The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-13

all right. The tumOr had passed away,
vncn ii pun OF SMOKE was observed ON
shore at CardenGs and shell whistled
over them. The Wnslow was on the
inside, nearer the shore. The Hudson
and the Winslow reported to the Will
mington, and orders came promptly to
go in and open fire, but the Spaniards
had not waited for a reply to their first
shot. The Cardenas harbor shore had
already become one dense cloud OF
smoke and shot with flashes of fire.
nnd an avalanche of shells was burst
Ing toward the little Winslow.
This was at five minutes past ,
o'clock, ana for 20 minutes the firing
continued from the shore without ces-
sation, but none of the shots had at
that time found their mark, though
they were striking dangerously near.
Meanwhile the Hudson's two six
Founders We're changing away at a
terrific rate How many of the torpedo
boats shots took effect is not known.
1t was % minutes before o'clock when
a four inch shell struck the Winslow on
the starboard beam, knocking out her
forward boiler and starboard engine
and crppling her steering gear.
The Hudson was hailed and asked to
take the Winslow in tow. 1t was a
vital moment Guns roared from shore
and sea. Lieutenant Scott, In charge
of the Hudsou's after gun, sat on
box smoking a cigarette as he directed
the fire. a vicious fire was raining
about them. The Spaniards seemed to
have found the exact range. There was
a momentary delay in heaving the tow
line, and Ensign Bagley suggested that
the Hudson's men hurry. 'Heave her.
he called. Let her come, it's getting
pretty warm"
The line was thrown and grabbed by
the Winslpw's men. Grimy with sweat
and powder, they tugEed at it and
drew nearer, foot by foot, to the Hud
son. Almost at the same instant an
other four inch shell burst directly
under them. and five bodies went
whirling through the air. Two of the
group were dead when they fell-En-
sign Bagley and Fireman Daniels.
The young ensign was literally disem-
boweled, and the entire lower portion
of the freman's body was torn away.
The other three died within a few min
utes. a flying piece of shrapnel struck
Lieutenant Bernardou in the thigh and
cut an ugly cash, but the lieutenant
did not know it then.
With the explosion of the shell the
hawser parted, and the Winslow
houndered about in the water at the
mercy of the enemy's fire, which never
relaxed. The fire of the Americans
was Of the usually persistent char
acter and the nerve of the men was
marvellous. Even after the Winslow's
starboard engine and her steering gear
were wrecked the little boat continued
pouring shot into the Spaniards on
shore until she was totally disabled.
Meanwhile the Wilmington, from her
outlying station, was busy with her
| bigger guns and sent shell after shell
from her four inch guns crashing into
the works on shore, and their execu-
tion must have been deadly. Not a
fragment of shot or shell from the
| enemy reached her.
The Hudson quickly threw another
line to the Winslow, and the helpless
torpedo boat was made fast and towed
to Piedras Cay, a little island II miles
off, near which the Machias lay. There
she was anchored for temporary re-
pairs while the Hudson brought her
| ghastly cargo into Key West. Not
until this mournful journey was begun
was it learned that Lieutenant Berna-
| dou had been injured. He scoffed at
J the wound as a trihe, but submitted to
treatment, and is doing well.
The Winslow has a six inch hole in
her starboard beam, her starbOard en-
glne, forward boiler forward ventila-
tor and steering gear are destroyed, and
her port engines are slightly damaged,
The Hudsons men believe they
fought against battery of four inch
I field guns and gunboats of six, three
and one Founders. The fortifcations,
| as well as the gunboats, We're almost
entirely hidden from view by the sand
heaps and warehouses. Captain New
ton estimates that his boat fired 13j
rounds Of ammunition i'm 30 minutes
during the heat of the engagement. II
Is marvellous to him and his men that
they escaped as they did. They were
within 100 yards of the Winslow when
the shell which killed the men on board
the torpedo boat exploded, and they
expected to be blown TO atoms. A few
scratches on the ventilators are al