The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-07-16

haSlng passed the iattH" Gnd now being
in the lead well Up the coast. At the
time the only vessels in sight from the
Brooklyn were the Oregon about = mic
and Il half aStern. At 10:.4 the Nizcaya
was rakei fore and aft clean along her
gun deck hy an Sinch from the Brooklyn
Another one Il minute later exploded III
her superstructurc with terrific force. kill
1850 she headed for the beach at As>cra-
doreS. where she went ashore The
Brooklyn did not stop, hut wo2t Oh the
chase after the triSt ohal Colon. the Ore
gon closing rapidly up and following her.
SIMPSONS Flagship Not in Sight.
The other vessels at this time were from
six to eight miles behind and Admiral
Simpsons flagship. the New York. was
not in sight. At 1l:25 the Brooklyn,
slightly injured by the hail of Spanish
shells, stopped firing and the chase began.
The men came on deck and began to
cheer, never needing the whistle of the
Spanish shell. They cheerd for Schley
and Clark and for the Oregon. and the
oregonS s men returned the cheer.
Up To the masthead of the Oregon went
a ,cnnant.
'Remcmber the Maine" read the signal
officer.
Tell them we have" said Schlcy. and
there was a roar as the answer went NIP.
The chase was in full force 1T ] :o.I.
the men Oh llt itCkS Watching WIZ great
interest and as happy as larkS. The t".Un
at Il distance of five miles huggci 1hp
shore, but Schey ordered the Oregon to
follow her, and then with the Brooklyn
he made a straight course for Cape Cruz,
around which she would have TO steer Oh
long detour to get away.
All thre" ships were pumping alon2; n
great speed. the smoke pouring out Of
their tunnels. In IN hour the Brooklyn
had gained apprrciahly and SO had the
Oregon. and Capt. Clark of the latter
ship signallod over "A strange ship look
ing like IN Italian in the distance" He
alluded - the fact that the Cristobal
Coon VS. bought from Italy.
Try I3-Iuch Railroad Train.
Schl"y. sitting Oh the edge of the for
ward eisht-iuch turret. swinging his
legs and happy. said: TEL the Oregon
she can try one Of those 13-inch rail
road trains on her
There was a terrible roar as the big
shell went hy the Brooklyn, moment Of
suspense and watching. and then Il hearty
cheer as the big thing struck the water
close astcrn of the Colon. four miles
away. Another was tried which reached
the mark and there were more cheers.
Then the Brooklyn opened her forward
and starhoard S-nch guns and one shell
was seen to 90 through the Colon at the
top of her aTm0rcd belt.
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the Oregon were pounding away IT the
Colon and in another ten minutes after
returning the fire in a dcsultory sort Of
way and rapidly losing ground. she
turned toward shore. At 1:15 she hanlri
down her flag With wells of delight the
men poured out Of the turrcts of the ships
and when boom went up at the main
mas OF the Brooklyn they began to cheer
and did not stop for ten minutes
At this time the only ships in sight
were the Vixen, about five miles away.
and the Texas, about seven miles away.
The New York was not in sight. As n"
big ships moved i'll to thequarry the smoke
Of the New York could be seen coming
over the horizon from the cast. but she
was fully twelve miles away. \ boa;
was lowered from the Rrooklyn and C"pt.
Cook went aboard to receive the sur
render tn" ,r"2r-admiraI in charge al
with tears in his cyrS:l surrender Unron-
ditionally to Commodore Schlcy. W"
were badly hurt and could not get
away While Capt. Cooks boat WAS
coming alongside, the Spanish caDtivc~
shouted Bravo Amcricanos." and the
crew responded Bravo Snaniardo.
W bile Capt. Cook was returning tp .hn
Brooklyn the New York with Admiral
Sampson came along. ran in hetwrau the
Brooklyn and the prize and ordered Cap.
Cook 10 send the prisoners on board the
New York.
SCh1ey Deprived of the Honor.
Commodore Schley. seeing this mega
phoncd over, Il request the honor Of re-
ccivins the surrender of the officers of the
CriStohal Colon"
No answer was vouchsafed him from the
New York and the ship that had not
fired a shot took the honor.
Commodore Schloy then raised the pen
nant, a glorious victory has been Won
details later"
Th" answer from the New York was,
Report your CaSualtirS'
Th" Brooklyn was hit twonty-siX times.
but only one man. g II. Ellis was killed.
and only one man. !. II. Burns fireman,
wounded
The Colon went ashore at the place
where the Nirginus expedition tried to
land and was captured years ago. The
chase had lasted four hours and the
Brooklyn. Oregon. Texas and Gloucester
had saved the United States feet from
the stain of allowing the Spanish vessel,
t. eScapc-the Oregon and Brooklyn hy
their splendid chase and great quincy,
the Texas hy her determined work on tho
first two ships and the Gloucester ny her
marvellous attack on the dostroyerS.
The Almirant" tqUendu. at 1870
o'clock in tn" evening. turned over on her
side and is now being beaten to pieces
by the waves. Her crew scuttIcd her be
fore hauling down her flag. The pay
master divided up the money on board and
all the Spanish sailors Were well supplied.