Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-01
4 Steamer and Schooner Collide
and Both Vessels Sink.
A Total OF Sixty-0ne People are Lost.
Twelve Persons of the Steamer
F.zcaya Rescued.
The survivors, Unable to Give Particulars o,
the Collision or Its Cause.-The Steamer
Vas rouni for Havana.

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| day. reports that at O CLOCK this morn
ing, six miles east of Barnegalt, he
| sighted a wreck and bore down to it.
| The wrecked vessel proved TO be the
steamer Vizcaya, which sailed yesterday
for Havana. He saw several persons in
the rigging, and sent boat to their
rescue. The chief and second officer
surgeon. one engineer and eight of the
crew were taken off and brought here
The persons rescued state that on the
evening OF the 30th INST. at 8 CLOCK the
steamer
WAS RUN INTO
by four masted coal-laden schooner.
supposed to be bound northward. Both
vessels sank within five minutes. u One
colored boy was taken ashore bv the
schooner's boat and landed at Barne-
giat. 8.
Capt. Cumill of the vizcaya was
drowned, as we're also part of her crew,
in all about sixty-one persons
The four passengers of the Vizcaya
were also lost. They were Cuban mil
lionaire, his wife and two children.
The captain and crew of the schooner
are supposed to be lost.
The survivors are unable to give the
particulars of the collision or it's cause.
The Vlzcaya belonged to the Spanish
line of steamers plying between New
York and Havana.
The steamer was bound for Havana,
Santiago De Cuba, Colon and other Gem
trail American ports, with g general
cargo of merchandise. The captain was
francisco Cunlll, one of the most exper-
fenced and trusted officers OF the com
pauy. The other Off 'ers were first off,
Ger Felipe Haas; second officer. Fran
eisaogy1oFas; third officer, name not
known; purssr. Senior Desc; doctor,
Valdes Rico; chief engineer, Francisco
Sierra; SECOND engineer, Aguizala. The
vessel was staunch and seaworthy, and
had been entirely renova ted and new
cabins placed in her short tins ago.
The following is q list of passengers:
Juan Pedro, N. A. Calvo, wife. son
and maid, Mr.. Purr and thFee children,
Mr.. A. Ruiz, Jose Aeaibis, Remon AL
varez Juan F. Holman, Oscar Islaver,
Liqu Psliion. Jose NJ. Garcia.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The steamship ViZceya of the Spanish
American line, coIlided with four
masted schooner on Thursday evening
when six miles off Banegate, and both
vessels sunk almost immediately. 1t is
SUI posed that over sixty people
have been lost. The steamer
Humboldt, which arrived in BrroKlyn
this morning from Brazil rescued eight of
the crew, the first aud second officers,
sEEineer and surgeon of the VlZcaya. So
Tar as is know IL at present these ars the
only persons out OF a total crew and pas
seuger list of eighty-siX of the Vizcaya
and crew of the unknown schooner that
have been saved. 1t is feared all the
others have been lost.
The details are meager. The Viz
caya left here yesterday at l p. M. for
Havana and other Cuban ports. She
had large cargo of freight, a crew of
seventy -seven and nine regular passen-
gers. There were others on board, how
ever, Who are not entered in the passen-
ger list.
At $50 'clock on Thursday evening a
large fournasted schooner hove IN sight.
She was much larger vessel than the
Vizcaya, and Immediately bore
down upon her. Her bow
spirit struak the steamship on
the starboard bunkers, carrying away
the bridge and cabin. The captain Of
the Vizcays, who was standing on the
bridge, was instantly killed. Several
minutes later both boats sunk aud
passengers and crew were struggling In
the water. There were heart
rending shriekes and cries, which were
heard by the people on bosrd the
Humboldt. The captain OF that vessel
headed for the sDot where the cries were
heard as quickly as possible, aud saw the
spars and mRsts of the sinking vessel
disappear. Several persons could be
seen struggling IN the wafer. The boats
were lowered and twelve persons were
p ed up. The cries were hushed and
not another could be seen.
After waiting some time the Humboldt
steamed away.
A negro was picked up by small boat
He belonged to the Vizcaya.
The captain and crew of the unknown
schooner ars supposed to have been
drowned. The VIzcaya was a Spanish
screw propeller, buni in London in
1872 by j. s. w. Dudeeon. She
was one Of the latest additions TO
The Spanish American feet snd her cap
tain had been twenty years in the COM
pany 9 serv CO and was implicitly trusted.
The vessel was recently repaired and
renovated. Juan Pedro was not In |
rluded among the regular passengers.
He IS member of the steamship company |
and Spanish millionaire. He was born |
SPAN and was bound for Havana to |
ook after the interests of the company. |
AT THE SCENE OF THE WRECK.
LEwEs, DEL. Oct. 3l.--The tug Her. |
Jules arrived this evening and reports |
hat the seal schooner Cornelius Har-
raves and the Spanish steamer Vizeaya |
'ollided this evening fifteen miles off |
3aragate. Both vessels sank in fifteen
athons of water. Ten men of ths
dsrRraves aud seven from the
'izcaya were picked up By the
chooner Sarah l.. Davis, aud were
transferred to the Hercules. The latter
for the wreck to render as
lssance, but at midnight met the tug
'attler, which had been to the scene
nd found both vessels sunk and all
auds gone. They picked up the
ody OF q woman. The survivors
eport that nearly 100 people were