Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
Wreck of The Hawkins.

New York, Jan. IS Seventy Of the
survivors of the alleged filihustering
expedition, which sailed from this
! port on January Goth, on board the
steamer J. w. Hawkins, were landed
! in this city late this afternoon by the
tug F. 3. Dalzell. The men compos.
ing the party immediately separated
on arrival, and it was impossible at
the moment to get details as to the
laundering of the steamer of
Montauk Point, as reported from
Vineyard Haven. Mass.
The captain of the tug Dalzell says
that while cruising off the Highlands
this morning he was hailed by the
schooner Leander V. Beebe, bound
from Baltimore for Boston. The
schooner's captain reported that he
had picked up seventy men, who
were in eight life boats, while on his
way up the coast, and requested that
the Dalzeu land, them in New York.
The men were transferred to the tug,
which brought them to the city.
Vineyard Haven, Jan. 2S.-The
schooner Helen H. Benedict, OF New
Haven, Captain Bracket, from Nor
folk for Boston, arrived here early
this morning with twenty-five Of the
passengers and crew of the wrecked
steamer j. w. Hawkins, which went
down off Montauk on the Goth in
slant, during q violent gale. 1t is
reported that this steamer left New
York on the Goth with 175 persons on
board, mostly 5paniards, claiming to
be bound to Bermuda, with an
excursion party.
She was making some water when
she left port, and when she en-
countered the rough weather outside
with Il heavy sea, she filled in about
twenty minutes. Those on board had
barely time to get into the steamers
beats. One of he boats was picked
ND by the Benedict and her twenty
five occupants taken to Woods Hole,
whence they embarked by train for
Boston and New York.
1t was reported by those rescued
that the steamers true destination
was Cuba. and that her cargo con-
sisted of $4,000 worth OF ammuni-
ton, one gun on board having cost
5000.
The four masted schooner, Alice IS.
Crosby, Newport News, for Boston,
fell in with another boat from the
steamer about sixty five miles south
east by east Of Sandy Hook lightship,
which contained twentythree per-
sons, but owing to the rough sea only
thirteen were saved, the other ten
being drowned
The Crosby landed the thirteen
Woods ~ n1n rhiS
ing, and they left on train for New
York this afternoon.
Another vessel, three masted
schooner. picked up seventy five OF
the survivors, and it is supposed put
back with them to Delaware Break
water.
The men say but little. There
were three Americans among those
at Woods Hole, the others being
Spaniards. They say that thousands
of dollars in money went down with
those who were drowned, and in the
private casks on the steamer.
The most detected looking man
on board the Hawkins was an old
man, who told me he was Calixto
Garcia, and was in charge of the eX
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the Beebe. He was accompanied
by his son, Carolos. Garcia seemed
completely broken down. He said
that the Cubans had played one OF
their strongest cards of the revolu-
ton in sending out this expedition
and that more than 100000 worth OF
arms and ammunition had been lost
by the sinking OF the Hawkins.
AT the headquarters of the Cuban
junta in this city it was declared by
the leaders tonight that the Haw'
kins was not a tilibusterer, SO far as
they knew. They said the story was
started by Pinkerton men, because
they had been unable to catch the
Garcia party and declared that Gar
cha was and has been in this city fol
some time past.
Many shipping men do not believe
that the Hawkins was tilibusterer
They think she was boat bought
by the Cuban junta to throw the
Spanish off the track of the real
flibusterer. which will soon be heard
from at distant point off Cuba
Richmond Times, goth.