, 1897-03-29

No Hope iur Otho'E Who Were Aboard
the Nazaire.

steamship Yanaraiva, Capt. Weston.
which left Newport News March 10,
bound FOR Glasgow, arrived al Greenock
tonight. The captain reports that on
March u, while in latitude 81, longi-
tude II, he picked up a small boat con-
tanning l6 survivors, OF the steamer Vile
de St. Nazaire of the West Indian line
of the Compagne Generate TrRns-Atlan-
tiQue, which f]0undered in the great
storm OF March I off Cape Hattsas.
They had beer without food and water
for four days and we're bordering on
madness.
The officers OF the Yunaraiva 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 % each,
the third II and the fuur;I g.. The boat
picked up by the Yanara'Ia was one of
the two that took off 90, bG, i2 Of these
succumbed to exposure hunger and
| thirst. The last the survivors saw Of
he other boats was on the day the veg
sci f~oundered, when ,hey sighted two Of
them dashed together and empty.
For some time after the rescue the
captain of the Y%anaralva kept on off,
Ger at the masthead, sweeping the hort
zon with n glass, in the hope Of getting
some trace OF The other boats, but there
was no sign OF them. As night was fall
ing rapidly and the sea and wind were
increasing, with mist and rain, the yes
eel proceeded. The second officer OF the
Vile de s.. Nazaire is among the res
Cued. who will be taken in charge by the
French consul at Glasgow.
The circumstances under which Inc
rescued boat was picked up by the Van
aruiva We're most thrilling. The usp-
.ain and third officer, who were on the
bridge. saw a dark object IN the water
several miles away. The steamer was
put about and in less than an huur me-
The lifeboat Of the Vile de St. NaZaire.
The sea was running rough, but the Yam
II lAN VIC" hlilliS'h " ht'l lIlN bOiI
on board. They found. to their amaze
ment, the occupants lying absolutely
helpless in the bottom. and two OF them
raving crazy. The only sign OF fcod
wds one small lin of biscuits. Three
days passed before the rescued men had
sufficiently recovered TO take solid food.
The survivors OF the original 90 are
the second captain, Pierre Nuolai; the
second engineer, Germain Giraud: the
third engineer, Prosper Lorezetti: Mich
olas Siauvianelle of Port-au-Prince,
Hayti, and u seamen from Martinique.
Second Captain NuoIai says that on
the 9th of March the vessel sprpng a
leak. A 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 it was ne
cessary to take to the boats, although
the storm was still at its height. The
Vile de St. Nazaire had a complement
of eight lifeboats. The first four launch
ed were dashed against the side OF the
vessel and crushed. The other four got
clear, but soon parted company.
Our boat" said the second captain,
did not ship a drop Of water when get
ting away from the vessel. This was
due to the promptness with which we
sheered off. The weather continued very
boisterOus and the waves sometimes al
most swamped us We kept bailing for
our lives with our caps. After awhile
we rugged a sail and kept the boat run
ming before the wind as we'll as we could.
We were drenched and our suiferings
were terrible. In spite of every warn
ing some soon began to drink tho salt
water.
Several Of these went mad and jump
ed overheard. Those who refruined
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 n steamer She
was too far away for us to signal her.
We watched with mad anxiety as we saw
he: steering for us. At that moment
we had only four inches OF free board
on the boat. Every minute ] expected
she would go to the bottom. AT last the
Yanaraiva reached us and we were haul
ed onto the deck"
Maurice Barrymore and some person
with whom he had business dealing
were walking down Fifth avenue to-
gether. They passed a blind man, who
stood with "a Tin cup in his hand and n
sign to explain the situation on his