The Mena star., 1898-07-27
HOW SPAIN LOST HER SHIPR.
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 ad do not know. The shock was ter rife. The shell is said to have killed eighty men Tn It's path across and over the gun deck. The final explosion blew out the starboard side of the Viz caya, making her complete wreck.
 "In the meantime the survivors from the flagship were jumping into the sea to escape from the burning wreck. The steel sides of the ship were almost red-hot from the fire raging within and the impact of the shells without. Admiral Cervera himself threw off all of his clothes but two garments, and finally leaped into the sea, where he was supported by his son. tried to stay on board as long as he did, but the pitching of the vessel in the heavy surf and the frightful heat of the deck caused me to lose my balance, and fell. I was barely conscious, but the sea water revived me, and boat from the Ericsson soon picked me up"
 The lieutenant spoke with much feeling and his references to Admiral Cervera were almost reverent. He ad- mitted that he had very confused ac- count of the battle. He could not re- member details, and he had no idea of time. It seemed to him that the flag ship was for hours in that hell of fire.
 Captain Eulate is the most heart broken of all the Spanish commanders. He sits for hours gazing at the sea, with an expression of utter dejection on his face-a broad bandage across his forehead covering his wounded head, and his lips often utter with un- speakable sadness the two words: "Adios, Vizcaya"
 Lieutenant Antonio Mangenper, of the Viscaya, was the senior of his rank aboard the armored cruiser. He speaks only native tongue, but has seen much of the world, has made voyage to Manila and several cruises before he joined the Vizcaya. He was with the boat at New York last Feb ruary. He said:
 "To us it appeared as if the vizcaya received the converging fire of at least two battle ships and the cruiser Brooklyn. Our engineers did splendid work and we thought ourselves easily able to cope with the Brooklyn. We fought the Iowa abeam for nearly half an hour at a range of 2,000 yards. That was an experience for any man. The Americans didn't seem to be in any hurry. The big battle ship, good for two of us, hung on our beam like bull dog, and gave us about two out of every three shots her gunners fired. With the after turret they were firing at somebody back of us.
 "The Brooklyn didn't damage us much. The Iowa did the business. Its shells. coming full at our sides. never glanced, as did many of the oth- CTS. We were hit twenty times by shots that did little damage. The skipping I3-inch shells from the Iowa appeared to slide along .he surface of the water and hunt for seams in our armor. The curious thing is that they found our vulnerable spot-our Achil- les heel, so to say. Three of these monster projectiles penetrated the hull of the Vizcaya and exploded there be fore we started for thesh
 The carnage inside that ship was something horrible beyond description. Fires were started up constantly. It seemed to me that the iron bulkheads took fire. Our organization was per- feet We acted promptly and master ed all the small outbreaks of flame. until the small ammunition magazine was exploded by a shell. From that moment the vessel became furnace. While we were walking the deck, headed shoreward, we could hear the roar of the flames under our feet above the voice of the artillery. The Viz caya's hull beloved like blast fur mace. Why, men sprang from the red hot deck straight into the jaws of sharks!'
 The story of the chase of the Cristo- bal Colon is best described by Dr. Ga briel Cavaillery-Sause. who, with his companion, Dr. Adolpho Niemere- Sua- serc. were the surgeons on the ship kl.4 ..-ol. .-al1onf ruu for