Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-01

DISASTROUS FLOODS PREVAIL
IN MEXICO.
Telegraph 10 the SEws.l
EIGHTY DROWNED.
The spanish Steamer 'NiScaya
Hun Down al BarneEe..

NEW York, Oct. si.-The Spcn-
ish steamship ii,c,.yt wis rim into
Off Barnegai By all unknown
schooner yesterday. Both vessels
were sunk. Tile chief .efileer,. sec;
ond officer, surseOn, one. engiDee-
and eight u the ctew o. tie steamer
were picked up. So far a. is known
these are the only persons out OF the
crew and passenger list Of eighty
six of the Ii-c1yI and crew OF the
unknown schooner that have been
saved. 1t is feared that all the
others were lost and that the list
will number Up to eighty, II not
mort
The details afe nieasre. The
IL,eayc left New YORK yesterday
afternoon for Havana, With mine
regular passeiiFets And 4 efew Of
seventy-seven. II is thought there
were some others on board not on
the list. At half-past eight Thurs.
day morning a large four nasted
schooner hove in sight and imme-
diately bore down on the steamer,
striking on the starboard bunkers,
carving away the bridge and cabin.
The CAPTAIN was instantly killed.
Seven minutes later 10th vessels had
sunk, and the passengers ani crews
were struggling in the water. The
steamer was a staunch vessel, anu
Captain Cuuill was one OF the most
trusted employees Of the line.
One Of tine passengers not on the
regular list wasJuan PedrO,a Cuban
millionaire, and director in the
steamship line. Among the other
uassepcers on board were: NJ. A.
t'alvo. wife. son and maid; Mr.
Purr and three children, 4. Ruiz,
Jose \. Caba, RAMON ALVAREZ,
Juan 2. Hedmsn, Oscar Islaur,
Luigi TelliuB, Jose Garcia,
syrsEo- sIco sAts
at the time of the collision be was
in the cabin talking to Mrs. Calyo;
Suddenly there came an awful
shock aud the steamer rolled wei
over on her port side. Everybody
in the cabin was thrown down, anu
Immediately a scene Of the widest
| confusion ensued.
.ENlrs. Calyo begged me TO save
ner son. and ] went upon the decs
% find him. There terrible scene
met NV eyes. Tn. bridge, deck
house aud tOrerigging were al torn
away. There was great cash III
the starboafd side Just above the
coal buukers, aud through this the
water was rushing. Close 10y ON the
starboard beam was big ioremastel
schooner. with her bows split and
for,-rigging gone and beams stove
! in. Men He.e running wildly on
ne decks, shouting all kinds oil
,rIers, aud ! can remember seeing
the crew Of the schooner doing
something on their vessel.
"rhe next thing ] knew TIE ws.el
! was washing over our decks. WIN
, wild idea Of saving ourselves,
everal Of Us clambered up into th'
art rigging. Down went the
steamer and up We clir,Jet. W.
! rachedthc fcratopmast and just theI
he hull reached bottom. This lei
IS lust above the Surface OF tn
gater, but each swell dashed owe
our limits. There were twelve sur
vivOrs there.
some o! our crew tried 10 reaei
the ,c,oones, but she went down nj
most n soon as our vessel, and, a
fa- As We c-,pli zee, rtcte va, not
all in signt. One OF the men II
he wards, while clinbing. sad u
had seen a boat
LOWERED FROM THE SCHOONER
md seven men get in and row away
mt we could not see anything OF u
although il was 4 bright moonliSh
D night. Then, in the hope OF attract
! irg attention, We cut the tarre
. ro6s= on the yards, and, lightin
] them, swung them In the AR, ont !
2 "A;l through the long night "
Q .lung 10 that yard, growing coide
{ and sitter each hour. Toward day
br.ak one or TIE hier Thought n
heard 4 p,ssing steamer, and We
baIloed as loud as we could. Inc
4 4 boat made it, appearance, anu v
!, we're taken on board the ifitaltotd
: Ne could not have lasted niue
!. longer go
: Tne collision il ineNplicab!e
view Of the statement Of DR.. lsic'
:, hat the night was A bright Inooi
: Iiyht one and the sea smooth.
q A dispatch from beEes, Neiawa0
II tonight. says the tug Hsreuses a
I, lived this evening and reports thi
= the schooner was the Cornelius ia
2 yrqrcs. Ten men from the ma
mares and seven from the l'-c1y
u were picked up by the schoon'
If Srrqh l.. Diris and transferred
il tbe Hercules. The latter proceedt
Il for the wreck 70 render assistanc
,t hut at midnight met the tug Buste
Is which had teen to the scene, Al
D. found beth vessels sunk and q
. hands gone. They picked up u
Ia bpdv of a woman. The survivors
port that nearly hundred peop
- were clinging TO the wreck at OF
of time. The schooner Hd-gTGr
u cleared from Lewes Oct. -; with co
So for Fall River. Mass.