New-York tribune., 1896-02-01
RESCCrNG PART OF THE CURANS
CAPTAIN @. ". BUNKER OF THE SCHOONER
ALICIA r. CROSBY. WHO SAVED THIRTEEN

| ALICIA B Crosby WHO SAVED THIRTEEN
NEN WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY. SAYS
HE SAW THREE MEN DROWN
Ros,on. Jan si.-The four lnasteI schoon'r Alicia
| Il. Crosby Captain George ". Bunker. which was
/ ono OF the three vessels TO rescue tho memb r.
! OF the alleged n.ibhstering expedition from 'he
steamer j. w Hawkins. arrived at this port this
| morning
| Captain Bunker makes tho following s'a'e'n mt
regarding ,hc par, his vessel took in the rescue:
A, o'c.ock last Monday morning We sisht"d a
tpo-funne!.ed steam craft. lying under storm tIy-
s@ win heI nag d,pnyId at , ha5mas 5s dq p"lSa Ion
steamer ran down Close to one oi the p9ats @ s. -
lay by. | directed those in tho boht. "ni'h ,"as
hey could be- rescued without serious llincuty
found That they wrr. mostly foreigner, ana .hey
I'm. 1b her iy, srh,,Hers ..rc a,so Iy,ne by ana
wero maHns Efforts TO rescue the other hoais |
then wore ms Nessei around AMI selected the boat
osfI 10 ~ a b9at 1' and e5se alongi OF her
We then threw lines 70 m" occupants ot the boii
WIKI the Intention OF keeping her amiasnips to .ee.
ward but for some ic'-3n hey ia "a to max,
The lines fast Ga,l ~ boat had ifiit'I arr ana ana
finally unIsr our lee counter me boat, v men wa
crowGai VITA m.a. was partially nl.eI with water.
As managel. ~ could not get the boat free from
ami. inding that n,l were In dang, OF per',h.
ins ordered 'hf noa' 80. h3ugd n,n, of !hs tls
men as possible When this was done W. threw
sn{ H.. ns In 70 0}"pgi & h mSn 5ycr l"i ih e To
Increase the difficulty, when one man would ge,
the Inc. ana make It extremely difficult to haul
the aboard | saw three men SINK because OF
this. 49,,
by great perseverance, We managed to rescue thr-
teen men one OF the rescued sad there were
eighteen men IN the boat: another asserted there
twenty four. However this may be. SAW hit
three men drown but as the boat capslz"i soon
after began ~" work OF rescue s"vrrl probably
went down as they wcr. too benumbrd ard eN-
hausted to make any battle for thor .lv"s
one OF those drowned IS said 20 have had 500
In gold on mis- person. IInd the boats been manned
by efficient seamcn doubt all hands would have
been saved IN a b~ief space Of time. The wind ana
sea Increased N violence. and at ii a m the
s,ea mcr foundercd lingering bow up about ton min
utes. and thea sinking IN about thiiW lAthom9 o'
water.
The men We rescued were in p't!ah," cond ton
They were ,nsufcienty clad ana were suHrrlnS IN
ttnacly from the cold. We supplied ihem WIN
clothing an1 did every thing to make them comfort
able
one Of the rescued party was apparently me cap
tain bur as he seemed rcticent TO nis identity
I d'd not question his name or function.
Aromgo. Nicolas Lamadrig. sciro Marshall. Ricardo
Fcrran MateO Fcrnant H. Juan i. t"broco' joyce
Lopca Luis Alvarles. Antonio Acosta
There were four Engl ehmeT whose names couii
to have been English engineers. The mon were
without funds with the exception OF enc man. VINO
had SO
captain Bunker received nothing from the men.
and saws he expects t. receive nothing. They were
aboard his vessel for near.y iwentyfour hours. and
during that time he supplied them with necessary
food and considerable clothing
The Hawkins founierel IN latitude 30 degrees %
minutes north and longitude Y degrees Al min
ufcs west SANDY Hook bearing r'rthwest one
half wet about hfty five miles distant.
The schoOners H,icn IL Benedict and Leander W.
Re, he Which rescnrd the remainder Of the expedi-
ton have not yet arrived in port although the