Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-06
TTERS AT WORK.
Bringing Up Dead Bodies tras.
ssh5 Wrecked Yizcaga.


Captain Allen. Of The schooner Bargravcs.
severely censured FOR Rowing Away
with his yawi when 1t could Easily
Have carried Forty Mem aud He Had
but seven on Eoard
NEW YoaK, Nov. The wrecking
steamer j. =. Merritt left stapleton, S,
l.. at midnight Monday to search for the
bodies Of the drowned passengers of tho
Vizcaya. The tug Fred Dalzell. was
later sent ont on the same errand with
TWO experienced divers, Christiansen
and Coolin. The Dalzell cruised from
Sandy Hook 70 Lewes, Del. and COM
municated with every lift-saving station
between the two points NOT body
nor scrap Of wreckage was found
The Dalzell then joined the Merritt at
the scene Of the wreck and transferred
to her the seven metallic caslEets which
she had brought down in charge Of an
undertaken, who came prepared to EN-
balm the bodies TINT they might be
sent to Cuba If desired
1t was just one minute to 0 o'clock
when Diver COLLINS helmet disappeared
beneath the waves. He was the first to
go down, and he attacked the schooner
first In the belief that at the time Of the
collision a great many of the passengers
and crew of the Vizcaya had leaped to
the sch0oners deck. He had been down
but five minutes when he signaled to be
brought up. A moment later the crew
of the surf boat We're pulling at a rope
which he had attached to some mysteTi-
GUS object below the surface. Soon a
white hand and q white shirt cuff ap-
peared and then the arm and finally the
body Of one of the Vizcaya's cabin wait
ers.
He had his shirt, jacket and gilt but
tons, and his white tie, although soaked
and yellow with water, was neatly
placed at his throat. The collars and
cuffs were of celluloid and We're as
cleaning aud spotless as when he put
them ON. He was transferred to the
Merritt. " his pockets were a Knife
Spanish coin and o key. He was smooth
shaven, with the blue-black traces of a
heavy mustache and beard on his face.
A ring ON his finger, much worn bore
the inscription Garcia
No further attempts were made on
the schooner The diver reported that
her decks would be next to impossible
TO reach until the sails and debris were
cleared away. Pirates have cut away
and stolen everything possible above
water and the rest has gone down with
ruin to the deck.
Chlistiansen and Coolin soon after
went down on the steamer and worked
for nearly two hours. They recovered
only one bodythat Of a fireman He
was found on the deck near the deck
cabin Both his legs were broken be-
low the knees, The c,p ain of the Dali
zell and Mr. Borril both inspected the
yawl of the schooner, which landed at
!. Lewes.
They agree, and the keeper of the
life saving station agrees with them,
that the yawl could have carried safely
at least forty persons Only seven cot
aboard Of her. Capt. Allen, Of the Har-
grave, Is seyely censured for going away
so soon in the yawl and not trying to
save persons. The Dalzell returned toI
this city at midnight for more collins
and sailed again at 3 o'clock Wednesday
morning for the wreck with dozen Of
them in her decks The search will be
continued several days Ceballos g.
Company have given Instructions to re-
cover ever ybody possible il it takes o
month and costs $40 600