The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-13

hored off shore as ranges. It was twenty
five minutes before 3 o'clock when four
inch shell struck tho Wlnslow on the
starboafd beam, Knocking out her forward
| loiler and starhoard engine and Gripping
hei steering bar, but no one was injured
Lieutenant Bernandou was directing his
| men as ccolly as II they were at cadet
| practice. BY tho one Qounder amdshp
stood Ensign Bagley two firemen, the
oler and the cook The little boat gasped
| and tbrobbed aud rolled hopelessly from
| side 10 side, Lieutenant Bernandou did
not stop for an examination. He knew his
boat was uncomfortable.
| The Hudson was short distance away.
| stu pounding away with her guns. she
was hailed ard asked to take the Winslow
in tow. 1t was a vital moment Guns
reared from shore and sea, Lieutenant scout
OF the Hudson sat on II box and smoked
cigarette as he directed the fire. Captain
Newton stood near Lieutenant Meek at the
| forward gun and watched it's work UNI
moyod Chief Engineer Cutehoon never
missed his bell A group OF sailors was
making ready to heave Il line to the Win
slow. and Ensign Bagley and his four men
stood en- the side of the latter vessel waiting
ic receive 1t. ~ vicious fire was singing
about them. The spaGiards seemed to have
found the exact range.
There was momsntary delay In heayiur
the tow line, and Ensign nagley suggested
that the iludson's men hurry
"Heaver!" no called. Let her come
boys; It's getting pretty warm here"
The limo was thrown and grabbed by the
Ninslow's men. Grmiy, with sweat and
powder, they tuEgod at It and drew neSrcr
foot by loot to the Hudson
Almost at the same instant alolher i-meh
shell shfieked through the smoke and burst
directly under them FIVE bodies went
whiting through the air, Two of the group
We're dead when they fell Ensign Bagiey
and Fireman Daniel
Tao ensign was literally disemboweled
body was torn away. a flying piece of
ahrapncl struck Lieutenant Bernanaou in
the thigh aud cut an ugly CASH but the
lieutenant did not know It then. With tho
explosion OF the shell the hawser fell and
the Winslow's helm went hard to star
beard and, with her steering gear broke
tho torpedo boat floundered about In the
water at the mercy of the enemy's fire
which never relaxed.
The fire of the Americans was sf the
usual persistent character and the nt,ry,
ct the men was marvellous. Even after the
| Winslow's starboard end and her steering
gear were wrecked. the boat continued
pouring shot into the spanish ON shore unt,l
she was totally disabled Meanwhile tho
Wllminstor, from her outlying station, was
busy with her bigger guns. and shells from
Ter f-inch guns crashed into the works IN
shore, and thore must have done deadly
damage Not fragment of shot or shell
from the enemy reached her,
i The Hudson quickly threw another line to
tho Wlnslow and the helpless torpedo boat
was made fast and pulled out OF the soan.
iards' exact mngc. The tug then lowed her
TO Piedras bay. a little more than twelve
miles off, near which tho Machas Law
There she was anchored for temporary re.
pairs. while the Hudson brought her ehast-
ly cargo into Key West. with Dr. Richards
OF the Marhias attending the wounded. Not
until this morunful journey was begun was
II learned that Lieutenant Eernandou had
been injured, He scoffed at the wound
as trifle, but submitted to treatment and
is doing we'll
The Hudson drew up TO the government
docks here shortly before o'clock this
morning The flags at half mast toll the
few loiterers On shore that death had come
to some
Amhulances were called and the wounded
We're carried quickly to the army barracks
hospital The dead were taken 10 the local
undertaker's shop. where they lay all day
on slabs. the mntilated forms draped with
FLAGS. The public were permitted to view
the remains. and all day a steady stream OF
people flowed through the shop.
The Winslow has six-inch hole In her
starboard beam. her starboard engine for
ward boiler, forward ventilator and steering
gear are destroyed and her port engines
slightly damaged.
Key wsst Fra. May le.--when the
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