Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05
|S7ROYED THE FLEET.
INNING SEA FIGHT or SPLENDID WORK.


~ ,rlier west NJ the entrance OF the
X -b,r of Santiago d. Cuba. sunday
NV the Associated Press dis
"a ,.b boat Wanda 10 Port Antonio
No. Monday morning July g. via
u ,-.t,p. .ramaica. July i.-tCopyrighi.
II ty tbs Associated Press. Admiral
n ,,r,'a fleet. consisting of the ar
Il ..5 cruiser Cristohal Colon. Amir
y o,uendo. Infania Maria Teresa and
.,tB. and two torpedo boat destroy
Il ,ha Juror and the Pluton. which
n boon held In the hhrbor u Santiago
Al cub, for sIx weeks past by the CONE
~ spuadrons 90 Rear-Admiral
4 vpaep and Commodore schlcy. Hes
In nj the bottom Of the Caribbean
"A the southern coast VI cuba.
Tbs SPANISH admiral iH O. prisoner OF
on inc auxiliary runboat Giouccs-
formerly Mr J. plerpunt MufGnn's
hi CorsaIrl and 1000 Go 1000 other
tnIsh soldiers and sailors, all who
Hual the fr.ghtful carnage caused
IA fhg shells from the American war
ur. nre also held aa prlHuucra OF war
II me United states.
4 The spanlnfls when thcy found they
n mild De- permitted to live. adapted
Il .u,ssi,,s comfortably 20 the situation.
Il ma their cigarettes ana began play
n cards among themselves.
Il THE American Victory u complete.
No. according to the best Information
|oltbInahlu az this timc, the American
ssga were practically untouched and
only one man was killed, though thN
shIpH were subjected TO heavy hfc
F. u hH IA
h attic lasted.
I Admiral Cervcra made as gallant a
dHah for liberty and preservation OF his
ahlpa lH has ever occurred In the hiss
fDry OF naval warfare. In tho face OF
Overwhelming odds, with nothing be-
H. him but Inevitable destruction "
n remained any longer In the trap In
vhloh the American fleet held him. he
made % bold dash from the harhor az
a. tme the Americans least expected
MIN tl lu su. aud lighting every Inch N
H. way. even whom his ship was ublazo
mud sinking. he tried To- escape the
d Dom which was written on the muzzlc
81 every American gun trained upon
b. vessels
4 Tho Americans saw him the moment
D. loft. ana commenced the work Of
destruction Immediately.
II Dor nn hour ur two they followed the
4 Wing SuunuriH 90 the westward along
tha shore line. sending shot after shot
inin their hullH, tearing great holes IL
jhalr stool sides aud covering their
d .rks with the blood of the Killed and
! Wounded. a. no time dld the Span
A rds show any Indication that they In.
4 ndrd 20 do otherwise than nRht TO
fhc last They showed mo- signals Ia
Bartender even when their ships CONE
ihpnced ll aiak and the great clouds ~
tmoko poured from their Sides showed
iipt they were on fre.iiut they turned
thelr heads toward the Hhurr. less than
mile away. ana rtn them ON tho
iolch and rocks. where their deriruc'
ton was soon completed.
n The officers ana men ON buard thou
epHpod ti the shore nH well a. thoy
GOULD. with the assistance q hoiaH sent
ffum iho American mvn.oi-War, aud
Mon throw themselves upon the inofuy
d their cauturs. who not only extend
Cd 90 them the gracious hand OF Amer
icnn chiytlry but sens them u guard "a
pfutrct MON from the murdrrnu'
binds II cuban soldiers hiding IN the
brush ON tho hillside eager a. ruHl
Down and attack tho unnrmed, de.
f,ntcd bm yulornus Zoe.
one or another ~ the spanish ship
4crumr the Victims Of tho awful rain
ef shells which the American battle.
fhIpa, cruisers ana guubontf poured
fpun them ana twn hours amer IN,
Biz NJ the noot had started out u
tuutlHrl hArhnr, three crulHrrH AM
J Wa toIpedn.h1nt icFrDycri were lylnf
|pr MORO Castle, pounding 90 pieces
fn the shore ten 90 fifteen miles west
mukc ana nHmo pouring frum every
Hit uf them ana covering the eulir,
\ lHEt line with a mist which could b,
been Tor miles, Heavy explosions al
nmmuMilun occurred uvcfy Few min
.lf.H, sending rurh " dense whit.
unks % hundred frOf In the air ant
sausing "a shower Of broken iron ON,
II iHel tu fan ln tho water ou every side
The hlun1 ON The cnnnt line rchnrl
with the f1nr Of every explosion an,
y tha Spanish vessels mnk docpor an,
sleeper Into tho sand or elise the rock
II gruund their huliH be pieces as the,
n rolled on pitched forward or sidewiyl
. with every wave that washed upol
II thcm from the 0nrn sea.
Admiral CerYcfa escaped On the Hh0r
Il in % boat sent hy the Gloucester u
4 thc assistance ~ the lnfnuta Mari
Ttrosn. ana 49, aoon aH he touched IN
beach he surrendered himself ANA hi
command "a Lieut. Morton and aHkfi
20 be taken aboard the Gloucester
which was the only American vcsse
II near him 40 the time, with several q
his officers, including the captain d
M nngHhlp.
Tho spanish admiral. who va
wounded In the arm, wnH taken 10 IA
Gloucester, ana was received at he
81 gangwny by her commander. Lieu
Commander Riohntd wainwright VIII
rtasptd The hand of the Eray-bcnrde
admiral and said a. him; 4 conrratt
late you. mir. upon having made ns ga
liant a nrht nH was ever Witnessed O
tho sea-" Lieut.. Commander WAR
wright then placed hlH cabin at N
disposal ~ the spanish officers
AZ that time tho Spanish nngHhl
bud four other Spanish vessels hn
been aground ana huruins Tor tW
hours. ana the only onf ~ tho eHcaI
ing feet which could not Dc seen
this point was the Crlstohai colo
But half dozen curlH NJ smoke ID
down ON the western horizon shove
the fate that was awaiting that vel
rel.
II The Crlhtobnl Colon was the faa
est Of the Spanish ships ana she 500
obtained lead over the others at,
leaving the hnrhor and Hcnped n
efect NJ the shots which destroyed n
other vessels. She steamed away
/. great speed, with the urgon. Ne
II York, Brooklyn ana several 9TH
? ships I'm pursuit, an ~ them firing
II her constantly and receiving FIRE then
selves from her aft guns. The
4 seemed no possibility whatever for n
escape, ana while her fate Ia not dol
nltely known nt this hour Il can
n readily imagined from the words
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