Wichita eagle., 1888-07-01
ENc2ra 70 TIE HALEs OF BAY.

At1:05 tte first shot was fired aniSt-uc.
Eons2r asto leave Us u dsah5 Y hesher tAs
bsrses were hit. y lt.ilof a few minutes
ana tAea a1a.ksr, fealowei clossly By re-
bound. l. Eagt up n this WAY as we were
rounsi2s the bend, the shops al seeming 70
cone very near - cs. Sssyve coali perceive
by tie H.ozszstzEy th-No5 Of fac hull when
sgErcs. WA tire ezes-ssoasf Cart Ward,
the pilots, erggireaTs aRS; ti7e-nen, the rest ot
Us were F3ostesi flozy raAstterses, On the alert
for IN attempt a. bSs-6i2g
Owing 70 tie & 4eop Of t,e river we had to
run 2 po-t.s, c. the .,,sse1.sce by, then turn
snd rn1 tie 77acls li-,o isacl7ags4n. Thus we
were ez3ose i ilryo u (. ssal-!5oar1 and then 70
bow FIRE. and pne> - 'front.' at rhe main
batteries . e c21esslsTated fire from three
directions. At trst re reereCi fraIn behind
TIE bay bales enpereslVing the fash Of the
Coase8ecasa-g1ns, u1-saon tie shoss were SO
saZl53 ond f-sal posncs 50 widely a1art that
ttca exciting amusement was dropped The
scrszclia- Ct tho shells as they wans ever Us,
the srsssa IN t1se water el.d the spray were
subjects Of jesting aad i11i1at5oa TIL an i'm
neCse sEail buEst bnt three fest or SO above
c1,r- heads vita stIanizg report,
7 Tg7eRty r-jr-stzs (loag minutes those
un6icr this E-e and noScssr hurt. The bar,-es
sti1 in good fern anu the httlo propeller
mixing escc-hlt I-I-lss PER hour. Now vo ere
wal psss sac nppgF ssAtse-ieS; bat the main
c-,rs are fo--r ayIDG1ra.i yards from Us, and it
seams - tAe elsar ssir as r VIC were Just IN
f--c-s Ct their zzuztlcS Several shots strike
t2c 3argas, bat OF We go. \ gla9co at our
T--sc.ss-l. 5 QuzC-er pss5 we are
e.-zcss sa-s5 The vc-s5 I'D te.sin 10 cos~ratu-
ls-5 each c.leT, vixen saGd1aiy Fzsaze ,hll-lad
tbs v-.- l-,3 1l4l@-. ccd ell JAe rcar OF tic
CS-.ee.ts~>ltS gins : t-11-ael = C2e terrific
re2o-t, Is T a ErasSl.1--9 had ..-rS5 u1elsr Us.
~ FIST 25>segslzg VF--s sS1a5 the powder had
been st577e>I CT lis l&rgs5 and had ignlted;;
br5 IN claEg9e-iaZ up e-ooag srraks and
faylcs could So 1othsssg Ikea tug. 4 uea
inch s,>sl IS 10 GEcerrTaTd lccrnc<f, tzd
struck Ear iJ,sis-s; sae lad exploded and tlle
white bot eiztlar5 we're thrown u IN a spout
inEshower, yshilests2n GztssE1oi-s eiIyaioPei
tie b2-zes l-ko 2 Rail. T-ha lfrt!o craft Lid
beaa E5sr&liry si..z.ssse5 70 atosls
Al-ost u tle sa-re, ,nIIcute the batteries
ccz2aenssl : vezgesrl, and, as i5seemcd 90
ne, a eaFa.7o, 6-s upon Us, fIstar and fassnr.
zaslzells Jzso CT s-roGod and eboVe Us with
stunning and bliaGiEg effect. The Goals
had sex L-o 70 the hay baIe2 u seversl places;
Il. s,-s,-s aised = Ito work, In val-l did We
t--az-uia f.1sz t1eal gL2 throw them over
board, ts.E1ssz:s cur hands, Iect ana cl51hi1g
IN TIC aZ9-t. No buckets FYeSe - 10 found;
they hed been blown away. Down between
tie targes hung tls fragments Of the tus By
ire toys ropes
The rcb2i5 SCI I'D hideous ycp, as II in
Inocke2.y -a5 cur cri; Led condition. Thobat-
tarlas 5,elt an iriay, the-blaziag hay Light
iur u1 TIE rSyer. Wo were then slowly drift
ing Win the current past the front OF the
CITY. Our disaster happened right abreast OF
the cG1r5 hsu,sa. As ScQn GS we could see
throuzA the blzding, smoke We found ir.
Browne stant.lay bs-eheadea on tho top
most baic, - If ho wera .da9ent tsrgst for
the rL5ul guE1ar5. Capt. ward had been
blown forward thirty lest from the t1I,s:c fato
the river, cnd tFyoof LIS u,e1 yEsse eagsgej
in lls,i-e. ai-n.up Ths wounded and scalded
men were crying Tor he.a, e1SssereG oalY by
tie skal1s 5.aS occasional claaers.
T1Fe }zl,rriofily consulted and decided 20 get
of tise tarses, Is l5s daEaai were croggSlipg
Us close. Bales q hay we-e tIInbiod into
the river and the wounded plGccd On them.
The heat uoyg bscaIhs intsnse. 4r. Browne
ara .IlrgssIf remained unal an were cff, and
tLall ggiGa }ilt olie b2lo for t.Io TIVE EYcd
for the plUlge- JCss as we weFe ready a
Sold she's yzell5 under -dr. Richardson, oyeg-
TURING hiin MO the water a..d raising a
fountain oI spray where he had sunk. Our
eres were cIaddened when he returned 90 tbs
surface uunurt.
We buiTeted the waves few minutes, gled-
de8ed by a sense OF relief from the insup-
portable beat. We commenced swimming for
the Louisiana shore, supp9GinG that cur pick
cts occupied u. We had been in the water
half al hour perhaps VIXEN the sound Of tho
stroke OF cars reached Us, and presently
yaHl pulled areuad the baTggs, our Grss
emotions vera pleasant enough: but they
were Suddenly changed when We saw tho
gray o1hiug Of the boatmen. They seoopsd
rs in blythe time We had dr4fted two uIilHs
below the city and with some roHEhness i'm
pressed upon US the fact thGt we were prs
oners Dripping and shiveriEg We were
marched I'd 70 the city, taken before the
provost marshal and registered
4 MCp-gp BOAT