The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-01
SUNK IN THE OCEAN.
A Steamer and a Schooner Col
Tide and Both go Down.
SCORES OF PEOPLE DROWNED.
The Vessels Sank Within Five Minutes After
the Aceident-The Story of a Survivor
Scenes and Incidents.

| NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-The Spanish steam
ship ViZcaya was run into off Barnegal by
an unknown schooner yesterday, and both
vessels sunk. The captain ard siXty-one
passengers of the steamer are lost The
tate OF the crew of the schooner is I'M
known. The chief officer, second office,
surgeon, one engineer and eight of the
crew were picked up.
so far as known these are the only per-
sons ont OF the crew and u passenger list
OF eight Six of the Vizcaya and the crew
OF the unknown schooner have been saved.
1t is feared all the others are lost and that
the list will number up to eighty, if not
more. Details meagre.
The Vizcaya left New York yesterday
afternoon for Havana with nine regular
passengers and crew of seventy seven.
1t is thought there were some others on
board not on the list. At half past Thurs
day morning large four masted schooner
move IN sight and Immediately bore down
on the steamer, striking on the starboard
ounkers, carrying away the bridge and
CABIN. ihe captain was instantly killed
Seven minutes later both vessels had sunk
and the passengers and crew were strug-
Cling In the water. The steamer was
staunch vessel and Captain Cunill was one
OF the most trusted employees of the line
One OF the passengers not on the regular
list, was Juan Pedro, Cuban millionaire
and director in the steamship line. Among
the other passengers on board as learned,
were M. A. Calvo, wife, son and maid:
Mr.. Purr and three children. A Ruiz. Jose
ACADIA, Ramon Alvarez, Juan F. Hedman,
oscar lslaur, Luigi Pellion and Jose Gar
cia.
Surgeon Rico says: eat the time of the
collision | was in the cabin talking to Mrs.
Calvo. Suddenly there came an awful
shock and the steamer reeled well over on
the port side. Everybody in the cabin was
thrown down and Immediately scene of
the widest confusion ensued. Mrs. Calvo
begged me to save her son and wentup on
deck to find him. There terrible scene
met my eyes. The bridge, deck house and
fore rigging were all torn away. There
was great cash in the starboard side
Just above the coal bunkers, and
through this the water was rushing.
Close by on the starboard beam was
big four masted schooner with her
bowsprit and her two forerigging gone
and beams stove in. Men were running
wildly on the decks shouting all kinds of
orders and L can remember seeing the
crew OF the schooner doing something on
their vessel. The next thing l know the
water was washing over our deck With
a wild idea of saving ourselves several of
US clambered up part OF the rigging when
down went the steamer and up we climbed |
We reached the fore and just then the hull |
reached the bottom. This left us lust
above the surface of the water but each |
swell dashed over our limbs. Twelve sur |
yiyors were there. Some of our crew
tried to reach the schooner, but she went
to the bottom almost as quick as our vessel |
and so far as we could see there WAS not a
sail in sight One of the men
in the yard while climbing said |
he had seen a boat lowered from
a cnhnNnnr. ON :.
away, but we could not see anything of it, |
although it was bright moonlight night. |
Then In the hope Of attracting attention.
we put tarred ropes on the yard, and light
ing them, swung them in the air, but ali in |
vain. Although it was long night we |
chung to that yard, growing colder and |
SITTER each hour. Toward daybreak one !
OF the men thought he heard a steamer
passing and we all hallowed as loud as we |
could. Then boat made its appearance
and we were taken on board the Humboldt. |
We could not have lasted much longeru
The collision is ineXplicable in view of |
the statement of DR.. Rico that the night |
was bright moonlight one and the sea |
smooth.
New YORK, Oct. 31-A dispatch from
Lewes, Delaware, tonight. SAYS the tug
Hercules, arrived this evening and reports |
the schooner was the Cornelius Hargraves.
Ten men from the Hargraves and seven
from the Viccaya, were picked up by the
schooner Sarah l.. Davis and transferred
to the Hercules. The latter proceeded to
the wreck to render assistance, but at
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 woman. The survivors re-
port that nearly hundred people were
clinging to the wreck at one time. The
schooner Aargrave cleared from Lewes Oc-
tober 81. with coal for Fall River, Masaa
,husets