The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1874, Page 5

L’EUROPE. Arrival of the Greece, with the Rescued Passengers, Offi- cers and Crew. LIST OF THE SAVED. —————— The Story of the Loss of the Europe and Narratives of the Survivors. Graphic Statements of the French and English Captains. A SERIES OF CONTRADICTIONS, oR An Englishman’s Story of the Sailors’ Demoralization. French A BRIDE’S EXPERIENCE The Bravery and Fearlessness of the Salvage Crew. pene rare en WHERE IS THE MYSTERY? ‘The safe arrival at this port yesterday afvernoon Of the steamship Greece with the passengers and crew of the steamship Europe, which sprung aleak and was abandoned at sea on the 8d tnst., was last evening the cause of general rejoicing in many households in this city, as 1+ was, doubtless, too in | many places on the other side of the Atlaatio when the gladsome tidings of the good ship’s salety, ‘With “all well” on board was, flashed across the cable. The disaster to the Europe was in itself a Yery deplorable one in every aspect in which it Gan be looked at; and it will be remembered that ‘when tt was first made known in this city by spe- etal despatch to tne HERALD from London the an- nouncement was received with a feeling of distress that permeated the whole community. It was quite natural, therelore, that the arrival of the Greece Should have been, as it has been, awaited with the most painful anxiety ever since the day when the ‘Swenty-six brave tellows from the Greece wio attempted to save the sinking French craft feached London in safety, It was conceded by all those familiar with the gsual rate of speed of the various steamships that ply between this port and Europe that the Greece would be considerably retarded by reason of having had to “lay vo while rescuing the M-fated —Vessel’a passengers; but few of them seemed to beheve that she would ar- tive later than Saturday. When sunday Went by, and there were no tidings of her, and when vessel alter vessel arriving at Quarantine, | and which had traversed almost the same course asually pursued by the steamers of the National ine, reported that they had not sighted her dur- mg their voyage the general feeling of anxiety became intense; for, to the anxiety of the friends of the passengers of the Europe there was added the distress of the friends of the passengers of tte Greece herself, wio were fearful lest the rescuer had met with tome {ate not less disastrous than that which bad defailen the rescued. Sunday, indeed, was a long and a painful day to, many in ths city, the best in- fication of which. was ionnd in the many mquiries that were made at the telegraph Diicers as to the probable safety of the vessel, and the many visits of the anxious ones paid to Quarantine. In fact, there were those who shook heir heads yesterday morning and gave it as their vpinion that 11 the steamer did not arrive during the day orevening there would be serious cause for the most gloomy expectations as to her tate. | Gappily the arrival of the vessel yesterday aiter- | moon opposite the Quarantine Boarding Station, &t ten minutes to six, set at rest ali jears on this wore. ‘The intelligence received by cable as to the cause of the abandonment of the Europe was at best of & Meagre Character, and, as uo detaus were given, expectation has been great in the public mind for the full particulars of the disaster. ‘he state- ments of Captain Lemarie, of the Europe; of Captain Thomas, of the Greece, and of sey- eral officers and passengers of both vessels which are gtven below throw considerable light upon what has been, up to the present, involved in mystery. Some of them, it will be seen, are quite contradictory; but this is not surprising, in view of the general excitement that prevailed on both ships at the time of the transfer of the urope’s” passengers to the other steamer, which must have, im some degree, rather disturbed the | minds of even the most reliable. However,’ while | testimony is borne to the good conduct of the | crew oj the Europe by some, serious charges are Made against them by others. WU Mr. Large’s statement be true, the French sailors, after the passengers of the Europe had been hauled aboard the Greece, were so demoralized that they abandoned thelr boats and swarmed over the Sides of the vessel, apparently only anxious to | save themselves, and thus the boats were lost. | The statement of the same passenger that a Frenchman placed himself deliberately before the scalding steam that was rushing from the water | Pipe of the Greece in order to shield the | women and children, by which brave act he Was seriously injured, goes far to atone | Yor the alleged shortcomings of some of | nis countrymen, who, wuniike him, were | supposed to have been made, by discipline, to know not what fear was. The whole story, as told by ali these persons, officers of the two steamers as well us passengers, is a graphic oné, and it will be seen that the forebodings of evil ‘that were imduiged in on Sunday as to the gatety of the Greece herself were not with- out some reason; for it appears that while in the very ac: of attempting to save tho Europe there occurred a collision between the two vessels which might have proved even more disas- trous to the Greece than vad the leak in the en- gine room to the Europe, which, in fact, might have ended in the toss of the two steamers and a sacrifice 01 life terrible even to think of. All the statements of the passengers and officers | ‘Of the two vessels will be found of interest, and | though no one seems to know what caused the | leak in the engine room of the Europe, yet the statement of the engineer, Douglas of the Greece, | Who made an examination of the Europe, to the eflect that “the ship should never have been abandoned,” and his remark that he knew What the cause of the leak was, but which he would not reveal until catlea upon oy the Board of ‘Trade, is not without its importance as bearing upon the real origin of the whole disaster, Mr. Wharton's assertion, that the steerage and sailors made such @ raid upon the life preservers, many of them taking three apiece, that the cabin passengers and most of the ladies were ieft with- outany is arather damaging one; but as other statements do not bear ouc this, it is but fair that judgment should be suspended as to this partice ular point until a future time. Taken as A whole, as will be seen by the state- ments given, contradictory in certain matters as some of them are, the abandonment of the Europe, the attempt to save her by Mr. Buck and bis brave twenty-five volunteers, the accident to the Greece, which threatened her destruction, too, the ex- |, Hunnerwell, Mr, John. H. Haldi, Lydia. Halfeli, Theodore. | Haitell, Jacques. Halfelt, Lydia, Huet, Adele Hall Franciten alt c! nelicuc, | Hattelk>aemunty “2° i | Keiberg, Jacques. | Rebersald, Jean. Sauremann, Jean. Sauer, Louis, | Sauremann, Anne, Sontag, Nicholas, Sauremenn, Edual Sontag, Liza, | lowing conversation then ensued in French on NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. eitement which prevailed while the transfer of the Passengers from one vessel to the other was going on—all go to make up & most thrilling tale of the of Bea. « prreeer 9 THE ARRIVAL. The Greece was sighted from Highland Light | about ten minutes past four o’clock yesterday, and the news of her coming was telegraphed to the newspaper men, who for almost a week had been keeping a lonely vigil at the house of @ well known shad fisherman on the shore | of Staten Island. Tired, sleepy and despondent they had been only a moment before; now all was activity and tife. A passing tug was hailed. Shore boats were manned, all wading imto the water with utter recklessness, and before the steamer | passed the forts the newspaper men were | awaiting her coming. Dr. Vanderpoe!, the | Bealtn Officer of the Port, took the re- | porters at once on board his boat, the Hopkins, atid passed them to the deck of the Greece before she had lost her momentum. The scene on deck was one never to be forgetten. An intolerable jabbering in French and broken English charac- verized the denizens of the steerage, who occu- pied the entire torward haif of the vessel’s deck, Crouched behind the steam pipes, huddled closely together on the top of the gratings over the en- gine room was to be seen a strange, uncouth, al- most naked mass of humanity. Nearly ali clung desperately to a life preserver, to retain which they | had sacrificed every particle of clothing save that on their bodies. Many cou.d be seen with these belts of corkwood strapped under their arms, as if they expected drowning at any moment. These be- jongea to the steerage. Alt the characteristic cabin passenger could be seen, calinly smoxing a cigar, and apparently unconscious of their near- ness to home, Young and old, cabin and steerage, evidently biessed God or good jortune in tueir hearts for their safe arrival in the port of New York. PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS, + The following is a list of the passengers and officers of the Europe transferred at sea 10 the na- tional steamer Greece :— Officers. Captain Lemarié. Chief Omcer Marchand, First Lientenant Pieck, Second Lieutenant Viel. Third Lieutenant Belfort Lefrane, Parser Lewall. Aide Commissaire De Gaalon. Doctor Guillemard, And 164 crew, Cabin Passengers, Benzecn, Mr. Adrien, Lecoeur, Mra, Born, Mr. Joseph. Leonard, Mr. Emile, Bonnemant, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Geo. @ Burridge, Dr. L. 8 Miller, Mr. Daniel. Onapolad, Mr, Meni, Miss Mina, Claiholm, Mr. Thomas. Petotsqui, Mr, D, Deligne, Mr. Phoenix, Mr. Lloyd. Durand, Miss Lizanne, Hartman, Mr. and Mrs, Heckscher, Mr, John Q. Henry, Mr. and Mrs, Housier, Mrs, Aune, Raoul, Mr, Morel, Reed, Mr. G. F, J. Richard, Mr. Eugene, Sautoumiac, Mrs. Marie, Schmidt, Mr. George. Schaad, Mr, 0. and child, Vorsin, Mr, and Mra, Weiss, Mr, aud Mra, Wolton, Mr. W. Honveli, Mrs. L, de and daughter, Kaha, Mr. Laps, Mr. Henry. Stcerage Passengers. Ae Aeschbacher, Marie. Aeschbacher, Marie. Anderegg, Jacques. Arnhein, Antoine. Andrist, Gotlieb, Andrist, Anne. Anarist (iniant), Andrist, Marie. B. Boighi, Marie, ¢ Bortymeyer, Andié, Bortymeyer, Louise. Brown, Jean. Batzle, David. Bavzle, Jacques. Batzie, Suzanne, Bennet, Marie. Birrer, Agathe. Dunki, Barbe. Dehaul, J. Ernob, Benott, D. Duvinn, Virgine. gE Ernch, Marte, F. Fisch, Lina Wilda, Frich, George. Fanrner, Barbe, Frich, Caroline. Gobele, Guillaume. Gobele, Charles Emile, Gobel, Bartholome. Gumn, Jean. Gehrig, Elizabeth, Gobele, Jacques. Gobele, Madeline. Gone tect Gobele, Madeline. Gobele, Frederick. Prerre, Ball, suenne, Hartmann, Xavier. Hartmann, Marie. Hagenbach, Cauries, Hoffmann, Luzette. Halfeh, Selma. Hall, Joseph. Hail, Antoine, Hall, Marie. Hall, Caroline, L Irr, Joseph, K. * Kupferschmid, Elise. Kupferschmid, Catherine Kupterscnmid,Unristian, Kammermann, Charles. Krull, Pierre. Ignace, Ulrich, Jacquier, Celestine, Klinger, Autoine. Kuntz, Elizabeth. Kupferschmid, Christian. Kupterschmid, Marie. Kuptlersclimid, Rosine. Lagler, Joseph. Leucher, Francis, Landerer, Paul. Marée, Anne, ‘Lentz, Catherine. Lalzoni, Feiie, M. Marée, Charles G. Matti, Jean. Marée, Chariea, Maiti, Jacques. Mezz, Christian. Matti, Suzanne, Midder, Laure. Matti, Louts. Minder, Paul. Matti, Gotlieb, Muggie, Robert, Marue, Marie. Minder, Paul. Muller, Thievalt. Muller, Solomée, Osselin, Henri. Otto, Adolphe. dertecni, Anne. Padertischi, Jean. Padertischer, Rosine Minder, Rose, Minder, Emma. Minder, Albert. pers, Antoine, o. Otto, Henri, Pp. Padertischer, Frederick. Pacertischer, Gotiried, Perkins, Frank, R. Ratishauser, Jean. Rutishauser, Henri, Ryset, trederick, Rapp, Bartolomé, Rapp, Christian, Rabin, Charies de la, Rutishauser, Jean. Rutisnauser, Jacques, Rutishauser, Elise, 8. Scheyder, Pauline, Stern, Jacques, Stern, Marie. Sirender, Guillaume, Schneider, Alfred, Stocker, Charles. Steidinger, André. Sontag, Pierre, Sontag, Catherine, Sontag, Emile. Sontag, Marie. Sontag, Edua: Sontag, Ernest. Sontag, Joseph, Sontag, Catherine, Saunier, Emilie. Siegenthaler, Samuel. Siegenthaier, Elizabeth. seul, Charles, Scnmid, Conrad, Scnmia, David. Schmia, David. Schinid. barbara, Scamid, Emilie, Sommerhelder, Jacques. Schmid, Anne. Schmid, Regulo, Schmid, Marguerite, Schmid, Jacques, Stretz,Wenrk Sauremanp, Suzanne. Schlauker, Mina. Schulpbach, Frederick. Stetfin, Marie. StefMfin, fheophile. Sandmann, Jacques, Samuel, David, Schott, Eduard, areas Bete. Schehr, Regathe, Scherrer, 2 i v Voegth, Louts. Vufer, Eugene, w Wettengel, A. Webrle, Elise, Wa'tdemann, Ulrich, Wieland, Martin, Waidemann, lise. Wetenicn, Jean. Waidemann, Ferdinand. Wiikomm, Catuarine, Waidemann, Wertha. Weiss, Jean, Waildemann, Berwna, Weiss, Pauline, Waldemann, Ros Weiss, Gustave, Walemaun, Anne. Weiss, Henrie, Waliemann, Kobert, THE CAPTAIN OF THE EUROPE. cocenpimannegpaneatansnsis When the reporter of the HERALD approached Captain Lemarid, of the Europe, he was in close conversation with Mr. Mackenzie, the American agent of the Transatiantic line. The French Cap- tain looked worn out and seedy. His beard was untrinmed, the gold lace around dis cap tarnished and his whole “make up” that of a man whose eelings overcame his sense of personal adorn- ment. When he was at the end of his conversa- tion with Mr, Mackenzie the reporter went up to him and he expressed himself willing to give any information which he was possessed of. The fol- both sides :— Rerourer—Would you tell me, Captain, how the accident to the Europe happened? Captain Lemarte—I cannot give you any opinion ‘on the subject. We found the water rising (or sev- eral days in the hoid of the vessel, but could not account for it in any way. We made researches in all parts of the veagel, but could not locate the Jeek. 7 THB LEAK DISCOVERED, Rarorren—When aid you first discover the facy Of there being a leak? Captain LEMARIE—When we were out about two days. We immediately set men to the pumps, and they worked continuously, but to little purpose, for the water continued to rise all the time. REPORTER—When you found such a condition of affairs why did you not return to port? Captain LeMARig—I thought we should be able to find out where the accident was, and aid. not look upon it a8 sufficiently serious to go back to port. But, contrary to what seemed most prob- | able, the vessel continued to make water in spite of our utmost exertions, RerorteRr—Were any particular efforts made to find out the cause of the leak? Captain Lemanie—Continuous efforts were made according to my orders, by the chiet engineer and his assistants, and they worked day and night to find it out, but it was to no purpose. ALL LEAVE THR SINKING SIP, RrrorTeR—When did you determine to leave the vessel ? Captain LeMarie—On April. The water having gone on lor some days gaining-upon us, finally rose 80 high as to extinguish the fires in our engine Togm, it Was only then that! became convinced that further efforta to save the ship were entirely useless, and at nine o’clock in the morning we sighted asteamship. Igave orders to approach 48 Dear her as possible, and the course was slightly changed, We still continued to make efforts to reduce the volume of water in our hold, and the men were placed at the pumps, This con- tinued until three o’clock in the afternoon, when we exhibited signals of distress, and the Grecce, asthe steamship proved to be, shortly after sent out @ boat and we stated how matters stood with ug. The boat returned to the Greece, and shortly afver an officer came oa board and told me that if I Wished to transfer my passengers and crew I could do 80. I accepted the offer and then began to debark my passengers both on the boats of the Greece and our own boats. The debarkation began at about four o’clock and lasted until half-pas: six tn the evening of the 2d of April. When myseli and my officers alone re- Mained on board the Europe word was brought Me that the Uaptain of the Greece desired I should gO on board his ship, so as to make arrangements about the disposition of the passengers and crew. J thereupon answered that I wished to remain by my ship until the last; but the officer an- swered that it was absolutely necessary 1 should have some conversation with the captain of the English vessel, and I said I would leave my Vessel on that account if I should be allowed to re- turn to her when I desired. Mr. Buck, the first ofMcer of the Greece, assured me 1 should be brought back to my ship whenever I desired, I thereupon embarked with my officers, atter having made eighteen voyages to and fro from one vessel to another, carrying the passengers, and i a very rough sea. 1 went on board the Greece and was received by the captain, and remained on the ves- sel that nigit. NO BAGGAGE SAVED, RuPorTER—Did the passengers, in being trans- ferred from one vessel to anoiher, carry anything with them ? ‘ Captain LEMARIE-— No, they were not allowed to. The officers of the Greece said that the should not ve allowed to carry anything aboard. Rerokren—What was the reason of this ? Captain Lemarme—I cannot tell. £ suppose they thought it would take too much tine, SEBIOUS CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE GREECE, Rerorrex—What was the conduct of the officers of the Greece to you after you had come aboard ? Captain LeEMARIE—It is a subject I am very un- willing to give to any one, but as I suppose it will be made public some time or other I might as well give it now. Atter 1 had remained on board some time I mentioned to Captain Thomas, of the Greece, the promise which bad been made me about returaing to my vessel, and he said that would be all right in the morning. About halt-past five in the morning I was waik- yog the deck of the Greece; when the boats were manned I asked what this was for, andI | was told that the chief engineer of the Greece was gommg on board the Europe to examine her. 1 then satd I was going, too. No answer was atthe time, but as the boats were nearly ready to 0 Of I gatd that I meant to go off to the Europe in the same boat asthe first officer (Buck), asI meant to stand by my vessel to the last, at the same time I made @ movement forward, and even went so far as to put my leg over the side. of the vessel, when Buck came to me and ordered me peremptorily to move back. As I did not do so immediately Buck pushed me back violently, putting lis band on my breast. I saw then that it was of no use making any further effort to get away, and that there was @ determination I should not see my snip again, CAPTAIN THOMAS CHARGED WITH COLLUSION. RerokteR—Where was Captain Thomas, of the Greece, in the meanwhile ? Captain LEMARIE—He had been for some time previous to this scene walking up and down the deck speaking to Buck, so that when it happened 1 saw immediately that he must be cognizant of it. I spoke to him aboat it, and in answer to my ex- postulations he auswered me that! should be al- lowed to go off in another boat which should be prepared for me. In the meantime I went over to the other side of the vessel, where they were preparing a boat for the chief engineer ofthe Greece to go to the Europe and tn which chief engineer Le Roux was to-go also, Le Roux was standing by the side of the vessel and about to get in when the chie! engineer of the Greece jumped in the boat and immediately she was let of @ littie distance from the ship, Le Roux asked that it should be brought nearer so that he could jump in, buat while they pretend to do this they kept away, chief engineer was about to jump engineer of the Greece said he couldn’t wait any longer, and gave the order to move away. Then 1 said that it was @ conspiracy to prevent any of us getting on board our own ship again, and under- stood that any eflorts we might make to get on board would be futile. The boat which had veen promised me by Captain Thomas was not even got ready for me and | was obliged to stay on board forcibly. Rerortrer—What did your oMcers and sailors say to all this? Captain Lemakre—They were all ready to go back With me to the vessel, und anxious to do so, but, Itke me, were not allowed to do 60, THE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH SAILORS, Reporter—Why did they not stand vy their own ship when they were on her? Captain LEMakIz—They naturally went off with the passengers, and according to my orders, lor when I found that the engine tires were out I had no further hope for the stp; I considered it would only be @ useless waste of life to let them stay on board. There was no cowardice on their part nor any attempt to get away from the Europe before the passengers. They manned the boats and carried the passengers from the unfortunate Karope to the Greece until the last was taken off, The oflicers of the English ship themseives statea that they considered us to be in danger and advised us to-leave. They did not intimate for a moment that a prize crew of Englisumen was to be placed on board my vessel, nor did [ suppose they would do tt in the face of my protest. — But they committed this in- famous act When they had passable evidence tuat 1 wished to man my own vessel again. In tact, before I came off the Europe Mr. Buck said that the Captain had toid him to tell me he had very little provisions, and be desired to have some of mine, It was then agreed, that as it would be dark when the passengers would be off (it took until hatf-past six), I should return in the morning and give him all I had that were wanted, Bat not an atom of these things were brought off, and I my- self was not allowed to have a particle of oar own things, I simply came away with what I have on me. THE PASSENGERS OF THE EUROPE STATED TO HAVE BEEN BADLY TREATED. RevrorTtEr—How have your people been treated since they have been on board the Greece? Captain LEMARIE~I myself and the officers have been treated pretty well, but the steerage pas gongers have been used in a very rough way. However, this may Dave been wecguse of the feople | and wheo my | the | | necessitous condition of the vessel. Some of these | passenger have complained to me that they were treated brutally by the officers of the Greece. I did not see anything of the kind, however, I do not give this on my own responsibility. RuevorTER—What terms were you on with Cap- tain Thomas since you came aboard the Greece? Captain L&Makix —We have not spoken a word | together. He endeavored several times to get | into conversation, but { did uot encourage him. | My oficers considered themselves outraged, and would not hold any intercourse with the people on board the vessel, AN ALMOST FATAL COLLISION occURS, REPORTER—What report did the chief engineer of the Greece make wien he came back from the visit to the Europe? Captain LEMAkiE—He said that he found seven feet of water in her bold, and that though she was in danger she might possibly be got into port. It was then that the remainder of the prize crew were sent on board—twenty-five in all, including first officer Buck, a surgeon, a cook, two work- men and twenty men, this, but no attention was paid to me, aud the Greece, alter the men were on board the Europe, remained by her for twenty hours and then started under sal. During ali this time no offer was made to me to go aboard my ship, though they knew how anxious I was to do so. It was during this wait, while the prize crew was on board the Europe, that an attempt was made to turn her head around. A cable was sent from the Greece to the other vessel. With this they worked for several hours, but they could not succeed in getting her around. in doing this, however, and while a pretty henry see Was running, a most bung- ing piece of work was done. They got tle Europe so near the Greece that she came bearing down on the latter with great force and cut a hole into this snip, which a little more would have made fatal to us all, i‘. Here the Captain led the reporter back to the | stern of the Greece, and showed him the hole ia the stern of the ship, eight by five. Continued the Captain :— “Had the Europe struck this vessel three feet athwart from the place she did the screw would have been sLapped of, and it is likely the injuries would nave been such that we should have sunk. When the Europe struck usIstood just by the Place, intending, if I could, to Jump on board my own unfortunate ship, bat she immediately veered of and was too far away in a moment.’ THE CARGO OF THE EUROPE. RePORTER—What cargo had you on board ? Captain LEMarie—Nota very large one, It mainly consisted O/ mirrors, wine and smali articles. It | Was valuable so far as it went, All was, of course, lost, and only the mails were saved. REPORTER—Tuen I understand you to charge distinctly that the Captain and officers of the Greece preventea you !rom returning to your own vessel, in the hope of getting the salvage them- selves, | Captain LEMaRiz—I do most distinctly charge it, and complain of it as an infamous outrage, totally unparalleled in the annals of maritime nations, Many stood by and saw me repulsed by First Ofi- cer Buck and can testily to the facts as I have stated them, LENGTHENED VESSELS CONSIDFERD SOUND, RwroxreR—Do you not tuink thatthe place of the leak which caused the loss of the Europe was Jocated at the joiuture where the yesse. nad been lengthened. Oaptain LEMARIZ—Oh, no! I do not believe that; and it can hardiy be so, as the only piace flooded was the engine room, not the fore or aft portion of ; the vessel. I consider lengthened vesseis just as strong as any otuers. RerorreR—Had any examination been made ot | the Europe lately? Captain Lemarite—She hada been sixteen days in dry dock before starting, and had then been thor- ; oughiy examined in every portion, so that the | accident remains to me inexplicable. She was ; Sound on ber bottom when she left, and two days after began to leak. I can give no explanation ot it. RE&PORTER—Had you remained on board dv you | think you could have saved the Europe ? i Captain Lemagis—I do not; but I should not in | any case have allowed an English crew to man my ship u I could have helped it, As you know, even whe prize crew were obliged to leave the vessel sone fine after, | Letter from Captain Lamarie. Captain Lemarie last evening wrote the follow- ing statement:— New York, April 13, 1874. left Havre on the 26th of Marcy, at half-past three o'clock in the evening. About 800 metres ourside the jetty my vessel, going at full rate of | speed, scraped the bottom along its full length Iput the pumps to working immediately and as- certained that everything was in guod order. Arrived at Brest the next day, we remainedjat an- chor ior twenty-four hours; after which we con- tinued on our way wo New York, having on board 221 passengers, a cargo and ihe mails, We had scarcely started’ before the bad weather began, and we made but litile neadway comparatively speak- ing. The pumps worked well, but on the Ist of Apc the seu became excessively heavy and the water in tae hold began to increase. “hough tne pumps still worked well, the water gained on us a ihittle, and about eight o'clock it began to gain more rap- idly and soon reacned to a ievel witi the door of the engine room. At eleven o’clock work in the fire room became very difficult. and dangerous. The communicating of the valves oi the engines | were then opened, yet the water still kept rising. | Finally, littie by little, our fires were put out. Tue | officers did their utmost, but their efforts were in | vain, for the water Kept on gaining ali the time. From eight o’clock in the evening until the next morning the vessel labored considerably, On the 2d inst, about midnight, our situation became | critical, and the water was still apparently rising. In doubt as to what the result of our efforts would be if continued, and desirous o/ piacing my passengers beyond dunger, J had signals made to & steamer which nad jor nearly two hours been | within our sight, ana which was going in a parailei direction to our own, in order to attract ber attention to us and speak her. It was the Greece, of Liverpool. As soon as ane Was Within batitng distance, about jour o'clock in the evening, I began to disembark my passen- gers. Several times meauwhile { entered the en- gine room, and every time I found that the water was gaining. Our fires! also (ound were nearly extinguished, and at last tue engines siopped of their own accord. The second oiticer of the Eng- lish vessel In making his last trip came on board and begged me strongly on the part of Cap- tain Thomas to goon board his vessel and conier with lim, stating that my vessel would ve watched until morning, promising formally, betore my otti- | cers, to put me back on board my vessel if notuing happened during the night to prevent my returning I then, on the strength of ‘his, ordered the trans: fer of all my passengers and placed the mails also in salety, escorted by the first lieutenant. On reaching the Greece, I lett alongside four of my boats completely supplicd, the four others having been broken. On getting on board | 1 saw the Captain of the steamer, and it was decided that, to ascertain for cer- tain of the gravity of the leakage, a boat | should be sent with my second officer and the | chie! engineer of the Greece, who would make a thorough examination. They came back between nine and ten, reporting seven feet of water every- where, Afterwards Imade with Uaptain Thomas | verbal convention, that two of my officers heard periectly, by which I should go back to my ship at deybreak to examine the progress of the leakage, transship some provisions and bag- gage and alterwards adopt a iormai determination | by an assembled council, abandon the Kurope if | necessary, or attempt to bring her under sail to | the nearest port if it were possible. ‘This agreement -having been accepted, I caused the boats that re- mained to me to be made fast alongside the Greece, but the sea smashed them. [remained on | deck all night to watch over my ship and in the | morning, when a boat was got ready to ve sent of, I prepared to embark tm the boat, according to my agreement with my second and third lieutenants | and an engineer, when I was rebuffed in a brutal | manner. The chief engineer of the Greece came back, declaring that the water had gained two feet, Later on another boat, com- manded by the first oiliver of the Greece, lett to Lagain protested against | J | which, of course, made us think that we take possession of my steamer, as @ derelict vessel, and in so doing violated all the laws of honor and honest dealing. This unqualifiable act I protest against in the most emphatic manner, and my action in this matter can be authenticated by all my Officers and crew, as weil as by the pas- sengers, who were on deck at that time. A second boat was sent out, and with a like re- Sult, and had the same kind of reception, I ap- Pealed to Captain Thomas, who .was surrounded by some of his oficers, and told him that I pro- tested against his act and sald it was a piece of bad faith, He replied that the first officer of the Greece was going to take my steamer to England, We were then in 48 deg. north latitude ani 33 deg. West longitude. In the face of this arbitrary act I solemn y protested. 1 was helpless and with- out power, and was a prisoner with all my officers and men. I had, therefore, but the last resource left me to prevent a mutiny, which exaspera- tion had driven my crew to the verge of To avoid this inevitable collision and cerrain blood- | shed I snfered the last humiliation, Bat say boldly in my defence that I acted with humanitartan views, to save the human beings entrusted to my care, and that in this I acted without other motive and with ali the consciousness of right of an honest man, 1 must add, in justice, that with the exception | of the before-mentioned outrages, myseli, crew and officers were treated with urbanity on board the Greece. LEMARIE. THE CHIEF ENGINEER oF ‘HE EUROPE. When the Heraxp reporter spoke with the chief engincer o! the Europe, M. Le Roux, he made in Substance the same statement as the captain, Hie said that it was on the second day alter leaving Havre that the leak was discovered, and trow that tyme the pumps were kept constantly working, but the water gained upon them, He wentdouwn in the hold with his assistants the second day after the leak was discovered and made ® thorough Search, and remained up to his neck in water look- ing for the leak lor twelve hours, He could not see Where the water came from, and from that moment felt that the ship was iost. He left the snip one of the last to go on board the Greece, and was witness to the that was made to the Captain of the Europe that he should be allowed to return to the vessel next day. He then leit the Kurope. Next morning, at an carly hour, he saw the captain of the Europe endeavor to leave the Greece, wheu he was violently pushed back. The captain oi the Greece, who was present, did not iuteriere, and | Captain Lemarie was kept back. He him- sel, who was promised to be allowed to return to the Europe to examine the condition of things on board, was litterally prevented, as he would have had his ler broken had he jumped into the boat at the distance it Was irom the ship. The whole, he considered, was o conspiracy to prevent the crew of the Freuch vessel from getting back to her.1 REPORTER--Do you know the cause of the leak ? ENGINEER—I have not the siightest idea; but we have been treated shamefully, and this was the greatest outrage ever commi 1 know Cap- tain Lemarie wanted to get back to his ship, and was prevented. The reporter saw the second officer of the Europe, who, toa question as to whether Captain Lemaire was kept from going on his vessel, said:— “Yes, of course he was. Du reste, ail the odicers of the Greece were drunk !”” A sailor of the Europe, who was seen by the re- porter, said that they were made to work on board the Greece and were miserably fed. He saw the first ofiicer of the Greece push Captuin Le- | marie away trom the side of the vessel whea he attempted to get into a boat to go to the Herope, Ths French sailors and engineers, said tne suilor, had hatched a plot to seize the officers of the | Greece and get on boara the Europe in spite of them, but the officers of the Europe would not | bave anything of the kind done. THE FRENCH PURSEK'S STATE- The purser of the Europe makes the following statement :—I cannot give you the muniiest or ist of our cargo. I instructed my deputy to go te my ofice on the Europe, while 1 was busied in trans- ferring Mail matter into the boats, and he obiained | it with a bundle of other documents. My friena, Mr. Mackenzie’s son, tells me that a telegram will be immediately sent to France to obtain a copy of it, so that it may be expected within the wuext ten days. To the bess of my recollection there were about fourteen bugs saved of mail matter, which were placed in the hands oi the purser of the Greece at seven P. M. on Good Friday. No money was saved from tie slip’s saie—all went down, Ihave not got a list of the packages of remittances. We lay alouystie the Hurope ell night, The Greece sent out two voata, (am unable to give you any imiormation respect- sig the cause of the leak, AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT. The roliowing morning Captain Lemarie wanted to go on board the Europe, but was re- fused permission, He was the iast man to leave his esse. This was after Mr. Buck said he wouid go. 1 cannot account for this proceeding on the part of the oiflcers of the English vessel which had taken usom, We might nave sunk after the collision had we not been on the same wave. lous one, The Europe was not long ago for sixteen days on the dry dock, when her huil was ound to be in excellent condition. 1 do not believe that her beiug lengthened weakened her. The reason unat the steamer went so slowly the day before we were taken off was on account ofvad weatner, and not from leakige, as far as I know. 1 really know nothing about the origin of the leak, or I would tell you. THE RUROPR HAD NEVER LEAKED BEFORE, save the ordinary amount of bilge water found in every steamer, ‘he leak was first discovered in the engine room by Chief Engineer Leroux. The engines were in good order to the last; but as the water gained so fast it was usoless to fight i, and the eilorts of the donkey engine were rendered | vain. EIGHTEEN THOUSAND BASKETS OF CHAMPAGNE FOR | THE FISHES, Our cargo was worth about 2,500,000 francs, 1 believe. We had 18,000 baskets of champagne among the cargo, an immense quantity of valuable silks, and about forty tous of sundries. At this stage im the interview Mr. Mackenzie offered the purser a cigar, who accepted it smilingly, saying “the precious weed has been an almost unknown luxury for us of iate. Times have changed with us since Good Friday, alas!” The reporter, } thanking the purser for his courtesy, bade him good evening. A FRENCH CABIN PASSENGER. dibianneA In my humble opinion, said a cabin passenger to & HERALD reporter, it is a wonder that we are alive to tell the tale, If that terrivle hole made in our stern haa been much larger nothing but a wonderful interposition of Providence could have saved us, and no living soul from the Europe would be here to tell the tale, Thank God the tearful anxiety of that tp@ent is over and we are still living beings ! edge of the leak was Kept concealed from us by the captain, who, I think, acted wisely in this mavier, ag ifithad been known a panic might have oc- curred and the peopie, veing demoralized, might have prevented any discipline existing longer on our fli-fated craft. Dinner was being served on the Enrope, aud to one unexperienced all seemed to be working smoothly ag usual, the passengers hetle recking that they had so iratl a footing to depend upon tor their lives, Ata quarter past four o’clock cannons were fired from our ship, and we then saw, “pon rushing on deck, that the French national ensign had been halimasted were in some dangerous predicament, The anxiety of some of our passengers was fearful to benoid; bat there were some noble liearts among the number who feared not death. I cannot deseribe the joy which existed in every bosom when we saw that our vessel had been sighted by a large steamer, Which subsequently proved to be the Greece, | report promise | The escape was & miracu- ; The Knowl. | Fim nar wer “WE ARE SAVED, THAYK GOD!’” was the fervent exclamation heard on every hand, and men shook hands with each other as if they had been separated for years and had ar- rived in some haven of rest, WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN TWO HOURS At half-past one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, that being the time as neariy as 1 can recoliect, the task of Saving life commenced. The sea was rune Ding nigh, @Nd it looked at first as if 1t were impose sible for a boat to live in the stormy Waves; but brave hearts in the Enwlish boats were soon seen coming toward us, pulling as only men can when bound on an errand of mercy. The eight French boats were also soon manned and worked nobly, Two hours later, that 1s to say, at about half-pass six, we were able to say, “All are saved—God be thanked |’? Lee aan 2 A MYSTERY. I want to tell you an occurrence which causea good deal of surprise to many of our passengers— viz., the peculiarly slow rate at which we pro gressed the day before we knew of the catas- trophe. The official report of the log on that day showed that we had only progressed 140 knots, while—and here the mystery comes in—we had accomplished on the day preceding an immensely Jarger bumber of knots, We also had vague, but very vagne hints that the machinery was some- What out oforder, and that the donkey engine had to be kept incessantly COUPLING ONB FACT WITH ANOTHER, it was apparent to my mind that the ship had been leaking for some time, and that the thing was being kept quiet, Ail the engineers, Including Mons. Leroux, the cilief engineer, were very reticent, aud appeared elinost vexed when questioned on the subject, and, s2eing the little satisiaction we got for our pains, we of course desisted. We noticed, however, that many of the officers wore @ troubled look, From that day to this we have heard no explana- tion on the subject. One rumor Iheard from one of the officers was that one of the plates bad fallen out, and that the water was pouring in at a terri- ble rate, and that it was impossible to stop the leak. ALLEGED WEAKNESS OF CONSTRUCTION. A practical eugivecr, who was one of our passen- gers, alleged tua. he had heard and belteved the that the Europe had opened im that part of her which had been opened and subsequently joined together when she was Jengihened fifty teet at Newcastle-on-Tyne, As to the truth of citer of these statements I cannot vouch, tor there is a cloud of mystery hanging over the whole affair, woich I hope, for the sake of the | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, may be | speedily solved. You can’t make new clothes out \ of an old garment; and lengthening vessels is one | | of the most dangerous things possible, in the opinion of the highest modern authorities of naval architecture, MR. GEORGE G. MACKENZIE. Among the passengers on the Europe was Mr.® 3eorge G, Mackenzie, a son of the agent of the ling in this city, He fully corroborates the statement made by Captain Lemarie and others belonging to | the Europe, and distinctly asserts that he saw CAPTAIN LEMARIE PUSHED BACK | by Mr. Buck, the chief officer of the Europe, who said to him at thé same time, “You have no busivess bere, we'll take that ship and don’t you interfere.” Captain Lemaire, says Mr. Mackenzie, then made an attempt to get into the other boat, but was repulsed from that also. At this all the officers of the Europe anda large number of the men be- came enraged, and evidently would have laid heavy hands on the captain of the Greece, but they were restrained by Captain Lemarie, who told them it was better to keep quiet, He thought Captain Lemarie had done al in his power before leaving the ship, and that there was no hope to save her, the Water being avove her fires in the engine room at the time he leit. He thonght, as events had turned out, the judgment of Captain Lemarie had been fully: sustained, and | proved that he had acted in the best manner pos- \ sivie and ior the Welfare of the passengers, A BRIDE'S STATEMENT. My name is Anna Hassier, and my brother lives at No. 17 Hajer street, Newark. I was comingout to this country in the Europe to be married, and have lost all my marriage trousseau, worth, Iesti- ; Mate, about $600, It is very sad tor me but, thank ; God, 1am alive. Ihave lost everything and em ; Without a change of cothes. Mrs. Shaw, the kind heurted stewaricss of the Greece, lias done all she could to come to my aid, and not only mine, out that of all the women folks taken off the vessel, and we are allvery much obliged, but cannot make any present to her to show our gratitude, for ;, we have nearly all of us lost our money ana all, of course, our clothing. AN ENGLISH BULLDOG AND A PARROT SAVED, | Muze. Leconr, a very nice French lady, residing in New York, managed to save her pet parrot, | keeping itin her bosom. Dr. Burridge, of New York, | saved a favorite bulldog. Both animals will, f daresay, be long cherisied peta, 4 | HOW THE CHILDREN WERE SAVED, The small children, who were very much afraid and cried bitterly, were fastened together and let ; down tenderly in blankets to the boats. I cried very much myself, for | was afraid thatI wae going to be drowned and would never see the man liove again. I think we had about forty children with us. Some people were considerably hurt in | being taken from one vessel to the other, and when | you consider how rough it was it is not to be won- dered. Tne satlors, with some few exceptions, were. | very devoted and kind to the women, seeing their helplessness and despair. How I thank God that: we have passed the terrible risk safely. It nas | given my nervous system a terrible shock, how- | ever, and [feel as ti [had just come back to life. | [tis such a strange /eeling. I suppose you have . | mever experienced it, but perhaps you have, | Iwas very sick on the voyage, but when I see my dear brother all wili be weil, 1 stall sleep on the Greece to-nignt, under Mrs. Shaw’s care, and hope | my brother will come for me early w-morrow , Morning. | \ \ } | | THE CAPTAIN OF THE GREECE. | Oaptain Thomas, 0! the steamship Greece, of toe | National Steamship Company, was seen by the HERALD reporter, and an animated conversation ensued for some time. The interview ran as 10) lows :— RerorTeR—Will you state how you came across the Europe? Captain THoMAS—We were steaming along qui- etly, When, about mine o'clock on the morning of the 2d of April, we came in sight of a large steam- ship. She was apparently coming our way, and we remained in sight tor séveral hours, when, at about three o’ciock in the afternoon, the steam. ship in sight made signals of distress, and I sent out a boat to her. We found her to be the Europe, westward bound, and understood from the Captain | that she was disabled. He requested that we should take on boara the passengers and crew ot his vessel, to which L agreed, and shortly atter the | boats were passing to'and from the Europe bring- ing everybody on board my ship. At about dusk | Captain Lemarie, ot the French vessel, came him- self, and stated that his ship was unable to proceed any further, and that, as she would probably sink inside of twenty-four hours, he asked that all the people from nis vessel might be conveyed to New York, I agreed to it, say~ ing I was sorry ior what had happened him, and that Was about all that passed between us then, | The next morning I sent the cmef engi- heer on board the Burope, ordering him ta make a report to me of the condition she was in, He went on board the Europe, examined her, and reported to me on his return that when he went on board he found the float of the engine room just covered with water, but not to any depth. ‘The fires were still alight, though nearly out, not ! trom the effect of water, but from having been | neglected. Mr. Buck, my frst officer, then told me that he thought he could take the vessel into port if he were given @ sufficient number of |CONTINUED ON SIXTH AND TWELFTH PAGES.