The Passenger List The following is the passenger list (flrst and second cabin) of La Bourgogns. She had left behind my great grandfather Jacob Aigeldinger while she went back to France to settle her business affairs. Charles never returned to Syria for a bride. Eddie, 28. In 1886 she set a new record for the fastest Atlantic crossing by a postal steamer. // ]]> He was a tailor who lived in Philadelphia with a young family. Two days later she steamed at full speed despite the fog she enveloped the Grand Bank. I have been doing alot of research on this incident and his history. SS LA BOURGOGNE was built in 1885 by Forges & Chantiers de la Mediteranee, La Seyne for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line). google_ad_client = "pub-4868576166220424"; La Bourgogne like many other passenger ships of the era, was constructed of an iron hull and wood superstructure, propelled by a single screw propeller. Has any one seen that name on the list of passengers lost at see ? I have a copy of my Great Grandfather's "Copy of Statement" of the incident, dated July 11, 1898. Jennifer, 43. They were in route to Paris where he commissioned to do a portrait. Patricia Pinner, 36. They were going back to visit relatives in northern Italy. I don't know much about it except what I red on this site. I have an antique picture of "La Bourgogne" while it was sinking. Does anyone know where in New York the ship docked? Sailing ship CROMARTYSHIRE in Halifax Graving Dock, 1898 / damage from collision with ocean liner SS La Bourgogne in fog south of Sable Island. Ship construction utilizing systems of watertight compartments should be such as to insure that stricken vessel could remain afloat long enough to allow passengers and crew to escape to safety quickly. O SS La Bourgogne foi um navio de passageiros francês operado pela Compagnie Générale Transatlantique e construído pela Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée em La Seyne-sur-Mer. Although the Cromartyshire had her bow ripped off, she somehow remained afloat, but lost sight of the colliding vessel. Has anyone actually attempted to salvage this wreck? He was the captain of the brick Fernand Marguerite on 9/08/1898, which used to sail from Europe to New Found Land, since this date and his name as captain, are written in a painting of this ship. At the time this sinking was infamous, because only 13% of the passengers survived, while 48% of the crew did. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); There was accommodation for 390 first class passengers, 65 second class and 600 third class passengers. There is a small memorial stained glass window in the University of Michigan Library for Professor Edward Lorraine Walter, who drowned in this tragedy. Linda, 2. Many of the victims, he thought, caught pieces of wood and other wreckage, and their life gradually ebbed away in the vain hope of being rescued. The Right Rev. 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