Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-03
SEVENTY ONE LOST.
Another Account of the Coils.
ion Of Barnegat.
THE FAULT WAS THE STEAMSHIPS


says-Aii Her Lights Bright, Burn
Ing and n Torchiight shown. Sut I'm
apswer-d-A Terrible Night Afioat ON
Gang PIsnk-rweive Men Drop on
One by one-rh~ Harg raves Crew All
Saved.
NEW York. Nov As near ~ can be
asceriailefi th were IOl per.o MS In all
on boarl the two ill-fa ed vrs ,-.s which
came in collision of Is ,rnegat light Thurs
day night. OF these thirty have been res
cued. intending the whole crew-eleyen In
number-of the Cornelius Hargraves. The
latter were brought In during Saturday.
the second mate OF the schooner Walker
having been picked up a1oat on gang
plank BY pilot boat, and the Others in
a boat with the captain. Walker gave an
account of the disaster as soon rs he had
some what recovered from the effects OF
exposure. and lays the blame Of the eollis-
ion on the Vizcsya's officers. Walker is an
intelligent Yankee sailor, and told q
straightforward story.
All Her Lights Burning.
He said: Thursday evening was fair
the sky clear and the sea smooth. A fair
breeze was blowing of the land We had
everything set slow and aloft. Our lights
We're up and burning. l was in charge of
the deck, AMI had one man at the wheel,
another forard, and another was loung-
ing in the waist The rest OF the crew
We're below just as darkness settled
down, about 6:l5. | think, we saw a
steamer about nine miles away. At the
time we were steering just about north
east, and the steamer was headed south
by east. We both held in our course
After bit l saw her green light plain
and told Capt, Allen, who was below, that
she was bearing down upon us. He said
all right, TO show her the torchlight.
Bad Lookout on the Steamer.
Il flashed the torch. but the steamer
didn't answer. She kept right on her
course. We were geteing pretty close TO
her by that time and called the captain
upon deck. He told the man at the wheel
TO keep her as she was-that we bad the
right of way. saw then that there was
going to be a smash IL something wasn't
done quick. A turn OF one spoke of the
wheel of either vessel would have been all
that was needed 10 make them clear. The
Spaniard never made q move to change
her course nor give any signal that she
saw Us. Capt. Allen grabbed the wheel
aud tried to put the helm down, but it
was too late. We banged square into the
steamship
The Inevitable Collision.
@We were loaded deep and our jibboom
was peaked high SO that when We struck
the steamer that hit the bridge, smash
ing 1t and also all the boats on the star
board side. The two vessels hung to-
gether for minute. then the schooner
swung round alongside of the steamer.
As soon as she did so a lot of the crew of
the steamer jumped down on our decks.
The minute the collision happened our
men below tnmbled up on deck and ran
aft where the boat hung on the davits
The captain ordered me to stop the
Spanish sailors. who were jumping of
their vessel to get our boats. and l obeyed
orders In the meantime the captain got
few men in his boat and rowed away,
leaving me on the sinking vessel
Afioat on Gang Plank.
There was big gang plank in the top
of the house, and / ia, 1chei il overheard
When got it over looked for the steam
er. but she had sunk. Tn. schooner was
just about ready TO go down, too. so 1
threw of my coat and jumped overheard.
grabbed the plank and got far enough
away to get out Of the suction when she
went under For minute or two il
seemed like there was men thrashine
round in The water on all sides never
heard such shrieks in my life When I
got a chance TO look around | saw that
there were twelve men besides myself
holding on to the plank. All around US
was wreckage Of all kinds thought
the captain would come back and pick us
up. but he did not
One by One They Went Down.
The wind was blowing off shore and it
blew us slowly away from the wreck and
out to sea Every few minutes a swell
would roll the plank over aud every one
would go under water. As the Spaniards
were yelling all the time they would get a
mouthful of water at every roll and one
or more of them would drop OFF and sink.
tried TO make them keep their mouths
shut, but they kept calling on some saint
all the time. IL was awful Every time
one would sink he would give terrible
yell just MS he would go down. By Q
O'Clock the last man had gone down and
was left alone. After found was alon c
l got astrike OF the plank. looked ali
around. but not a soul or a boat could /
see.
Laid in some Provisions
Il got piece of board floating along
and tried 10 paddle myself toward land.
tut could not make any Roadway. The
moon made II light. About midnight /
passed chicken coop floating In it were
two ducks | took them out and tied
them TO my suspender-, thinking that if
I was long afioat they would keep hunger
of The swell got heavier. and after a
while 1t washed my two ducks loose aud
carried them away. / fioated along with
out Anything happening until O'Clock
the next morning, when the pilot boat
Marshall came along and picked me up
Political Circulars StoIeE-
NEW YORK, Nov 8 -Sixty-seyen thou
sand circulars OF the Peoples Municipal
league, containing he last appeal of the
league TO the voters of this city. were
stolen from the postofice in some mystic
rious manner Saturday. together with
the STAMPED euyelou-s containing them