New York, Nov. 16, A vivid account of the sinking of the Vestris has been given in_hospital here by Mr. Paul Dana, South. American representative of the Radio Corporation of America who was picked up, with a stewardess named Mrs. Clara Bell, after floating the water for 22 hours, Mr. Dana says that on the night lof November 10 the worst storm of his experience struck the Vest About midnight she was struck by two big waves simultaneously and quivered from end to end. He say: it is believed that this started the Teak.
On Sunday it was rougher still and most of the passengers were very seasick. The ship listed and the furniture in the dining and dis smoking toms slid to the starboard side and crashed round.
When he woke on Monday morning the water was level with the windows of his cabin and the floor was under water, His steward came in groaning with a wrenched shoulder and said the hold was fill ing with water and that he had been baling all night with a bucket. He said the cargo had shifted too.
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