New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-19
ONLY FOUR OF FOURSCORE.
WRECK OF THE VILE DE ST. NAzAlKE
AND AWFUL. LOSS OF LIFE.


ONLY FOUR SURVIVED THE HORRIBLE
EXPERIENCE OF COLD THIRST
AND HuNGER-coNDrT1oN OF
THOSE WHO REACHED
THIS PORT
There is almost no hope that any Of the per-
sons who left the steamship Vile de st, Nazaire
on the night Of Sunday March Z, are alive, with
the exception of the four survivors who were
rescued from an open boat of Cape Hatteras
by the crew of the schooner Hilda week later
Of the thirty-ive persons, men. women ana
children, who were in that boat after the steam
ship foundered, only four men lived to be res
cued. Two other boats, containing the ofncers
and crew of the sinking ship. were propapiy
lost in the storm off the coast. for nothing mas
been heard Of men or boats.
At the bottom of the ocean lies the vile de Oh
Nazaire. with her cargo which was worth
$4,000 and $4,000 in gold. She sank out OF
sight almost as soon as her crew and passen-
gers were able to leave her In the raging tenn
pest She may have sucked down one or 'he
boats in which her officers and crew were try
ing to save themselves from death The cause
of her laundering in the gale and heavy seas
may never be known. but she was supposed 10
he scaworthy. although she was an old ship.
There will be an investigation. Of course, but
it is doubtful II the survivors can tell anything
TO show If there was negligence of kind TO
cause the shipwreck.
Captain A. Berry, one of the four survivors, is
on inspector-general of the line. but he was not
In command Of the ship when she foundered'
He was half-crazed by his sufferings, ana was
still delirious yesterday. DIR. Alphonse Mare
the ship's surgeon, and Pierre Sauts. the fourth
engineer. are also among the survivors. and the
fourth is Juan de Dios Tejada, enc OF the
passengers who saw his wife and four chiioreh
die of cold and starvation in the lifeboat after
the steamer sank. The four survivors were pelng
cared for tenderly in this city yesterday. and
there was said 10 be hope for the complete re-
covery Of all of them. but they had suffered
TOO much to be able 70 give more than measre
story OF the wreck.
THE DEAD AND THE SURVIVORS.
There were eghty-two persons on the Vile de
St Nazaire when she left this city on the morn
ing Of March G. and in all probability seventy
eight lives were lost Following is the hs'
THE LOST.
AMII.EAR Marc fireman.
AUGUSTIN. Faustin. steward
BAZAAR. Edward. stoker
BEGATIN Henri. steward.
BLACHEFORT, Alexander, sailor
BLAMCN Leon. sailor
BUTIN Georges, stoker.
BI'VAC. Pierre. sailor.
CACHEIX Placde. first fireman
CAFARA. Victor first fireman
CALABAR. Louis sailor.
CARRARD Louis. steward.
CATTONI. Antoine fireman
CHANDIERE. Joseph. sailor
CHARLES. Louis chief steward
CLEMENT Henri. steward
COMBAT. Etcnne. baker
CORDIERES. Jean. fireman.
CoRNEII.LE. Rommao fireman.
DAI.LA Edward fireman
DE ANDRES, first Lieutenant or th'u "H0e' u ~
steamship.
DORE. FRANCOIS. steward.
ptMEI'E, Amelius. steward.
puMoIs Albert wealthy planter Of San Diego GVS S,s
e en9 O'0'"s' oil "''''''' '' ..,
ptMols Louis nephew Of Albert Dgmos and previously
engaged in business with him In CuDa.
DUPELTIER Victor. sailor
DIPONrAI. Leon walter
4RlcnE Francois steward
FERI Felix. sailor
FREDERIC Fortune stoker
GIRArD. German. second engineer Of the steamship
GOI1II,ET. Ursene. head waiter
HIMMER Adolphe. sailor.
UTGONENC Eugene. fireman.
HUBERT suaern second lieutenant on the VILE de St.
Nozare
JAGrEvEAU Paul, captain Of the doomed ship for
merry second ofcer On the steamship la Champagne
JIMINEZ Ramon. Of 40 800 Washington ave- Brook
iyn one Of the passengers.
KADII- Joseph fireman
I.AIOrPE. Auguste. stoker.
LANDA. Theodore second cook
LArRENzETTI Marius. The third engineer on the
steamship
LAVAIJEE Nine Ceclie the stevardess and only
woman on the ships list OF employees
lie JECNE. Charles, the purser Of the steamship
LUDON. Calixte, sailor.
LCDON. Fernaud sailor.
MADELEINE. Louis. fireman.
MALBERT. Paul fireman
MARIAN Philippe, the chief engineer Of the steamship
MARNY. Vic;orin, stoker.
marriott Charles stoker
MANDEr, Lexis. sailor.
MICHEL. Louis carpenter
MIRON. Louis. sailor.
HUoLAI Pierre second captain of the ship and next in
command Captain Jagueneau
OZIAS Xavier. sailor.
PAISIBI,E. Thomas, hospital nurse
PAUPARD Leopold. sailor
PICARD. Gaetan. quartermaster
PORTER. Sebastien steward
ROMANOT Adolphe. waiter.
ST CATHERINE. Julius. sailor.
sALVERT Eugene fireman.
SAMUEL. Frederick fireman
sARONA Dominique sailor.
sAUoRANELL. n A. OF Port au Prince nee: one me Q, ,me
Ship sank.
q them an infant. all dying in the boat from which
de Dios Tejada and three other survivors were
TERME. Tertulen. sailor
THEODORE. Francois. fireman.
THOMIN Julian. fireman.
TOGNARELI.I. Ange fireman.
VENTURE. Marins. chief cook.
NISINO. Victor. fireman.
WALENDOF. Marie. first fireman
70 Pascal, sailor.
THE SAVED
BERRY, A. captain and inspectorgene Of the steam
line, who a surerCargO on the Vile de st.
Nszaire and in charge Of the only ships boat
10 be saved
MARE Or. Alphonse the ships surgeon.
SALTS Pierre. the fourth engineer Of the steamship
TFJADA Juan de Dios. Of San Domingo. who his
wife and four children die IN the open boat and was
Ioverless them.