Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05

the smaller h1ttcrleh on the other YES
sells fired shot after shot at long renaa
As the ships ran in toward the she
t soon became evident shat the sp1
ards had not come out to- make an
rrossivn hght. for they turned % @.
westward ns soon as they had clcarcn
The harhor and started on their race
for safety. at the same time sendine
shots at the American ships a. iaHt as
the men could load and IRE the guns
The Brooklyn, Massachusetts,. Texas.
oregon and Iowa were nearer Tue
Sunuiardq than any others 0t the
American vessels, but still most oil them
were too far away Go get an directive
range They crowded ON all steam
however. IN preparation Tor % chase
never atopping their IRE for one mo-
Tho Gloucester. a fast little yaoh,
thar cannot boast of any heavier bat-
ffrv than several sIN-p1und % ana
thrcc-p1uudcrs. was lying on Ngua-
11r.s !. three miles cast of MORO, whom
t,,a spani,rfs came out At first shs
Diuod In the attack ON leading vcs-
"a. and then held on tlr,. VAIN
firht concluding 10 reserve Dds ~ Ifts
Tor the two isrpCdo-boht des'roSefH in
the rear
when thay appeared ana chA.'l IN. z"
Co a point five miles west OF MOTTO
e1n,ic. pouring shot after shot into
ib,m ali M Time. flcr efforts bore
abundant fruit. for 90 her belong thc
credit nf The destruction w hoth 40 lh'
drrtrnyUrs. She urDi 400 SHOTS dlf-
ing the chase. and 90 wuH NOT long he.
fore both dpstroyom were ON IRE and
plainly disabled.
NJtwiths,anding. they both returned
the Giluent.r'H IRE, ana rain ni
rmli shells f.il around the yacht $40
Furur evidently determined that sue
would MT stand the fire any l1ngcr,
and she put about and headed back
Tor santiago Then the Gloucester
simply amUthrrod her with shots from
her rnpid-nrc guns ana running like
10 wind. forced her tn turn around
| and again head westward.
Smoke commenced 90 rise from the
! Jurors sides and she put in towiird
The shore. Before she had gone Tar
what was ioft of her crew abandoned
her AMI took 90 the boats. reaching tho
shore later By that time she was
mass OF flames and was drifting along
holpleHsly
The Piuion wns In the same dis
trpsscd condi.lun ana was alfl headed
| Tor thH shore, running up Alongside OF
a ilw blum. whore she soon pounded
| 90 pieces and finally broke IN two come
/ p'eirly ~ was most dangerous
| landing place Tor her crow and but
about half ~ them reached the shore
/ alive.
The Gloucester ala not - any fur
/ ther west. but lay On nl1rp ana sent in
q boat O. the Assistance uf the crews
! NJ the Destroyer. 10 ala not take the
/ flames long 90 reach the Fufur'H mag
/ nzlncs and there were two terrific oX.
| plnsl1nr. probably ~ the Ruucutton on
/ board u her whiuh blew hllna ln her
| bottom. Her stern sunk lmmednt iy.
| ana ne % settled ln the wnter her bow
rose straight Into the air ana she went
| o. the bottom IN perpetual nhnvi0u.
| giving nut a Missing, sctldinr sound aH
she disappeared below the surflcr.
| Meantime the larger American ahiuH
were gaining on the Spanish cruisers,
ana "a storm of shots was passing be.
tween the purHuorH and the pursued.
| The American nrU was rn rapid that
| the ships were pnyulnpsd lu thick
clouds of smoke and Il WIS Impossible
| 60 toll no the distance which vessels
We're doing the greater execution. Tho
| brooklyn and the i've hnttirHhips were
| keeping NJ an lncOHHant IRE upon the
infantu Maria Teresa. the Vizcnyu and
the Almiranto Oquondo. and the latter
was returning II bravcly. though with
no success. Tho Spanish runnerr
and many or their shots were very wild
though n number ~ them fol- danger
oualy near 10 Tho mark.
The guns ~ the battery just east Of
MORO also took part In the game and
their shells fell around the American
ships. Many Of them struck the upper
works % tho fleeing Snanlarda. and
must have resulted In KILLING and
| woundlnE many NJ their mon.
The Spanish ships had now reached d
point about seven miles west ~ More
and "a mile or two beyond the place
whore the Furnr was burning and thu
plutnn broken In two against tho cllff
The flagship ana the Oqucndo were thl
ilrat a. show signals ~ distress Tive
il.lnCh shells from one of the battle,
| ships had struck the Maria Teresa nj
the water line. tearing great hnlsn lr
her side ana causing her 10 tii rapidly
| The ouuend1 suffered about the SAINT
fate and both ships headed FOR 70 SINAI
cove and went aground 200 yards from
the shore. flames shooting from theu
In every direction.
Tho officers and crow must have heet
aware 81 tho fate which seemed 90 %,
before Thorn, hut lt was not until "a.
| ships were uu nrC and pnVeinpfd 10
flames and smoke that the mon ceased
nrIuE The Gloucester after sending .
| boat ashore 90 the plut1u. steamed
along tho coast Go whore the urmur +.
cruisers were stranded and went q
their assistance There w1H dnngel
from the magazines ana many NJ th1H
ON board Jumped into tho water aut
swan o. the shore though number
were unable 10 roach the small strip OF
sandy beach iu the cove uud wsr,
thrown against the rocks and kill6l oi
drowned.
{ Many OF the wounded were ioworo,
Into the ships own boats and taket
ashore. hut this task was a most AIM
! The gloucester had all her boat