, 1890-11-01
Vi WnLUko
Ocean Steamers Collide and
Sink in Seven Minutes.
The Collision Occurs by Moon
light in Cuban Waters.
It Is Believed That Eighty
Persons Pelished.
Strange Story of One of the
Few Survivors.

New York, Oct. 3l.-The Spanish
steamer Yizcaya was run into off Barne-
CAT by an unknown schooner yesterday.
Both vessels sunk. The steamer was bound
Tor Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Colon and
other Central American ports with a gem
cral cargo. The vessel was staunch and
seaworthy and entirely renovated a short
time ago.
The chief officer, second officer, surgeon,
one engineer and eight OF the crew were
picked up. The persons rescued were
taken from the rigging Of the Vizcaya by
the captain of the steamer Humbolt.
The persons rescued state that last even
ing at s o'clock the steamer was run into
by a four masted coal laden schooner.
Both sank within five minutes. One
colOred boy was taken ashore by the
schooners boat and landed at B~arnegat.
The four passengers of the VIzcaya were
lost. They were a Cuban millionaire, his
wife and two children. The captain and
crew OF the schooner are supposed TO be.
The Nlzcaya was 1888 tons and belonged
to the Spanish line plying between New
York and Havana.
So far as is known these are Only per-
soDs out OF the crew and passenger list of
eighty-six Of the Vlzcaya and the crew of
the unknown schooner that have been
saved. 1t is feared all the Others are lost
and that the list will number up to eighty
it not more. The details are meager.
The Vizcaya left New York yesterday af-
!ernoou for HAVANA with nine regular
passengers aud a crew of seventy seven.
1t is thought there were some others on
board not on the list. At $50 Thurs
day evening a large four masted schooner
hove in sight and Immediately bore down
on the steamer, striking the starboArd
bunkers. carrying away the bridge and
cabin. The captain was instantly killed.
Seven minutes later both vessels had sunk
aud the passenger and crews we're strug-
Cling in the water. The steamer was a
staunch vessel and Capt. Cunill was one
OF the most trusted employees of the line.
One of the passengers not on the regu-
lar list was Juan Pedro. a Cuban million
aire and director in the steamship line.
The other passengers on board as far as
learned were: NJ. A. Caivo, wife. son
and maid, MIR. Purr and three children,
A Ruiz, Jose Acadia, Ramon Albarez,
Juan Il. Hedman. oscar Islaur, Luigi
PelliOn, Jose Garcia. Surgeon Rico says
az the time OF the collision he was in the
cabin talking to Mrs. Calvo. Suddenly
there came an awful shock and the steam
er rolled well over on her port side.
Everybody IN the cabin was thrown down
and Immediately u scene of the widest
confusion ensued.
Mrs Calvo begged me TO save her son
and | went up on deck TO find HIM" says
the doctor. There a terrible scene met
-~,Vr III. III
rigging were all torn away. There was a
SEeakg tsh 10 the starboard side lust abait
SlSe cal bunkers and t~hrough-this the
Water was rushing. Close by on the star
board beam was a big-four masted
schooner with bowsprit and f~oreriggine
gone and the beams stove in. Men were
running about wildly on our decks shout
ing oil kinds of orders, and | can remem-
Der seeing the crew OF the schooner doing
the same on their vessel. The next thing |
knew the water was washed over ourselves
decks. With a wild idea of saving our
several of US climbed up the port ~forerig-
ging. Down went the steamer and up
we climbed. We reached the fore-top-
gallant yard and just then the hull
reached the bottom. This lett US
lust above the surface of the water
but each swell dashed over our limbs.
Twelve survivors were there. Some OF
our crew tried TO reach the schooner but
she went to the bottom almost as quick as
the Nizcaya and lar as we could see there
was not a sail in sight One of the men
III the yard said while climbing he had
seen a boat lowered frpm the schooner
and seven men get in aud row away, but
We couldn't see ANYTHING ofit, although il
was a bright moonlight night. Then in
hope OF attracting attention we cut the
Jared ropes on the yard and lighting
them swnag them in the air, but in
vain. All through the long night we
c.ung to that yard growing colder and
sitter each hour. Toward daybreak one
OF the men thought he heard n steamer
passing and we all shouted as loud as we
could. Thee the boat made its APP
nearGnce add we were taken on board the
humboldt We could not have lasted
much longer" The collision is mex
plicable in view Of the statement OF DR..
Ricott that the night was n bright noon
light one and sea smooth.
A dispatch from Lewis, Delaware, TO
night says the tug Hercules that arrived
this evening reports that five of their men
we're on the Cornelius H~argraves. Ten
men from the Hargraves aud seven from
Elzcaya were picked up by schooner
Sarah l.. Davis aud transferred to the
Hercules The latter proceeded tor the
wreck to render assistance. but at mid
night met the tug Butler, which had been
TO the scene and found both vessels sunk
and all hands gone. They picked up the
body of a woman. The survivors report
that nearly a hundred people were cling
ing to the wreck at one time. The
schooner Hargraves cleared from Lewis
October 81, with coal for Fall River,
Mass