New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-29
SIXTEEN FROM THE NAZAIRE
THEY ARRIVE AT GREENOCK ON THE
TRAMP STEAMER YANAR1VA.
PICKED UP AFTER FOUR DAYS DRIFTING. IN
STATE BORDERING on MApNEs5-THIR-
TEEN DIED IN THEIR BOAT.

STATE BORDERING ON MADNESS-THlR-
TEEN DIED IN THEIR BOAT.
London March 2S-The British steamship
Yanariva Captain Weston, which left Newport
News on March 10 bound for Glasgow. arrived
at Greenock tonight.
The captain reports that on March II, while In
latitude 81. longitude II. he picked up small
boat containing sixteen survivors Of the steam
ship Vile de st. Nazaire, of the West Indian
Line OF the Compagnie Generate Transatlantique.
which foundered in the great storm on the At
antic coast Of March I and S, off the Virginia
capes. They had been without food and water
for four days, and were in a state OF extreme ex-
haustion. a state bordering madness
The officers and OF the Yanariva did all
in their power for the unhappy victims OF an
ocean horror. and finally learned their pitiful
story piece by piece.
They say that four boats were launched, two
containing twenty-nine each the third seventeen
and the fourth six. The boat picked up by the
Yanariva one Of the two that took off twen-
ty-nine but thirteen OF these succumbed to
posure. hunger and thirst. The last the sur
vivors saw Of the other boats was on the day the
vessel foundered. when they deserted two Of them
lashed together and empty
For some time after the rescue the captain Of
the Yanariva kept an officer at the masthead
sweeping the horizon with a glass, in the hope OF
getting some trace Of the other boats but there
was no sign Of them As night was falling rapid
y and the sea and wind were increasing, with
mist and rain. the Yanarva proceeded. The
second officer Of the Vile de st. Nazaire Is among
the rescued who will be taken in charge by the
French Consul at Glasgow.
The circumstances under which the rescued
boat was picked up by the Yanariva were most
thrilling The captain and third officer, who
were on tho bridge. saw dark object on the
water several miles away Tho steamer was
put about and bore down rapidly upon it. and
In less than ar hour met the lifeboat Of the
Vile de St Nazare The sea was running
rough. but the Yanariva's managed to
haul the boat on board. They found to their
amazement the occupants lying absolutely help
less in the bottom. and two of them raving
crazy. The only sign Of food was one small
tin Of biscuits.
Three days passed before the rescued men
had sufficiently recovered to take solid food.
The survivors Of the original twenty-nne are
the second captain Pierre Nuoali; the second en-
gineer, German Giraud; the third engineer. Pros
per Lorezetti; Nicolas Siauviane Of Port-au
Prince, Hayti, and twelve seamen from Mar
Unique.
Second Captain Nuoali says that on March
the vessel sprang leak violent hurricane
blew that night and during the following day.
On the morning of the Sth the vessel had sunk
so low in the water that 1t was necessary to take
to the boats. although the storm was still at its
height The Vile de st. Nazaire had a compile
ment of eight lfeboats. The first four launched
were dashed against the side OF the vessel and
pounded to pieces. All the occupants were
drowned. The other four got clear. but
parted company.
"Our boat" said Second Captain Nuoali did
not ship drop OF water when getting away
from the vessel This was due TO the prompt
ness with which sheered off But the
weather continued very boistegous. and the
sometimes half swamped us We kept
bang for our lives with our caps. After a
while rgged "A SAIL and kept the boat run
ming before the wind well could We
were ali drenched. and our sufferings were ter
rible. In spite Of every warning. some soon be-
gan to drink the salt water.
Several Of these went mad and jumped
board Those who refraned from drinking
Jared .the best; and they held down others who
went mad, until their strength failed
I'VE kept a constant lookout for a SAIL but
saw none until the morning of the 18th when
we sighted steamer She was too far away
for us to signal her We watched with mad
anxiety as we saw her steering for us. At that
moment we had only four inches Of freeboard on
the boat. Every instant | expected she would
go to the bottom At last the Yanarva reached
The report published yesterday that four more
survivors OF the Inflated steamship had been picked
up and were being taken to Hamburg gave in
creased hope that others may still he heard from.
These men are board the British steamship
Maroa, which is due in Hamburg to-day. The
Maroa. which bound from Norfolk for Ham
burg. displayed series OF Signals while passing
the Lizard. the southwest point of Cornwall. Eng
land The observer was som what uncertain as 10
the exact meaning of the Signals. but interpreted
them announcing that the Maroa had on board
the captain. engineer, second mate and fireman of
the lost steamship
Captain Berri. the inspect general OF the French
Line. of the survivors, who IL still suffering
in this city from the effect Of exposure and priva-
iion while he for seven days in open boat,
was greatly rejoiced when he told of the sup
posed rescue Of his old shipmate. Captain Paul
.Jagueneau He remembers that there eight
persons I'm the captains boat. including Philippe
Marian. the chief engineer; Charles La Jeune and A
stcwardess. This boat and Captain Be,ris boat
parted company the first night after the wreck.
Captain Berr thinks that she must have been
adrift from four to five days, and that the four
persons who were IN her and unaccounted for
IN Isl ha hunger