The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
THE RESCUED CUBAA;s!.
Captain Bunker, Of the Alicia B.crostY..
Tells the Sioryof Their Rescue.
THREE OF THE UNFoRTuAATEs DRovNEp8
We're Too Bcnumbed ana Exl,nn,, /, u
10 Make Any Bnttic for Their i s vads a
-"cscucd Thirteen by Great nser.5
severance They werc II, a Patia t,is3
Condition-Captnin' MuIna,ity 8g3.

seSerance-They werc FRA n Patlabia
neutrality-suspicious. Humanity sfss;sss
Boston, Jan. 3i.-The four. !, . J, e, II
schooner Alicia B. Crosby, Cautains = .Es ss
W. Bunker. which was one of thrasS
!, ,uase's n 10 rescue the members of thesS
a.esed hiibusterihg expedition from fhssgts
s.isl'ner .,.ir j. w. Hawkins, arrived - e
inns port this morning. .sy..ss;; &
90. aptain Bunker makes the followins,
TOOK In the rescue: ~ -'f'sss97tsS ess9 ts5s
AT O'Clock last Monday mor,, j., Z. ia
StrohS north northwest wind nra,.aii,Ss5
GU una the schooner was undar In,,,n..s.
canvas About this time we sieht a., : IS
.mo @ lunnelled steam craft lying under
, s,o',h .rysaii with her flag dfspiayadS S
snh,.nnat aa.lhast, union down, end two d
ssioolers ana several boats filled withsG
men near the steamer. ran dnt,..g
oe.meen the schooners and close To one
VI the poats | directed those in thsSg
ooal Wnlch then went TO- ,u,ndI:S
ward to row down under & NJ
lee, Where we could have ,ysa.
Iueu r .nem without serious difficuffvss
round they were mostly foreign orc !. y M. =;
they seemed to be so conf,Isei az ~
operations that they made no appa RAM a
,E, lorl 10 comply with my directfohasS
ine other schooners continued living hV8
ana were making efforts to rescue 'fbsS
olner boats. then wore nv yessaiS
around and selected the boat most IN
"imaWaru' ", '' ana soon got immediatelyF
10 "lndWard Of the boat and close n lo,s I, ~ "
side OF her. &c. = t1'oii ''V'ass!F - ss!sss
we then threw lines to the occilpantaiS
oi s ,tne ooat with the intention OF keensa
ing her amidships to leeward tnrt {fnyn
suite SUITE reaSem they failed to make the lffieS
a aast until The board had drifted All anl,s
i.haHy under our lee counter. The boat
,,,,'. t % Whs crowded with men was par.3
llaliy niled with water and had arnassss
ientiy but one or two oarsmen q "A ~; -
helmsman -, - tl'ift S.'iNt nv ny
iry as best, we could not get the boat IS
.lee from our counter. / ordered f5sA
ooat hauled to the weather quarter An,
, rauer 20 save as many of the men ass
possioie. When this was done we threw
10y i.ilcs with bowllnes attached, and
by this means to haulSttei
men n over the side. To increase the dif.S
lcuity when one man would get q siinas
secured to his body, several otharaS
would grasp the line and make n !, * IS
remedy difficult to haul the men a hos "a y
saw three men sink because of this
5y great perseverance we MANAGED
~ oso esGue thirteen men. One OF thss
csCued stated there were eighteen man
II the poat; another claimed there were
"eHty-Iour. However. this may be.ftIS
aW put three men drown but aa the
,oitt capsized soon after we began the
toIk M Oh rescue, several probably vent
own. as they We're too benumbed and
ives. - tltsSi tsEs
one or those drowned Is said to haVee
lad $6O0 In gold on his person. Had tI,as
oats peen manned by efficient searnenss
~ uouot all hands would have beefiI
aVed IN brief space of time. ThaS
vi,u ana sea increased In violence andB
4 II IL. M the steamer foundered, linz
ering DOW up about ten minutes ANA 8
men sinking In about thirty fathona Tf,f2
water. 80 iHsssft2
Inc men we rescued were In pitiaflaS
ohuition. They were insufficientiyl CLAD
having left the steamer hurriedly md i
yere W sutiering Intensely from the co1d!$
We supplied them with clothing and sdti%
verythins tol make them comfortables
me or the rescued party was apparsnt4S
the captain. but as he seemed rsfiss
ent as to his identity did not oacafsS,s,s
lis name or function I
me names OF nine of the mer, ~ ere "a ~
.lfredo Aremongo, Nicholas Lamadrtg
'isso Misphall, Ricardo Ferran. Maceos
'ernandez, Juan P. Cebrosco, JoyicsE
1oPes. Luis Alvaoles. Antonio Acoata.ayssE:
There were four Englishmen. SWhOs,sa
lames could not be learned. Two $scfa
ne men drowned are said to have beeIiss
english engineers. The men were WITH
tut funds, with the exception OF one8
nan, who had $10." 5ss
Captain Bunker received nothing fronTG
ne men and says he expects to receives
iothing. They were aboard his vessel
or nearly twenty-four hours, and darsssS
ne that time he supplied them with nec4s
ssary food and considerable clothing. ~
The Hawkins foundered in LAT. q. S9.
% north and long. 72.41 West, or SandY#
Hook. bearing northwest one-half west
about 65 miles distant. AfsS5
The schooners Helen Fl. Benedict a11
Leander w. Beebe, which rescued StheSs
'emmainder Of the expedition. have sriofS
vet arrived In port, although the Henes8
iict is somewhere In the bay, and theSs
Beebe is expected shortly.
No Choice for tho Kentucky SenatSrS
ship. 49 ssiiSfs
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 31.-The vot e 9fIls#
the joint assembly to-day for Unifed
States senator resulted as follows: HIfilsi
ter, 81; Blackburn, so: Carlisle, q; Mos2s
Creary,6 Bate, 1: Evans, !, and Bucks
ner, /. No choice. gsss s
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