The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
WRECK OF THE HAWKINS
CUBAN ANFILIBUSTERERS MEET WITH
 DISASTER OFF LONG ISLAND.

CUBAN LIBUSTERERS MEET WITH
 DISASTER OFF LONG ISLAND. The steamer Sprung Aleak and the Men
 Were Obliged to Take to the Boats-Near-
 ly One Hundred Men Were on Board
 Ten Were Drowned-seventy Survivors
 Landed in New York.
 Boston, Jan. 2S.-Last Monday night the steamer J. w. Hawkins, command ed by Captain Woodrow, sailed from New York with a party of between seN- enty-five and one hundred men bound, it is claimed, for Cuba, where the party was to enter the ranks of the insurgent army. When the steamer was off the eastern end of Long Island she sprung aleak and the water gained so that all hands were obliged to take to the boats. Monday morning the men were picked up by passing schooners, among which was the three-master Helen H. Bene- dict, Captain Crockett, bound from Nor folk for Boston with a cargo of coal. The Benedict picked up twenty-five ot the men and landed them at Vineyard Haven late last night, from which place they were transferred this morn ing by the steamer Susie D. and land- ed at Woods Holl, where they took an early train for New York.
 The four-master Alice B. Crosby, Newport News for Boston, fell in with another boat from the steamer about sixty-five miles southeast by east of Sandy Hook lightship, which contained twenty-three persons, but owing to the rough sea only thirteen were saved, the other ten being drowned. The Crosby landed the survivors at Woods Holl this morning, where they took a train for New Yorw. Another vessel, three- master, picked up a number of wrecked people and it is supposed put back with them to Delaware Breakwater. The men were mostly Spaniards and would say little concerning the disas- 
 steamers true destination was Cuba; that her cargo consisted of $25, 900 worth of ammunition. The Hawkins was a steamer of 125 tons net and 188 tons gross. She was built at Kenne'bunk, Me-, in 1880, and hailed from Onancock, Va The steamer has been engaged in the fishing business, but has been ly- ing idle in Baltimore harbor for some months. Two weeks ago a MT. Tinsley appeared in Baltimore and desired to purchase the steamer for a MT. Smith of New York. Those interested in the sale noticed that plenty of money for the purchase was apparently at hand, but whatever suspicious the sellers may have entertained, they were very careful to keep it to themselves and in an incredibly short time the boat was delivered to her new owner free from debt. The Hawkins was taken to New York, where it is alleged a band of men were gathered in readiness to get aboard. their intention being to join the Cuban army and fight in the ranks. In spite of the vigilance of the Spanish emissaries the steamer was fitted for sea and the men were taken safely aboard.
 Last Sunday night she sailed from that port, commanded by Captain Woodrow. Unfortunately however, the boat was unfit for sea and the hasty preparations had allowed no time for a thorough examination of her bottom for she had proceeded only as far as the eastern end of Long Island when she sprung a dangerous leak and began to settle in the water In spite of all the crew could do, the leak gained with fearful rapidity and in a short time it was apparent that they must take to the boats or go down with the vessel It is believed there were between sev- enty-five and one hundred men aboard, and they had barely time to go into the boats before the Hawkins went down.
 New York, Jan. 2S.-Seventy of the survivors of the alleged filibustering ex- petition, which sailed from this port on board the steamer J. W. Hawkins were landed here late this afternoon by the tug F. B. Dalzell. The men separ- ated on arrival and it was impossible to get details as to the laundering of the Hawkins.
 The Dalzell sighted the Beebe at a point ten miles east of the stranded steamer St. Paul. An American flag. inverted, flew from the Beebe's rigging and the Dalzell ran up and hailed her.
 '.The schooner's deck," said Captain Denyse, of the Dalzell tonight "swarmed with men in all stages of un- dress Wretchedness was written in every line of their faces. Very few wore hats some of them were without shoes, and nearly all were minus coa ts."
 What price do you want to take seventy men into New York;" shouted the skipper of the Beebe.
 q told him. continued Captain Denyse, "and we made the bargain. ran along side. The sea was high and both the vessels labored heavily, but after an hours dangerous work we got the seventy men on board the Dalzell After the tug got under way it was agreed that I put one man off at pier No 8, North River, and I did so He said he was gunner. I did not catch his name. None of the men made any secret about their efforts to reach Cuba and their fight for her freedom. The most dejected man on board was an old