Evening star., 1928-11-15

ViyorS OF the VeStrlS Were safely u -
york today, the last 81 being pI0ugnI
ashore in Brooklyn early this mornlns
from the French tanker Myrlam. Ine
ai0ht, others were rescued by the battle
shin wyoming, bound for Norfolk, va
THE tanker came only to the harpoi
mouth. anchoring in GraveSend Bay
where Government tugs went alongside
and brought the Vestris passengers
ashore. She was bound for Thames
haven. England, from New Orleans
and did not wish to delay her passage
Of the 81 survivors only 8 were pas.
sengers, the others being members o.
| the crew.
Most of the passengers were silen'
| concerning Capt. Carey'S delay OF ar
SOS message, but members OF tn'
crew were outspoken in their crlticisn
of their skipper. The 5 OS Snouie
| have been sent out hours before ]
| finally was transmitted, they agreed.
clothing and wrapped in blankets fur
| nished by the officers and crew OF thu
tanker, one woman being attired II
the captains trousers.
Saw Captain Vanish.
Thomas r. Edwards, bedroom stew
ard rescued by the Myrian from a life
boat. said that Just before the Vestr1
| sank he saw Capt. Carey and anothe
man on the bridge, their hands clasped
Together, he said, they walked to tht
rail. Then the second man plunged
into the sea. A big wave hid ths
Vestris from the lifeboat for a moment
When it Subsided the ship was sink
no ~ cant Carey had disappeared.
Edwards was firmly convinced tha
/ shifting of the coal at least intensi'
fed the disastrous listing of the Vestris
if it did not cause it.
Harry Fay, a Pittsburgh pugilist, whC
was en- route to South America fol
three bouts, said as soon as he hat
rested he planned to start again.
Ship Surgeon Silent.
DR.. ]. Sears of the Long Island Col
lege Hospital, the ships surgeon, de
clined to talk of the disaster at all
and A. Paterson of Edmonton, Alberta
was almost as reticent. Paterson sait
he would start again Saturday on th'
Lamport g. Holt liner Voltaire, of which
Capt. Carey was to have taken com
mand after the voyage in which III
met death.
w. Fields of New York City said III
had no difficulty in getting on a life
boat, and that the boat picked up wha
swimmers it could.
Members of the crew, dirty, be-
whiskered, in clothing stiffened with
salt water, were taken in buses to tn
Seamen's Institute in Manhattan.
The Vestris officers were taken to {
Brooklyn hotel and the passenger!
scattered to various hotels in Brooklyn
, and New York.
The 40 members of the Vestris crew
whom the Myriam rescued comprised
6 staff officers, musicians, II members
of the stewards force and % flremen.
20 Bodies Being Returned.
Reclaimed from the sea, % bodies o
the Vestris dead today were being re-
turned to grieving relatives and friends
The first body was brought to thi
: city early yesterday on the rescue shil
, Berlin, while last night others wer
brought by the Coast Guard destroyer
. Tucker and Acushnet. The Coast Guart
destroyer Shaw left the scene of tn
. wreck for New York with 13 bodies.
Many of the dead had not beef
identified today, the clothing beinl
, devoid of identifying marks
!. Among the bodies aboard the Sha'
, were those of Maj Yashio Inouy,
; Japanese consul, at Buenos Aires, who's
, wife was rescued by the battleshi
!. Wyoming; Carl Frank, representativ
of German firm, and his 22-year- -ol
daughter Ingeborg
a OF the four bodies brought by til
I Tucker only two were identified. Bras
+ tags worn about the necks identifle
5 one as that of Jose Gonzales Rua {
New Bedford, Mass, and the other g
4 that of Raymond Garcia Pelal of Ne
r York.
Rua, who had sailed with his vii
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