Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-01
SINKING OF THE HAWKINS.
story of Rescue by the Crosby
Three Men Seen to Drown.

BOSTON. MASS, January Slime
four-masted schooner Alice b. crosby
Captain George b. Bunker, which was one
OF the three vessels 10 rescue the mem
bers OF the alleged hlibustering eXpedl-
Ton from the }. w. Hawkins, arrived AT
this port this morning. captain buii ihel
makes the following statement IDtdiuih :
the part his vessel took in the rescue
At O'Clock last Monday n Tnlng
strong north-nCrthwest wind IreVaiied'
and the schooner was unoer lover can-
Vass About phis time we sighted wv
funnelled steam-craft lying unuer STORM
sails. with her flag displayed at nan ,
mast. and two schOOners and several
boats filed with men near the steamer. !
ran down between the schooners. dlrect-
ed those in the boat when was ' Iel
10 windward TO row down under my lee,
where we could have rescued them WITH
out serious difficulty. found they were
mostly foreigners, and theN seemed 10 De
So confused that they made no apparent
effort 20 comply with my directions. Inc
other two schooners continued lying Dy,
and were making efforts to rescue the
other boats
then turned my vessel. and selected
the boat most TO windward, and soon
got close alongside Of her We threw
lines TO the occupants OF the boat
with the intention OF keeping her amid
shiDs 10 leeward, but for some reason
they failed to make the lines fast until
the boat had drfted aft, and, nnaliy
under our lee counter.
The boat. which was crowded with men,
was partially filed with water, and had
apparently but one or two oarsmen, ana
no helmsman We could not get the
boat free from the counter. where she
took In more water, and, finding all were
i'm danger. / ordered the boat hauled 10
the weather side, In order to save as
many as possible. We then threw many
lines. and endeaVored by this means 10
haul The men over the side To increase
the difficulty when one man would get a
line secured to his body. several others
would grasp the line and make IL ex-
tremely difficult to haul the men aboard
I saw three men sink because of This
But. by perseverance, we managed 10
rescue thirteen one of the rescued stated
there had been eighteen men in the boat
Another claimed there had been twenty
four.
SAW BUT THREE DROWNED.
However this may be. l saw but three
men drown. but. as the boat caDslzed
soon after we began the work OF rescue
several probably went down. as they
were too benumbed and exhausted 20
make any battle for their lives. one OF
those drowned is said TO have had 5000
in gold on his person.
had the boats been manned by efficient
seamen no doubt all hands would nave
been saved I'm a brief space of time.
The wind and sea increased in Violence
and at II A. NJ. the steamer foundered,
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then sinking in about thirty iathoms OF
water.
The men we rescued were in a pitiable
condition. They were insuiiiciently clad,
having left the steamer hurriedly, ana
were suffering intensely from the cold.
We supplied them with clothing, and did
everything else possible TO make them
comfortable.
one Of The rescued party was appa-
rently the captain but. as he seemed
reticent as TO his identity / did not
question his name or function.
The names were: Aremego, Nicholas
Lamadrig. SirO Marshall, RichardO Fer
rian. Maceo Fernandez. Juna Pebreco,
Jovic Lopez. Luis Alvarez, Antonia Acos-
Ia.
There were four Engishmen whose
names could not be learned. TWO OF the
men drowned are said 10 have been en-
gineeTs The men were Without funds
with the exception Of one, who had 500.
Captain Bunker received nothing from
the men, and SAYS he expects TO receive
nothing. They were on his vessel nearly
twenty-four hours, and during that time
he supplied them with necessary 1000
and considerable clothing. The Hawkins
foundered IN latitude $3.50, longitude 100
west Sandy Hook bearing northwest, one
half west, and being about 90 miles dis
tant.
The schooners Helen II. Benedict and
Leander w. Beebe, which rescued the
remainder Of the expedition. have not
vet arrived i'm port although the Benc-
dict is somewhere in the bay, and the
Beebe IS expected shortly