The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-29
MANGR0VE WINS
WREATH OF LAURELS.
CAPTURES THE DIG SPANISH LINER
PANAMA.
Little Craft Has Only Pop Gun as Arms-
mentbut 1t Was Icnough-SpanishO Oficsr
Grlsving.

Koy West, April 26, Ills q.
m.'-The big Spanish steamship Pan,
ANA Of the Cebeltos line, which left
New York on April 20 for Habana,
with a number of Spanish refugees
on board and very valuable cargo,
including, it is understood, stores for
the Spanish army, was captured last
evening, about 20 miles from Hab.
ana by the little light house tender
Mangrove, now belonging to tho
mosquito fleet. The Mangrove
mounts two six x-pounders and four
revolvers. She is in command of
Lieutenant Commander w. II. Eve
rett, and has a crew Of 13 men. The
Panama is of about $500 tons and a
Very valuable prize
The Panama is commanded by
Capt. Quevedo. Sho sailed from
New York last Wednesday heavily
laden with food supplies and mer
chandise, her manifest showing her
cargo to consist of bacon, hams,
lard, beans, peas, corn, bran, flour,
hay milling machines, etc. She was
cleared for Habana, Progreso and
Vera Cruz by j. NJ Cebeltos e. Co..
the New York agents for the trans
Atlantic company of Barcelona, the
owners Of the steamer.
The prize Of tho Mangrove was
formerly the British steamer Brank-
some Hall. She is of iron and was
built at Glasgow in 1875. She reg
listers 2,O95 ions gross Sho Is 3G1.4
feet long, o4.2 feet broad and is
24.0 feet long.
When the Mangrove sighted tho
Snaniard she ran up to her and fired
a gun across her bows. The liner
"iu nvV' 'Varo ,no nlu. au,t q -eoouuu
shot was fired, after which the Pan
ANA slowed down little. A third
was fired across the bows of tho Pan
anna at hundred yards and the
deck officer Of the Spanish vessel
was hailed and notified that if ho
did not heavo to a shot would be
sent through his vessel. This mott
fication caused tho Panama to be
brought to.
Ensign Dayton then boarded the
Spanish steamer and took possession
Of her. The battleship Indiana
steamed up and Commander Everett
notified Capt. Taylor Of the Indiana
that he had captured the Panama
and borrowed prize crew from the
battleship, consisting of Cadet Fal-
conner and Is marines.
The Mangrove was then ordered
to report to the flagship and Roar
Admiral Sampson told Commander
Everett to take his prize into Key
West.
The Panama is understood to
have 81 passengers on board. AS she
rounded to after the little Mangrove
captured her, the latter knowing the
Panama was an auxiliary cruiser, OK
pected to be fired upon. 1t Is not
known whether the Panama had
guns on board.
Capt. Quevedo was grief stricken
and greatly humiiated because of
the capture. The passengers do
clare they know nothing Of the
blockade and that when they saw the
search light Of the Mangrove they
thought it was the light of Spanish
man of-war. The first shot changed
their joy to apprehension, the second
and third created panic. The
women ran screaming for shelter
from tho enemy's guns and the
captain locked himself sullenly in
his cabin.
The United States gunboat Now
port, Capt. Is. T.. Tilley, has brought
in tho Spanish sloop Puuquets and
the Spanish schooner Pirenso, Cuban
coasting vessels which she captured
off Habana this morning.
.---------sa.-------r.---
Spanish FIect Near Our shores