The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-02
THE ST. PAUL
AND TERROR.
Their Engagement Of San Juan De
Porto Rico.
THOUGHT SHE WAS ST. LOUIS.
The Engagement Was a Hot One and
the Shells of the ST. Paul Did
Effective Work. Disabling
the Foe. 80

NEW YORK, July 1.-The 81. Paul ar
rived in port tonight and anchored on
Tompkinsville, $. |. She left Mole 81.
Nicholas early last Tuesday and has
come here for coal, ammunition ana
stores; also, to have some slight repairs
made 20 her starboard engine
Captain Sigsbee and the officers were
absolutely inaccessible to press reporters,
who went off TO the ship when she hao
anchored, even permission TO Doaru the
vessel being refused.
Considerable information was obtained.
nevertheless, from a copy OF the ST. PAU
War Budget, the oracle Of the snip
which was obtained.
DISABLED THE TERROR.
The ST. Paurs exploit on her last trip
was the disabling OF the Spanish TORPEDO
boat Terror off the harb0r of san Juan
Porto Rico. and being regarded 50 Dy
the crew, the account Of II occupies the
first place on the first page. When the
cruiser Isabella III. came out of the mar
Dor Of San Juan at about noon OF june
22d. covering the Terror, which was win
her from sight. the Spaniards tnousht
it was the ST. Louis, when had peen
there a short time before and known TO
have a small armament and not the d.
Paul. which was going to be met.
brought into port. the Spaniards gathered
I'm great crowds along the harbor wan.
The engagement lasted a little over halt
an hour during which the ST. PAU hreu
about 100 shots, three OF them nittlns
the Terror, smashing one oil her engines
killing the chief engineer, and another
man. taking of the legs OF a third ana
wounding five others So badly was the
Terror injured that small vessels were
dashed to her side to prevent her from
sinking. while a tugboat towed her In.
The budget says;
THE ISABELLA III
1--WE came on the port on the 22d, the
weather was fair, the trade wind blowing
from the eastward and raising some
what OF a sea. At about l24o the third
cruiser. Isabella Ill, came out and.
steamng upon the MORO, until she was
breast OF the batteries. commenced edg-
ing towards. firing such a long range that
her shots were Ineffective. AS her pur-
pose evidently was to put us within hre
Of the batteries. we took but little notice
Of her lying still. and occasionally send
Ing our largest shell at her 10 try the
range Soon afterwards she dropped 70
the westward, and the torpedo-boat de-
stroyer Terror. or IT may have been her
sister ship, the Furor. was sighted
steaming along shore under the batteries.
Captain Sigsbee watched her for
while and worked along with her In or
der to separate her from the cruiser and
keep her i'm the trough Of the sea II she
came for us. She then headed for us.
firing straight az far as direction went
but her shots fell short.
THE FIRING BEGUN.
When within range OF our guns the
signal commerce firing was made and
for several minutes We let ily our star
board battery at her from $500 TO G0O0
yards, the shells striking all around her.
This stopped her and she turned her
b-.oadside 10 us and her fire soon ceased.
She then headed inshore. 20 the south
ward and westward. going slow and 1t
was evident 10 all on board that she was
crippled, drifting well leeward Of the
main harhor entrance.
on the MORO she flashed some signals
10 the shore and afterward a tug came
out and lowed her into the harDor
THE CRUISER FIGHTS.
"All this time the cruiser was firing
at US and some Of her shots fell pretty
close. The cruiser followed the Terror
back toward the port and soon afterward
was Joined by a gunboat and the two
steamed under the batteries 10 the east
ward But when the st. Paul. making
an inshore turn. seemed TO be going for
them they returned 10 the harbor and
We saw no more OF them"
The health OF the crew on the St. Paul
which numbers 400 men. exclusive Of Of
ficers. is excellent. not a case Of serious
Illness being reported.
The ST. Paul has two Spanish marine
mines on board which were caught In
the Marblehead's propeller in Guanta-
namo Bay