New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-20
STILL IN A HAPLESS CONDITION.
SURVIVORS OF THE ILL-FATED WILLIE DE
ST NAZAIRE SUFFERING FROM THE
EFFECTS OF rHEIR EXPERIENCE
DEATH OR INSANITY
FEARED FOR SOME


The four survivors Of the wreck or the steamship
Vile de ST. Nazaire still suffering yesteroa!
From the effects OF their terrible experience, ana
there was some reason TO fear that not all OF thei
would escape death or insanity on account Oh '''
suffering. Captain Berry was deirious at tunes i"
his room at the Hotel Martin but was peheVeu ~
be improving. Juan de Dios Tetada, who hao oech
removed 10 the home OF friends II No. 2e west
Twenty-fourth-st raved almost constantly apout
his lost wife and children. and his frenas were
fearful that he might not regain his reason i'o
recovered his bodily health. The conditoh Vi '"0
engineer St. Sauts. who together with Dr. M',e'
has been staying board the French inner La
Normandie was Yesterday much worse. He was
continued 20 his bed and could see no one III
Marie was much improved. Both men Wish 10 20
home TO France but are being retained here tha'
they may give their statements as TO the aisas'e'
when they are in a condition TO do so.
Nicholas Sauvanell one Of the men lost came 10
,b,s civ n month ago with letter from General
Garcia in Cuba 10 General Palma, of the CUBAN
Jun;a here saying that the Cubans needed aru
iery and dynamite guns. He was going 10 nay"
on the VILE de St. Nazaire on dryGoods coniih's-
sion business.
Tho fact that the Vile de ST. Nazaire foundered
al sea without a collision has led many persons 10
suspcct that she was too weak from age 10 ne sent
N sea safely She was twenty-scvcn years old-too
old many have said. Local inspectors OF steam
boats said yesterday that she was surveyed last at
ST. Nazare and pronounced seaworthy' ana IL WAS
tho custom Of the local off 'las to accept reports
from the foreign inspectors
Pilot George Waldo, of No. Ss5 Macon-st. BROOK
,vn took out the VILE ST. Nazaire when she started
on her Inflated tour. He is an experienced an"
canable seaman and has been pilot for twenty
three years His watchfu eyes discovered nothihs
wrong with the steamship at her start, no deiect
that might have been responsible for the fatal end
Ing of the voyage - ,,,.,a
Nr Waldie was seen at his home by tribune
raportcr last night. He said that the St NaZane
was "A very old boat. probably one or thc ol"e9t
screw stea ships in service at the time she went
annoarance Ia indicate that she was rot seawor-
thy vessel and in as good condition as Il ne" VS.
As to her buIkhoads which IL has been intimateo
were AT fault he said he knew nothing, as WIN
he was aboard Of her he did not 90 below; Sh1
drew about twenty feet of water. Whlch lnulCdled
that she lid not carry too much cargo
He said he had no acquaintance win captain
Jngueneau. A. r.
Tho vessel is said 10 have had five compart-
rncnts and two collision bulkhcads. Shc was Il
Twin screw boat. II was said by some that Wheil
she left this harbor she was down by the head'
proha bly, from overlooking. :.
The mails dispatched on the lost steamer III,
cluded those for Port au Prince, Aux-oaEeS anu i
Jacmcl comprising twelve sacks of letters ana slS
of printed matter. and three sacks or etteiS ann
one of printed matter for San Domingo; aIS9' az
letters etc. which were specially addrtssru Iol
dispatch by that vessel for Monte Cristi. Puerto
plata Sanchez. SANTANA Macores ST. Marc,
Conaives Martinique. Guadalupe 81 Joi hd
Ponce and Mayaguez Only such matter as ictcneu
tho New York postoffice before 10 q. m on MdrCh
c was included in these mails.