Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
The Second Mate Of the Ill-Fated Viz
caya Tells of the Disaster.
Scores Of People From Both Vessels Drowning
All Around HIm-The Cowardly Act OF
tina yizcaya's Captain.

! VlVors picked up by the pilot boat re-
turned. They brought seven OF the Viz
caya' 3 crew and one of the schooner 8
crew. These men fully confirm all that
has been said OF the terrible suiferiugs Of
the survivors. At 1:50 a dispatch was
| received from Lewes, Del, stating that
Second Engineer Arthur Gueralla,
| Fourth Engineer Leopold Mediarella, the
second boatswain, second cook and fire.
man aud two sailors had arrived there,
also that the body of the stewardess of
! the Vizcaya had come ashore and would
be buried. The pilot boat, Charles II.
Marshall No. 8, anchored off Tomkins-
Vile at O'Clock this morning, having
| on board five sailors of the
ILL-FATED STEAMSHIP vIZCAYA,
and Second Mate Walker of the Cornell
ius Hargraves. The pilot boat picked
them up five miles south of the scene of
the terrible disaster ut CLOCK yester-
day morning.
Mate Walker, who is an intelligent
young Yankee, gave to a reporter who
boarded the Marshall this morning q
graphic and detailed account of the lis
aster. He said: 81 had just finished
supper and came on deck few minutes
before O'Clock Thursday evening. l
saw the Vizcaya about five miles off,
her green light shoue on the port side. l
did not feel the least bit uneasy, ss our
lights were burning and must have been
plainly visible to those on board the Span
lard. We were sailing at the rate of
about
EIGHT KNOTS AN HOUR,
and neared the Spanish ship rapidly. l
turned a flare light 10 show him that q
sailing vessel was near, but he held on
his way and l began to think that we
might strike him or he us if one of us did
not alter our course. l called the
captain and first mate, Henry Pheran,
10 come on deck. When the captain
came he loukeu at the cloud of canvas on
the Spanish ship and then at our sails,
all OF which were set. Think we will
strike them, captain l ventured. !
Yes. we will. Hard port, hard q
port, lie shouted, but too late.
LIKE RACE HORSE,
our vessel started forward. We struck |
the VizcRya emidships, and l hope to |
God l may never be witness to such |
another scene. The Hargravs tore |
great hole in the Spaniard s side. l saw !
our bowspit sweep along her deck, and q
man with gold buttons and peaked cap,
whom took TO be the captain. The
captain was knocked off the bridge.
Then the vessel swung slowly about until
almost side by side. For fraction of
second there was the solemn hush of
death. then 9 chorus of
ACCOUNTING HUMAN CRIES
burst forth-men and women dsrted
hither and thither on the big ships
decks, and soon l heard the sound of
their feet as they jumped down on our
would find safety, but alas our ship was
as sorely wounded as theirs. moment
after the crash l caught glimpse OF
Capt. Aliens face. which was white,
then as he heard the panic stricken peo-
pie dropping on our deck, he shouted
20 me: Keep them back, let US save
lur men frst-to the boats, men, to the
1oats. He himself, with a broad AK,
cut away the fastening of the long boat
Ind Jumped in, the frat mate and three |
If our crew followed him, meanwhile L |
vas fighting gang of Spaniards who |
we're bent on getting our boats. Snd-
!enly, as looked around, saw that
Alien had showed of with his
FOUR COMPANIONS.
The boat would easily have carried ten.
jumped into the rigging and shouted,
Captain, you are not going to desert I
our second mate, are you? For Gods
axe come back He shouted to me in I
eply what il was l don't know, but l
aw him waving his hand In farewell, !
nd l knew that the coward had made s
#, leaving the rest of the crew TO
erish. There were ten of us on the c
Iargrave, all told. For q moment l G
idn't know what TO do. 1 saw nv COM v
anious mounting the rigging with a
nd IF iurhs pf THAR baoIs \ oil I n
le schooner sinking, and fearing she t
ould be submerged, masts and all, 1
abbed big gangplank aud p
JUMPED OVERHEARD.
I went under water and when arose q
gain the men were jumping off the t
hooner into the water all around me,
lnally counted thirteen of the VIZ
Iya's crew clinging to the gang plank c
it'll me. One was gentle-faced Span
h lad about sixteen years old. The
q was quite calm but there was heavy Ii
veil. We were all sitting estraddle of Il
70 plank. Suddenly an extra heavy sea h
rned our raft bottom side up and we h,
| went over with it, down into the h,
alter. felt feet aud arms and legs ri
cking all about me. When got to the II
rface again l climbed back on the y,
auk, and then enc by one the others
me Dack until counted seven. A
mute later another big wave
WASHED US ALL OVER AGAIN. y,
When got back to the plank there q =!
are only five of MS. all told, one of 10
EN- bsing the handsome Spanish bow.
Q could speak little English, and he ~
ID great nerve. Our chances are ~
lightly thin, he said to me. 1 acou,-
liesced, and he said: Every time the th
lnk turns over grow weaker; 1 don't Gu
ink can last much longer We'll. 1 In
ess we will go, told him. but let US 70
Id on as long as We can. When We go w
der, hold your breath and don Il swal- n,
v the salt water. l don't know how N,
lg can live, but I'll live as long as 1 in,
a. the poor lad returned, smiling in
eetlY, and few minutes later his or
I'D fell forward on the board. I tried 20
work my way up to him. but before I ve
nld reach him he gave a great choking e;e
, and rolled over into the deep. He de-
med m,
TO SINK LIKE LEAD
There were only four of US left.
aid see that the others could not last
e. They were IN the water hanging =,
the gang plank with their hands and 90