The sun., 1891-04-03
ON A DESOLATE CARIB ISLE.
WARMER MILLER AND HIS PARTY
STRANDED ON RONCADOR REEF

All the Party Supposed TO be saSs-A Gun.
boat ana Coast Steamship to the Nee
eue-No shelter on the Reef but = Tur.
tiers' Hut snd the Cocoa Palms.
The steamship Agusn Of the Honduras and
Central American line. on which Warner Nil.
Ter and his party left New York TO examine tho
work on the Nicaragua Canal was stranded on
March 40 on Roncador Reef In the Caribbean
Sea. 25O miles northeast OF Greytown. while on
her way to Greytown from Kingston. Jamaica.
The news came by cable to the Nicaragua Ca
nal Company from Chief Engineer A. G. Memo.
cal, at Greytown. The cablegram was az fol-
lows:
AGuan stranded, Roncador Reef ceth; pansuesrs
safe carazo gone to assistance from Corn Island Pc
trsi from here today. MKxocAL
Tho Aguan sailed from here on March IA with
Warner Miller. the President OF the Canal
Construction Company on board. He was ac-
companied By @. Hilton scribner. Charles
Watrous. @. I. Merriam, {. l.. Macarthur. WILL
lam J. Marvin. Major c. f. Dutton. Lieut.. Guy
Howard. U. 9. A.. Civil Engineers H. +. Donald
son. II. F. Gooch und D. Mon. StaufYer. Major
Joseph Kirkland Of Chicago. Kemper Bocock.
John R. spea,s OF The Sun. Ebert Rappelye.
and W. Z. Simmons James Rankine. the New
York representative OF the steamship company
and his daughter. Miss Rankine. Miss Scrib-
ner, and Miss Clark were also OF the party.
Capt George W. Davis, tho general manager
OF the Canal Company. said yesterday after
noon that no was completely In the dark as to
the real condition Of affairs. but he felt conf
dent from the wording OF tho cableRram that
the Aguan had not been lost The Carazo.
which had Rone to her rescue. Is . small
steamer OF the Morgan line. wnlle the Petrol is
undoubtedly the Unitsd States gunb at OF
that name. which was due In Greytown about
March 20. Capt. Davis said that there was
British war vessel OF the same name on that
station, and 1t might be she that had gone to
tile rescue.
Capt Davis figured out that the Aguan had
arrived at Kingston on Saturday. March 20,
and that she must have remained there until
Tuesday afternoon. tho 9th. FL Roncndor,
which is Spanish for Tho snorer." lies
directly in the, rath Of steamers sailing from
comes from the noise OF the surf. Capt. Adair.
the present post captain Of the Honduras and
this as the most probable explanation OF tho
The Roncador Reot is sixteen or seventeen
miles long and nd runs runs, northeast M and and southwest
ence Of the reel The portion above water is
not na qnE insscei All ana Sistsd " .Spe hpn
fresh @ % Water upon it. dug By these hunters. The
reef under water is covered with sandy shoals
Asnan shop dssnes the
reef there Is deep water: II the, Aguan
loft Kingston on Tuesday afternoon. the 24th.
xoo' OF the ss's eS 'fS
| slight hnze and darkness which is over the
| waite. Mt that timo the Aguan must have run
| on the reef. think myself that the bteamShip
ts safe. but even II she is breaking up IL would
have been for hs and
rlcnnes or cyclones in that region at this
all that would disturb them. There were two
stanch lifeboats aboard. which could have
| taken OF every one. Capt. W. X: Baltic. tho
present commander. is Q careful man. He
stands the neighborhood we'll. He had a crew
Of thirty eight men, lifebont was probably
| DESPATCHED from the steamship to the island
| of Old Providence. which Is about eighty miles
| TO the southwest Of the reef. From there .
| Of the disaster to the Corn Islands. whence
| the Carozs left for the scene at once. At the
| latest she must have arrived at the reef two
| days after the ARuan stranded"
| II the passengers had TO abandon the steam
they must have put up with some discomforts.
| the tuite hunters.
| Mr.. Menocal's despatch was not dated. but
| was probably sent on March 81. Word should
| be received within tho next twenty-four hours
the round trip could easily be covered by the
| Carazo In three days.
The ARnan was launched four years ago last
| Christmas- She is q steel screw steamer.
| echooner rgRed and was built in Glasgow.
She has triple expansion engines and five bulk