Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-20
GALLANT VOLUNTEERS
Cut %CienfuegOS Cable
Under Heavy Fire.
ONE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED

Elnlshtu thb hOTh III SpihO VI AeEiiDl
volleys From shore-spanish Loss
Known to Have Been ~Heavy-Forts
at HarbOr Entrance Redu c
Key West, May l7.-Amid a perfect
storm of shot from Spanish rifles and
batteries, the American forces cut the
cable at Cienfuegos Wednesday morn
ing. Four determined boat crews, I'M
der command OF Lieutenant Winslow
and Ensign Margruder from the cruiser
Marblehead, and the gunboat Nash
vile, put out from the ships, the coast
having previously been shelled.
The work of the volunteers was per-
ilous. The cruiser Marblehead and the
gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary
cruiser Window drew up 1000 yards
from shore with their guns manned
ready for desperate duty. One cable
had already been cut, and the work
was i'll progress on the other whcn the
Spaniards in rifle pits and a battery on
a point standing out in the bay opened
fire.
The warships poured in %thunderous
volley, their guns belching forth a
sive shells into the warns of the ene-
my. The crews of the boats calmly
proceeded with their desperate work,
Notwithstanding the fact that a num-
Der had fallen, and finished it, return
ing to the ships through a binding
smoke and a heavy fire.
One man in Il Marblehead boat was
killed, and six were seriously wounded,
one of whom, Robert Boltz, is now at
Key West, and is expected to die before
morning, a bullet having passed
through the base of his brain. Harry
Hendrickson, who also may die, was
shot through the abdomen.
More than l 200 i%nfantrymen on shore
kept up a continuous fire, and the bull
lets from the machine guns struck the
warships 100 times, but did no great
damage. Commander Maynard, OF the
Nashville, was slightly wounded by a
life bullet, that, before striking him,
passed through the arm of an ensign,
whose name is unknown. Lieutenant
Winslow was shot in the hand, max
ing three officers wounded in all.
When the Spanish had been driven
from the rifle pits, many OF them took
refuge in the lighthouse fortress, upon
which the fire of the ships hal Deen
centered. A 4-inch shell from the
Window tore the structure to pieces,
killing many and burying others in the
ruins. The Spanish loss is known to
Lave been very heavy, the warships
firing hundreds OF shot and she'll right
into their midst.
Following is a list of the badly
wounded:
Herman W. Kuchneizter, private
marine, shot through the jaw, probably
fatal; Harry Hendrickson, m
shot through the liver, probably fatal;
Ernest Su%ntenic, apprentice, fracture
OF right leg; John j.. Dolan, boats
wain's mate, gunshot wound in right
bullock; John Davis, %gunner's mate,
wound in right leg; William Leverv,
apprentice, wound in left leg; Robert
Boltz, seaman on the Nashville, Sc
verely wounded.
The remains OF Eagan, who was
killed in the Marblehead boat, were
buried at sea.
The Marblehead and Nashville used
their heaviest guns, as well as their
small rapid-tire guns, and hundreds of
SLOTS were thrown into the Spanish
troops. On board the ships a number
OF men were slightly wounded. One
of the cables had been cut when the
Spaniards opened fire. The marines in
the boats replied at once, and machine
guns on the fowrard launch sent in 4
stream OF bullets, while heavy shells
from the warships drove the Spaniards
from their rifle pits on shore,
The cable which was cut Mt Cien-
tuegos extended from that CITY 10 San
tlago de Cuba. 1t does not sever cable
connection with Cuba, as there is an
other line in operation between SAN.
tago de Cuba and Kingston. Jamaica.
The severed cable is owned hy the Cuha
Submarine Company. The one in
operation to Kingston is owned by tb.
West Indies and Panama Company.
SPANISH LOSS AT MANILA.
Acknowledge That o Were Killed