?ad It not be?-n for two small elec
tic flashlights, it was said, the n,en
brought hero also probably would have
b-en drowned. The Buenos Aires,
which had responded to an ?s n g..'
call from the IMo IX.. failed In effo'rt
to attach a line to the sinking ship
pel'led I? h"aVV SPa Shc
tvAll: raT aWRV f"r h"r safe
? AH the lifeboats on the Plo IX
had been smashed in attempts to launch
th m and night overtook the survivors
as they w,.r, b(ltllln(, hopf>,oss,v jn
the raging sea. a lleht. flashing from
the surface of the sea. attracted at
tention on board the Huenos Aires
A boat was lowered, and two of the
WrM ? ,W"r<* plcJ<'?', *>P fom a ships
adder, with which they had l?a?e,|
into th, water. So?n afterward, "a
it? W:X' ?bservfd. and nine
"ltT,ll?7n:Tkcd up from nn
thA rnlrt,vS8 niessage?the last from
J ' in?received by the operator
on the Buenos Aires later In th'- night
?=r*v;hat th<> ship s,nk?ng
rapid i). The m<-.?saRP closed with
good by." Th.- Huenos Aires remain
ed in the vicinity until daylight, but
The Wa" S?en of th'- vessel.
l i i ~ '*** bouml frnm Onlve.ton
and New Orleans for Spain with a car
Po of cotton and staves. Her fir^t
?lr.|o? call for ?m ?a|d ,J' "?*
sprung a leak nr.d that a terrliic north
west gale was raging.
The Spanish consul-general here It
was said to-night, will obtain return
passage to Spain for the survivors
wrought here.
flAUK M'THTI* A\n rUKlV
I.OST ni'llix; .<i.\0\V?iT(IIIM
fOy Associated Tress. J
? KW roRK' December 17.?The Rra.
