The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-06
HE HEROES From The NASHVILLE
ne-e Fired Upon BE- Two Thousand
Riflemsa On Shore.
EXTRAORDINARY REcoyERIEs
Men Get Wei After Being De.pafred
of br the sarEesb~-sDrse Of
the WinsIou-s Men.

copyrighted 1898 by Associated Pressg
New York June The hospital ship
scl&es cane into port today having OF b7ard
fifty-four wounded and sick. sarre Of whom
had beer transferred frou, warshiTs in
Cuban waters ana some take7 fran he
hospitals at Key West. Hsr at deck Was
tentHa off with canvas and ia swinging
ham1zocks lay half dozea Of he most
seTiously III OF the patients T-hs conva-
leselng room was the hasktnr Fizce Of a
score Of the poor fellows who hna no. given
~ tbs fght without struggle
-Four o. the heroes frur the Nashville
ana the Maghlgbead were araoas the pa
'isnss On the olaoa-Rohsr1 valtE az san
Francisco and Henry Hsnd-l-sou- John
Davis and II " Euchrasipteir ell q New
York Their art lie wounded Of the gal
liant hand vho cu1 the cable st Cienfusgas
nearly month ae9 For h2lf an hour
these Esilsat sailors worked smli a rala
q bulles tvo laousan5 s;.anlardz sending
them from the rifle IaLs
John Reagan & the Marhleheads boat
~aS shot targugh the chest As he fell
Private Marine KucEmaister stopped to
assist him at that instant 2 rifle bail
struck Kuthr2elster IN the jaw and passed
ont Of his uugth. TIE marine hardly re-
cize1 hGw oz1ly he was hurt handaged up
ms Jaw WITH q bauikerch!ef and tried TO
stop the flow @. blood from Reagan's
wound FoaT Reagan died moment later.
tSu1nsrs Mste Davis Of The Marhiehead
Was torn wlth bullet II his thigh and q
moment srter a one FOUNDER from tbs
alofe sen shot close enough to grszs
has arm
Hendr7eksoa aad volz are the others q
THAI gallant expedition who Will carry the
ll4r rs OF neruls-u 10 their Erevts
When The revenue cutter WINDOW brought
Heh4rckson ana Nolz TO Key West sIter
De light tbs hospital surgeons said bot
would ale One had three bullet vouads,
tals Vas Tolz; = cali5sr bullet had
passed through the skull at the base Of the
pfsln aud cut compared with this the
olher wounds were Insignificant He wss
1nt9nsc eos Tor several ssrs 1t the bar
IAtAs hospital az Key West but gradually
hey brought him srosnd Tolz now looks
wen
E4e1drivkso1 was she. through The az
doIe1- T'hs bullet passed completely out
50 graf as lie veloetty Of these tiny steel
missiles under the new method Of pro-
ptlllng them. Hsn1rictson. when seen
aboard ship today. however said ne would
De figAitng The Spa1tsrds again before the
end Of tbs month II there was a fight left
IN theu
TIE Wiaslow sert ous man here TO re-
Ilind the North OF the terrible engage
Ell al Cardenas when Ensign RsrIsy |
vas Killed the first officer Of the Aruer{- /
can baYy 70 fall IN this WARMTH four Of /
his men. He Is Robert L. Grubh. 4 lands !
Hl@n. Grush IS the Second man to core 10 /
New Jerk, O'lis2n. Il fireman having been
~s4i o. t4riough from the snfae OF action 4
after the terrible ordeal through whiuh lie 1
had passed.
a victim cf the Por5o Rican bornbera-
Aent was also brought here On the Sulgee
George Merkle. He was OF he iowa :.
san Juan ana came out OF the engererueut
ArAing one Arm. The order to cease fight
ZIG h&d been given. The great guns On the
IOWA were ElIe1cec, men came from me
-Nrrets 20 draw 4 fresh brea ! and Some
went below as routine course Mertie
axle 40 from below ard was IN he act 81
d0lAs On hlh coat when a shell plunged
hroaEn the ar ana exploded directly ovsr
2 iin One piece struck hin on the right
'l6sE, tearing out tbs terez-n-this after
the baius Eas over
Three nDen rom the greatest OF hattie
saiT<- The Oregon. were ar1SnE the natte-f,s
u he Solzce who. by the war, have been
transferred 10 the Marine hospital Ia
i9foakiyn. Louis upso1. P J LTaoh end
1879 NH@+ ta. LSs NtIG TIE OILY ORES ]
o suter from the voyage OF the o-eeon
lut ihf7 were the most seriously ia srte-
he hAtileshtp reached Key West and h
as advisable TO send them 10 a more IA
'orAsle climate
one Of IKE remarkable cases brerzh,
'frs BY thc biz ambulance Is William Tav-
or, Washington boy. and 4 first class
'pnreni1ce On The cruiser New York. Tav-
CTS recovery is TIE most rnarvs1Jouv a.
ny o. those operated On BY the surgee.
me aay. sooa after the bctnbzrd-ne5t ~
: sianzas. ihToEgh which the uea un Ire
New York passed without the slightest tn.
ary. revolver dropped From tae belt a.
9o4sEaln Mullen and sxploaed. The bu1
q PASSED through TSylor-s right arr Al
ne elbow entered the abdomen. rssse5
p Through thH DIVER, graxed the lung ara
'Ahie eul through the left shoulder "A
'isrEtson Tor lspRretoray was psrforrges
M TAYLOR recovered, although nnfura,lv
be i still saftsrag from The effects a,
'is multiple Vour5. OF The flfty-four rn4r
cur arr afflicted With ccnsamo,ion.
Dr- Thomas 2. Streets sats toaay ,As,
W MS Esilenis had improved r-estlv
' era Arne1isrees were On hand ard he
'aAeSs one hT one were carries out ~
ne stfeseAe-s or led eoEn the sanrvsv
= teadsr hands and transferred 10 Tie
1aifne hosFitsi