The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

All these things we threw into the sea-,
which by this time was boiling round US
and sending great waves over the decks.
"We worked all night. and when day
ucht came we had thrown all OF the cargo
and coal overheard. Still the water con-
timed 10 gain on US in the engine room,
and &C last IL put out the fires, and we
aoated mt th. mercy OF the sea and the
winds. At intervals, all through the
hours OF darkness, We burned rockets and
fred signals OF distress.
but IL was not until about 8 o'clock In
the morning that we saw any other YES
sci. At that time we sighted three schoon-
ers, and they sailed AZ close TO us as they
could with safety. Then 1t was that we
were ordered TO take to the boats. There
were six small boats on the steamship,
but only five of them were available. The
sixth was so covered with wreckage which
had been thrown over 1t by us in the ef-
forts to get at the arms and coal hat wa
could not launcn her In Time. we got
into our boats as fast as we could, but
there was a terrible sea by this time, and
the work was dangerous and slow.
"Calixito Garcia Iniga was In command
OF the revolutionists, and his son, Carlos
Garcia, was second in command. General
Rosa was also on board. These officers
ordered Us TO take to the boats, and we
did so. / was in the first boat. There
were about 20 men besides myself In that
boat, and IL was greatly overcrowded and
hard to manage in the rough sea.
Six Men Drowned.
"The other 90 odd men came in the other
two boats. Six were drowned In trying to
get into the last two boats. 1 do not
know the names Of all who were drowned,
but one was q French chemist, who was
with the expedition TO make heavy ex'
plosives when we got to Cuba. There
were two of these chemists, but only one
Of them was lost. Another Of those who
were drowned was q man named Al
yeriche. He was a member OF the revolu'
tionary party, as were the other four who
went down in the sea.
"The boat / was in was picked up by
the schooner Leander V. Beebe, Captain
w. II. Howes, of Boston. She picked UP
the first three boats TO leave the steam
ship, and the other two were picked UP
by the schooners Helen II. Benedict OF Bos'
ton and Alicia Is. Crosby of Portland,
Me.
"We left the ship ut 0 o'clock on Mon
day morning, and 20 minutes later we
saw her go down. She gave a great lurch
to one side and then settled into the sea.
'The schooner Leander V. Beebe sailed
for this port, but i was taken of hei
Off Long Branch by the tug Fred Is. Dali
zell, commanded by II. G. DeNysc, and
brought direct to this city. i landed at
pier 8, n. r., and reported at once to the
headquarters OF the revolutionary party
In the Manhattan building. They told
me that they had received kilograms from
Woods Holl, Mass, and from Boston,
saying that the rest of the crew and the
revolutionists were all safe, with the ex
ception of the six that were drowned
when we left the steamship.
"There were no Americans on board the
Hawkins. They were all Cubans, who
had been enlisted in this city to fight for
the cause of freedom for Cuba. We were
not drilled In this city, but were enlisted
for the cause. We only knew that we
were going to Cuba. No one, except tho
captain and the commander, knew what
part of Cuba we were bound for"
1t was learned at the Office Of 4. b. Dial.
zell g. Co. that their tug, which brought
Hernandez to this city, was hailed by the
schooner Leander v. Beebe, 40 miles
southeast Of Barnegat, N. j. The Haw.
kins' survivors on board asked to be taken
off and brought to New York. Seventy
of them were transferred to the DaIzelI
and brought to this city, Hernandez land.
ing, as before stated, ut pier s, North
river, tho remainder d~isembarking at
pier 40, North river.
At the Cuban headquarters, GO Broad.
way, 1t was denied that the Hawkins was
on its way to Cuba. 1--WE would have
known about her." said Secretary Con
salvos de Guesada, 'if she had been fitted
out for Cuba. The report that Garcia was
aboard Is absolutely false, as he Is still In
this CITY.