The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-19

men md tbc cook. The little hoax
gasped and throbbed and rolled hcip'
lcSsly from side 10 side Lieut.. hVT'
nadou did not stop for IN examination
He knew his boat was uncontrollap!e
The Hudson was Il short distance
away, still pounding away with h"f
guns. She was hailed and asked 10
take the Winslow in tow.
II WAS ~ vital Moment
Guns roarcd from shore ana sea.
Lieut.. Scott. in charge Of the Hudson
gun, sat Ola II box ami smoked
cigarette as he directed the fire. capt.
Newton stood near Lieut.. Mead ut me
forward gun and watched its work
ings with unmoyed interest. Cnlef
Engineer Cutchin never missed ms
bell. A group Of sailors was making
ready TO heave Il line TO the Winslow
and Ensign Bagley and his -four men
stood on the port side of the latter YES
sci. waiting to receive ii. a vicious
fire was singing about them. The
SpaniardS seemed tC have found the
exact range. There was momentary
delay in heaving the tow line. and En-
sign Bagley suggested that the llud-
sons men hurry. 1cave her he
called. Let her cone: it's getting
pretty warm here" The line was
thrown and grabbed by the WinslowS
men. Grim with sweat and powder,
they tugged at it and drew her nearer
foot by foot To the Hudson. Almost
ut the same instant another four-inch
shell Shriekcd through the air ana
burst directly under them. Five bodies
went hurting through the air. Two OF
the group were dead when they fell,
Ensign Bagley and Fireman Daniel.
The young ensign was literally diSem-
boweled, and the lower portion of the
tireman's body was torn away. The
other three died within few minutes.
A flying piece of shrapnel struck Lieu.
Bernadou in the thigh and cut an
ugly cash, but the lieutenant did not
know it then. With the explosion of
the shell the hawser parted and the
Winslow's helm went hard 10 star
board. and with her stearing gear
smashed the torpedo boat tiounderel
about in the water ut the
Mercy of the Encuy's Fire
which never relaxed. The fire of the
Americans was of an unusually per
sistent character. The nerve of the
men was marvellous. Even after the
WinSlOw's starboard engine and steer
ing gear was wrecked the little boat
continued pouring shot into the Span
iardS on shore until she was totally
disabled. Meanwhile tie Wilmington,
from her outlying station was busy
with her bigger guns, and sent shell
after shell from her four-inch guns
crashing into the works on shore. ana
their execution must have been deadly.
Not n fragment Of shot or shell from
the enemy reached her The Hudson
quickly threw another line To the Win
slow, AID the helpless torpedo boat
was made fast and pulled out of the
Spaniard's exact range. The tug then
towed her to PierdOS island, twelve
miles off, near where the Machlas lay.
There she was anchored for temporary
repairs, while the Hudson brought her
CHASTITY cargo into Key West. with DR..
Richards. Of the Machias. attending
the wounded. The Hudson drew up
tC the government dock shortly before
= o'clock in the morning. The flags ut
half-mast told the few loiterers OH
shore that death had come TO some
one. and the bunting spread on the
deck. with here and there n foot pro-
truding from beneath confirmed the
news. Ambulances were called and
the wounded were quickly taken to
the army barracks hospital. The dead
were taken to the local undertakcrs
shop where they were laid on slabs,
the mutilated forms draped with flags
The Winslow has Il siX-inch hole in
her starboard beneath her starboard
engine, forward boiler. forward vonti-
lator and steering gear are destroyed
and her port engines are slightly dam
aged.