Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-11
OREGON TO IIE FRONI
Only One Of the American fIeel that SleI -four
aniih Cruisers,
atR EXPLOITS IN fight orr SANTIAGO.
Thors.h tie aiost rnstcriy vt thc Ships at
tho start, shr Got in splendid work
Along tho whole time of Battle

tho start. shr Got in splendid work
Along tho whole time of Battle
r,sm1u,h. s. ". July 18th f.v
officers who came ln 1n .hs 50. Louis
aud who participated ln NE nghi with
,ht Spanish cruisers on Santiago. veto
Obliged 60 tcli ihs whole i"ry VI Che
memorable con. st while in ih7 maih
ihr.r accounts ava no. d.n.r materially
from abe pr.rs dIapatchcs, SGT ihoy
oecm Go give crcdiy o. the work Of The
oregon.
From on account as rivtn by one
onlcfr o. appears that on 'ho morning
VI the nEht. f0ut Am.fi.lu wrahips
lay on tho entrance 90 rho h1rhlr The
OREGON was slightly 90 She c1ti' thcn
TO the westward came she converted
yacht Ciouccfior. lying b1wfrn h'
oregon aud Iowa. 10 the Westward
" the Iowa WINS the Texas. while fur-
thor nilng. in fact. cight ar zen miles
to the west " ihe hrh1r was Che
brooklyn with Commodore hrhlcy ON
bard.
The position ~ the net was IN keep
Ing with the plan marked out by Adj
mliai samr on. and his command had
drinite orders Boo ease The Spanish
nc +. made a dash out NJ the h1rhur
while all thu ships had steam up,
mono " them with thr exception 20 mo
brooklyn was under way The htHf
had. Few mIuat.f previous t1 me
sighting 1f fiH HIHuIArlH. torn . away
o. the westward, ana whom ih' irsi
l shot was fired from she Iowa she Wa
/ gnlng away from the Meet 90 ablui az
Just why tn brooklyn was sio1ming
7 on So the wrHl 40 this tGue 81 MOI
| known. but although shr had not EIfn
/ Tar and was anll probably quite near
/ the station Designated hy Admiral
I sampson. nor UlmmntlUr nevertheless
I had 90 Hw,us around and DO doing gn
/ h. put his d lu 90 cardboard and made
| a long sweep 90 port R1ing mile ur
! moro on rhHr, Zoe lhs mIunuvrr Tho
] nrri HriuiIrd mat came riHhiGr out
! uf the hHfu1TH mouth was thH cr.H71-
] bal colon, wIsh Admiral carera on
board. The Nizcnyt was second. the
| Nmlrlnta Oauendr third. aud tho
| Maria Teresa fourth, while two t1r-
ped, boat dcHtroycrs brought up she
| rear.
while the Iowa rli On che FIRST Eck
at ihs nent nH they cam dnshluF BY.
SUI VT .NNN WIZ NlN| lNN rs NNll"N AN Az NNANH
| side the brooklyn ln mllun. She
gathered Roadway %, fast fhit fhr cut
ln behind the Iowa and the nrrt and
pumped % good il-luch shell al the
Colon before she had gone by Tho
or r11 wn, therefore, va most 1Nrtl-
Ions position Go meet the vlEclya whsn
Hhe came along, HrA with The help n
the Texas, tackled her % ncrceiy that
she was on nfe 10 few mlnutrH aud
had b .llrd Tor tho beach.
While thr orrruns whole forward
atarhnlrd battery was banging az the
NlEcnyl, tho after guns had swung
around ana were pumping HhriiH into
the pquendo. which also had been
tackled hy the Iowa. which in the
meantime had dlrpuHrd NJ ihr Teresa.
! The wreck ~ thrar SpIninrdH was
accomplished ln about 10 ur 20 minutes.
and by this time the orcgon had ate
taiurd her maximum speed. with her
forced draurht on ana every pound OF
steam NJ the hlg Pacific coast bat
ilyship pluuHhud through the water 49,
| she never ala before. except uHThHua.
ON her speed tr.ul three years ago.
Leaving the rUNas and Iowa ID com.
plrtr tho destruction NJ the remainder
NJ the splnlarda and thr raHruc III tho
unfortunate sailors Captain CLARK
headed the oregon after the colon
The Nfnuklyn hy this time had taken
her wldr sweep m shore ana was
headed in Cor the Colon. opening M on
that vessel with her port bruldaldes
A. the Colon ran hy The brooklyn. she
gave tho latter the hanent NJ nor br
guns lrl no lees thau thirty shots looh
rncct uu th' iin1klyu'a port HIie "a
number ~ them passing clear thrpurh
che YTnhoe cruiser
A. the Colon went by the Brooklyn.
tho latter turned her rtirhinrd runs
ON The tpnnlufd. in the run un tho
co1ri tho brooklyn was hE o dozen
times on her HtHrhu1rd sldf white 8n
three of hrr tan Hmuk.sf1rlW showed
90 nl ih' 'nlnuH storm UhH" H
The superior speed OF Ono N1lklyn
ana Oregon scaled the f1ta of the go.
lon ana after run Of forty mI'He.
Admiral Ccryera ordered IN. nar.hIp
10 d. headed Tor the shore.
The Colon struck about 100 yards
from the beach ana n8 su1u ur rhr
had grounded, Admiral Crrverl ordered
everyone 10 jump ovDrhl1ri uul
, plunged into thH sea mmEelf followed
by an bio oniHorH.
The little Gloucester. rfter a Hfr1y-
lng the torpedo boat dcstf1yrra. turned
] after the Oregon and made such rood
b time that she was uu oven with 200.
: Colon whom rhg ran ashore AZ sh0
! drw considerable les1 winter thnn either
the oregon or Brooklyn Lieutenant
, | Commander Mnluwrrh i WINS uhr o.
run in quito close Go thp stranded shin
ana the Gluucestcra boats were sent
ort after tho swimming crew Al
mlral Ceryera was picked up lust out,
Side tho sum about ten yards from
: shore, and, after hig long swim, wnl
d, thoroughly exhausted
The Colon had lust turned IN shor'
when thr Nrw York came up after
long and quick run. Tho flagship w1|
enabled 90 Hui ln a dozen good FhbH
"A before the Cnlnn'F mag came down H
!, thai Admiral Sampson had % hand 70
% the night although o. WHH hraf ono
10 win Do seen. therefore. that the or
b, ron, while the most eastern Of al th
~ American ships. uHvsrthflUa was on
lhlel hy her superior speed. to have
hand M the destruction nf an four 20
tn Spanish cruisers and was tho onl.
= one Of the ileCt that did.
OFFICIAL HErOUr no SPAIN,
4 ! Lieut.. INentr0s Describes the Loss of Ger