The morning call., 1890-11-01
NEARLY ALL
WERE LOST.
A Fearful Collision Of the New
Jersey Coast,
The Spanish Steamer YizCaya and the
Schooner HarSraYeS Both Sunk.
In Ocean Horror That Sent In the Neigh
bUThOOd Of One Hundred People
10 The Bottom.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

NEW YORK, oct. 31.-The Spanish steam
an unknown schooner yesterday, and both
vessels were sunk. The fate of the crew Of
the schooner is unknown.
The chief officer, second officer, surgeon.
one engineer and eight of the crew of the
steamer were picked up.
So far as known these are the only per-
sons out of the crew and passenger list Of
eighty-six of the Vizeaya and the crew of
the unknown schooner that have been saved.
1t is feared that the others were lost. and
that the list will number up to eighty if not
more. The details are meager.
The Vizcaya left New York yesterday
afternoon for Havana with nine regular pas
sengers and crew of seyenty-seven. 1t is
thought there were some others on board
who were not on the list. At $50 o'clock
Thursday evening a large four-masted
schooner hove in sight and Immediately
bore down on the steamer, striking her on
the starb0ard bunkers and carrying away
the bridge and cabin. The captain was in-
stantly killed. Seven minutes later 10th
vessels had sunk, and the passengers and
crews were struggling in the water. The
steamer was a stanch 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, 4 Cuban millionaire
and Director of the steamship line.
The ether passengers on board as far as
learned were:
NJ. a. CALVo. wife, son and maid.
Mr.. PURE and three children.
A. RUIZ.
JOSE ACADIA.
RAMON ALVAREZ
JUAN f. HEDMAN.
OSCAR lsLAUR.
LUIGI PELLION.
JOSE GARCIA.
Surgeon Rico says at the time of the COL
lsi0n ne was in the cabin, talking to Mrs.
Calyo. Suddenly there came an awful
her port side. Everybody in the cabin was
thrown down and Immediately a scene Of
the widest confusion enSued.
Mrs. Calvo begged me TO save her son,
and went up on deck TO ind him. There
terrible scene met my eyes. The bridge,
deck-house and fore rigging were all torn
away. There was great cash in the star
board side just abaft the cOal-bunkers. and
through this the water was rushing Close
by on the staTbOard beam was big four
maSted schooner with her bowsprit and fore
rigging gone and her beams stove in. Men
were running about wildly on our decks
Shouting all kinds of orders, and can re-
member seeing the crew of the schooner
doing tie same on their vessel.
"The next thing / knew the water was
washing our decks. With the wild idea of
saving ourselves several of us clambered up
the fore rigging. Down went the steamer,
and up " e climbed. We reached the fore
topgallant yard. and just then the hull
rea he'd the bottom.
This left US just above the surface of the
water but each swell washed over our lines.
Twelve survivors we're there. Some of our
crew tried to reach the schooner, but she
went to the bottom almost as quick as the
Nizcaya. and as far as we could see there
was not sail in sight.
''One Of the men in the yard said that
while cliBging to the rigging lie had seen
boat lowered from the schooner and seven
men get in and row away, but we could not
see aGythin! Of it although it was bright,
moonlight night Then, in the hope of at
tracing attention, we cut the tarred ropes
on the yard, and lighting them slung them
in the air, but in vain. All through the
long night We clung to that yard, growing
colder and sitter each hour.
Toward day break one of the men thought
he heard a steamer passing, and we all
shouted as loud as We could. Then boat
made its appearance and we were taken on
board the humboldt We could not have
lasted much longer"
The collision is iBexplicable, in view of
the statement of DR.. Rico that the night was
bright moonlight one and the sea smooth.
a dispatch from Lewes, Del, tonight
Gays the tug Hercules arrived this evening
and rep0rts that the schooner WAS the Cor
nelius Hargraves. Ten men from the Har-
graves and seven from the Vizcaya were
picked up by the schooner Sarah l.. Davis
and transferred 10 the Hercules. The latter
proceeded for the wreck to render assistance.
but at midnight met the tug Eutler. which
had been to the scene and found both YES
sells sunk and all hands gone. They picked
up the body OF a woman. The survivors re-
port that nearly 100 people were clinging to
the wreck at one time. The schooner Har-
graves cleared from Lewes October 9th
with coal for EalI kiYer Mass