Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07
SPANISH SHIP SUNK.
UNcoNFrRMED RUMoR OF LOSS OF
A roRPEDo-BoAr.
The TERROR OR THE Juror.
She Is Sent to the Bottom by a Shell
from the Massachusetts, with All
on Bo"rd-Torpedoes Found, But
No Wreckage.

DISPATCH-BOAT DAUNTLESS. OFF
SANTIAGO, June 5. via KINGSTON. ia.
MAlCA, June 6. 10 A. M.-Whether the
American fleet sank a Spanish torpedo.
boat destroyer on Friday has not been
absolutely confirmed.
AT 10 O'Clock Friday night the cruiser
New Orleans discovered what appeared
TO be a torpedo boat-destroyer close 10
the shore. and signailed the flagship New
York that 1t was evident a night torpedo
attack was to be made Both the New
York and the New Orleans opened fire,
and their shells burst around the dark
object. Finally, 13-inch shell from the
Massachusetts mot the Oregon, as report
ed formerly was fired, and exploded. The
search-lights were turned on the spot
where the supposed destroyer had been
sighted but not trace OF the boat could
be found, and 1t is believed on board the
| New York that she was sunk.
The first assumption was that the boat
was the Terror, but 1t is thought now
that 1t was the Pluton or the FIIror. as
the Terror is not believed to have been at
Santiago.
On Saturday two Schwarzkopf torpedoes
were found floating two miles south of Ell
Moro. This is the class of torpedoes used
by the Spanish, and one of the two found
| had only the practice head.
WAS 1T A RAILWAY TRAIN?
Many officers OF the fleet believe that a
darkened railway train that was moving
along the shore was the real object of the
bombardment, instead Of DESTROYER. No
wreckage has been found, no dead bodies
nave been discovered, and it is possible
that the torpedoes found were two of
those hred at the collier Msrrimac, when
Lieutenant Hobson sank her, and which
subsequently fioated outside Of the har-
Dor.
Admiral Sampson is determined not TO
allow the Spanish to remove the Merri-
mac from the spot where she lies. On
Saturday 1t was reported that they were
working at the hulk, and the American
fleet formed in line of battle, with orders
to lombard 1t turned out that the Span
ish were not so engaged and the feet
withdrew.
hloCNEIso Of' FIRE.
Admiral Sampson had given special or
ders that Ell Moro, where the heroes of
the Merrimac are imprisoned should be
spared in the firing. Admiral Ceryera's
polite assurances were accompanied by
the statement that Lieutenant Hobson
and his men were confined there. This
placing of prisoners in the direct line of
fire is denounced by the American Off
GERS as a ehirteenth-century defence. and
an act OF cruelty.
General Castillo, commanding the Gu
ban forces in the western and northern
parts Of the province of Santiago, has
been concentrating 1900 Cubans in the |
vicinity Of the city.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press) |
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 6.-News |
has been received here to-day from Port
Antonio, confirming the report brought
there yesterday by a vessel from San
tiago de Cuba, saying the Spanish tori
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Terror FuroD had |
been sunk by an American warship. 1t
appears that the battleship Oregon saw
a long craft sneaking close to the shore.
and heading toward the harbor She
signalled the craft to turn, and the sig
mails were improperly answered, where
upon the Oregon opened fire upon her.
A 13-inch shell struck the torpedo-boat
and she sank, with all hands.
The vessel is supposed to have been the
Spanish repdo-boat-destroyer Terror
trying TO make her way from Porto Rico
into the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, TO
rejoin the fleet of Admiral Cervera, with
which she arrived at Fort de France.
Island of Martinique. The Terror was COM
PEELED to remain at Fort de France,
owing to her boilers being out OF order.
on the other hand II is believed the tor
Dedo -boat-destroyer sunk may have been
the Furor, of Admiral Cervera's fleet, as
the latest reports concerning the Terror
seem to show that her boilers are stlll
out of order
THE REPORT DENIED.
MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, HAITI, June
;-Advices received here to-day from the
lagship New York, off Santiago de Cuba,
md forwarded at 4 o'clock Saturday af-
ernoon, say there is no truth in the re-
)ort from Port Antonio, Jamaica, that