The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-23
In It Were Found Six Dead Bodies in
Heap Under the Seats.
All of Which Were Washed Over
board and Sank When the Boat
Was Being HOisted on Board the
Steamer Creole - Also Reported
That Another Steamship Rescued
Sixteen Survivors of the Wrecked
Vessel.
Vessel.

NEW YORK, March 22-The Crom-
well line steamer Creole, Captain eager,
from New Orleans, which arrived to-
day, reports that on the passage a boat
belonging to the Inflated steamer Vile
de St. NaZaire, which foundered off
Hatteras on Monday, March Sth, was
picked up with six dead bodies in it.
Captain eager said that in latitude
36.I, longitude Al 10, a boat was passed
filled with water. After going a short
distance he recalled the loss of the St.
Nazaire, and thinking it might belong
to her, turned the steamer and put
back. When the steamer got alongside
the boat it was seen that she contained
six bodies lying in heap under the
seats, and the water in her was up to
the gunWhale. The davits were not
strong enough to hoist her out of the
water, SO the forward derrick was
swung over the side and the boatswain
was sent down to hook on the tackle.
The tackle was first hooked to the bow,
and, hosting the boat so as to empty
some of the water out of her, the
bodies We're washed out of the other
end and sank Immediately.
The boat was taken on board the Gre
ole and brought to port, and now lies
on the steamers dock awaiting the or
ders of the French steamship company
The boat contained some clothing
mostly seamen's trousers and jumpers,
two women's shoes of different pat
terms, a child's sock, a nipple to a nurs-
ing bottle, part Of a bottle of soothing
syrup, and some claret bottles contain
ing fresh water There was also quite
quantity Of French bread, two case
knives and a uniform button of the
French company's service.
There is some doubt as to one of the
bodies beng that of a woman The
man. who went down into the boat says
there was no woman, while some of the
excited passengers who crowded about
looking at the CHASTITY spectacle said
there was. and the mate was ready to
swear he saw a woman's body. Cap
tain eager says there was not a wo-
man, and he thinks from the dress and
appearance of the bodies that they were
part of the crew, and that two of them
We're colored men.
The boat is a large one, about forty
feet long, and pointed at both ends
She had the appearance of being quite
old, and is very much dilapidated, prob
ably caused by the buffeting of the
waves during the thirteen days she had
been in the water since the wreck. She
had no oars, mast or sail when picked
up.
The survivors of the wrecked ST Ma
zaire who We're brought to this port are
having a hard struggle to regain their
health. Captain Berri Surgeon Marie
and Engineer Sauts are still confined
to their rooms in the Hotel Martin
Their condition is somewhat improved
Slow progress is also reported in the
condition of the surviving passenger,
Juan de Tejada.
NEWPORT NEWS CVa), March %
II is reported that the steamship Yana-
riva has picked up sixteen survivors of
the Vile St. Nazaire disaster The
Yanariva sailed March 18th for Glas-
gov. She viii make the trip in about
| fifteen days.