Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-12
Commodoe's Splendid Work IN Destroying
Cerera's Fleet
FOUGHT TERRIFIC BATTLE THROUGHOUT.
Surrender Made TO Him isrourteous Act
of Admiral sampson Account OF
IN Eys-witncss.

elbow N Commodore schlcY
When the spanish noot was sighted
the Iowa was swinging o. milo fur
Their ont than the rest OF the squadron.
trying to nix her forward twtlvc-inoh
turrot. which was out N repair: while
the Indiana was loing the same
thing to her forward thiricon.lnch tur-
ret. The absolutely available ships in
the squadron. therefore. were 0niy the
Oregon. Texas and brooklyn. al-
though later both capt Evans ana
Capt Taylor fought their ships
Navigator iiodFrun was on The
bridge or the brooklyn and was the
flrHt 10 observe the moving smoke at
The entrance 10 the harbor go ul'
that smoke muylngI' Do Flld Go tH.
lookout, who. after % mlnutt'H luHp0c-
ton With long glass. dropped % DN-
citcdly ana fairly yelled, There Dr. a
biz shin coming out " the hnfbor. Hlr.
Hndgsun. who la a particularly cool
man, looked Oncg himself. and then
Eriaplng the mrguphnnc, shouted
AFTER bridge there. Toll tho clmmo-
dprc that the cntmy'r nect ~ coming
out"
Commodore schloy was altilnr under
tho awning on the qu1rtoulcck Goiur
w Tue NfluFN nc Nulus 'ltllHt tho nlEa
nal 90 the ilert," and. turning 90 capt.
Cook, who stood near. he said. Clear
ship for action" Th7n NJ went for
ward and took his place on little
platform Of wood running ON tho OUT
SIDE % the coming tower which had
been bullt Tor him.
Tho mon with yoil went IN their
ruua ana the rapid preliminary orders
wcrr given Schicy. Hinmca In hand.
watched the arHt ship turn out hud
saw her start for the west sun b.
gave no signal 90 nro or move Tho
Oregon opened with her twclye.inch
IhellH ana the Indiana and Texas
followed suit. liut the range was q
long one SIN the brooklyn waited
Down below, the coal was being forced
into the furnace. every boiler was be-
90 fre
In the meantime tho oregon began to
turn 60 the west and the Texas
had moved closer and was dnmnglnE
the leading ship. tho lnfantn Maria !
Teresa. "'rhny nru al coming west. |
nlT. shouted Lieut. Sears.
Pull speed ahead. open fire" shouted /
The commodore. Fire deliberately nud |
don't waste shot" he added. Ills /
orderly carried the word Ia the turrrta. |
In an instant the Brnoklyna terrific
eight md fivc-lnch batteries ON her
port eide opened ANA tho cruiser head.
ed for point In front ~ tho first on.
Gaping nhip, nriur and receiving the
arc from two ~ them.
Then Commodore schicy saw that the
nrnt ship was coming ont from the |
shore headed directly for tho Rrook.
iyn with the evident intention Of ram
ming her. Hard nport with your
helm" shouted schicy. aud the cruiser |
began 20 40 around. the smoke coming |
from her tunnels IN big volumes /
Quickly nhc turnod.nnd quickly her biz |
steel ram WIS pointing nt the first shin. |
Tho lnfantn Maria Teresa had 90
work In a. avoid being rnmmod. The
shells ~ the Texas and oregon. with
the terrible ntormn ~ shell from tho
brooklyn, had done their work ana
The smoke began to appear pouring
from her decks.
A. 10 O'Clock the entire Cape Verde
squadron was outside the hlrhOr aud
going rapidly westward The Iowa
And the Indiana could not Keep up
the pace. hut tho oregon WINS coming
across 10 the assistance NJ the Brook.
lyn, which NJ 1850, was engaging tho
mt three nhipa. the lnfnntn Maria
Ni4cayn ~ iO:it. tho spanish ships
had an concentrated their shots ne tho
lirnpklyn. and she wuH M perfect
rain OF shells, most u which went over
her.
standing In this hail of shells. Com.
modprc Schloy asked young man
named ELLIS, who stood near him. with
n HtndimctOr what ~ the distance to
the NlgcnyuT The man took the OBJ.
Hcrvntion twenty-five hundred ynrda
Sir" h. said, ana There was q whistle.
hy n splash ns his head WAS
literally torn from his shoulders 10y nu
clght-inch she'll
TOO bad" said Commodore sohiry.
m tho body fcil nt his feet. and then.
with his glasses 90 his eyes. hc added.
Tho iirni rhlp 10 done for She o. rum
ming uHhorv."
The Maria Torcsn was running her
nose ON the beach aud IN nm Instant
was "A mass OF flames Tho lrnuk.
Ign was ordered to concentrate her
IRE ON the Alwirante buupndu. aud
with the orcEuu'H assistance, In ton
minutes more. tho Ouusudu was sent
ashore burning The Iowa. IN tho
had SUM, one torpedo boat
destroyer ana the other one Ind bean
irivcn back by tho Gloucostor'H rap
ID nr.
Al iO,i7 the Brooklyn turned her it-
trurlon 90 the NIsc1yJ, the CuHt1hll
Colon having passed The Lattice md
luw heiuE ln m, lead wen ~ tho coast.
A. ths time the only vessels In sIEh.
N M tlr lirunNlNu were thr brrEuut
lhDut q mile and q hllf lH,arn, ANA me
rcsas, about three m.le7 i8teru
Al i1!6f the NzclNl was rlk.d fore
lud ~ clean ahuE her Eunl0Ht hy I
IN clrht-inch shpll from tho brooklyn.
An1lher one, a minute after exploded
n hOr aupvrslructuge with toIrup y
'uioe, killing eighty people She was
,irr. and al 1855 she headed ir Do -
leach at AucerrJdorus whore shp WON'T
ashore. The brooklyn d,l NOT -nu.
put went ON the chase lf,Ur the Cr.r.t.
1Al Colon, the oregon closing rapidly
~ and following her
Tho other vessels lt this tmn war.
nom SIX 20 eight miles behind and Al.
nlral Samps1n'H nnHhp iha NlU|
ORR, was NOT In sight. AZ liU5 tn.
brooklyn, slightly injured uy h. lrn'
N spanish shells, STOPPED urrr YrI
PIE chase began, Tho mon H..u. .r
ieck and haEan t0 cheer mover ..Hrr
ne Whlstly uf the Spanish .hru.
lhoy chovrrd Tor Sehl.y and t,furI. and
ne or,E9n, ana the ur.gns men re.
urned inc cheer
The chm. was iu fun force at 1855.
Th' Colon mo distance uf five mIIsa.
luFFDl ih' shore. hiu schlry ordered
% Oregon Oh follow her. and h.u
'ith thg brNIlyn h. made strll-a.
.nutH' Tor cape Cruz, around which
NJ would have 20 steer on long de-
our On rst away.
IN un hpuF The brooklyn had gained
lppryelnhly ana s1 had thr orelu.
ma Commodore Schley s'rulllal syrr
% tho Oregon 10 "t'y ono VI rt.ss
,,h.rteen-'nch railroad trlius on hor"