People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — KEARSARGE CREW SAVED. [ARTICLE]

KEARSARGE CREW SAVED.

Taken from Roncador Reef with the Loss of But One Life. Colton, Feb. 13. The crew of the United States cruiser Kearsage was rescued at noon on Saturday. One man was drowned. He was a second-class fireman named Anderson Robbins. The old warship was abandoned on Iloneador reef with the stars and stripes still flying at her peak. The steamship City of Para with the crew of the Kearsarge on board will leave this port for New York on Wednesday next Washington, Feb. 12.—The navy department has received advices confirmatory of the Associated Press dispatches announcing the arrival of the steamer City of Para at Colon, with the crew of the wrecked United States cruiser Kearsarge. It is believed that the Kearsarge has broken up, otherwise Admiral Stanton Avould have made some effort to save her or asked instructions about her. There is great rejoicing in the navy department over the safe arrival of the Kearsarge’s crew.