The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-04
cbsTAWAYS ADRIFT ON A RAFT.
-,o,,r OF THE COMMODORE PARTY
NOT YET HEARD FROM.

r.o surf Running High and Their
rate ia DOubt-A Patrol on the
D.oob Ready TO Assist the Cnsta-
avs III Fhey should BE Washed
INTO The surf--A Suspicion That the
4 s,,,I.tnw of the Commodore Was
Due 90 Treachery.
1,,lsonville. Fla, Jan. S.-An of the
,rs,v Of the Commodore were not saved,
4 >. renorted last night. Twelve are in Jack
. aorvi1le Three alive and one dead are at
4 novtoua. Four are reported to have ar
,,ye5 near Ormond, but the report is not
confirmed and eight are at sea on life
4 raft
Cant. Murphy. Stephen Crane, the novel
lei C B. Montgomery, the cook and Will
liam Higgins, a stoker, landed at Day
tona this morning Their boat was turned
over in the surf and Higgins received a
vonpd which caused his death soon after
getting ashore.
& The party on the raft are all Cuhans.
4 They left the boat before Capt. Murphy's
8 Marty and nothing more has been heard
& of them. ]. NJ. Barrs requested the col
4 lector Of customs to secure permission for
the Three Friends to go to the rescue of
the Commodore Immediately upon receipt
B of the news of the wreck Saturday after
noon. The collector telegraphed to Sec
& retary Carlisle at once, but no reply was
received until this afternoon. Permission
s was granted and the Three Friends left
tonight The beach is being patrolled
& from St Augustine to New Smyrna.
q It is reported that there was treachery
aboard the Commodore, but no details can
8 he learned. The party landed at Day
8 tona cannot get to this city until to-mor-
q row as there are no Sunday trains on the
* Hast Coast railroad. The party that land
s led last night and reached here are: Maj.
#Rieardo A. Delgardo, Paul Rojo Paquito
#Bencamo, Franco Blanco, Miguel Condis-
bury, Ramon Hernandez, Gabriel Marti-
me- Santiago Diaz Emilio Marquee,
#Joseph z. Hernandez and Buenavento Lin
#0veus.
81 The following was received from Day
*t0na at II o'clock tonight: "About 10
O'Clock Friday night suspicious leak was
discovered in the fire room and Capt. Muir
81 #hy Immediately started the pumps,
(which undoubtedly had been tampered
#with as they were in working order when
& Capt Murphy and Chief Engineer Redi-
Fl gah left watch at o'clock. The fires were
#xtinguished and the boat came to a stand
III about sixteen miles from Mosquito
Light, capt. Murphy took full charge of
he handling of the ship, while the first
mate superintended the launching of the
oas. The Cubans took possession of the
frr L@.k HI L
hat only twelve men left the tug in it.
hey reached shore at o'clock Saturday
nd left for Jacksonville.
The second boat was occupied by six
n uoans and the empty boat was washed
shore at Port Orange last night
81 The third boat to leave the crafts side
yas filled with Americans, leaving a ten
foot dingy for Capt. Murphys use, who
eiused to quit the ship until all were
saved. c. b. Montgomery, the steward
ftephan Crane and William Higgins re-
NAMED with the captain, and with him
punched the dingy and stood by the tug
Intil o'clock when she sank
The mates boat, containing nine Ameri-
PANS, was smashed, and the mate, two en-
s meers and six firemen ana sailors were
ashed to a raft, which Capt. Murphy at
mpted to tow ashore, twenty miles
way but the terrible sea and the north
ast Sdle swept them away
he dingy occupied by the captain and
is companions was twenty-seven hours
sea, Messrs Montgomery and Crane,
olding Capt. Murphy's overcoat as sail,
ntll the beach was sighted. High seas
ere breaking a half mile from shore.
lessls Montgomery Crane and Murphy
ere washed to the beach, where citizens
rovlded them with medical attendance.
igsns was killed by the overturning OF
e boat, which made ten Americans and
Cubans lost.
mere is no doubt that traitor did the
ork of scuttling and then tampered with
e pumps, as they were working per-
city at o'clock. The suspected man
as saved, and a thorough investigation
vi be made tomorrow
st. Augustine, Fla, Jan. 3.-The Morn
News correspondents patrol with by
les have followed the beach southwark
Matdnzas inlet and returned tonight,
porting it impossible, owing to the dense
setting in this evening, to see the raft
luns north with the six men lashed TO
as reported by Capt Murphy of the sun
steamer Commodore. The east wind
ee noe makes it impossible for the
gl' II resist the surf, to be blown
more north of Ormond, to which place
Morning News correspondent has the
avn patroled. A heavy surf prevents
nal boats here going out. The life saving
auon near Ormond is merely house of
uge with life boats and the wrecked
ariners must risk themselves to me
III fury The patrol will be resumed at
SHSht tomorrow, if the raft is not
ard from.
apt Murphy, Stephen Crane, the nov
'N TWO seamen whose names are not
ven and Seaman William Higgins, Capt
~ nphy says, were the last to leave the
nihodore, and only by superhuman ef-
S managed to keep their boat afioat
w IL was swamped off Seabreeze. twenty
es north of where Mai Delgardo's
We're beached when Seaman Hig.
was drowned and the four other
eu themselves. They are at Daytona
III "ll go to Jacksonville tomorrow
uS They refused a special engine ten.
ny the East Coast railway to-day
p"en crane has been telegraphed tc
10 New York Immediately and viii
tomorrow night Capt. Murphy
5ne yawl containing nine Americans
GraWn down by the Commodore
wing the men into the seething wal.
ana ne and his companions were una.
@ W. heip them and saw them sink one
III bi'' murphy believes a traitor boref
81 NJ IN the Commodore and disabled IN,