Evening journal., 1890-11-01
A WATERY GRAVE.
Two Ships Sunk at Sea in Seven
Minutes.
OVER EIGHTY DROWNED.
Dreadful Collision and Death Strng-
gle in the Dark.


and Their Subsequent Fight for Life
Told by Handful Of the vlzcaya's
Crew-Her Passengers All Drowned, ana
but Twelve Ont OF the Crew of Seventy
seven Reached shore Alive-The Fate
OF the schooner's Crew stm shrouded
In Mystery.
NEW YORK, Nov. six miles off Barne-
gat, on the Jersey coast, on Thursday even
ing was the steamship Vizcaya on her way
to Havana. Near by was an unknown and
probably unseen sohoone, The night was
clear-the moon shining brightly; the sea
smooth. The hour was half past eight
Seven minutes later both vessels were at
the bottom of the sea, and with them sank
eighty-one Of their passengers and crews.
In those seven minutes collision and
death struggle with the waves had taken
place, a Scene had occurred which even the
dozen survivors cannot give the details Of
without stopping to make sure that il is
not all a horrible dream.
Fourteen OF the Dead.
The entire lot Of passengers Of the Viz
caya were lost Their names are, Senor
Juan Pedro, partner OF the firm Of J. NJ.
Ceballos s. Co, OF this city, and one Of the
owners OF the lost steamship; M. a. Calyo,
wife and SOM M. purr and two children;
Mr.. A. Ruiz, Jose Acaibia, Ramon Al
varez, Juan f. Hedmau, Oscar Islam, Lgui
Pellion and jose NJ Garcia
Twelve of the crew OF seventy-seven were
saved from the steamship. The fate OF the
crew of the schooner is still unknown. The
FIRST news received Of the disaster in this
city was when the steamer Humboldt, from
Brazil, arrived at her dock in Brooklyn
having on board the twelve survivors OF the
catastrophe, which she had picked up at
daybreak.
Saved by the Humboldt
Capt Black. Of the Humboldt, said that
at daybreak his ship was off Barnegat
light. Suddenly from their or port bow
came a cry for help. Peering in that direc-
tion through the mist Of the early morning
the officers OF the Humboldt saw three
masts sticking out Of the water, aud cling.
ing to the yards and rigging people were
seen. Quickly a boat was lowered and rowed
| to the unfortunate people There were
twelve OF them--all snilors-clinging to the
spars, and their JOY was unspeakable when
they were taken in the boat. They all be
longed to the steamship Vizcaya, and their
names are as follows;
Felipe Hams, first officer; Gabriel Covas,
second officer; Francisco Seera, first en-
gineer; DIR. Andres Rico, surgeon; Serene
Carlos, +. Lopez, Juan Seyjas, Angel Leon,
/ Jose MendinnA Camerro, Ramon Martinez,
Ramon Perez and p. Arellano, seamen.
just i'm the Nick Of Time.
The men were chilled to the bone from
their exposure 10 wind and wave, and
could hold out but little longer They
were taken ON board the Humboldt,
brought to this city and taken at once to
the Office Of J. NJ. Ceballos a. Co., 80 Wall
street, the owners Of the Yizcaya. The
firm had received notice Of the loss Of their
vessel from the Maritime exchange but a
few minutes before the survivors walked
into the ofiiee. For the next hour oil WaE
excitement in the Office OF Ceballpe &, Co
None Of the survivors could talk English
and for some time il was impossible to OBJ
tain from any Of them a correct account oi
the wreck. From DR. Rico the best account
was obtained. DIR. Rico said:
DIR. Rico's Graphic story.
weather was fine, the moon shone bright
and the sea was smooth 1t was about {
o'clock when was on deck, and took a few
turns back and forth while smoking an
afterdinner cigarette. / didn't see any
vessel near us. The ship was in charge OF
the first officer, who was on the bridge.
went down to the saloon then and there
met Mrs. Calvo. We sat down and began
talking. Suddenly heard the gong in the
engine room ring the stop signal Be
fore could even wonder what IL was for,
there came an awful shock, q crashing.
scraping sound on the deck over our heads.
and the steamer rolled over on her port
side. Everybody In the saloon was thrown
down. All was excitement--men, women
and children shrieking for help--from what
they didn't know Mrs. Calvo seized my
hands and begged me 70 find and save her
boy. told her l would. / started up TO
the deck to find him.
IL Was a Terrible Scene.
"When got out Of the companionway
a terrible scene met my eyes. The bridge.
deckhouse and foreriRging were all torn
away, there was a great cash in the star.
board side just abaft the coal bunkers,
and through this opening the water was
pouring in. Close by on our sfarboard
beam was a big four masted schooner, her
bowsprit and forerigging gone and her
bow stove in. She, too, was filling rapid
ly. MeH were running here and there ali
over our decks, shouting all kinds Of or.
ders, and / can remember seeing the crew
of the schooner doing the same thing on
their vessel
They Climbed for Their Lives.
The next thing knew the water was
making over our decks. The steamer was
fast sinking. With wild idea OF saving
ourselves, several of the crew and myself
scrambled up the port forcrigging. Down,
down went the steamer and up we climbed.
We reached the foregallant yard, and just
then the hull reached the bottom.
"This left us Just out of water, but a
very large swell would wet our legs. There
were twelve Of us on the yard. Some OF
our crew had tried TO reach the schooner,
but she had sunk almost as quickly as had
the vizcaya, and as far as we could see not
a sotd but ourselves was In sight
Signals Of Distress.
zone Of the men on the yard said that
while climbing the rigging he had seen a
boat lowered from the schooner and seven
men got in and rowed away. We looked
all around but couldn't see anything.
Then, In hope Of attracting the attention
from some passing vessel or some one on