Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-09-27
CRUISER LOST.
Sunk in Havana HarbOr by a
Merchant Steamer.
.FORTY-SIX WERE DROWNED.
Among the Victims Were Admlrat
Delgado PareJo, Commander OF
the Spanish Naval Forces
In Cuba.

The cruiser Barcastegul was wrecked at
midnight, by coming In collision with Inc
merchant steamer Mortera in the canal az
:he entrance to the pert at Havana
Admiral Delgado Parejo and three otner
officers and thirty ofthe crew were drowned
General Parejo's body has been recovered.
Captain Ybanez's body was also recovered,
out In badly mutt ated condition, indlca'-
ng that he had teen crushed in the COLL
lion.
The cruiser Barcastegui had been employed
IN going on government business between
diff rent parts OF the Land OF Cuba. she
was tbird-class cruiser, carrying five heavy
and two rapld-hring guns, and wa' OF oOO
IONS displacement She was built in 1876.
The cruis left Fort Barcastegui at m d.
night. with General Delgado Parejo on board
On reaching the mouth OF the harbor, close
to Moro fort. the Barcastegui cane in COLI
son wife the Mortera, steam engaged In
the coastwise trade The Mor:era struck the
cruiser on the starboard and so lady injured
her that she sank at once The Mortera,
though badly damaged, stood of TO give as
,stance to those on board the Barcastegu',
aud, with her boats, saved the greater part
OF the crew.
Admiral Parcjo, Captain Ybanez, First
Lieu. Lop AIdazaio, Second l. cuts. Junco,
Soto and Canaio, Cr. Martin Purser Pueyo,
Machinlst Zarzuela and 36 OF the crew re
drowned. Aide-de- Camp CASTOR was saved.
Victor Troja, another OF the officers, had his
leg broken, but was picked up by boat from
the Mortera.
Admiral Dalgado Parejo was commander
OF the Spanish naval forces In Cuba He
arrived on the island June IT, from Span.
Captain Vinal, OF the steamer Mortern, in
the course OF an interview, said that at H. Is
o'clock, when he was within two mics OF the
entrance OF the harbor and going at moder-
ate rate Of speed, he saw ahead on his star
board side green light, which he presu ned
was that of steamer leaving port.
Il ordered the steamer 10 slow down, said
Captain Venal, "and proceeded on our course
hearing to whist es from the cruiser, to
which we replied. Turning into the harbor
and keeping In sight on our starboard the
green light OF the cruiser, we whistled twice
again, thus indicating that we were turning
into the harbor, when suddenly all the lights
OF the cruiser were put out.
II Immediately ordered the engineer TO
steam backwards but it was of no avail, for
the steamer collided ordered the boats to
he lowered and lie preservers 10 be thrown
overheard. After the collision we were en-
tangled with the Barcastegui for a time, but
this situation endangered the Mortera as well
as the cruiser, and orde ed the engines to
go ahead, my attention being to try to run
the Barcastegui ashore. soon found, how
ever, that this could not be done with safety
to the Mortera. Backing off from the cruiser
the Barcastegui tank almost instantly"
The cause of the extinguishment Of the
lights on boarI the cruiser, which was de-
scribed by Captain Vinal, OF the Mortera, and
ich undoubtedly was the caus. OF the
collision, was occasioned by the stopping of
the engines to save the life OF sailor who's g
arm had been caught in dynamo.