The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-02
THE OCEAN DISASTER.
An Officers Account OF the Collision OF Barne-
gat.

An Officers Account OF the Collision Of Barne-
gat.
NEW YORK, Nov 1.-Second Mate Walker
of the schooner Cornelius Hargraves, gives
the following account of the collision: " l
had just come on deck few minutes be-
fore Z o'c.ock Thursday evening. saw the
Vizeaya five miles off. green light showing
on the port side Our lights were burning
and must have been plainly visible to those
on board the Spaniard. We were sailing
at the rate Of eight knots an hour and
neared the Spanish snip rapidly. turned a
flare light to show him a sailing vessel was
near, but he held on his way. was in
charge of the deck. Finally called the cap
tain. We can clear him, guess he said.
and we held cn our way. l finally ventured
| think we will strike them, captain
Yes, we will. Hard port! Hard port!
lie shouted, but it was too late. Like race
horse cur vessel darted forward, and we
struck the Vizcaya amidships. The Har-
graves tore great hole in the Spaniard's
side. Then the vessel swung slowly about,
until almost side by side. Then a
chorus of agonizing cries burst forth.
Men and women darted hither and
down on our decks, but our ship was as
sorely wounded as their own. AS Captain
Allen heard the panic-Stricken people drop
ping on our deck, he shouted to me:
Walker. keep them back. Let's save our
own crew first. Men, to the boats1 He
boat and jumped in. The first mate and
three of our crew followed. | looked
around and saw Allen shove off with four
companions. The boat would easily have
carried eighteen. The coward had made off,
leaving the rest Of his crew to perish"
Walker threw a gang-plank overheard.
and followed it. A large number of per-
sons clung to it, and it was capSzed again
and again, each time losing some freightaga
OF human life. Finally the number was re-
duced to five. They lost strength gradu-
ally, and one by one let go and sunk into
and again he was washed overheard, but
struggled back. At o'clock in the morning
he fell in with il Spanard, who had raft
of spars, and joined him. Soon after they
were picked up by the tug.
The list OF rescued now fOots up forty
two, leaving siXty-seven missing.
LEwEs (Del.), Nov. 1.-The survivors OF
the collision of the steamer ViZcaya and the
schooner Cornelius Hargrave brought here
last night are as follows:
From the Cornelius Hargrave Captain
John +. Allen of Fall River, First Mate IL,
c. Perring Of Philadelphia, Andrew Hansen
of Boston. John Smith Of England, George
Durand of Philadelphia, John Anderson of
Boston, Tborald Thoradson of Norway,
Harvey Gamer Of Philadelphia. and Hans
NJ. Holmsen of Cbristiana, Norway-all sea-
men.
From the Vizcaya-.Arturo Gerala of San
lander, Leopoldo Mediavilla of Cadiz; Angel
Esxandon of Santander, Leandro Galcia Of
Bilbao, Andres Calda OF Port Vendres, Alon-
70 Abartiela of Cadiz and Ramon Camana
of Coruna.
First Mate Perrin of the schooner Har-
graves arrived at Philadelphia this evening
and told his story. He says the blame of
the collision rests entirely with the steamer
people, as the schooner's lights were burn
ing and she had the right of way. When
the steamer was close aboard, instead of
putting her helm to port she put it hard
a-starboard, and, before the schooner could
be cleared, the crash came. Mate Perrin's
story differs from that of Mate Walker re-
gardng the actions of the captain. He says
seven Of the Hargrayes' crew, including the
captain and himself and four of the Span
iards. got into the schooner's long-boat and
three Of the crew and three of the Spaniards
in the small boat They rowed until early
next morning, when they were picked up
by the schooner Davis and alterward trans
ferred to the tug. Perrin adds that when
Captain Allen saw the Spanard paying no
attention to the schooner's flare signals he
blew the steam whistle. when the Spaniard
seemed for the first time to see them, and
then came the fatal error in her steering.