Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-13
TORPEDO BORT WINSLOW Il HELPLESS TARGET
Solid Shot Smd Into the Little Vessel and KNOCKS o Her
Boiler Shells Burst the Midst Of the Grew De-
tails OF the Engagement.

LOT key West, arriving here at o'clock
this morning. Commander Bernardou.
, , Of the Winslow, was wounded in the
left leg, but not seriously.
Lieutenant Bernadou, with the SIR
geon bending over him, told the story
or the battle to the represent IT. tiVc of
the Associated Press as calmly as If
talking OF the weather. He began:
We went in under full speed to at
| TACK the Spanish boats in the harbor.
and you know the result. We went
under orders from the commander of
the Wilmington. Our boat is badly
damaged. but she will be brought here
for repairs. and think she viii be
re a.as LOT service again in two weeks. :
Continuing. the lieutenant said:
The Winslow was the worst injured
and had five of her men killed and +
oon Know now many injured.
we We're ordered to attack the Span
lsh gunboats at Cardenas We steamed
IN under full head of steam and were.
fired upon as soon as we entered The
spanish gunboats were tied W. at tho
docks and had a fair range on us. The.
batteries on shore also opened on us
ana think we received most OF the
fire. l do not know whether any one.
was hurt on the Wilmingtons.ar ON thu.
Hudson, but I think not -
- have no fault to lind with the
Winslows crew. They acted boldly
and nobly all the way through. All
same f time. s0 wa as 1ell Is the
group and the aim OF the Spanish lire
was perfect. A shell burst in our very
faces
The dead and wounded brought here
by the Hudson We're taken in small
boats to the government dock. This
was the first news OF the engagement
to reach Key West
No time was lost in administering to
the wounded. A quick call was sent
10 the marine hospital. and an alnbu-
lance came Gathering down to the dock
The dead were taken to an undertake
er shop and the wounded were con-
yeyed to the hospital. In the mean
time.the news spread and crowds gath
cred about the dock. but there was no
sort of demonstration. The success
of the American ships in every action
thus far has been SO overwhelming
that 1t is hard to realize that death
has at last come to some OF our men.
Ensign Ragley was about &c years old.
and while the fleet was stationed here
was one OF the most popular men in
the service. The news of his death
came as a terrible shock to all who
knew him.
1t has always been a foregone con-
I clusion that the torpedo boat men were
among the first to fall, as their work
is more dangerous, but in spite of this
When the fleet was stationed here and
changes in assignments We're frequently
made. all the young men of the service
We're eager for torpedo boat duty. The
Hudson shows the effect of the fight.
| Her smoke stack is punctursd with bull
let holes and her cabin ana decks are
| smashed and splintered.
The Winslow :; dead are now lying at
IN undertaking establishment. They
we're taken there In rough wagon,
| still covered by the stars and stripes.
| The rude conveyance was followed by
! IN immense crowd and all day long the
| ioors of the shop have been surround
| I'd by large gathering.
| Naval officers, marines and sailors
| anne there to look upon the faces of
| heir dead comrades. Some of the
! bodies show fearful wounds. Ensign
| 3agley was literally torn to pieces.
! dis body will be embalmed and ship
| I'd home. Oliver Narvares had his
| hroat cut as If slaughtered with Il
| azor Daniels had his left shoulder
tipped and the right side of his head
orn open. The body of Tunnel, the
! olored cook. shows no wounds. Fire
| nan Meeks was hurt in the groin.
| No orders for the disposition of the
bodies have yet been issued. They lie
! near their collins now and will be
| aiken charge of by the naval author
| ties this evening.
| 1t is now known that the American
| soats made furious havoc with the
! cardenas harbor and town. The
| captain of the Hudson said:
! Il know we destroyed large part
! IF the town near the wharves, burn
Il one of their gunboats and think
| destroyed two other torpedo destroy
.rs We We're In a vortex of shot shell
and smoke. and could not tell ac-
5urately, but we saw one of their boats
On fire and sinking soon aztec the
teton began. Then a large building
lear the wharf. I think the barracks.
ook fire and many other buildings
we're soon burning. The Spanish had
masked batteries on all sides of us,
hidden in bushes and behind houses.
They set trap for us. AS soon rs
we got within range of their batteries
hey would move them. l think their
guns were field pieces. Our large
boats could not get into the harbor tn
help on account of the shallow water
ENSIGN BAGLEY.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, May 12.-Ensign
Worth Bagley was one Of the best
known men who ever came out of the
. naval academy. He graduated finally
from the academy in June last. He
! was a bright and capable man. His
local fame here was chiefly on the ath.
Z letic field. being the full back of tn,
| academy eleven, and he played In the
: series Of West Point and naval acade.
: my games.
RALEIGH. N. c., May 12.-The dealt
OF Ensign Worth Bagley, who wa.