The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
THE TERROR SUNK.
OREGON is SAID TO HAVE
DONE 1T.
All Hands on Board Iost-R Reported That
Destroyer Did Not obey the Captains
Orders One 13-IDch shot aud all was
O~vcr-Rcport Denied.

- Hiit va 'r'il
has sum n Spanish torpedo BOAT de-.
stroycr off Santiago de Cuba. How.
ever, adviccs received here to-day from
the flagship New York. oY Santiago dc
Cuba, say there is no truth in the re-.
port.
PoRr At PRINCE, 1Iayti, June T.-Ad.
vices just received state tina. the
United states battlcship Oregon sank
the spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror on Friday night. The Terror
was making her way from Porto Rico
to rcjoin the rest of C~crvcra's fleet at
Santiago. An accident to her boilers
had compelled her to stay at Fort de
France while the rest of the vessels
sailed away to Santiago.
When the Spaniard was first sighted
the Oregon sent out signals directing
the craft To turn to. The torpedo boat
destroyer did not answer the signals,
and Immediately an order was given
by Captain Clark of the Oregon to open
fire.
The gunncrs sent n l3-inch shell
crashing ovcr the water and the Terror
vast struck amidships. The boat sank
almost Immediately and all hands went
down.
Another report received here has il
that the boat wa not the Terror AZ
all, as this second authority believes
n boilers OF that vessel to be in such
shape as would prevent her from lrav.
ing Fort dc France and putting out t.
sea. In the second adviccs il is stated
that the ship sunk was the Furor, the
Tcrroris sister ship.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June News
has been received here to-day from
Fort Antonio confirming Il report
brought here yesterday by n vessel
from Santiago de Cuba saving the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror
tFuror0 had been sunk by an American
warship.
1t appears that the battlcship Oregon
saw u long craft s~ncaking close TO the
shorc and heading toward the harbor.
She signaled the craft to turf and the
signals were improperly answered
whercupon the Oregon opened fir,
upon her.
a l3-inch shell struck the torpedo
boat amidships and she sank with all
hands.
The vessel is supposed TO have been
the Spanish torpedo boat DESTROYER
Terror. trying to make her WAY from
Porto Rico into the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba, to rcjoin the fleet of Admiral
Ccrvcra. with which she arrived at
Fort de France, Island of Martinique.
The Terror was compelled to remain at
Fort de France, as her boilers were ont
of order. On the other hand, il is be.
lieved the torpedo boat destroyer sunk
may have beer the Furor Of Admiral
Ccrvcra's fleet, as the latest reports
concerning the Terror seem to show
that her boilers were still ont of order.
1t is thought probable that the Furor
was trying To steal out, either to at.
tempt to sink one of the American
ships, or to escape from the bottle of
Santiago, when she was discovered by
the Oregon.
Both the Furor and Terror were
built in Glasgow for Spain n year and
a half ago. They are bigger than any
OF their type in the British fleet, being
220 feet long and twenty-five feet
broad. Their armament consists
of two li-pound rapid-firc Maxim
Nordenfeldts, two lG-poundcrs of ths
sarne caliber and w automatic Max
inns. There arc also two l4-inch dec!,
pivotcd torpedo tubes. ON their trial
trip they made twcnty-cight knots an
hour on a two hours run in n hard
southwestcrly wind. During the tria,
Of the Furor that vessel had n full load
OF seventy-fivc tons on board, which is
considerably greater than the load
carried by the d~estroycrs of the British
and other governments.
The new dcstroycrs were the pride
of the Spanish navy. The loss of one
of them will be n severe blow. Its Of.
feet on the rest of C~crvcra's ilcet,
coopcd up as they are, must be OK.
trcmely discouraging, The dcstrur-
tion OF the first vessel to leave the har.
Dor would be significant.
The work of the Oregon has added tC
her already brilliant record. Tho 20.
curacy of aim displayed in the one
shot fired is taken as a proof of the
NlNtA pllnt oil DodIt' i'I NnlNi 'ulDllln
Clark is responsible. 4 swiftly moving
torpedo boat ut dusk is no shining
mark, and that the first shell should
have gone home is considered II re.
mGr.ablc feat, On the long voyage
around the Horn Captain Clark evil
IDENTITY licked his crew into shape.
That the Temarario is above water IS
probably due to the fact that she
rushed violently to the interior of
South America and left the Oregon to
its fate.
Mrs. Atkinson Indicted.
GLENvIILE, W. Va, June THE
grand jury yesterday brought in in.
dict mpntS nhnrripn f,rr.rv nrnipSt