Butler township, all of Adams co.

~ Hanover Citizen, 05-Dec-1861

Bittlinger, Phillip - 1861

On the 28th ult., Mr. Phillip Bittlinger, of Menallen township, to Miss Ann Eliza
Funt, of Butler township, all of Adams co.

~ Hanover Citizen, 05-Dec-1861

Miller, Ida - 1901

BISTLINE-MILLER – May 30, at York Springs, by Rev. H. F. Cares, Mr. A.
W. Bistline, of Dillsburg, to Miss Ida L. Miller, of York Springs.

~ The Gettysburg Compiler, 04-Jun1901

You can visit the memorial page for Ida [Miller] Bistline.

Cares, H. F. (Rev.) - 1901

BISTLINE-MILLER – May 30, at York Springs, by Rev. H. F. Cares, Mr. A.
W. Bistline, of Dillsburg, to Miss Ida L. Miller, of York Springs.

~ The Gettysburg Compiler, 04-Jun1901

Bistline, A. W. - 1901

BISTLINE-MILLER – May 30, at York Springs, by Rev. H. F. Cares, Mr. A.
W. Bistline, of Dillsburg, to Miss Ida L. Miller, of York Springs.

~ The Gettysburg Compiler, 04-Jun1901

You can visit the memorial page for Abram W. Bistline.

Lane, Miranda - 1805

Lane  --  Miranda, daughter of Andrews and Roena, Oct. 4, 1805.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mehitable {mother} - 1831

Lane  --  Mehitable, daughter of Jenkins and Mehitable, May 9, 1831.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Jenkins - 1831

Lane  --  Mehitable, daughter of Jenkins and Mehitable, May 9, 1831.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mehitable {daughter} - 1831

Lane  --  Mehitable, daughter of Jenkins and Mehitable, May 9, 1831.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mehitabel [Pratt] - 1805

Lane  --  Mehitabel P. [ ] [wife of Jenkins], , 1805. G.R.1.
G.R.1. Gravestone Record, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington

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

You can visit the memorial page for Mehetabel [Pratt] Lane.

Lane, Mary Simmons - 1824

Lane  --  Mary Simmons, daughter of David and Ruth, Dec. 2, 1824.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mary Roxalina - 1840

Lane  --  Mary Roxalina, daughter of Silas and Naomi O. R., Sept. 24, 1840.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mary Dean - 1814

Lane  --  Mary Dean, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Lydia, May 3, 1814.

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

Lane, Betsey - 1809

Lane  --  Mary, daughter of John and Betsey, Aug. 16, 1809.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, John - 1809

Lane  --  Mary, daughter of John and Betsey, Aug. 16, 1809.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Mary - 1809

Lane  --  Mary, daughter of John and Betsey, Aug. 16, 1809.

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

You can visit the memorial page for Mary [Lane] Whiting.

Lane, Martha - 1798

Lane  --  Martha, daughter of Charles and Joanna, May 7, 1798.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Marshall - 1816

Lane  --  Marshall [husband of Ruth G. (Winslow)], , 1816. G.R.4.
G.R.4. — Gravestone Record, Samuel Reed Cemetery, near Reed's Pond, Rockland
Spring Lake Cemetery

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

You can visit the memorial page for Marshall Lane.

Lane, Marshall - 1786

Lane  --  Marshall, son of Daniel Jr. and Hannah, Nov. 6, 1786.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Maria Lincoln - 1822

Lane  --  Maria Lincoln, daughter of Charles Jr. and Sally, Oct. 7, 1822. [wife of Leander Curtis, 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 Maria Lincoln [Lane] Curtis.

Lane, Maria Jane - 1839

Lane  --  Maria Jane, daughter of Jenkins and Mehitable, Sept. 28, 1839.

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

You can visit the memorial page for Maria Jane Lane.

Lane, Charlotte - 1820

Lane  --  Maria, daughter of Isaiah and Charlotte, Feb. 20, 1820.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Isaiah - 1820

Lane  --  Maria, daughter of Isaiah and Charlotte, Feb. 20, 1820.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Lane, Maria - 1820

Lane  --  Maria, daughter of Isaiah and Charlotte, Feb. 20, 1820.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Johnson, George William - 1941

George William Johnson died on the SS Mahanada, one of eight ships of Convoy OB 290 to be sunk during a German air raid by Luftwaffe aircraft on the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on 26-Feb-1941, aged 43 years.  He was a son of George William and Mary Ann Johnson.
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Country:  United Kingdom

Rank: Quartermaster
Regiment: Merchant Navy

Grave Reference: Panel 66 on the memorial

Shipwreck GPS Coordinates are approximately:
Latitude: 54° 07' 0.001" N
Longitude: -17° 06' 0" W
About 283.02 nautical miles (325.69 mi; 524.14 km) northwest of Doolin, Ireland.

You can visit the memorial page for George William Johnson.

Brooks, Emma - 1870

Emma Brooks, 20, daughter of the Hon. H. L. Brooks, died in Collirene July 9th.
~ South Alabamian dated 16-Jul-1870

Brooks, Edward P. - 1870

Edward P. Brooks died June 25, aged 33 years 18 days.  Was a member of Sepulga Lodge #233 in Starlington.
~ South Alabamian dated 01-Aug-1870

Brock, Joseph D. - 1885

J. D. Brock, 26, died of consumption in Ft. Deposit on June 3rd.  He was clerk for Daniel & Smith of Greenville.

~ The Greenville Advocate dated 10-Jul-1885

You can visit the memorial page for Joseph D. Brock.

Briggs, Richard - 1900

Rev. Andrew J. Briggs, 35, died Sept. 24.  Was pastor of the Methodist Church in Greenville.  Burial was in Robinson Springs .  He was survived by his wife, mother, 3 children, and 2 brothers, Revs. G.W. and Richard Briggs.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 26-Sept-1900

Briggs, G. W. (Rev.) - 1900

Rev. Andrew J. Briggs, 35, died Sept. 24.  Was pastor of the Methodist Church in Greenville.  Burial was in Robinson Springs .  He was survived by his wife, mother, 3 children, and 2 brothers, Revs. G.W. and Richard Briggs.
~ The Greenville Advocate dated 26-Sept-1900

Arons, Paul - 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