Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-27

NO ease I was Informed hy Nle
,'",nanding officer OF thc crUobu
rHlIu. .n.
tfIeEads VI the harbor, w. report 0v-
~ 80 strprise that the spanish bate
w.. nsyer nrfd ON the aelf.hUEut
.t.t,,r Watching the hlrb1r entrance 5t
.".s,f ulf0rOuca ls nrNt mrle tl tha
.-riv5i 1f the army and the report
a' .Ir,ss'Ilp,'.snih-whon all The work was
t,,,e =, wen. % is difficult io disarmi-
mo in praise. The ohi ~, ui ,ht
,ft.t,,d. IN Cffvrrl's squadron was
l.ii,. s,.51,ptishfd and each Iud.vlI-
.,,i t,5r. weii hls part iu o. COME
.1.ra tn command ~ the second DIE
.i.i,r IA. ctpHius of shlps. jhe.r Hiu-
md mon. The hr1 % 90" battle
.i,lrs MAS powerful aud destructive.
,t she rraistluce 10 The spanish
.at,,drln was. DO great part hr1h 10 1'-
.,..t taflrs they had got beyond the
r1rra " their own forts.
Tha me speed N me oregon en-
ft.j brr 40 take font position 100
.,c chtse. and ih0 Crlstbll colon
IA moi give ~ until the oregon hfl
thrown n ihIri.uu-lnch - IT. h }HnI
80 srf,f. rrrfHfmHnce adds o. t1. ole
Nv brnnnt record ~ ih.a Zine bate
1H.h.p. and su.lks highly 90 the ss.l
ind car. with which her admirable
.mcitney hls been !ir'1inn,d dutlng
q service ulpr 'oi nild 10 the history
rf vars.i s NJ hef Gloss
Tho Urllkiyu's westerly hlookli-
Ing petition save hHr an advantage ln
tsts chase. which ah maintained Oh the
end. aud she ompl''N her hn' battery
.gIfh telling UTHHf. The r Nla and
hs New York were gaining on the
chase durIne lfs lIHi b ur ana h1d
any accident h.fIllnn th' hrg1hIEn
lr I'M Orsrru iha former would nav.
sprsdlly 1v,rhiuird the CrIslphil Coo
From h, mom,n, ne voasFl oN-
bturfr1 nor nrti burst OF speed the re-
auii wta rnvof ln doubt. She ZEN. IN
Rpt. Ear below what might reasonably
have hrUn expected 70 hHr Cor ful
measurements NJ lime and distance
give her an average Hpgrd from ihc
lime ~ cleared the h1rhor mouth UNI
an the time rhr was run on shlrr al
Tlraulno NJ ii5 knots
NrImfr the Sew York nor the
brooklyn stopped 90 couple up ihrlr
forward engines. bat ran uut ihr chase
with one pair. rst'inE steam, % course
Or rapidly ls possible on an boilers r.
stop % cluMf 49, tie forward engines
would have meant delay ~ nf.t'u
minutes lr four miles. lu the chIHn.
F1uraFnth several ~ the ships
wore struck. the brooklyn moro often
than the othtrt. but very slight ma
tlrut Injury was done. the greatest
u.inu aboard the Iowa. our loss
was one man k.iiHd aud one wounded
/ both on the Brooklyn. II H dInlculi
/ Go explain thls immunity from loss Of
! life or Injury % ships % a combat with
modern vessels 0f the best type. but
spanish runnCry d. poor nt the best
and the superior wtlsht and accuracy
/ nf our nfH speedily drove the men from
their guns and rlicuced their Ore. Thii
| IL borne out By the statement ~ prls'
UncfH and by observation. The span,
/ I'm vessels. aH they dashed Out OF IN,
| hIrbur were favored with the Hmok,
| from their own runH.hut this speedily
! diminished In volume and soon almost
| disappeared.
Tho Orr from the rapIl-nrc bnticrici
~ the bnttlcshlps appears 30 have beer
| remarkably destructive. An cNnmlna,
tl0n ~ the stranded vessels shows thll
ihe Almlrnnte OquCndo especially hnt
suffered terribly from this nr'. Hol
sides are everywhere pierced, and hri
decks we're HtrrWn with tho chnrrt
/ remains of those who hud fallen.
f, COMMODORE scuLEY's REPORT
! The report OF Commodore schlcy {,
. | Admiral sampson. ~ the part thi
! brooklyn took in Destroying Crrvrrai
\ ] ilect BE- dated nt Guantanamo. July 9
. Alter he preliminary statement u
says
Second At 1855 a. m. Admiral Ger
vera, with the ih.nuh Maria Teresa
. flzgayu, uqurndo. CriHtpb1l Colon an,
two tlrp'do-bOat dcHttuyrfs Cimr on
NJ thf hlrbur Of Santiago De- cuba, 30
/ column ut 500 yards distance ana Ht
tempted 10 escape 90 the westward
-.rnM was made from thr Iowa TIA
ihr uuemy was coming out but hi
movements had been discovered from
thF ship at The same moment Thi
vessel was the arthsst west except th
Vixen, In the hlockldiug ungi signa
was made o. tho western division al
I prescribed ln your general orders uni
/ There was Immediate ana rapid move
/ mrni lnWai hy your squadron and
I E'uefal engagement nt ranges begin
Ming nt LOO yards ana varying a. 30
until the NlzCuya was destroyed, abOu
1850 a. m. Tho concentration of IN
ilr' Of the squadron on the ships com
lng out was most furious aud tefrln
ana great damage was done them
] Thlrd-Ahnut twenty ur tWrnty-fy
minutes after the engagement hrgnl
two vessels thought o. be- the Terro
ana OqupndD. ana since verified a.
such took firc from the effective Ahel
nrC OF the squadron ana were forced 4
| run on the beach some six or seVci
miles west Of tho hnrb0r entrance
| whore they burned and blew w later
The turpedo-huat dcstroyers were dc
Htroyrd early IN the action. but M
] smoke was H1 dense In their direction
tlnt I cannot say 10 what vessel %
vessels the credit belongs. This doubt
less was seen better from your nlrshlf
Fourth Tho Nlzcaya and Colon
/ pcrcclvlng the disaster 10 their con
sorts. continued az fun speed. a. IA
westward to escape and were followr
ana engaged I'm a running fight wit
tho Brooklyn. Texas. Iowa am
/ oregon until 1880. whom the Vig
| cuyn took lire from our shells. I'M
rut her helm 10 port and with henv
list Co port, stood In shore aud rn
! aground NJ AccerradoroH. about TWEEN
ty-one miles west Of Santiago. ON nm,
and whore she uftrrwar1 blow up dur
ing tho nlght. Seeing that she I'M,
struck her colofs and that several ves
sells were nearing her 90 capture am
save her crew, signal WAS mnde 1
cease firing. The Oregon hnvln
proved vastly faster than the othe
hnttlcships she and the Brooklyr
vessel, which proved 60 be your nnr
shin, continued westward In pursuit 4
the Colon, which had run In clos
In shore, evidently seeking some Zoo
nrot 10 beach II rhe should IAN Z
plude her purHurrH.
Fifih-Thls pursuit continued wifi
increasing speed In the Brooklv,
oregon ana other ships ana soon IA
brooklyn and the Oregon vrr
within long range ~ tho Colon. mn
The oregon opened IRE with H.
l3-inch guns, landing aheu olns