New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-02
THE LIST OF SAVED GROWS.
PICKING UP THE vIzCAYA'S SHIPwRECKET
PEOPLE.
ADDITIONAL REscuEs FROM FLOATING WRECK
AGE REPoRTED-THE CAUSE OF THE
COLLISION STILL A MYSTERY.

COLLISION STILL MYSTERY
III. ;,l.fated vizcaya. the Spanish steamer which
S,s SINK by a collision off Barnegat Thursday
h;sbt still lies at the bottom of the sea, but IL
ls evident that the loss of life is not so great
nc was at first supposed. The list of those saved
from the wreck of the schooner Hargraves and
rom the steamer was swelled yesterday by the
incoming of the pilot boat Marshall which brought
syo men from the Vizcaya and one from the Har'
,rayes. who had been picked up at sea while
singing 70 pieces OF wreckage and to hfc~pre-
)ervers.
A dispatch was received yesterday by Ceballos
4 Co from the Delaware Breakwater, saying that
.;ebt men from the Vizcaya had been landed at
that place The wrecking tug Ocean King Is on
the scene of tie disaster and has reported having
recovered quantity of blocks and Rigging from
the Vizcaya The agent of Ceballos ~ 20 NJ
I.wes Delaware, telegIaphed yesterday morning
that the survivors brought in there were second
Engineer Arturo Gucrala, Fourth Engineer Leo
noldo Mediarala, the second boatswain, second
cook. one fireman and two sailors
II is now denied that any sails were SET on ooaro
the Vizcaya when the collision occurred, so 1ne
spproach of the schooner could not nave reeh
hidden from the officer on the nfiose ny 'he
canvas forward Captain Cunil was in the smok-
warning blast from the Vizcaya's whistle, rushed
on the bridge, to meet his death. Inc Ihiro OIL
6cer was on watch at the time
II is estimated now that from the TWO VesSeis
tor,v.four have been saved and sixty-hve are lost
Tn. names of those brought in by the pllotnoat
Morsbau Yesterday were Joseph Gonzales, PABLO
JuIia Francisco Garcia Otisz, 5. Rodei, Joseph
Corasiaou and A. j. Walker, second mate OF the
schooner Hargraves.
Mr. Walker said that when the two vessels came
in collision they swung around for moment size
nv side and the crew of the steamer maoe al at
,.mpt TO board the schooner. Captain Alien ne
charged with having left the schooner IN boat
with four men, when the boat was large enough
,o have carried sixteen with safety. 1t is Thought
that both CAPTAINS were reckless, and that either
eould have avoided the collision by giving way
no;nt three minutes before the collision occurred
7 Walker. the second mate of the liar
graves who is an intelligent man ABOUT twenty
three. said to a reporter yesterday had lhisheu
sumner Thursday night and came on deck aoou'
: o'clock | saw the Vizcaya about nVe mics
away. Her lights plainly visible we were
sailing at the rate OF about eight KNOTS an hoor
ord neared the Spanish vessel rapidly. | then
,nrned a fare light to show the stranger that a
calling vessel was near, but she kept right on
.Ion co,lod Contain Allen. who looked at the
cIoud of canvas the vizcaya was flying, and soon
decided That we were in danger OF COLLISION
ue ordered the helm to he put hard to port, put
:, ,ros too late We struck the Nizcaya amid
ships.
| saw our bowsprit sweep along her uecN
and a man wearing gold buttons on MS
coat and "A peaked cap. whom 'ooh
for her captain. was Knocked OH 'ne
bridge. The vessels then slowly swung about I'M
ill nearly side by side and a chorus OF agohlzlns
cries burst forth Men and women darted hither
and thither on the big steamships decks, ana soon
| heard the sound made by them while IN inc acV
of jumping down on our deck. Ihere Weic ,en
of us on the IIargraves all told Five had lel'
tie vessel in the longboat, while had been ligh'-
,rc a oanr of Spaniards who wanted to take pos
session of our boats / felt the schooner 10 oe
sinking. Most of my comrades were climbing the
rigg;rg feared that the vessel would be sub
merged. masts and ALL so I grabbed big gang
plank and jumped overheard with It,
AS soon as / rose to the surface | got hold
nf the blank to which thirteen of the Spanish
vessels men were clinging. The sea was not
rough but there heavy, long swell All
Of sudden a big wave washed us all on the
plank When / got back to it again there were
only seven of us left. Another wave carried OH
two men. One by my comrades slipped on
and disappeared. BY o'clock | was alone upon
the plank The moon shone brightly, but III was
freezing cold and had TO battle with myself all
the time to keep from giving up and going down
About o'clock Friday morning / came up TO a
Spaniard who had better raft than mine. who
had been swept off the gang plank. then swan
20 him and we were picked up by the pilot boat
Marshall at about o'clock.
The IIargraves left the Delaware Brealtwater
at 6 o'clock Thursday morning, and should nave
arrived at Fall River to-day"
While floating OH his raft Mr.. Walker says that
a coop from one of the vessels came floating Dy III
which were two ducks He secured the coop ana
tied the ducks to his suspenders thinking that
even if he hoated out to sea he could not be hum
CRY as long as he held on to the ducks A big
wave however, came along and carried the ducks
away, likewise the suspenders
Captain Allen has been heard Irom Ills story
will explain all.
First Officer Haas of the lost Vizcaya, made
q statement yesterday, in which he SAID was
i'm the room of the second officer al the time OF
The collision. 1t after o'clock. Suddenly
] heard the bell in the engine-room give the signal
10 stop and back. rushed on deck and iouna
that the Roadway of the steamer was stopped.
Then came the collision We got our boat clear
and swung cupboard, but just we did it the
vessel went down. | managed to reach The lower
forcmast-hcad AS the ship sank One of the men
who was clnging there with me through the ter
rihle night became exhausted and dropped on
and was drowned. All OF us OH 'ic uidsu onoutou
for help for hours at time, until we We're 100
hoarse TO cry out any more. The course OF the
Vizcaya was south 10 degrees west at the time OF
the collision and the wind was northwest 1
Jaw no lights on the schooner m
Point Pleasant. y. j.. Nov. 1.-The crews OF the
rar;ous life-saving stations along the coast are
CONSTANTLY patrolling the beach, but so lar nave
ts,nn unable 10 discover any more bodies that
nav have been washed ashore from the two
wrecked vessels. The spars of the Nlzcaya could
t.e sccn plainly to-day from the shore; wreck
NC Steamer is living alongside the wreck, and there
SEEMS to be little doubt that the bodies which
were carried down in the cabins and stokeholes
~. wcssel is raised The steamer lies directly in
the line of ocean travel and is dangerous oDstruc-
ton to navigation She is about ten miles from IRON,
shore The schooner. although ful OF Wa.eI, s',li
aoats and has drifted a considerable distance TO
the eastward
STORY OF THE SCHOONERS FlkSl MALE
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