Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-13

COMPELLED To HAUL uuwN THEIR riAG.
ing every man Ia 70, Including Capt.
Aguirro and the fCnior lieutenant. Capt.
Aguirrc's fate was like that Of Grau'a, his
body bring literally torn 90 pieces. Com
muuI thea developed upon Lieut. Gnros1u,
the uuly surviving udieer luit for duty out
IL seven that bad catered the ilght. ~
this time the ship was badly nlclk ana
showed over three feet OF wHtc' In her hold
Upon all s'des on both decks and around
the oahius, were piled ghanuy evidences u
tho punishment bravo mon Will endure
rather than cry, Enough" The passages
were ohukrd with copso4, the floors HtruWn
with mutiluttd romans, AMI 10 add 60 tho
horror OF the situation the wooden lining
was on fire in many places and half ui The
surviving crew was psu.r stricken and In
hiding IN the best sheltered pnrta Of tho
ship, Yet Garczun continued the fight
with his almost unman1Ucablc vessel. The
Coghrauo tried the ram again and chance
ulouc saved tho liuascar Both Chilim
ships closed In, using their great guns,
rinls mud machine guns, and the sloop Of
war Coyadonga steamed up and Joined In
the L0mharlmrnt GarcA0u then deter.
mined to sink his ship with all on board ~
opcuiuy her condenser valves, and In the
midst Of this worl, bordcrs froh tho
Coehrne reached her decks aud with
drawn rcyolvcrs compelled the Peruvian
sailors to haul down their ing.
The llunscnr had been literally swept 10y
tho Chillan shots Hardly q yard of her
upper works bad escaped, and the gaps "A
her .bulw1rks Ia places reached 10 tho
waters Cdro.
The action lasted over un hour and a
hnlf On hoard the lluaacar the killed
numbered IS, including officers, and the
wounded IS, "a marvellous loss Tor an iron.
clad Ia q iair hght with the exception ot
loriy,two foreigners Qhir,y ~ these being
Euglishmcnl the crew we've pcruvians. Ia
nll the ilUHscarwns struck by tweaty -iuug
uhGts. Her own guns fired forty rounds,
hut the damage done on the Chllinn urmor
was slight. Tie practice Of tho Peruvian
gunuors was poor. The lluasclr's sJc0ng
gear an lay above wnter aud was three
times disarrnped hy shots during the ac'
ton. Thus Gruu entered tho fight hsndf
capped IN every way. lie hoped hy The
ven, uudAc.ty o. Die conduct so ugtound
M. advc1arica and cut his way through.
Tie line Of ships that surrounded him.
| Even then the Chllian Rtipa wcru the better
sailors, and lie would have riskcd bclu,
oycrhnulcd had he gut out to sea,
Grau's death was m0umcd by both sides
! IN the War and by cyory South American
nation. llo was 0s gallant Rs he wa,
| brave. On one oeca ion just before this
| lght ho had lad uudgf BIS guns and at
| h8mercy the clndouscrs supplying drink
! lnr Nutcr to an army Ot 10000 Chilnu'
| and thG inhabitants VI q coutt town %,
| well Their destruction would have div
pcrfal the army OF an enemy but hc with
| held his nc because the calamity would
hnyc fallen unon helpless women and chill
dron and nonaombatauts, az well 90 upuf
| bis ChillGu foes.
The Ch.liaus took thclr prize TO Valpa
ralso, and after thorough repairs She wonl
20 sal ~ cogsuf 20 her captlu, the Blanc
| Euunladn and Corhrlue Her loss 10 th'
prruyiuns wiped ont thclr navy with thl
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