Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-05-27
THE DANDY's PERILous CRUISE
Associated Press Dispatch Boat Has
. Hard Tine Of Il Follewing
Sehley's Fleet.

Associated Press Dispatch Boat Has
. Hard Tine Of Il Fellswing
SeAley's Fleet.
MONTEGO BAY. JAMAICA. May H.
Copyright. 1888. by the Associated PresA)
After Journey Of almost LOO miles
through q binding rain and seas which
almost ceaselessly swept the deck from
stem to stern. the Associated Press boat
Dandy steamed into Montejo bay, short
of fuel. destitute Of water and with scarce
ly an hour to spare. The aft water tank.
through . chOppy seA, had been drained Of
Its contents thirty-six hours before land
was sighted; and the coal bunkers. emptied
by an Unexpectedly long and hard cruise.
were cleared almost to the plsnking. when
rift In the fog revealed the shore Of ia
maica to the anxious captain and crew.
Another three hours would have left the
sturdy little 100-ton boat helplessIy adrift
on the sea, for she has no masts to aid
her in such an emergency. When the port
was .reached. however, IL was found that
the damage to the tank could be quickly
repaired.
The Dandy sailed from Key West early
last Friday in pursuit Of Commodore
Schley, who had left almost tWenty.four
hours before. It was believed at Key West
that Cienfuegos was his destination, hut.
without definite information. the Dandy
was compelled to 60 far out Of . direct
so,.,,,,,, ~ T.,,.n. m. .,,, - a. -
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80 S-,,,.,sss. o. - -. 80 CoraweIso-. sS
ywst st.o,,. .ntT. hsa 80, . 80. - tts 49,
squadron.
Captain Murphy, Of the Dandy, looked
grave over the prospect OF an unescorted
cruise to Cienfuegos, where obtaining coal
.bort.,s ~ cnsI vo,,,H maj. her s.c.ns
from the snani,h eunboat, knovn 10 Ia ~
C,enfneoo. e.tremelv donhtfuI
Eariv Satnrd.v nnorninS ths ,,.n,,n. a,
/. h.tt,..htn AT al eve. .tr.,n,rr - ~
northvard a. the rnniea.ant ,o..ih,i,tv ~
rneatin. n snan,.h n,an-of.v.r NJ .Sssd
10 fhe .afisf.c,ton vh,cn retns4.s -hsn ~
shin vas recoenixed as the IJnited sf.tes
h.tt,s.ht,, To~o To- ~. h.S ,set W.v rs.t
ths dsv .stsr Cnr,,no.Ior. schis,,,. S.r.,t.
ure. and vps evtdentIv on her vav to n
rendezvous with the feet. Shortly after
noon the United state, torpeso boat Du-
mont. which had been left at Kew wet Nth
Rear AdmiraI aaynD.on came r.cinr from
the uorthward and delivered = messaee to
the Iowa.
Without thu loss of n moment the for
midable little craft rushed on toward Cien-
fuegos. and the battleship. with increasiur
speed. headed for the waters between Cane
San Antonio and the Isle of Pines.
When. at nirhtfa1l. the entrance tn fhe
passage vas reached she veered OF with
the evident Intention of patroIIinx between
the cane and the island and there was
nothing for the DANDY tn do hut TO 20 ON
alone. Saturday nieft the weather roush-
ened and before mornins the damage to the
tank vb,ch m nearly resulted seriousIv oc-
wa. aIr..dv EXHAUSTED. and. when. at noon
IN s,,nd.v N. Chief engineer found the
,et., .anr a,,, ~. n,o.nect ahead ~ fhe
nsnd,, ~.. M, ,hs brirhtesf. Hard artv.
tns- s.a,n.t a heavy sea had eaten nm her
cos, simost twice as RAPIDLY as had been
an.,,,n.tsd ond nth ifttIe fueI ana NO
..oass Is.ss sns ms .ha roca sor ss,s,v hesan
Monteso bay was the nearest friendly