Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-07-13
TORTURE IN RED HOT SHIPS
cERvERAs sEAMES ROASTED ALIVE IN THE
HULLs.

ia the battle off Santiago, the S ,.nish
sailors who swan from tho burning
ships were met by cubans on The bea n,
who shot or mutilated them. Thu OK
hausted sailors turned back toward the
advancing boats, terrified and pleading
for merry to the Americans.
Lieutenant Wainwright, OF the
Gloucester, formerly the yacht Corsair,
who had sunk the two destroyers, saw
Cuban shoot OF an insensible Spaniard
lashed to floating spar and fred
blank shot toward him. Captain
Evans sent his marines ashore to guard
against atrocities and to rescue the
perlsbing.
MEN ROASTED on RED-HcT DECKS.
One of the officers wh) went to the
vizcaya said; "Tho American shells
had tern holes through her 12-inch
Harveyized stern armor plates
Through them I could see naked men.
bloody and gashed, roasting in the
shell. Her guns had been left shottsd,
and were going of by themselves from
heat, but we teok care and got along
side
"Her decks and sid ere red hot
Two men stark nude. WEI climbing
| down davit- tackle, and g. ship
rolle ed they would swing ag her
| scorching side, then swing \ 1t and
back again.
WERE STRIPPED FOR FIGHTING.
IL took ITO of the Vizcaya, oil bare
| as when they were born, and I know
no worse sights than naked men with
| bleeding wounds exposed. One swan
| toward me. Are you. an oficerF L
| asked. NO, he answered, only a
mournful soldier From none OF the
wounded came wbimper or groan
In my dreams / had seen the Vizcaya
| in just this distress and had succored
her crew as then, and in doing so !
disposed them abeut my little deck
precisely as I had done in my dreams.
OVERWHELMED BY CUR FIRE.
The third officer Of the Maria Teresa,
who, with 4 so Of his men, is on the
Harvard. says that the Spanish ships
| were overwhelmed with the intensity
of the American fire.
ave could not breathe" he said,
rand were blinded with the fire. We
knew from the first we had no chance
of escape"
The captain of the same vessel, who
| is on board the Olivette, admits thai
preparations for the sortie were in
progress for four days, and that pro-
vision for long voyage WAS made. He
admits that that the sortie was made
for political purposes, to save the
monarchy.
WERE DRESSED FOR PARADE.
| On the Oquendo and Colon the offlc'
ers and men took pains to dress as fol
parade. All the crew Of the Colon
were in fine fresh clothes, even 10 un
derwear. While the vessel was sink
ing they put on their best, broke int
the quartermaster' stores and filled
their pockets with pies and cakes. Tht
officers said that they had not had
full meel in week, but probably were
trying to arouse pity, as, besides past
ries, they had live cattle and chickens
But they had not a cent Of money.
SUICIDE OF THE oQUENDo's CAPTAIN.
i Captain Juan Lazaga' the command
or of the cruiser Almerante Oquendo
committed sui eide after the loss OF hi
vessel.
COLON PUSHED ONTO THE BEACH.
| Several hours after the Culon wen
as hore head on she foated and was be
ginning to sink, and the New Yorl
then ram med her several times, usini
Tenders, and pushed her up on tn
beach, without injury to either vessel
1t is hoped she will be saved to becom
part OF the United States navy.
Aboard the Colon the surrendere
men were crying viva Americanos.
Some of the sailors were 30 drunk tina
they had to be hoisted in sling.
The Spanish cbaplains, surgeons an
officers would not assist is caring TO
!, their own wounded. but appeared a
: to be taking things contentedly, nc
having expected to be alive to- day.
! The crew were in such a hurry t
surrender that thew waved o tableclOt