The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-19
THE LOST ST. NAZAlRE
The Marine Disaster More Tel
rible Than First Reported,
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Of tho -Four Mon Rescued Engineer slauts
and Dr. Marie Are Rapidly Recovering.
Captain Borrrs Condition stnl Serious.
Othor Marine Disasters.
New York. March 19.-It is now be-
ieved that rs persons i'm all were lost
by the laundering Of the French line
steamer Vile de st. Nazaire off Cape
Hatteras. OF the four survivors that
reached this port all but Captain Berri
are on the steamer La Normandie
which is lying at her pier here. Berri
was sent to the Hotel Marin. There
Agent Forget of the company, had an
interview with him in the forenoon
He found Berri perfectly calm at first
but unable to collect his senses, ana
finally the agent gave IT mp and went
to the Office of the steamship line, No.
Bowling Green.
An examination of the passenger list
shows that there were but II passen-
gers in all on the ship, but the crew
list numbered II men.
Engineer Stauts and DR. Marie have
so far recovered from the effects Of
their terrible exposure as to be able to
be up and around the salons of the La
Normandie. Both DR. Marie and En-
gineer Stauts were very reticent in
/ talking about the loss of the st. Naz-
aire They declared, however, that it
was not true that the occupants of the
frail boat had been without food. They
( had still plenty of provisions when
they were picked up by the Hilda.
8 Both admitted, however, that they suf-
/ fered torments for lack of water.
I
was no unseemly haste in taking to
the boats. The women and children
were first sent over the side of the
sinking ship, and then the passengers
followed. Then the officers and crew
of the doomed vessel took what places
remained
Through his physician Captain Bern
said: "The supply of food and water
on the small boat was exhausted tn
! first day, and then began the awfu,
/ struggle in which 81 out of the 35 per-
| sons in the boat perished.
Mrs Tejada and her four children
were among the first to succumb. After
/ the water gave out a few biscuits re-
mained. Many of the men were afmos,
choked in swallowing the dry stuff
and in desperation they drank of the
salt water. Those who commenced to
drink the brine could not stop, and in
a few days they became maniacs and
died in maniacal convulsions. Others
who resisted the temptation to drink
the salt water could not stand the de
! privation and died from hunger. Those
who remained had not strength enough
to move, and when the boat was pick
ed up there We're four of the dead with
the living. I did everything 1 could tc
induce the unfortunate people to keep
from drinking the salt water and to
set themselves to fight death, but what
l said had little effect"
Albert and Louis Dumers, who went
down with the i'll fated craft were
brother and nephew, respectively of
Hipolito Dumers, head of the foreign
fruit importing firm of Dumers & Co.
of this city Albert Dumers was a
wealthy Cuban planter, and his resi-
dence was at San Diego, Cuba, where
a wife and four children, who survive
him, now reside. He had prospered
until the breaking out of the Cuban
insurrection, but d short time ago his
extensive plantation was confiscated
He determined to engage in the plant
ing business in San Domingo, and was
on his way there, with his nephew
Louis when the steamer foundered.
n lNDl GaClAAcLAANt VI lllG <ASSOtldAGL
Press called at the late residence of
Ramon Jiminez, in Brooklyn, and con-
veyed to his friends the first news of
the loss Of the steamer Vile de st.
Nazaire. Mr. Jiminez was a passen-
ger on the steamer, and was returning
to his home at Port au Prince, whittier
he had been summoned by a letter
from his mother announcing the death
of his father. Mr.. Jiminez was a
teacher of languages, ard had resided
in Brooklyn for about six months. He
was 25 years old. on his return tC
Port au Prince it was his intention tc
make his residence there, and continue
tie business of his late father.
Tie Vile de St. Nazaire was valued
at 5H0G COO. Her cargo was valued al
$4,000, and she carried $4,000 in gold
Agent Forget said he did not know
whether the cargo was insured or not
The Vile de Brest, of the French
line steamers, which left for West In.
dian ports today, will sail over the
route taken by the st. Nazaire, and
will keep a sharp lookout for the miss
ing boats. Captain Fouche, one of the
officials Of the French line, said today
that if either of the boats lived through
the storm it will probably be at this
time near Chesapeake bay.
There have been many fatal ship.
wrecks near where the st. Nazaire
went down. It is but a Comparatively
few years since the Spanish line
! steamer Viscaya was sunk off Hat
teras by the steamer Cornelius Har.
graves, resulting in the drowning OF
SO persons. The Evening Star founder.
ed there in 1866, and 254 were drowned
The sloop of war Bainbridge, in a cy
clone in 1863 went down off the tenn
pestuous spot, and a colored cook who
was picked up a day or two afterwardi
on a bit of wreckage told of the losl
of every one Of his shipmates Th,
Central American, bound to this cit!
from AsplnWall, was wrecked off tn
cape on Sept. 12, 1857, and 450 person
perished, a total of 100000 in gol,
belonging to returning miners goinl
down with the vessel. There have beel
many expeditions sfAce to find tn
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