The New York herald., 1865-04-09
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erARK's LANDING, MomLs BAR, March 20, 1865
THE MONITORS MLwAuKDs AND SUNK roRrtpoEs
The readers Of the HsRAD will be panied to learn thas
two Of our best Monitors In Mobile baythe Milwaukee
and ossge-each exploded torpedo, and lies sunk
short distance beyond Biakeey river bar eight
miles from Mobile The Milwaukee was blown up yester-
day and the Usage to-day Only man was injurel
the former, but the latter four OF our gallant
sailors were killed, and six seriously injured.
The sunken ironclads lie very each other in ten
eleven feet OF water The upper part OF their rrets
pilot houses and smokesacks with portion of the deck
Of the Milwaukee, is above One OF the OF
the latter is in good working order To-day era OF
her iftcen-inch shells sent In the direction Of
Spanish Fort
rHE MONITORS IN LINE or RATTLE.
Heretofore Monitors had not advanced Blakesy
river bar as IL considered very dangerous cioss
partly owing TO the low Of the water thereon and
Of the number of orpcdoes with which that portion Of
the bay filed
On Monday when the army OF General Canhy advanced
Spanish Fort by land, the Monitors winnebago Kick
apoo, Chckasaw, Milwaukee and Usage, With tho double
Octorara succeeded In crossing eley river
in safety, and formed in line Of battle Immediately be-
yond. The intention undoubtedly was 10 r est Spanish
Fort and it's line Of works by water as we'll az
by land cut of all communication from Mobile pre-
vent the rebels from either reinforcing transporting
supplies, and finally capture the entire garrison.
Our seamen glanced with pride along the formidable
line Of iron cads on Monday afternoon believing thas
nearly half their work accomplished by ng
BAR but alas scarcely forty oght hours had oiased be-
fore of best Monitors bo"n up by torpedocs
and lay almost useless the bottom Of the bay The
napder ey afvsncel sQrc IN danger OF sharing the
ssmo laie
TuE usEasa 11twkrNm
On rucsdsy sitssfapa The winnrcsgo a, 1 AZ sGaNes
.f-
Fora Cor ,ha parpose Of shcing ont 20 tren@foF
which was supposs1 10 he laden with troops pphez
for the garrison there. The transport left sef ar ns
two throe shells were fired.
The water battery opposite Spanish Fort then opened
nre on tho Monitors and, though they were two miles
dista Mt ono gun supposed to b whtworthb threw
shells far beyond them
The Winncbago and Milwaukee ordered 10 return
to their positions in line Of battle, and from Of the
officers Of the former vessel learn thai Milwaukee
struck torpedo in backing, and that quarter past
nve O'Clock she slowly settled TO the bottom sinking -
tho stern.
From another naval ofcer learn that Captain Gis
Of the Milwaukee, asked permission 70 shell the battery
which Immediately granted. After firing about
dozen shots Captain ellis permission to anchor
and silence the fort This request the Admiral refused
and ordered the Milwaukee return the nset when
In backing into line she struck . torpedo end sunk
One injured by the explosion The onicsrs and
rescued without diculty by the boats Of the
other vessels, which instantly alongside A. abe
sank In only ten feet OF the enabled u
reach her deck and remain In perfect safety
until taken or The explosion Of the tor
pedo, learn was not heard . 4 fcat distance
and but for the spray the spashing Of tho water and
the heaving and settling Of the MONITOR many who
looking at her the time would have known what
| had taken place.
SINKING The
The weather on Wednesday afternoon was glorious.
The Of the Milwaukee through tho devish ingenuity
OF rebel torpedo planting, was terrible trial 70 the hearts
Of gallant officers and board the other
Monitors; bat they only waited for orders advance and
engage the enemy, and on receiving them would
doubt boldly have left the line for that purpose
their unfortunate predecessor had twenty hours pre-
vious The Chickasaw, Kckapoo winncbago the s1nkcn
Monitor and the 0otorora in line the Usage being
st anchor short distance astern Fcang that the latter
might foul with the others the Usage got under weigh
for the purpose Of stoamng ahead snd anchohng
the cast shore. the edge Of the channel A she
preparing cast anchor she struck and exploded
| pedo the starboard bow, which injured her
seriously that she almost instantly sunk. Whom tho
| explosion took place John Tonant, captain OF
the forecas,le, and william Doyson, chief boatswan's
mate, standing by the anchor 70 "iet GO" They,
with the anchor blown thirty feet in the air Both
men wore killed.
During the confusion consequent upon the Disaster
report spread that six killed. ton twelve
wounded and all the nrcmen missing II dis.
covered however, that only -four killed and sin
wounded The OF two Of the killed have already
given you; the others Lewis Dewsll master at
Of the lower deck and William Pager The Of the
injured could not learn.
A nKpxL IN HONOR or rns observation-disclosures %
CREW osAoE.
Tho 0sago had scarcely reached the bottom Of the bay
before the rebel batteries OF Spanish Forthcsc ON cacb
side OF the bay-and the guns II the Nashville, we're
laundering forth sautc In honor OF the disaster When
the Milwaukee sunk the feet heard cheering In the drcc
ton OF spanish Fort but when tis Usage went down the
enemy salu,ed as II for great v.ctory.
As in the casc OF the Tecumsch and Milwaukee, ths
force OF the explosion suddenly raised the Usage and
when she reached the she filled rapidly and
SINK the bottom Of the bay Her turrct pilot house
and smoke stack alone remain visible Though che
sank In about tho depth OF water the Milwaukee,
she has the appearance Of being submerged two feet
deeper This Is owing to her being lower than tho NIL
waukec aud Of different style Of iron clad, the Nil
wauxee resembling the original Monitor, though much
larger and having twoturrets while the Usage iss Mis-
| sisslppi turtle back" W
the pews Of The loss Of this valuable lroncad spread
like wdnrc through the feet and In few moments her
| officers and crew were rcscicd.
Each OF the Monitors sent boats TO the'r a%-'a"oo
while the unied states steamship Mama aud hddo'p"us
got undcr way and steamed alongside
In tho rescue Of the crews Of both tho hh"''0 ane
osage the officers Of these vessels erh'o'u ss.as W..
ness and presence OF mind and Captains """S s"'
Gamble we're the last 70 leave their dccks' -.
The officers or both vessels lost nearly all sScS cloth
,os The, cav ha, they rcady 70 sAkc another
,na advance on spanish Fort any other Of the
enemy's forts on The bay
rvosysors or RAISING MILWAUKEE, AID o'Aas
o,Ing to the shslowness Of the water whore inc
wnxsutec ard o,gc ic, u ts hoped that both Aon'o''