The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-05

When the smoke Of the S~uwanee's first
shot cleared away. only two rcd stream
ers Of the tia- were left. The she'll had
gone through the centre OF the bunting.
y delighted yell broke from the crew
Of the Suwanee. Two or three minutes
later the Suwancc fired again. y huge
cloud Of debris rose from the base Of
the flagstaff. For a few seconds il was
impossible 10 tell what had been the Of
feet Of the shot. Then il was seen the
shell had only added 10 the ruin 81 the
fort.
The flagstaff seemed To ave n charm
Cd existence and the Suwanec only one
chance left. Ii seemed hardly possible
for her 10 achieve her object with the Ing
guns. al such a distance and such 7 tiny
target.
There was breathlc>S silence among
The watching crews. They crowded on
the ships decks. and nj eyes were on
that tattcred rag. bending townrd the
earth from the top of what once had
been Il grand old castle. but il was only
bending, not yet down.
Lieutenant Commander Dclchanty
| and Lieutenant Blue took their time.
The Suwanee changed her position
slightly. Then a puff Of smoke shot out
from her side. And up went spuutin-
cloud Of debris from the parapct and
down fell the banner Of Spain.
Such Wells from the flagship viii proha-
bly, never be heard again. There was
more excitement than i witnessed ut the
finish Of Il college boat race or a popular
race between first class t~horoughhredS
on some big track. The Suwancc'S last
shot had struck right lit the base Of I'll"
flagstaff and had blown il clear Of the
wrcckaGc which had held it,.
well done si-nalled Admiral Samp-
son 10 Lieutenant Commander Dele
hanty.
At 11:30 Gen. Duficld signallcd that
his scouts reported that no damage had
been lone to the Spanish rifle pits by the
shells from the ships and Admiral
Sampson Signalled they had been lit
several times but there WAS no one in
the pits.
However the Suwance was ordered 20
fire u few more shots III their direction.
At 12:1S D.. m. the New York having
discontinued firing 1T AguadorcS com
mcnced firing S-inch shells clear over
the gully into the city Of Santiago Gle
Cuba. Every five minutes the shells
went roaring over the hillside. What
destruction they wrought it was ;mpos-
sible to tell az the bluffs hid everything.
In reply to General Dufticld'S qucs-
ton: What is the news" Admiral
Sampson replied: There is not a Span
lard left in the rifle pits
Later General Duftield Signallcd that
his scouts thought rc-inforccmcntS wer,
marching to the battered old forts ano
Admiral Sampson wigwagged him
There is no Snaniard left there. II
any come, the Gloucester will take OF
them
\ little later the Oregon joined th'
New York III sending S-inch shells int
the city of Santiago.
This was kept up until lao y. III. Il,
tina time General Dufticld had sent
message, saying his troops could no
cross the stream and would return t
Altares.
On the report that some SPANS
! troops were still in the gully. the NcV
J York and Gloucester shelled it Once
more, and the Newark. which had no
fired. signallcd: Can | fire for targc
! practice?" Have had no previous OF
%portunity.'
Permission for her to do SO was si2
! nailed and she blaZed away Shootin
5 well. her 6-inch shells exploding wit
I. remarkable force among the rocks.
At 2:4O p. m. Admlra SampSo
[ hoisted the signal to cease firing and tn
flagship returned TO the h~lockading st;
D ton.
On the railroad q train load of troop
2 had already left for .Altarcs.