The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-07
COMMODORE SINKS.
Ten Americana and DIX Oubans Were
Either Killed or Drowned.
The Ship, u 10 Alleged, was scuttlsd anA
the Panps Dsraa9sd By . Traitor--Ths
oonmodore Was Loaded with Arms
and Ammunition for Cubans.

81. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Jan. 4 The Al
clustering steamer Commodore, which
left Jacksonville, Fla, Friday even
ing, was sunk off New Smyrna bar 1T
$3.50 o'clock Saturday ymorning, carrying
its precious cargo Of arms, etc., for the
Cuban army to the bottom, 20 fathoms
deep
The consignment consisted Of s03, 900
cartridges, 1000 pounds giant powder,
40 bundles of rifles, electric batteries,
800 machetes, IA cases of drugs, 4 bum
dies OF clothes, valued at ~, 465. Not
an srticle was saved. k3
JAcHsoNvILLE, Fla, Jan. ALI Of
the crew Of the Commodore were not
saved a. reported. Saturday night.
Twelve are in Jacksonville, three alive
and one dead At Daytona Four are
reported to have arrived near Armond,
but the report has not been confirmed,
and eight are at sea on . life raft
Capt Murphy, Stephen Crane, the
novelist, @. b Montgomery, the cook,
and VIM. Higgins, stolxer, landed at
Daytona Sunday morning. Their boat
was turned over in the surf, and Hig-
gins received wound which caused
his death soon after getting ashore.
The party on the raft are all Cubans.
They left the boat before Capt. MUIR
phys party and nothing more has been
heard of them.
J. M. Bsrrs requested the collector
OF customs to secure permission for
the Three Friends to 60 the rescue Of
the Commodore immediately upon re-
ceipt of the wreck Saturday. The
collector telegraphed to Secretary Car
Isle ut once, but no reply was received
until Sunday afternoon. Permission
was granted, and the Three Friends
left Sunday night The beach 10
being patrolled from St Augustine
to New Smyrna. It is re-
ported that there was treachery
aboard the Commodore but no details
can be learned. The party landed ut
Daytona can not get to this city until
Monday as there are no Sunday trains
on the East Coast railroad. The party
that landed Saturday night and
reached here are: Maj. Ricardo A.
Delgado, Paul Rollo, Paquito Ben.
cAmo, Franco Blanco, Miguel Cond is
bury, Wamon Hernandez, Gabriel
Martinez, Santiago Diaz, Emile Mar
quez, Jose Hernandez and Bueneven-
tue Linoveus.
The following was received from
Daytons at II o'clock Sunday night:
About ten o'clock Friday night . sus-
picious leak was discovered In the fire
room and Capt. Murphy immediately
started the pumps which undoubtedly
had been tempered with, as they were
In working order when Capt. MUIR
ply and Chief Engineer Redigsn
left watch at eight o'clock.
The fires were extinguished and
: the boat came to standstill about 13
miles from Mosquito Light. Capt
Murphy took full charge Of the hand
ling Of the ship while the first mate
superintended the launching of the
boats The Cubans took possession OF
the big boat and loaded it with bag
gage 20 that only 10 men left the tug
in It They reached shore at 4 o'clock
Saturday and left for Jacksonville. The
second boat was occupied by six Gu.
bans, and the empty boat washed ashore
at Port Orange Saturday night The
third boat to leave the crafts side was
filed with Americans, leaving q ten
foot dingy for Capt. Murphy's use,
who refused to quit the ship until all
were saved. G. B. Montgomery, the
steward, Stephen Crane and VIM. Hig-
gins remained with the captain and
with him launched the dingy and stood
by the tug until o'clock, when she
sank. The mates boat, containing
nine Americans, was smashed, and
the mate, two engineers, six fire.
men and sailors were dashed
to raft which Capt Murphy
attempted to tow ashore two miles
away, but the terrible sea and the
northeast gale swept them away. The
dingy occupied by the captain and com.
panions was 81 hours ct sea, Montgom.
cry and Crane holding Capt Murphy'a
overcoat as sail. until the beach was
sighted. High seas were breaking a
half mile from shore. Montgomery,
Crane and Murphy were washed to the
beach, where citizens provided them
with medical ATTENDANCE.
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