The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-15

was the American nro that had the IN.
trntlpn been 10 have bomhardod the resi-
denrc part of San Juan the damage could
hardly have been greater. The light
houses wero demolished soon after the
night began Tho houses in Ballaj square
ln Rl Christopher street 10 San Jose
street aud in san Sebastian street were
ln names. The 81 Catherine institution,
an ancient palace the orphans asylum.
. lhr nId churches were burned ur almost
demolished The American officers
through their glasses could see the Span
[ iarda nt work In many places whore the
furti tincutluns had been broken down. The
Span.nrdn seemed drunk with fury They
/ loaded and flrcd Ike mndmen, without
/ aiming, without any appearance ~ dlscl-
plinr M direction Al times their crazed
condition led them 90 many absurd acts,
such aa waving swords shaking fists and
! dlsch1trlng pistols at the American line
which WAS barely within reach of their
gums ~ longest range.
Toward s o'clock the heat became abso.
luicly unbcarnble on the American ships
Ina became evident that the forts could
not be sllrnccd short of another hours
work Men on tho American ships were
dropping on an sides not from spanish
shots. but from the accurate and terrific
bomharmcni ot the tropical sun.
After consultation Admiral Sampson
-lgnallcd 10 cease firing and turned away
westward The other ships followed, all
except tho monitor Terror She did not
or would not see the signal of the ad-
miral She remained In her position In
range of an The unsilcnced guns OF the
ISpaniards For halr nm hour she kept
roaring away lt the forts and cmhank-
monts with an almost lnccssaut IRE from
her in.inch guns The spanlards conccn-
inted upon her But her uudac.ty seemed
10 iuluri1tc them To further attempts al
Fundamentally Many shells struck the
sea "a mile and a half from her Only a
few came la her urighborhood, siIl fewer
struck her low-lyIng deck and these
glanced away as harmessly as a pea-
shooters slug from the she'll Of turtle,
The Tcrrors guns are noisy. but their
rours were drowned In the tcmpcstous
booming Of the Spanish batteries. Before
she steamed reluctantly away she had
, the satisfaction of noting that she had
made many a deep wound In the Spanish
/ line ana sIlcnccd several guns that
might have made trouble later on,
The fleet steamed To the westward
about twenty miles and then stopped "a
/ remove the CRIME OF battle ana to rest
and refresh the weary hut happy sailors
, The Spaniards evidently got the idea
that the departure was a retreat and that
/ the Americans had been driven on So
, they sent out dispatches about great
Spanish victory, lust as they did at Ma
Mia when Dewey steamed away to rest
, and get breakfast,
While the tlect was at anchor twenty
miles from san Juan German steamer
the Rllvla came by, She was on hel
way to 81, Thomas, Admiral Sampson
, decided 1t would be best to find out NOR,
about her ana sent the Montgomery IL
pursuit She was presently 81 rhaulcd
o and while She steamed along Licutenau
A Field went ON board, examined her pa
[ pcrs and looked over her passengers {,
e make sure that she was not going t
o call ut san Juan on her way. As tht
= Montgomery started back she had gon,
\ nearly To san Juan she spled the Span
e ish cruiser Isabella ILL.,, an almost use
/. less old warShlp crawling out of sal
o Juan harbor and crawling along inShorC
= evidently going to see what had bccom
{ of the American fleet and whether
I was really dying as the Spanlards wlshe,
$ to think, or was only preparing anew tn
K complete ruin Of San Juan, When tn
z Isabella saw the Montgomery, she pu
= about hastily and went back home