The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-13

was terrible moment
The torpedo boat, disabled and helpless,
roiIed and Swayed under the fury of the
| firing Spanish gunboats.
When the shell burst in the group on
! board the Winslow another wild shout of
triumph went up from the Spanish boats
and batteries, and again heavy fire was
opened on the torpedo boat
Finally the Hudson succeeded in getting
aline on board the Winsiow and was tow
| ing her out of the deadly range, when the
line parted, and again both boats We're at
the mercy of the Spanish fire.
At $50 o'clock the Hudson managed to
get another line on the deck of the Wins
low, but there were only three men left
| there at that time to make it fast
The line was finally secured and the
Winslow was towed up to Pedras Island
where she was anchored, with her dead
and wounded on her decks.
There some men from the Hudson went
on board the Winslow and took the most
| seriously wounded off. Three who were
| taken on board the gunboat Machias died
there shortly afterward.
AT 9;15 o'clock last night the Hudson.
with the dead bodies and some of the
wounded. started for Key, West, arriving
| here at o'clock this morning.
Commander Bernadou of the Winslow
was wounded in the left leg, but not Sc
| riously.
Lieut. Bernadou, with the surgeon bend
| ing over him, told the story of the battle TO
the representative of the Associated Press
as calmly as talking of the weather He
| began:
1--WE went under full speed to attack the
Spanish boats in the harbor and you know
| the result We went under orders from
the commander OF the Wilmington. Our
boat is badly damaged, but she will be
| brought here for repairs, and think she
| will be ready for service again in two
weeks"
Continuing, the lieutenant said: 'The
| Winslow was the worst injured and had
| five or her men killed, and don't know
| how many injured
THE Winslow was ordered by the COM
mander of the Wilmington to go into the
| harbor of Cardenas and attack the Span
| ish gunboats there.
I'VE steamed in under a full head and
were fired upon as soon as we were in
range.
''The Spanish boats were tied up at the
| docks and had a fair range on us.
''The batteries on shore also opened on
| us, and 1 think we received most, of the
| fire.
'I do not know whether any one was
| hurt on the Wilmington or on the HUI
son, but I think not.
Il have no fault to find with the Wins
low crew. They acted nobly all the way
| through. The men who were killed all
| fell at the same time. We were stand
| ing in group and the aim of the Span
| ish was perfect A shell burst In our
| very faces"
The dead and wounded brought here
| by the Hudson were taken in small boats
to the government dock
This was the first news of the engage
| ment to reach Key west
No time was lost in administering to the
| wounded. A quick call was sent to the
| marine hospital and an ambulance came
| clattering down to the dock. The dead
| were taken to an undertakers shop, and
| the wounded were conveyed TO the hos
! pital.
In the meantime the news had spread
| and crowds gathered about the dock, but
| there was no sort of a demonstration. The
| success of the American ships in every
| action thus far has been so overwhelm-
ing that it is hard to realize that death
has at last come TO some of our men.
Ensign Bagley was about 26 years
| Old and while the fleet was stat
| ioned here he was one of the most popu-
| lar men in the service, The news of lis
death came as a terrible shock to all who
knew him.
It has always been a foregone conclusion
that the torpedo boat men were among
| the first to fall, as their work is the most
dangerous, but in spite of this when the
| fleet was stationed here and changes an
| assignments were frequently made, ell
| the young men of the service were eager
| for torpedo boat duty.
| The Hudson shows the effect of the
/ fight. Her smoke stack is punctured with
! bullet holes and her cabin and decks are
smashed and splintered
| NH 4 aryif,
undertaking establishment. They were
taken there in rough wagon still COW
cred by the Stars and Stripes.
The rude conveyance was followed by
| am immense crowd, and all day long the
| doors of the shop have been surrounded
| by a large gathering.
Naval officers, marines and sailors came
there to look upon the faces of their dead
| comrades Some of the bodies show fear
| full wounds.
Ensign Bagley was literally torn to
| pieces His body will be embalmed ana
shipped home.
| Oiler Varveras had his throat cut open
| by a sharp piece of shell which apparently
| severed his wind pipe as If slashed with
| a razor.
| Fireman Daniels had his left shoulder
ripped up and the right side of his head
torn open.
the BODY or tunnel, tue cOloItu COOK,
| shows no wound.
Fireman Meeks was hurt in the groin.
No orders for the disposition of the bodies
| have yet been issued.
They lie near their coffins and they were
taken charge Of by their naval comrades
| this afternoon.
1t is now known that the American
boats made furious havoc with Cardenas
harbor and town.
The captain of the Hudson said: Il
know we destroyed a, large part of their
town near the wharves, burned one of
their gunboats and 1 think destroyed two
other torpedo destroyers. We were in
vortex OF shot. shell and smoke and could
not tell accurately; but we saw one of
their boats on fire and sinking soon after
the action began. Then large building
near the wharf, / think the barracks.
took fire and many other building were
soon burning. The Spanish had masked
batteries on all sides Of US, hidden in
bushes and behind houses. They set Il
trap for us. As soon as we got within
range OF their batteries they would move
them I think their guns were field
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