The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-29
FILIBUSTER CRAFT FOUNDERS.
ruE STEAMER HAWKINS GOES
DOWN WITH TEN MEN.

The I15 Persons on boaru hescued
~ Passing VesseIs-The Hawkins
r.at,inlg Before She Left POrt-Had
sg5.oOO worth of Ammunition ON
Board.
VINEYARD Haven, Mass, Jan. 2S.-fhe
.booner Helen II. Benedict of New Ha-
-,r Cant. Brackett, from Norfolk for
r,ston. arrived here early this morning
vf+b 25 of the passengers and crew
of tho wrecked steamer w. ]. Hawkins,
v,icb went down of Montauk on Jan.
., during a violent gale. 1t is reported
,sa+ This steamer left New York on the
sab with 175 persons on board, mostly
Snauiards. claiming to be bound to Ber-
nuda with an excursion party.
she was making some water when she
Isft mort. and when she encountered the
rough weather outside with heavy sea,
She filled in about twenty minutes. Those
IN board barely had time to get into
.ha steamers boats. One of the boats
was picked up by the Benedict, and her
tVenty-fve occupants were taken to
WoodshoH, whence they embarked by
train for Boston and New York.
II was reported by those rescued that
the steamers true destination was Cuba,
and that her cargo consisted of S25,000
worth of ammunition, one gun on board
having cost 5000. They were, without
doubt, bound on a filibustering expedition
The four-masted schooner Alicia b.
Crosby. from Newport News for Boston,
fell in with another boat from the steamer
about sxty-five miles southeast by east
of Sandy Hook light ship, which contained
tweuty-three persons, but owing to the
rough sea only thirteen we're saved, the
other ten being drowned. The Crosby
landed the thirteen survivors at Wood
sholl this morning, and they left on
train for New York this afternoon.
Another vessel, a three-masted schoon-
er picked up seventy-five of the survivors,
and it is supposed put back with them
to Delaware breakwater.
The men would say but little. There were
three Americans among those at Wood
sholl the others being Spaniards
They say that thousands of dollars in
money went down with those who were
drowned, and in the private chests in the
steamer.
New York, Jan. 2s.-Seventy Of the sur
yiyors Of the alleged hlibustering expedi-
ton which sailed from this port on Jan.
g. on board the steamer j. W. Hawkins
were landed in this city late this after
noon by the tug F. b. Dalzell. The men
composing the party Immediately sepa-
rated on their arrival. and it was impos
sbe at the moment TO get details as to
a the laundering of the steamer off Mon
a tauk Point, as reported from Vineyard
Haven, Mass.
q while cruising off the highlands this morn
ing, he was hailed by the schooner Lean
der Y. Beebe, bound from Baltimore for
Boston The schooner's captain reported
that he had picked up 70 men who were in
eight life boats while on his way up the
coast and requested that the Dalzell land
them in New York. The men We're trans
ferred to the tug which brought them to
the city.
The tug was commanded by Capt Harry
Denise He reports that he was lying off
hooking
s. for a tow. At O'Clock he sighted the
three-masted schooner Leander v. Beebe,
a from Baltimore to Boston An American
flag, inverted, flew from her rigging and
q the Dalzell ran up and hailed her. The
schooner's deck said Capt Denise, to-
night ''swarmed with men in all stages
Of undress. Wretchedness was written
Il in every line of their faces. Very few
wore hats, some of them were without
SHOES and nearly all were minus clothing.
What price do you want to take seven
" men into New York; shouted the
skipper
i told him." said Capt Denise, "and we
made the bargain. ran up alongside and
after an hours dangerous work got the
seventy on the Dalzell. L was asked to
pul one man off at a pier on the North
river and did so. He said he was a
gunner. | did not catch his name. None
81 them made any secret about their ef-
Iorts to reach Cuba to fight for her free
dom. The most detected man on board
was an old man, who told me he was
CalXto Garcia, and was in charge of the
expedition He was accompanied by MS
SON Carlos. Garcia seemed completely
sd 9roken down. He said that the Cubans
had played one of their strongest cards of
the revolution in sending out this eXpedi.
uon and that more than 5000 900 worth of
arms and ammunition had been lost by
t4e sinking of the Hawkins"
lie then related to Capt. Denise the
story of the wreck. He said: 1--WE loaded
tle steamer James w. Hawkins for the
expedition at Fort Morris. All day the
matches We're closed. and no one ever had
"a Shy suspicion that we had thousands of
Uolars worth of arms in her holds. All
az Ale work was done at dead of night. We
sailed on Friday night. and went out by
long Island sound. We had an excellent
Medlner until Sunday, when it began to
~ rough. On Monday morning early
ne .ae vessel sprung leak. The waves and
wlhd Just opened her seams. The pumps
ce MgIe manned, but they soon choaked with
VA and became useless Then the men
# ~ ~ buckets and bailed for their lives.
me Inc water gained inch by inch, and finally
@ e1e coal went overheard and then the
costy arms and ammunition. 1t broke
IN T,,, Hearts to throw these arms away,
bI baI we had to keep the vessel afioat some
doE W. Gradually the Hawkins settled
oNH. and at 1880 o'clock on Monday
sn1.hihg we took to the life boats and de-
IIgttJeu the sinking steamer. Half an hour
i5s iaeF ne Beebe hove in sight and took
49,, od BOARD, At the time the Hawkins
al "Et{ DOWN she was forty-five miles south
yeryleas{ yery east Of Barnegat, and the sea was
noG.apt Denise said that the men saved
s,ate1 ,1s put two valises filled with United
Ta Ma'es bank notes. These were in the
FTSSgSslon Of Gen. Garcia.
He Han5 only member of the crew of the
Wv S"Alhs that was picked up by the Beebe
al sAe mate, Crowley. He declared that
NAV ,le men were saved, and that not a
Dioi was even injured When the Beebe
9SSa{u 9S{u ne men up they were in double end
IT, poats which could live in any sea-
Ar y, lner schooners were in the vicinity
tls. re time, and, according to Crowley
ssfslI must nave picked up the other men
bv II, After the gunner had been landed
proone o.e Lalzell at Pier 3, North river. she
For4geUed up the river to the foot of West
fjbS-second street, where the other SO
4ts{ttfS disembarked and separated.
# IN ~ lie headquarters of the Cuban junta
M t0.r3.55 ,.5 elty, 1t was declared by the leaders
bBsrsH mat the Hawkins was not a fill
st6rr stt al lar as they knew They said the
csns was started by Pinkerton men be-
Gsra5js tneY had been unable 10 catch the
wsea la party and declared that Garcia
past las oSsii ia the city lof some time
tbe bIiy Iy shipping men do not believe that
shs la"klns was a filibuster They think
IA ~ RI boat bought by the Cuban Jun-
tbe u}3foW the Spanish off the track of
hear9 q hlibuster. which will soon be
Is rom at distant point of Cuba