The times., 1897-03-19
APo!'I LING SEA DISASTER
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that coming from the lips OF dying man
Their tongues, covered with sores and
clotted blood pI otruded from betw cen their
teeth, too much swollen to be longer re-
tanned in their mouths.
The eyes protruded as If the men We're
being choked. In the stern of the boat
sat a man, half dressed, and apparently
laughing. His mouth and eyes were wide
open and as the boat rose and fell he
seemed to nod his head to the men OF The
Hilda, who leaned over her side half afraid
to go into the tossing craft.
On the bottom of the boat lay three other
men. They rolled about as the waves
passed, but hone of them rose. They
were dead; SO was the man Who sat in
the stern with that CHASTITY smile ON his
face-dead of exposure andstarvation- The
four live men were insane, and weak as
men could get who had gone for week
with almost nothing to eat and no water.
They were alive and that was all.
The men on the Hida threw a line to
them. and while it fell over their shoulders
none of them had the strength to hold it
or to tie it around their bodies. So far
as they depended upon their own efforts
safety might have been thousand miles
away.
Repeatedly a line was thrown to them.
and repeatedly it traiied across their faces
while they knelt there in the boat moving
their lips as If they were laughing, yet
unable to move their arms or close their
stiffened fingers.
Finding that the men in the boat were
helpless, two OF the Hilda's crew climbed
down her sides. and when a wave lifted
the boat within reach, stepped aboard,
One Of the four men, attracting their at
tention by groans, managed TO carry his
hand to his mouth and pointed down his
throat Quickly the four men were passed
up to the Hildaa decln
Then the resouers turned their attention
to the man im theJ:stern and the three
lying on the hottoms They We're all dead
The bodies were removed ina few minutes,
but none too quickly The small boat,
hurled against the Hilda's sides by the
waves. was splintered so that it began
to. leak, and rs the two men from the
Hilda left it filled and sank. The bodies
were sewed in canvas bags and buried in.
the sea. Then the HiIda. s crew turned their
attention to the four SURVIVORS. Exposure
to the salt water had blistered their skin
in great bIotches, and their hands were
raw from pulling at the oars. A little
coffee was given them and all four were
put to bed. They quickly went to sleep,
and by the next morning were greatly
improved B se4siay.
Alphonse Dumois, one of the passengers
onthe ST. Nazalre, was brother of Hippo
Ivte Dumeis, head1f the firm of H. Dumois
& Company, fruit dealers OF this city.
Raymon Jiminez, another of the passen-
gers, was the head OF the firm of K. j.
Jinlinez s. Company, contractors and en-
gineers, also of this city.
1t is now believed that 100 persons in
all were lost by the foundering of the
French line steamer Vile de st. NaZaire
off Cape Hatteras. OF the four survivors
that reached this rort, all but Capt Berri
sDent last night on the steamer La Nor
mandie, which is lying at her pier here.
Berri was sent to the Hotel Martin Their
agent, Forget. had an interview with him
this morning. He found Berri perfectly
calm at first, but unable to collect bis
senses and finally the agent gave 1t up
and went to the office OF the steamship
line, No. Bowling Green.
The office was filled this morning with
a number of anxious friends OF the pas
sepgers that sailed on the Inflated vessel.
Several were crying. The agent thre W open
the books for the inspection OF all who
made inquiries, and many went away re-
lieved at being unable To find the looked
for names on the passenger list.
The company knows comparatively little
concerning the history of the passengers,
and the majority of those who made in
auiries refused absolutely to give their
sought.
The names of the passengers and the
crew are as follows:
Passengers-A Dumais, L. Dumois, San
Domingo; Ramon Jiminez Maya Puezyna
Sarnolle, Port au Prince; Mr.. and Mrs.
Juan de Dios Tejada and four chill
dren, San Domingo
Crew-Paul Jacqueneau, captain; Pierre
NueoIai, second captain; Andre de Andreis,
first lieutenant; Saffren Hubert, second
lieutenant: Philippe Mariani, chief engi-
neer: German Girard, second engineer;
Marius Laurenzetti, third engineer; Pierre
Sauts, fourth engineer; Charles LIE Jceune,
purser; Alphonse Marie, doctor; Zeutan
Picard, quartermaster; Louis Michel, car
penter: Dominique Sarona, Fernand Loudon,
Pierre Buvac, Pascal Yo, Louis Calavar,
Xavier Ozias, Carlisle LoudoD, Louis Mi
ron, Leoa nder Blackefort, Tartuiien Terme,
Polpold Paupard, Leon Blamon, Joseph
Cahndiere, Julius st. Catherine. Alexander
Blakefort, Alexis Maudel, sailors; Romale
Corneille, Antoine Cation, Marie Walen-
dorP. Victor Cafara, Palaside Cactux, Ru-
dolph Hummer, Victor Dupellier, Fred
erick Samuel, Paul Malbert, Eugene Sal
vert, Victor visino, Jean Corideires Mac
Ameilier, Francis Theodore, Julian Tho
min, Joseph Kadil, Edward Daleile, Eu-
gene Hugonence, Louis Madeleine, Ange
Tornelli, firemen: Edward Bazar, Gorges
Butin, Auguste Laloup, Charles Marriott,
Fortune Frederic, Victorin Marry. stok-
ers; Louis Charles, Chief steward; Ar
sene Gouillet. head waiter; Marins Ven
ture, chief cook; Theodore Landa, second
cook: Adolphe RonIanot, Leon Dupnntal,
walters; Etienne Combat, baker; Thomas
Paisible, hospital nurse; Faustin Angus
tin. Henri Begatin, Ameliens Dumeur,
Francois Eriche, Sebastian PORTER, Fran
co.'s Dore, Louis Garrard, Henri Clement,
stewards; Nine Ceciie LayalIee, steward
esS.
The officers, crew and passengers were,
with one or two exceptions. residents of
foreign ports Of the total number on
board sixty were colored. The only white
persons on board besides the passengers
were the officers.
Agent Forget said this morning that from
the latest reports he had received it was
his opinion that the boa tactually founlered.
He was hopeful that more of the crew
and passengers had been saved. He
thought that Mrs. Juan de Dios Tejada and
her children had probably been washed
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