The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-06
AN OCEAN DISASTER.
A Large Steamship and a Four
Masted Schooner Sunk.
ABOUT SIXTY LIVES ARE LOST
The yiscaya Comes Into Collision Will
Sailing Vessel Of Bsrnegat.

New York Nov 1.-The steamship
Nxcaya Of the Spanish-American line, col
lided with four-masted schooner ON Thurs.
day evening when six miles of Barncgat, and
both vessels sunk Immediately. IL is sup.
posed that over sixty people have been lost.
The steamer Humbolt, which arrived in
Brooklyn this morning from Brazil rescued
eight of the crew, the first and second OH.
GERS, the engineer and surgeon of the Viz
caya. so far as is known at present these
are the only persons out Of total crew and
passenger list Of ofcighty-TN Of the Ni2caya.
and the crew oc the unknown schooner that
have been saved. It is feared that all the
others have been lost. The Nizcaya left
here yesterday at y. IN. for Havana and
other Cuban ports. She had large cargo
of freight, a crew Of scycuty-seyen and nine
regular passengers There were others on
board however, who were not entered on
the passenger list.
TWELVE PERSONS RESCUED.
Ats.3o on Thursday evening a large four.
masted schooner hove in sight. She was
much larger vessel than the Nizcaya and inn
mcdiatcly bore down upon her Her bow
spirit struck the steamship on ahe starboard
bunkcrs, carrying away the bridge and the
cabin. The captain Of the Nizcaya, who
was standing on the bridge, was instantly
killed Several minutes later both vcs-
sels had sunk and the passengers and crews
were struggling in the water. There
were hearircndins shrcks and cries
which were heard by the people
ON board the Humbolt The Captain Of that
vessel headed for the spot whore the cries Of
distress were heard as Quickley as possible
and saw the spars and ma,ts of the sinking
vessels disappear. Several person, could be
seen struggling in the water. Boats were
lowered and twelve persons were picked up.
The cries were hushcd and not another soul
could be seen. After waiting for some time
the llumbolt steamed away. \ negro was
picked up 10y the small boat afterwards. lie
belonged to the Ni2caya The Captain and
crew Of the unknown schooner are supposed
to have been drowned.
Lcwes, Del, October 81 The tug Hcrcu.
lus arrived this evening and reports that the
schooner ornelius lIargravcs and the Span
ish steamer Nizcaya collidcl the evening of
the 30th fifteen miles oil Barncgat. Both
vessels sank H. fifteen fathom, of water
Ten men from the Hargraycs and
seven from the Vizclya Were picked
up by the schooner Sarah l.. Davis
and were transferred to the Herculus.
The latter proceeded for the wreck to render
assistance, but at midnight met the tug Bat
tier, which had been T. the scene and founl
both vessels sunk and all lands gone. They
picked up the body OF a wom,n. The sur
vivors report nearly hundred people were
clingng to the wreck at one time. The sur
vivors have been landed at the Lewcs Lite
Station, also the corpse of the woman pick
ed up She is reported to have been steward
ess of the s,camcr.
The schooner Cornelius lIargraves, Capt.
Allen, cleared from this port October p
with a cargo of coal for Fall River, Mass.