The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-06

and disabled the winslow. and a few min
utes later Ensign Bagley and four Of the
men were stretched dead on the dead.
Grub was one among those aboard at
the time and with others was rescued by
the Hudson
Lieutenant Bernardou spent some days
at the hospital at Key West, but he is
now again in command Of the Winslow,
Tiny craft daring and audacious, even
among those murderous boats. In place
of poor Bagley, J. L. Lattimer is the
Winslow's ensign. Grub is the second
man to come to New York, O'Hearn, a
fireman, having been sent on furlough
from the scene of action after the terri
BILE ordeal through which he passed with
the others.
A victim of tho Porto Rico lombard
ment was also brought here on the Solace
George Merkle, slender, pale-faced ma
rine. He was on the Iowa at San Juan,
and came out Of the engagement lacking
one arm. Those who have been through
the shot and shell and have emerged I'M
scathed may tell of marvellous escapes and
thrilling encounters, but Merkle tells an
other story. The order to cease fighting
had been given, the great guns on the
Iowa were silenced, men came from the
turrets to draw fresh breath of life, and
some went below as a routine course.
Meanwhile the Monitor Terror was lying
in closer than the others, and, failing to
see the signal, continued to pour in iron
messengers Men gathered on the gun
decks to watch the progress of the fight.
Merkle came up from below, and was in
the act of putting on his coat, when
shell plunged through the air and exploded
directly in front of him. One piece struck
Merkle on his right elbow, tearing out the
forearm. This was after the battle was
over.
Three men of the greatest of battleships,
the Oregon, were among the patients of
the Solace, who, by the way, have been
transferred to the marine hospital in
Brooklyn, Louis Upson, P. j. Lynch and
Alonzo Gartley. They were not the only
ones to suffer from the heart-breaking
voyage of the Oregon. but they We're the
reached Key Westhf(kfih'hd mfwyp mfwy
most seriously Ill, after the battleship
visable to send them to more favorable
climate. No men are prouder OF the grand
work of their ship than they. One of the
remarkable cases brought by the ambu-
lance ship is William Taylor, Washing
ton boy and a first-class apprentice on
the cruiser New York. Taylor's recovery
is the most marvellous of any of those re-
marked upon by the naval surgeon. one
day, soon after the bombardment OF Ma
tanzaS, through which the men on the
New York passed without the slightest
injury, revolver dropped from the pelt
of Boatswain Mullen and exploded. The
bullet passed through Taylor's right arm
at the elbow, entered the abdomen, passed
up through the liver, grazed lung ana
came out through the left shoulder. An
operation for laparotomy was performed
and TAYLOR recovered, although, naturally,
he Is still suffering from the effects OF MS
multiple wound and the operation. FOL
lowing is a complete list of the patients
upon the Solace:
The List Of Patriots
William Weston, oiler, Manning.
James B. Scott, seaman, st. Paul.
George Merkle, private, marine, Iowa.
John Engle, ordinary seaman, Iowa.
i. Il, Forrman, seaman, wilmington.
Robert Voltz, seaman, Nashville.
]. +. Kendig apprentice, Castine.
F. +. Burkett, coal passer, Suwanee.
M. Cooke, coal passer, Machias.
George w. Barber, Seditidi, "tie"''
Carl Askenburg, seaman, Algonquin.
A. w, Simons. quartermaster' Doiphln'
]. N. Stanley, gunner's mate, Hornet.
Henry Hendricksen, seaman Marole-
head.
]. Marley, first class fireman, Mangrove'
William TAYLOR, apprentice. New York.
Michael ]. Henry, private, marine' ma
rne battalion.
H. w. Aatonen, gunner's mate, lndiana
A. Hessford, coal passer, Terror.
d. o. O'Connell, private, marine, marine
battalion.
Sydney Trammel. private, marine, ma
rine battalion.
Albert Link, machinist, Annapolis.
James Mcleod. master-at-arms. New
port.
Frank Davis, coxswain. Castine.
Charles H. Kelley, mechanic, Nezencott
g. O'Leary, coal passer. Marblehead.
Thomas Dodds, seaman, Dolphin.
Edward A. Donahue, private. marine
marine battalion.
Charles Schmidt, boatswains mate. Dol
phin.
John Davis, gunner's mate, Marblehead
III. w. Kuchmeister, private. marine, ma
rine battalion.
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Robert McFetters, private, marine, ma
rine battalion.
C. W. Miles, mess attendant, Amphitrite
Daniel Burns, quartermaster, Puritan.
w. H. Powell, apprentice, Vixen.
]. McKernan, fireman, Suwanee.
A. H. Howard, fireman, Amphitrite.
Il. f. Mitchell, first sergeant. Annapolis.
J. w. Eek, first sergeant, marine bat
talon.
William A. Shaw, mechanic, Machias.
Daniel D. Donovan, seaman, Bancroft.
Robert L. Grubb, landsman, Winslow.
Edward f. Brothers, fireman Maple.
William Giles, naval cadet, Oregon.
Louis f. Epson, seaman, New Orleans.
James Webber, seaman Montgomery.
Charles F. Werz, quarterma ster, Porter.
p. ]. Lynch, Marine, Wampatuck.
F. T. Wiess water tender, Iowa.
Alonzo Gartley. apprentice, second class,
Oregon.
OF these fifty-four American seamen