The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-05
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known at this hour, it can be readily
imagined from the words of Capt Rob-
ley d. Evans, of the Iowa, who return
ed from the westward with $50 prison
ers from the Vizcaya just as the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch boat Wanda
was leaving the flagship. In answer to
an inquiry he shouted through the
.nagaphone:
Il left the Cristobal Colon far to the
Westward. an hour ago, and the Ore
son was giving her hell. She has I'M
doIbtedly gone down with the others,
and we will have Fourth of July cele-
bration in Santiago tomorrow"
Capt. Evans, who had been in the
thick of the engagement up to the time
he took the Wizcaya officers and crew
from the shore, said that to the best of
his knowledge not one American ship
had been struck.
Tht torpedo boat Ericsson, which
also returned from the westward
about the same time, made a similar
report, saying it was believed no one
was injured on board the American
ships, though another report had it
that one man, was killed on board the
Brooklyn, which could not be verified
as this dispatch WAS sent.
PROBABLE SPANISH LOSS.
There is no means of telling now
what the Spanish loss was, but it is
believed to have been very heavy. as
the prisoners in custody report their
decks strewn with dead and wounded
in great numbers; besides there is a
story that many bodies could be seen
tied to pieces Of, wreckage after the
hight was over. sa-ee ,la:..... t1 -
A large number Of Spanish wound
ed were removed to the American
ships. There can, be no doubt that
Admiral Cervera's plan to escape from
Santiago harbor was entirely unex-
pected by Admiral Sampson, and the
best evidence of this is the fact that
when the Spanish vessels were seen
coming out of the harbor, the flagship
New York was seven miles away.
steaming to the eastward toward Ju-
ragua, the military base, nine miles
east Of Moro.
The New York was out of the fight
altogether at every stage, but she i'm
mediately put about and followed the
others.
HOW THEY CAME OUT.
1t was about 9 o'clock this morning
when the flagship Infanta Maria Tere-
sa passed under the wall of MORO cas-
tie and steamed out to sea. She was
followed by the Cristobal Colon, Viz
caya and Oquendo and last by the tor
pedo boat destroyers, Furor and Plu
ton. The lookout on the American ves-
sells, which were lying five or ten miles
off the entrance Of the harbor, sighted
them at once. Most of the American
cruisers were at the usual Sunday
morning service, without the thought
or anything as surprising as the Span
ish fleet getting past the sunken COL
lier Mer1imac, Which they had been
deluded into believing effectuaHy block
AIDED the exit There was great excite
AiiCAiI oI OipSC, oio very Idplu
along the American line. The signal
for full speed ahead was running from
bridge to engine room of every ship,
and the entire fleet commenced to
move in shore toward the Spaniards,
the great twelve and thirteen-inch
gums of the battleships and the smaller
batteries on the other vessels firing
shot after shot at long range.
AS the ships ran In toward the shore
it soon became evident the Spaniards
had not come out to make an aggres-
sive fight, for they turned to the west
ward as soon as they had cleared the
harbor and started on their race for
safety, at the same time sending an
swering shots at the American ships
as fast as the men could load and fire
the guns. The Massachusetts, Brook
lyn and Iowa were nearer the Span
ish vessels than any other Of the ships,
but still they were too far away to
get effective range. They crowded on
all effective steam to get in the chase
never stopping their fire q minute The
Gloucester, q little yacht which could
not boast of any heavier armament
than several six and three-pounders
was lying off Aguadores when the
Spaniards came out. At first she Join
ed in the fight and then held off some
what, Capt. Wainwright concluding to
reserve his efforts for the two torpedo
boat destroyers In the rear. The Glou-
cester steamed after them as they ap.
peared.