The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-12
THE SPANISH
NAVAL WRECKS
A Scene of OesoIation, Hor-
ror and Death.
MANY MILES OF COAST
SCATTERED WITH THE WRECKS
OF SPANISH GLORY.
The CHASTITY BODIES or THE DEAD
those Buried Lie in a Huge Fit in the Beach
Marked Only by a Rude Cross from
the Wreck5ge.

Copyright 1898 hy Associated PrcssD
OF Santiago de Cuba. July by the
Associated Press dispatch boat Dauut-
less. VIA Port .Aantonio jamaica, July
:. by the way OF Kingston. Jamaica.
July S.-11:30 =. m.-Thc vessels which
composed Admiral Ccrycra's squadron.
converted into wrecked charncl houses,
are littering the CubanS coast and the
scenes Of dcsolation. ruin. horror and
death BATTLE description.
At the entrance Of the harbor Of san
tiago lies the Roma Mercedes sunk 1T
midnight on July Bird. Westward five
miles from the harbor. is Il torpedo
boar destroyer. stuck fast i'm the rocks.
close in shore and battered by the surf.
Rocks jutting out of the water just i'll
from Of where She lies hide her hull from
view. Her dayits and the top of
her coming tower alone mark her rest
ing-placc.
Visible from the sea. A few mil,
further, in an inlet embraced by two
mighty arms Of black rocks that extend
half i mile into the sea. are the re-
mains Of the twin cruisers Infanta
Maria Teresa and Almirante OqucnLo.
formerly the pride Of the Spanish navy.
Beyond lies the Nizcaya. Il mass If
ruins. and forty-two miles away from
Santiago. the Cristobal Colon lies help
less on her sides with her smokc-stlcks
under water.
The Infanta Maria Teresa and tho
Amirante oquendo stand upright. stuck
fast on the rocky shoals. All that is left
Of them IS their outer hullS. the heavy
lrnor defying total humiliation. II
side of them the work Of destruction is
complete. Their boilers. engines. bunk
ORG and n - o. M, IN, -, No.. l
into U~nrocOgniZahlc masses of twisted.
melted iron. Exploded shells. burned
rifles and rcvolvcrs. pieces of brass work
and gold and silver coin melted by the
intense heat are strcwn all over the re-
mains of the once proud armorcd cruis.
orS. whose protective decks only stand
in places.
But the most ehastIy. horrible sigh,
III these silent steel collins are tangled
and charrcd bodies Of hundreds Of bray,
sailors. sacrificed for their country
Ruzzards are feeding off the lead an,
others are lowering over the wrecks.
On the beach other flocks of vrlture>
SIT III silence waiting for the sea to civ,
up its dead. Every tide adds to the taIt
Of horror, washing up such objects as
for instance. I sleeve enclosing 4 wasted
arm. other portions of human bodic>
@naWcd by sharks and countless relics
Of the battle.
Attention has been given to the buria
"f tho dead Of the enemy. and over 1Ot
bodies taken from the ships or WASHED
ashore have been inferred upon tn,
beach. by Rear Admiral SIMPSONS or
ders.
Those Which now remain are either N
most totally consumed by fire. charre,
beyond recognition or lie in the depth.
Of the sea. These form the food of tn,
hHzzards. who keep constant vigil abou
the wrecks.
Tho buried remains lie in Il confuse,
mass, unnumhered and Unnamed. in
huge pit dug in the sandy beach, whcr,
the vessels went ashore. \ rude woodcl
cross from the Wrcckagc alone mark.
the grave. 4 grave Owe which Spain
may well mourn.