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Show nun HORROR TOLD u I U J 5 ii I i ti i Passenger Descr'bes How 200 Perjshed as Vessel Hits Jacjfiecl Rocks CGRRtiXA. Spain, Jan. 7. Th first comprehensive narrative of tin-wreck tin-wreck ol the Spuiusb steamer SuHts sabel, in which more than "Joy per sous perished, was given today to The 'Associated Presi by Pedro Pal. who was :t passenger with his wife and the bitter's brother. They were returning to Buenos Alr "We were asleep." he said. "Tbei shock awofte the passengers who, rushed to the decks. We found people, dashing hither ami thither ami thC waves sweeping on board. "Boats were torn fro nilheir deft .1 . and soon t lie electric lnr- tS taiiep owing ow-ing lu the floodlns of the machine room. 'The bbscurltj ;tiid tig lm reased the panic. The captain ordered the I. uinchiiig of boats. The island of Sal-vora Sal-vora was only 300 yards nway. Then the mainmast broke, ki'.iliiK many, rthile others threw themselves into the ista. M.I, MUi lK) Ml' 1 "Un tho first attempt to launch Ihe boats, the crew i:iad . rush an. I K"' one away, in which only the first of-! of-! fleer, (he iloctor, the chaplain, the supet-cargo ontl on of the crew em-barked. em-barked. When it touched the water it was, smashed on The rocks and all , in It Were drowned. "The passenger a then launched two boats, members of the crew having scattered and giving no heed to the I captain's orders. These boats were! j overturned. Then the remaining bjtat .got assay after a terrible struggle for :i nlitfst li it If t-nrpl.til 111 na HMn. ;geis, but sotin eapslzed Some o4-cu-' I pants, however, reached Halvoro. I "It, with my wife and maids, re-j mained with the oaptltln and thirty others on the forward aeckj The oold was Intense and the cries of the drown-tng drown-tng were heard. We remained thus Until ii a. in. Sunday, when we s;iw a steamer passing. We made signals by I burning paper with gasoline lighters. I but apparently we were not seen. "Loiter a Wave washed everybody! overboard, separating mi from my, wife, whom, however. I found In the l water. 1 am a powerful swimmer and' secured a floating plank, which 1 fixed; under my Wife's arms. We remained! In the water several hours, when a fishing ito.ii picked up up. Iater boat.-.' began arriving from l:ibeira. aim we ,wero taken aboard. "The captain toox every precaution when the fos Marled, and steamed .bad slow. It was the seas that drove the vessel towards the cliffs." Among the rescued was 0 Chilean priest, Antonio Garcia DeeSo, The captain of the Cabo Triana has i.e. n arrested for not going to tho ns-Astauce ns-Astauce "i the Santa Isabel, lie admits ad-mits he 5,nv the slgnala, but, instead Of r. pol ling this on his arrival in port ! he went to bed. I |