Arizona republican., 1894-10-07
A SEA FIGHT. Bloody Naval Encounter
 in the Orient. An Eye Witness to a Thrilling Scene.
The Desperate Conflict Be
 tween Japan and China.
Two Warships Fight Until Both Are Levelled to the Waters Edge
 Chinese Are the Victors.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.-This story of the great sea fight, the first of the war that now rages in the Orient, comes from one who saw with his own eyes the tragic events of which he tells. He is young Englishman. who was super vlsing engineer of the Yang Wei and who has served for four years in the Chinese navy. He is now in San Fran cisco for medical treatment for injuries received in the battle.
 The battle he described was fought by the Chinese cruiser, Yang Wei, and the Japanese flagship. Matsushima, on July 12, some eighty miles southwest of Chemulpo. Corea, and lasted for three hours, resulting in the almost complete destruction of both vessels and in terri ble loss of life to both com batants.
 The fight WAS caused by the Yang Wei persisting in following the Japan ese fleet of seven vessels, when the latter put to sea from Chemulpo. The Yang Wei is an unarmored steel crnis CT of 1850 tons displacement. Her armament consisted of one 101a inch 3S ton Armstrong gun, one inch 25 ton, six 5 inch, 10 Hotchkiss and machine guns. The Matsushima is an unarmor ed steel cruiser of 4,277 tons. Her armament consisted of one I2 inch 45 ton Banet rife, eleven A inch 56 pound rapid firing guns, II Hotchkiss and Nor6opfaldt ynochipo pr,pu
 Says the engineer, continuing his story: I've continued our speed and drew the Japanese admiral on until we had the Matsushima out of sight of the rest of the fleet. We had run about forty miles in the chase with the ad- mirals's flagship when at six bells on the morning the watchword was passed again to stand by for action. Suddenly our star board engine was reversed full speed, helm was put hard port, and the Yang Wei spun around on her keel and facing the Mutsushima gave her 101a shell out of a thirty-eight ton gun which struck her in the port bow and exploded in her secondary battery. That shot tore an enormous hole in her upper deck and disa bled three of her guns. It was the first gun of the war.
 "Then followed some of the cleverest maneuvering on record. Orders poured into the engine room thick and fast. We rushed past the Matsuhima on the return tack and brought our three six inch guns to play on her secondary battery, at the same time covering her after guns with perfect stream of Hotchkiss three pound shells and Nor denfeldt. An explosion took out one port after gun and killed ten men. A jagged hole, fourteen feet in diane ter was left in the deck, and broken tim bers, bent deck beams, torn steel plates and mangled human bodies were piled up on all sides. It was sight to remember for a life time. From that time on it was a grim hand to hand struggle. The smoke was so dense that the only mark for the gun ners was the fash of the enemies guns. of her big shells. The shell burst right under our twenty gun aft. The gun was completely uprooted, the steer ing gear was completely wrecked, and the after part of the main and lower decks were ripped down to the steel protected deck. The guns crew, four teen men and servers below, were killed, besides no one knows how many more.
 ''The next instant one of the most tragic incidents of the fight occurred. Throughout the whole engagement the Chinese gunners had not displayedthe slightest bit of fear. The mangled bodies of their comrades were strewn about the decks and were piled about the wreckage. Shells were exploding all around them, but still they fought like intelligent machines. When after the gun was blown up, however, the men at the forward gun which Lieut.. Lii Yang himself was endeavoring to train on the Japanese Coming tower, became scared and ran below. He called to his men to return to their post. They would not obey his orders. "Then," said the engineer, "Li Yang drew his revolver and fired six shots. Six of the gunners dropped dead. The other twelve returned to the gun. Within a few seconds Ii Yang had 8 gun trained on the Coming tower. A shell struck 1t below the armor and ex ploded. The Japanese admiral and several of his officers were killed and the Coming tower was sent into the air and there was splash.
 "That was the last shot of the engage ment. When the smoke cleared away