The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15
Improvised Fort Destroyed and Part
of the City Burned-Many Cuban
Rec0ncentrados Dying.

Copyright, 1895. by the Associated Press.)
KEY WEST, May H.-Amid a perfect
storm of shot from Spanish rifles and bat
| teries the American forces cut the cables
at Cienfuegos Wednesday morning. Four de-
termined boat crews, under command of
LIEUTENANT Winslow and Ensign Magruder,
from the cruiser Marblehead and the gun
boat Nashville, put out from the ships, the
coast having previously been shelled. The
| work of the volunteers was perilous. The
cruiser Marblehead, the gunboat Nashville
and the auxiliary cruiser Window drew up
a thousand yards from shore with their
guns manned ready for desperate duty. One
cable had already been cut. and the work
was in progress on the other when the
Spaniards in rifle pits and battery in an
old lighthouse standing out in the bay
opened fire. The war ships poured in thun-
derous volley, their great guns belching
| forth massive shells into the swarms of the
enemy. The crews of the boats calmly pro-
ceeded with their desperate work, notwith-
SldHuiIiS Inc Ldct Indl Il NUMBER nad Iallen,
/ and finished it, returning to the ships
| through binding smoke and a heavy fire.
| One man in Marblehead boat was killed
and six were seriously wounded of whom
Robert Voltz, now at Key West, is expected
to die before morning, bullet having
passed through the base of his brain. Harry
Hendrickson, who also may die, was shot
through the abdomen. More than a thou
sand infantrymen on shore kept up con-
| tinuous fire, and the bullets from the ma
chine guns struck the war ship a hundred
times, but did no great damage Commander
Maynard, OF the gunboat Nashville, was
slightly wounded by rife bullet that, be-
fore striking him, passed through the arm
| of an ensign whose name is unknown
Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the hand,
making three officers wounded in all. After
| the Spaniards had been driven from the
rifle pits many Of them took refuge in the
| lighthouse fortress, upon which the fire of
| the ships had been centered. A four-inch
shell from the Window tore this structure
to pieces. killing many and burying others
in the ruins. The Spanish loss is known to
have been very heavy. the war ships firing
hundreds Of shot and shell right into their
midst. Following is list of the killed and
wounded:
PATRICK REGAIN, marine, Of the Mar
blehead
Badly Wounded
HERMAN w. KUCHNEIsTER, private
marine, shot through the jaw: probably
fatal.
HARRY HENDRICKSON, seaman. shot
| through the liver; probably fatal.
ERNEST SUNTZBNICH, apprentice,
| first-class, fracture of right leg.
JOHN ]. DORAN. boatswain's mate
| second-class, gunshot.
JOHN DAVIS. gunner's mate, wounded
in right leg
WILLIAM LEVERY, apprentice. first
class, wound in left leg; very slight.
ROBERT VOLTZ. seaman on Nashville
severely wounded.
LIEUT.. CAMERON MGR. wINsLow,
slight wound in hands
Patrick Regan was in the marine corps,
and his next of kin lives in Sligo, Ireland.
Regan enlisted less than two years ago at
Brooklyn, and was about twenty-five years
of age.
Robert Volz was born in San Francisco
His next of kin is Emma Volz, his mother,
of Wildwood, Cal. Volz has been in the
service one and one-half years.
William Levery was an apprentice of the
first-class on the Marblehead. He was a
native of Philadelphia, and his next of kin
or guardian is given John Hickey, of No.
1910 Clarion street, Philadelphia. He has
been in the service about two years.
Harry Hendrickson, seaman, was born in
Finland, but had declared his intention to
become citizen. He has been in the naval
service about two years. His next of kin
is Olof Torvonin, OF Bjornborg, Finland
Ernest Suntzenich was born In Brooklyn.
N. Y. and his father is now a resident of
that city.
John Davis. gunner's mate. third-cass.
was born in Germany and his next of kin is
]. Davis, of No. 1856 East Second street, New
York. Davis enlisted in the navy at New
York about five years ago.
John ]. Doran, boatswain's mate. second
class, was born in Boston. and has been in
the navy about ten years. His next of kin
is Matthew Doran. of No. A Spring street
Fall River, Mass.
Lieutenant Winslow was born in the Dis-