The sun., 1900-01-23
SNELLED POWDER
ON MAIDEN TRIP
Steamer MaracaibO Built in
Wilmington Biddled With
Insurgent Lead.
STRUCK SEyENTY-SIX TINES
She Poked Her Nose Into South
American Itumpus and Her
Captain and Mate Were
slightly Wounded on
First Voyage.

The new steamship Maracaibo, built
for the Red u line and turned over to
her owners early last November, met
with warm reception OF bullets her
maiden trip 10 Slaracaibo, at the hands
of South American insurgents.
On her maiden trip the handsome new
Rcd u liner poked her nose into the port
ot Maraeaibu to smell powder and re-
ceive shower IL eaden missiles from the
rn u tile insurgents Seventy-six
holes, made by Mau-er rfl. bullets at
test Tie narrow escape ol her uiii3err
from death.
The steamer vas commanded by Cap
tain Hopkins, Who IL veil knUAn IN
Wilmington. The captain aud i. 7.
Pennington, the second mate, are the
hprles lt the uprising 10 Matacaibo 4or
thc former Was slot "a the ti.t2et aud tie
latter IN the shoulder although both
wounds were very snght
Whrn the MaricaiOa made her tir-t
trip bctNtru Caracas ana MarAcMnH SIZE
catrtcI a cargo 81 general merchandise,
but, more imput ,Ht ina thAt, she had
a-a ptssrngrr t,eneri de bAfr, "ho ~aS
sent uy th- government olll as 70 taSt
ehaigc of tlr government Forces at Naa.
cai5o aud put daAn Witi stern hand
IttC luClAc IL 70 ~ tsit'E y NttE'i titshA ~ -
oped ia that part II Nrn'zlela
Tne snip has returtcd anI Is now at
Pier 10. south Brooklyn.
Cautin H9pkiu- speaks lightly ot the
affair, bnt admitt-d thlt bis craft NY ~
dlngeiun- position durIag tte l6.hour
attack ~ the insurgents.
The story told ol the circumstances is
IL follow:
I'VE tied mp at the wharf opposite the
Custom House in Maracaibo on Deem
Der The revolution broke out III cen
minutes past nine O'Clock that night an
continued until u AZ past one O'Clock The
next dAv. We Me,e right 10 the line Of
fire an that time, and the bullets con.
stantly hummed about Our ears or crashed
through the wood work or the metal iun
nels and ventilator
II don't say they were firing at us
but We had on board fellow tneS
would have liked to kill mean Gen
cral de Rarr. He landed from our boa
only thai afternoon, but didn't sta!
ashore long and was ba4k aboard ioI'
the revolution broke out.
I'VE could see tile fighting all ahou
the streets tie NIX morning, Mr.. ltr
rili continued, "and some OF the govern
maut soldiers h-d down to the whar
and jumped overheard, ana mo beHta
- escape the insurgents fire. One maj
was sho. down within lew leet OF tn
Nlaracaibo, and his body lay there 70
four hours before il was taken away am
buried. The hfilg stopped only whei
the government forces surrendered III
custom house to the insurgents.
"Ju7t as soon as the government
soldiers SIR enderrd most o then
mlrched downt the wharf and thre'
ieir gus ov,rooard. !"
Captain Hopkins and the Maracalo
are both we'll known in this city. IN
captain resided several months in WI
mlngton. lie boarded for while at foe
wells boarding house at Third and We'
streets, and also at the Grand nlo
Hotel at Front aud Freuca streets, Whe
the Maracaibo was delivered TO the te
ID Company at New York, many WI
lninptonians went around on her. Cal
tain Thompson was in command OF "
ship until she was delivered. Anon
those who were on the trip were tae 10
lowing;
Thomas Benson. William Mcdowell
Captain Willard Thompson, Edwin Sa'
Ter, 4 )dney Cause aud owen spea
There was also party Of Philadelphia
on board as well.