The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-29

LONDON. March S-The British steam
ship fsnariva. Capt. Weston. which left
Newport News March 10. bound for Glas~
gov, arrived al Greenock tonight. The
captain reports that on March L. while In
latitude 81 longitude IL he picked up q
small boat containing sixteen survivors OF
the steamer vile de ST. Naza.re. which
foundered in the great storm of March Z,
on Cape Hatteras. They had been without
food and water for four days and were in
state OF extreme exhaustion, bordering
on madness.
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 was one OF the
two that took Ewenty-nine, bnt thirteen
OF these had succumbed 20 exposure and
thirst. The last the survivors saw OF the
other boats was on the day the vessel
foundered when they sighted two o. them
lashed together and empty.
The circumstances under which the res
cued boat was picked up by the Yanariva
were most thrilling. The captain and third
officer. who We're 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 lfeboat OF the Vile
de 81. Nazaire. The sea was running
rough. but the Yanariva's crew managed
10 haul the boat on board. They found. to
their amaZement. the occupants lying alb
soluteiy helpless in the bottom, and two Of
them raving mad. The only sign of food
was one small tin Of biscuits. Three days
passed before the rescued men had suffi-
cientiy recovered 10 take solid food
The survivors of the original twenty-nine
are; Second Capt. Pierre Nuolai. Second
Engineer Germay Giraud, Third Engineer
Prosper Lorezetti. Nicholas Siauvianelle.
OF Port au Prince. Haiti. and twelve sea-
men from Martinique.
Second Capt. Nuoah says that on March
the vessel spTsng a leak. A violent hur-
rieane blew that night and during the fol-
lowing day. On the morning of March 5
She vessel had sunk 50 low I'm the water
that II was necessary to take TO the boats,
although the storm was at its height. The
vile de 81. Nazaire had complement OF
eight hfeboais. The first four launched
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
20 the promptness with which We sheered
off. The weather continued very bolster
Gus and the waves sometimes almost
spamped us We kept bailing for our lives
with our caps. After a while We rigged
a sail and kept the boat running before
the wind, well as We could. We were
drenched and our sufferings were terri
bic.
"In spite Of every warning some soon
began 10 drink the salt water Several
o. these went mad and jumped overheard.
These who refrainei from drinking fared
the best. We kept a constant lookout for
a sail but saw none until the morning of
March IL, when we sighted n steamer.
She was too far away for Us 10 signal
her. We watched with mad anxiety as
We saw her steering for us. Al that mo-
ment We had only four inches of free
board on the boat Every minute / eX-
pected she would 20 10 the bottom. Al
hast the Yanariva reached US, and We
were hauled onto the deck"