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niepatch Boat Dauntless, off San
,i4co. June 5, via Kingston, June
4 IA a. m.-Whether the American
fsor sank a Spanish torpedo boat
fesuover on Friday night has not
been absolutely determined.
Al 10 o'clock Friday night the
cruiser New Orleans discovered
what appeared to be a torpedo boat
dasr0ver close to the shore and
s.gnalled the flagship that it was
evident a night attack vast be
made Both the New York and the
New Orleans opened fire and their
shells burst around the dark object.
Finally a 13-inch shell from the
Massachusetts, (not the Oregon, as
first reported), was fired and eX-
olcded and the searchlights of the
Vessels were turned on the spot
where the supposed destroyer had
been sighted, but not a trace of the
D1at could be found, and it is be-
reyed aboard the New York that
she had been sunk.
The first assumption was that the
vessel was the terror, but it is be-
lifved now that it was the PlutOn
Or The Furor, as the Terror isrtun-
derstood to have been at Santiago.
Many officers of the fleet believe
that a darkened railway train that
vas moving along the shore was
the object of the bombardment in
stead Of destroyer. No wreckage
had been found, no dead bodies
have been noticed.
Admiral Sampson is determined
not allow the Spanish to remove
. the Merrimac from the spot where
She lies On Saturday it was re
ported that they were working at
Tie hull and the American fleet
formed in line CT battle with orders
10 lombard. 1t turned out that the
Spanish were net so Engaged and
the feet withdrew.
Admiral Sampson had gwen spe-
cial orders that FL Moro, where the
heroes Of the Merrimac are impris-
oned, should be spared in the fir
ing.
Admiral Ceryera's polite assur-
aueas we're accompanied by the
statement that Lieutensnt Hobson
aad his men were confined there.
This placing of prisoners in the di-
rect line of fire is denounced by the
American officers as thirteenth
century defense an act of incarnate
cruelty
General Castillo commanding the
Cuban forces in the west and north
Of the province of Santiago, has
bfen concentrating 4,0C0 Cubans in
lie vicinity Of the city.
Copyright, Associated Press.)
Kingston, Jamaica, June c.
News has been received here to-day
IRON Port Antonio, confirming the
report brought there yesterday by
a vessel from Santiago de Cuba
saving the Spanish Torpedo peat
destroyer Terror (Furor?) had
Teen sunk by an American war
sap, Ii appears that the battle.
SEP Oregon saw a long craft
sAeaklng close to the shore and
heading toward the harbor. She
Signalled the craft to turn to and
Inc signals were improperly an
S"ered, Whereupon the Oregon
opened fire upon her. A 13-inch
sa5i struck the torpedo boat amid
,llpS and she sunk with all hands.
me vessel is supposed to have
peTn the Spanish torpedo boat de-
SFoyer Terror trying to make her
way from Porto Rico into the
"atoor Of Santiago de Cuba, to re-
'o-A the fleet of Admiral Cervera,
WIN which she arrived at Fort de
france, Island of Martinique.
IAe Terror was compelled to
remain at Fort de France owing
" h7r boilers being out of order.
VI tne other hand, it is believed
~s torpedo boat destroyer sunk
NAY nave been the Furor of Ad-
1''al Ceryera's fleet, as the latest
reports concerning the Terror
s7hl p show that her boilers were
'"A out of order.
Mo'e St Nicholas, Hayti, June
~Adyiees received here to-day
@'ui NE flagship New York, off
''Uuago de Cuba, and forwarded
o'clock Sunday afternoon. say
Hege is no truth in the report from
0'l Antonio, Jamaica, that the
sPaAlsh torpedo boat destroyer
,9Ffor has been sunk by the United
''a'es battleship Oregon.
lAue Spanish torpedo boat de-
s0oyers Furor and Terror were
-''' AZ Glasgow for Spain, and