Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17
psrflcAuoSs BATTERED BADLY
ming Except ~ MORO Receives .
mad shaking That Was spared He
,.e Of tn. American Prisoners.

,.,.-,ion. jamaica. June iN--tCopy-
49, isas. BY the Associated Prcss1
Admiral simpsons fleet bonn
80 the batteries at santiago de
,,,b, iar the third time az daylight
~. morning For hours the ships
.d,t the batteries at the right and
go. tho entrance. only spariuE III
-, vbrrn Lieut.. iiobson and hln
UNIONS are In prison. Tho west
batteries against which the main
,it wns directed, were badly
..-tsl. one was utterly destroyed.
.t.,. rnnny guns were dism0untod
ID grat mo Spluiards replied pas-
Lily ana wildly. but lmpotontly'
- most ~ tho guns were deserted
H. ship was struck nor a man ih-
~" on the American side. u lh bee
E,si the spanish loss Of life was
~ preliminary 20 the hammorlug
| 80. tbs batteries the dynamite cfula-
y,suyiua last night a. mldnlkht
u., giyrn another chance. Three sl0.
,,gpJ charges of guncottun were sent
,,r inc fortincatiung At The entrance
"a d.ritfu was To drop them IN tht
.,,ipd the angie. back of the emit
80 I'M which III MORO " situated
49,. If was known that the torpedo
dsstrnyets were lying Two
.t,,g,s went true, me- no reports WofN
Mn "a regularity u the explosion OF
N.tt.n La water. whether thr de-
h.,,,,.,. vote demolished IL not known,
~ ~. destructive area Of guncutiuh
-g. 4rI 10 would not be sufprlHlns
h one 6r both torpedo boats were de-
Hwycd. .,.,., nth tor.
,tf. f4fra nn Cnyu Smith. From whore
81 q. N
e. Looked In the black night IKE
A. ortuiur into the vivid iirc OF a
Vt.rf. furnace. A crater hlF enough
4. haid ID church was blown out OF the
IA" III iha Cayo slmth. and was clear
I, ..rn from the ships this mnrniuF
Admiral aapmHon Issued the oiu'iH TOT
n. commandment last night
CONGO WINS served 90 the men AZ hhi
t4at this morning. and with the htri
'Iuah vi dawn the mon Wefr 'hH''
suigtiy 90 quarters. The ships steam, u
M IL nvc-knot speed 60 a'Voe- Ia,,l
range when they closed w. nI''u-,'i.
Ur until % distance OF thrce chhle
isrriba separated Thorn They were
.,r1nr out In the form ~ "a crescent
In. heavy nrhtlng ships In the center
H. HHrahip on the right and the Mas
s1fhusftta on the LETT ilank. me uns
remained stationary throughout inc
t1rrbafdtncnt The Vixen ana Scnr-
non took up positions on opposite
aarts close in shore Tor the purpose oi
,nHlndlnr any infantry that might hf'
upon the ships, 49, o.,
when the ships got into position II
was stln too d.Vk for any hrinE ~.
udmirni algnnlied the ships not 70 ~,
NTH the muzzlrH of the cn"mNs gum
tn tho emhrnauren could be seen by th'
run captains. Fifteen minutes ml'i
nj s.at a. M. the New YORK opened
with % hroadaldr from her main BATE z
al The works east ~ the entrance e
the hnrhor. Al the ships followed ~
In smoke. pcited the hills and kicked ~
dirt and masonry. II was a mnEniu
cont spectacle from where the paunt
les lay.
Though tho Runcaptalna had been eau
toned not 90 waste ammunition, bu
90 nrr with deilheratlon. the IRE wal
Ho rnUld that there was nm hlmns
continuous report. The measured cfurl
~ tn hir thIrtern-lnCh guns ~ tn
hattlrahlps sounded above the rattle u
the gums of the second batteries liz
thunder cinpa above the din ~ hurri
cane 4 strong land breeze OF TN
shore carried the smoke of IN" ship
HrtWHfd while II let down n thick cur
tain IN front ~ tho Spanish wunnors
The runs responded Hplritedly az nrHi
lui their frrnslrd, hnif-craEod Me-
could not match the cool nerve, trnlnr'
eyes. and skilled gunnory u the Amerl
cans Our nrr was much more Unrc
tive than the preceding homhnrdmnnii
The ndmIrnfs ordnance expert hn'
given explicit directions 10 reduce "a
powder charges and to elevate IN
guns an ne g. shorten tn trajectory AM
thus 10 secure plunging IRE, ~ N
shells ln tho preceding homhr dmcnt
dropped with the almost straight ira
iertnrlrH ~ prolrctllcH with full charge
10 was almost Impossible 30 plan them
They would shoot into the air, cnclr
cling tn batteries, owing Ia the hlF
elevations. and fnll far over the fortln
cations
marvellous In fifteen minutes On
wrecked
the Massachusetts tore Rapln
hole IN tho imnlncemcnt with 1000
pound prnicctlle ana the TrN1
dropped q nholl into the powder maya
z'un The explosion wrought tcrrlhl
havoc. The frame was llftod. the Side
were blown out and n showers of drnrl
Tow IN every direction. one limb,
olrrIpd out OF the side NJ the batter
went tumhling down the hin. The lo'
~ Ufr mUft have been great.
The batteries on the east of Nor
vtI. harder IN got at fut tho No
orleans crossed tho bows NJ the Ne
York o. within 1900 yards on thni
nui played tattoo with her long tcf
inDh rife. hitting them repeatedly
striking n RUN Hqunrely In tho muEzl
Hiding IL on ~ foundation and sendin
n weeping snmcrfnults into the air
AUer % while Admiral sampson VI
u1Urd tho ships Ia temporarily cen'
firing. IN order ~ nilow the smoke
clear from the batteries, when M
order came az $3.50 % cease hrin
.N.y run " the enony had hee
H''unced FOR ten minutes hut nh "
rhps drew on some ~ the SPANS
courage returned and haf-dnf'
shots were fred spitefully M the Ma
uohusrita and oregon, falling
h".r wakes.
Throughout the bomhnrimcnt y
dyn1mite cruiser NesuvluH ana u
Porter by direction m tho nlmlll
lIy outside of the rlrht nank III
steam launch ~ the flagship scurrl.
among the ships crrrylng mea7ng'
~ ih0 closr ~ tho action, stream
uultl-color,d fnrs nontod from ~
Npw York generally compliment
no ships nnd especially commondli
me- work NJ the Texas and Ne
Orleans.
The men NJ the New orleans rails
cheer which was passed quickly
"W sh'n 10 shin until every lnnFlr
Ih- NHnt wlF bowling hlmHl n h''r7n
The deHiructlon ma dnh RI q
western batteries must have h'.n 70
NIIng N1nv NJ tn gums h'd h'
mounted during the inst two d1'
FROM this no tuflrrgd fhnf Admir-