Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-15
BODIES OF q OFF
VESTRIS RETURNED

NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-(Pl-Re-
the Nestris dead today were being
returned to grieving relatives and
friends.
The first body was brought to this
city early yesterday on the rescue
ship Berlin. while last night eight
bodies were brought By the coast
guard destroyers Tucker and Acush.
net. The coast guard destroyer
Shaw left the scene Of the wreck for
New York with 10 bodies. Many Of
the dead had not been identified to-
day.
Among the bodies aboard the Shaw
were those Of Major Yashio Ino Ne,
Japanese consul at Buenos Aires,
whose wife was rescued BY the bat
tlcship Wyoming; Carl FRANKIE. rs-
resentatiye OF a German firm. and
his 22-year-old daughter. Ingeborg
OF the four bodies brought by the
Tucker only two were identified.
Brass tags worn about the necks
identified one as that of Jose Con
zales Rua of New Bedford. Mass.
and the other as that of Raymond
Garcia Petal of New York.
Rua. who had sailed with his wife
and two-year-old son. had $500 in
his pockets when found. His wife
was rescued BY the Wyoming, but
no trace Of the son was found.
The two other bodies were those
Of a negro woman and n white man,
apparently a member Of the crew.
Aboard the Acushnet were the
LAE.n. nf pa1ph n Ahfsnhnu1 nf
Woodstock, N. ". and Tom Jones
barman Of the Vestris. The identity
Of the other two was not known.
The body brought back BY the
Berlin was that or a white man who
was not identified.
The destroyers landed the bodies
at Stapleton. Staten Island. where
they were met by a representative of
the Lamport and Holt Line. the own
ers of the Nestris, and an under
taker.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-(Pj-Ali ex-
cept nine OF the known survivors or
the Nestris were in New York today,
tho last 81 being brought ashore in
Brooklyn this morning from the
French tanker Myriam. The nine
others were rescued by the battle
ship Wyoming, bound for Norfolk
Va.
The tanker came only to the har-
Dor mouth. anchoring in Gravesend
Bay, where government tugs went
alongside and brought the Vestris
passengers ashore. She was bound
for Thames-Shaven. England. from
New Orleans and did not wish 20 de-
lay her passage.
or the 81 only eight were passen-
gers, the others being members OF
the crew.
Woman Defends Captain
Most of the passengers were silent
concerning Captain Carey's delay OF
an SOS message. but members OF
the crew were outspoken in tfeir
criticism Of their skipper. The SOS
should have been sent out hours be-
fore u finally vas transmitted, they
agreed.
Mrs. Cline Slaughter. the only
oma passenger on the Myriam, de-
Tended the captains action. "He
did his duty and did his best" she
said. She denied the truth of stories
told by other passengers that mem
bers Of the crew had rushed the
lifeboats.
Thomas X. Edwards, q bedroom
steward rescued by the Myriam from
a life boat. was firmly convinced
that shifting Of the coal at least in
tensified the disastrous listing OF
the NestriS, IL il did not cause it.
Doctor Silent
nr. J. Sears, of the Long lsisld
College hospital, the ships surgeon,
declined to talk Of the disaster n;
all. and a. Paterson Of Edmonton,
Alta. ras almost rs reticent. Pater-
son said he would start again Satur-
day on the Lampcrt and Holt liner
Noltaire.
W. Fields Of New York City. said
he had no difficulty in getting on ?
life boat. and that the boat picked
up what swimmers IL could.
Members of the crew, dirty. be
whiskered. in clothing stiffened with
salt water. we're taken in buses 70
the Seamen's Institute in Manhattan.
The Nestris officers were taken 70
"A Brooklyn hotel and the PASSENGERS
scattered 70 various hotels IN Brook
Ign and New York.