Evening journal., 1897-09-30
HULK ALL ABLAzE.
Burning Wreck Seen at Sea South
of Hateras.
WAS ABANDONED BY THE CREW.
The Steamer Bringing This News Also
Conveys Reports That In Havana
There Is Now Practically "a Famine.
Dogs and Cats Eaten There.

NEW YORK. Sept. 30.-The blazing
hulk of a three masted schooner, with
name Oblterated. boats gone and no
sign of a living thing aboard Is drifting
In a trailing cloud of black smoke off
One Hundred Fathom curve south of
Hatteras.
The news Of this disaster OF the sea
has been brought in by the Ward line
steamer Vigilancia, from Cuba and
Mexican ports.
1t was early Monday morning that
he lookout on the Vgiancia deserted
.he black cloud on the horizon. II was
TOO dense and stretched too far across
the face of the sea to have come from
q steamers funnel.
Toward afternoon the black mass OF
n hull was made out. and later the
nature of the cloud was known. The
huh from which It sprang showed red
and glowing in the smoke, and Passed
three masted schooner afire amidshps,
fore and mizzen gone by the board.
main carried away at top, latitude
S253, longitude 77.35,' went down in the
Vigilancia's log
The Vigilancia passed with the blaz-
Ing wreck on her starboard hand. The
schooner was lying stern on, showing a
three quarter view of her starboard
side. From amidships long tongues of
flame We're licking up the mainmast'
which had gone just below the top.
Foremast and mizzenmast had been
carried away flush with the deck. They
trailed alongside held by shrouds and
backstays
1t was evident that the schooner had
aIta nod
been gutted fore and aft.
There was not a sign of life about or
human creature aboard her, and vain
ly the quartermaster of the Vigilancia
swept the sea for sight of the crew that
must have abandoned the wreck.
The schooner listed far to starboard
with shifted cargo and had settled by
the stern where the fire widened seams
let in the sea.
No name or sign or symbol by which
the identity of the wreck could be as
certained was visible upon H.
The Vigllancia slowed up, but did not
stop. and when night came on the dark
ness blotted out the trailing black cloud
and left only the occasional red flashes
TO tell of the nameless wreck.
Among the Vigilancias passengers
were seven Of the crew of the Prince
/ line steamship Turkish Prince, which
went ashore Sept. II on Campeche reef,
20 miles east of Progreso Yucatan. The
| Turkish Prince was bound from Colon
10 Vera Cruz and grounded on the reef
at night in a heavy squall. She Will
probably be a total loss.
Four passengers Of the Vigilancia
were sent to Hoffman island for obser-
vation as a precaution against yellow
| fever.
A party consisting of a Cuban, his
wife and daughter was met at the dock
by several relatives and friends. The
Cuban arrival stated that there was
practically a famine In Havana.
For eight days before I sailed" hC
said, there had been no meat eaten in
any Of the Havana hospitals. either by
doctors, nurses or patients The sup
plies Of the hospitals consist principally
of peas, rice, cornmeal and jerked beet
from South America. The poor people
are subsisting upon dogs, as they have
4 no money to purchase more costly food
DOG catching has become a fine art
and dog raising and breeding for food
purposes is now a recognized industry
Cats also are eaten, and in some cases
especially among the Cinnamon, rats
are a staple article of food"