New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-03
SPANISH WARSHIPS IN MANILA BAY.


HOW THE HULKs LIE WHERE THEY WE'RE
SUNK BY ADMIRAL DEwEY's GUNS.
Manila Bay. June % with Admiral Dewey's
feet off Mana). via San Francisco Aug. ,
(speoiaD.-If Admiral Dewey had the men. the
appliances and the opportunity he could win
thousands Of dollars for his country by strip
ping the sunken Spanish cruisers Of their guns.
and possibly by raising at least two Of the sub
merged craft. He knows the possibilities. and
II the chance presented itself would az once
take advantage Of IT, He has other and weigh
tier duties Just now, however. and there 10 no
time for salvage.
The chance may come and II 1t does
the United States will make much heavier
gain by the victory Of May 1. Time. too is an
element for the tide courses through every one
Of the vessels. and the sea in squally weather
vets every inch of them. Rust is eating It's
way into the guns that might be saved. and. al
though there is still time for securing them'
there is limit upon IT, Many Of the smaller
guns that were not injured by shells or warped
by fire have been secured. but the major work
of wreckage remains undone.
No complete examination OF the submerged
vessels has been made. but from the general
examination made the opinion has been ex-
pressed tina. the Isla de Luzon and the lsa &c
Cuba can be raised They were both good boats.
and II in the condition believed. would be well
worth raising Into the economy OF the calcula-
ton enters the fact that there is a marine rail-
way where they can be locked. within less than
mile from where they now lie The bulls will
suffer only little in the water. and II 1t Is
planned TO lift those worthy Of the task the
operation can be deferred al long desired.
MUST BE DESTROYED.
In any event it will some day be a matter Of
necessity to destroy the entire row OF hulks FOR
they will be serious menace to shipping They
simply surround Cavite. and there is not so
much water there at any time that distractions
can be despsed The battered and twisted hulk
o. the Castillo stands as silent sentinel guard
Ing the rest Of her luckless sisters. for she sank
furthest from shore. II was off Sangley Point
that she went 10 me- tragic death at the hands
Of the unerring gunners of the American fleet
Fire completed he work begun By shell and
ball and left only cherred skeleton TO sink
TO the level of the waves.
Inside Of her. and at the mouth Of Canocao
Bay. lie the Reina Cristina and the Don An
tonic de Ulloa. The shot-pierced and fre-
bistered sides OF the once proud Spanish nag
ship have preserved their original shape. but the
interior OF the vessel is simply mass OF
twisted. jagged, bent and splintered steel ana
iron The sponsons OF her heavy guns are
awash. sections OF her masts lie across her
sides. where they fell: her tunnels are broken
on, and she is a desolate wreck. The sea washes
through her TO It's level. and the swish OF the
waves and the heaving of the ground swell are
The only sounds that break the rather a~e-in-
spring silence
The course Of the big S-nch shell from the
o"mph that entered her stern and swept
through her vitals can still be traced. Her
O',ass. from which Admiral Monto1o gave his
o'uefs on the day Of the fight, still stands. al
ao"sh part Of 1t shot away. Every
"here there Is evidence of the rain OF steel.
N"ich she first faced and then rctreated before
mere is the breach made by the big explosive
sneh' and there the puncture Of the lighter pro-
'ecoie. She is a standing example OF the de-
s'ructive work of steel propelled by powder
Inc sailors firmly believe that a number of dead
sun tenant her depths. but only one body has
Sspeen FOUND A few days after the battle. at low
uoe one morning legless corpse was found
Ving on gun sponsor. The man had been i'm
prisohed by bar Of steel, and evidently died In
fu'iie enort to escape from the burning ship.
inc Don Antonio de Ulloa lies still further up
Sanocao Bay. She too. is a charred and twisted
mass.
ONCE AN ATLANTIC LINER.
The 1sla de Mindanao. once the Atlantic liner
sho iater an auxiliary cruiser. lies the furthest
from Cavite She was run aground outside the
vide entrance TO Bakor Bay. and beyond the
so~n OF Bakor and is a good two miles from
Savite. She 1t was that first opened fire on
inc American fleet, and her Offering Of lead and
steel was returned with interest. She
"asnhcent vessel, OF 4.195 tons. and ee
~nt!y fitted and furnished She was struck