Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-29
SIXTEEN MORE RESCUED.
Twenty-four of the Persons on the st.
Naxnire Now known to
He Sayed.

London, March 2s.-The British steam
ship Yanariva, Captain Weston, which left
Newport News March To- bound for Glas-
gov. arrived at Greenock tonight. The
captain reports that, on March IL, while In
latitude Il, longitude Il. he picked up a
small boat containing sixteen survivors OF
the steamer Vile de ST. Nazaire. of the
West Indian hne,of the Compagne Generate
Trans-Atlantique, which foundered in the
great storm of March I. off Cape Hatteras.
They had been without food and water for
four days. and were in a state of extreme
exhaustion and were bordering on mad
ness. The officers of the Yanariva did all
in their power for the unhappy victims of
an ocean horror, and finally learned their
story. 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 Yanariya was
one of the two that took off twenty-nine.
but thirteen of these succumbed to expos
urc, hunger and thirst The last of the sur
vivors saw of the other boats was on, the
day the vessel foundered. when they sight
ed two of them dashed together and empty.
For some time after the rescue the cap
tain of the Yanariva kept an official 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 rapidly and the
sea and wind were increasing with mist
and rain, the vessel 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 res
cued boat was picked up by ;ne Yanariva
were most thrilling. The captain and third
officer, who were on the bridge, saw a dark
object on the water several miles away.
The steamer was put about and in less than
an hour met the lifeboat of the Vile De
st. Nazaire. The sea was running rough,
but the Yanariya's crew managed to haul
the boat on board. They found. to their
amazement, the occupants lying absolutely
helpless in the bottom. and two OF them
one small tin of biscuits. Three days pass
ed before the rescued men had sufficiently
recovered to take solid food.
The survivors of the original twenty
the second engineer. Germain Giraud; the
shrd ef or9 Pn anS
tn elve seamen from Martinique.
Second Captain Nuelai says that on the
9Th OF March the vessel sprang a leak. A
violent hurricane blew that night and dur
ing the following day. On the morning of
the Sth the vessel had sunk so low in the
the boats although the storm was still at
its height. The Vile De ST. Nazaire had a
complement of eight lifeboats. The first
four launched were dashed against the side
of the vessel and the other four got clear.
but soon parted company.
.Our boat" said Second Captain Nuelai.
did not ship drop of water when getting
away from the vessel. This was due to the
promptness with which we sheered OFF.
The weather continued very boisterous. and
the waves sometimes half swamped US. We
kept bailing for our lives with our caps.
After a while we rugged sail and kept
the beat running before the wind as we'll
as we could. We were drenched and our
sufferings were terrible. In spite of every
warning. some soon began to drink the
salt water. Several of these went mad and
jumped overheard. Those who refrained
from drinking Jared the best and they held
down the others who went mad until their
strength failed.
I'VE kept a constant lookout for 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 free board on the
boat Every instant / expected she would
go to the bottom. At last the Yanaravia
reached us and we were hauled on 20 the
deck"