Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
EAST OF TEE ROCKIES.
4 Terrible Collision and Loss Of
Life at Sea.
FULLY EIGHTY PERSONS LOST.
Ex-President Cleveland on the Po-
litical Situation-The Original
Package Law Valid.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcozD-uNIoN.I
DISASTER AT SEA.
A Spanish Steamer Goes Down With All
oD Board.

A Spanish Steamer Goes Down With All
on Board.
New YORK, October 3lst-The Spanish
steamship Vizcava was run INTO off Barne-
gat by an unknown schooner yesterday, and
both vessels were sunk. The Captain and
a great number of the p ssengeTs On the
steamer were lost. The fate of the crew of
the schooner is unknown.
The chief officer, second officer surgeon,
one engineer and eight of the crew 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 Vizcaya and the crew Of
the unknown schooner that have been
saved
1t is feared that all the others are 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
passengers and crew of seventy-seven. 1t
Is thought there were some others on board
not on the list.
At half-past s Thursday evening large
four -masted schooner hove in sight and
Immediately bore down on the steamer,
striking her on the starboard bunkers,
carrying away the bridge and cabin.
The Captain was instantly killed.
Seven minutes later both vessels had
sunk, and the passengers and crews were
struggling in the water. The steamer was
a stanch vessel, and Captain Bunill 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 a Director in the steamship line. The
other passengers on board, as far as learned,
were: NJ. A. Calvo, wife, son and maid;
Mr.. Purr and three children, A Ruiz, Jose
Acadia, Ramon Alvarez, Juan F. Hedman.
Oscar Islsur, Luigi Pellion and Jose Gar
cia.
Surgeon Rico says that at the time of the
collision he was in the cabin talking TO
Mrs. Calvo. Suddenly there came an
awful shock, and the steamer rolled well
over on her port aide. Everything in the
cabin was thrown down, and imm ediately
a scene of the widest confusion ensued.
MRS. Calyo begged me to save her son."
said the doctor, "and | went up on deck to
find him. There terrible scene met my
eyes. The bridge, deck-house and fore
rigging were all torn away. There was a
great cash in the starboard side, Just abaft
of the coal bunkers, and through this the
water was rushing. Close by, on the star
board beam, was a big four masted
schooner, with her bowsprit and fore
rigging gone and beams stove in. Men
were running about wildly on our decks,
shouting all kinds of orders, and l can re-
member seeing the crew of the schooner
doing the same on their vessel. The next
thing / knew the water was rushing over
our decks. With a wild idea of saving
ourselves, several of US clambered up
the port fore rigging. Down went the
steamer and up we climbed. We reached
the fOrotonpallant ward and inst thaD
hull reached the bottom. This left US Just
above the surface of the water, but each
swell dashed over our limbs. Twelve
survivors were there. Some of our crew
tried to reach the schooner, but she went
to the bottom almost as quick as the Viz
caya, and, as far as we could see, there was
not a sail in sight.
lone of the men on the yard said that
while climbing the. rigging he had seen
boat lowered from the schooner and seven
men get in and row away, but we could not
see anything of it, although it was a bright
moonlight night.
Then, in the hope of attracting atten-
ton, we cut the tarred ropes from 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 daybreak one of
the men thought he heard a steamer pass
ing, and we all shouted as loud as we
could. Then a boat made its appearance
and we were taken on board the Hum
boldt. We could not have lasted much
longer"
The collision is inexplicable in view of
the statement of DR.. Rico that the night
was bright moonlight one and the sea
smooth.
A dispatch from Lewes, Delaware, to-
night, says the tug Hercules arrived this
evening and reports that the schooner was
the Cornelius Hargraves. Ten men from
the Hargraves and seven from the Vizcaya
were picked up by the schooner Sarah L.
Davis and transferred to 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 vessels sunk and all hands
gone.
They picked up the body of woman.
The survivors report that nearly 100 people
were clinging to the wreck at one time.
The schooner Hargraves cleared from
Lewes, October 9th, with coal for Fall
River. Mass