The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-13

Spanish was perfect. A shell burst In
our very faces" Z. n, l(77i
The dead and wounded brought here
by the Hudson were taken In small
boats TO the government dock. This
was the first news OF the engagement TO
reach Key West. d N 4
No time was lost In ministerlng 10 the &
wounded A quick call was sent to the
Marine hospital, and an ambulance
came clattering, down to, the dock. The
dead were taken to an undertaken shop
and the wounded conveyed to the hos
pltal. 4
In the meantime, the news had spread
and crowds gathered about the dock.
but there was no demonstration. The (
success of the American ships In every
action thus far has been so Z overs
whelming that It Is hard to realize that
death has at last come totsome Of our
men. Ensign Bagley was about twenty
six years old and while the fleet was
stationed here he was one OF the most
popular men in the service. The news 5
OF his death came as aFterrible shock
to all who knew him. z,
It has always been foregone con-
clusion that the torpedo boat men were.
tobe among the first fall, as their work Is I
most dangerous, but, In spite Of this,
when the fleet was stationed here and
changes in assignments were. frequent-4.
ly made. all the young men Of the SER
vice were eager for torpedo duty.
The Hudson shows the effect OF the
fight. Her smokestack Is punctured
with bullet holes and her cabin and
decks are smashed and splintered.
Killed and Wounded
The killed and wounded are as fol-
lows: *
Worth Bagley, ensign, United States Z
navy; John Varveres, oiler; John Den-
fee. and George B. Meek, firemen. first
class; Elijah B. Tunnel, cabin cook. (.
The wounded are: ]. B. Bernadou3
i lieutenant, commanding Winslow: VIII
liam Patterson. seriously but not fatal
ly; Daniel W. S1cKeown, quartermaster,
first class, slightly hurt. tEs}
Ensign Bagley, who was killed, is q
native OF North Carolina. His mother,
Mrs. w. H. Bagley. resides at 125 South
street. Raleigh,7N. C.. His full name Is +
Worth Bagley and he was appointed to Z
the Naval Acadtmy In September, 1881.
from the, fourth, district Of North Caro-
lina., He graduated. June 80 last year.
and was iappolnted an ensign on the
day following. While q cadet attached :
to the academy he was assigned to
make cruises in the Texas, Montgom-s
cry, the Indiana and the Maine. Upon
being appointed an ensign last July he {
was assigned to duty on the Indiana,
but in the following month was trans-a
ferred;to the Maine. He served on that
lgLt loc p,ha ~. z
was ordered !. to the Columbian iron
Winslow, which was under construc-
ton at that time When she was COM
pleted and put in commission last De-
cember he was attached to her and re-
maIned so until che moment OF his
death. =; e E \ !
The. disposition OF the remains Of the
young officer await an expression from
his mother. but Il is believed the body
will be sent north from Key West with
a detail of naval officers. E18S y l4tg
Lieutenant John Baptiste Bernadou.
who was reported as being wounded. IL s
one of the most dashing and venture
some young officers In the naval SER
vice. It was because Of this very quail
ity that he was selected for the COM h
mand OF the Winslow, as It was known
that the service required would be of
the most hazardous character. Lieu
tenant Bernadou Is really an expert In I
torpedo work. He watched the build
ing OF the Winslow almost from the (
time the keel was laid to her trial trip 4
as inspector in charge and took COM
mand Of her Immediately upon her ac-
ceptance BY the government. sHe.was
born In November, 1858, In Philadelphia, 4:
and was appointed to the naval acad-
emy by President Grant, In 1876. He (
was midshipman in 1882 and an en-ss;:
sign, junior grade, in March. 1888. In
June Of the following year he received
his appointment as full ensign. N N In +
1892 he became i lieutenant. junior
grade. and attained his full lieutenanoyS
in 1896 i,
Americans do Great Damage.
1T Is now known that the American
boats mnde furious havoc with Carde- +
mas harbor and town. The captain Of !
the Hudson said: "I know VIC destroyed 7
q large part Of their town near the z
wharves, burned one Of their gunboats
and, think, destroyed two other! tor
pedo destroyers. We were in a vortex
OF shot, shell md smoke. and could not
tell accurately, but We saw one of their
boats on fire and sinking soon after tha {
action began. Then a largo building
near the wharf, I think the barracks,
took fire and many other buildings were
soon burning. The Spanish had masked
batteries on all sides OF US. hidden In
bushes and behind bushes. They set a
trap for US. AS soon as we got withln@
range Of their batteries they would move
them. think their guns were field Il
pieces. Our large boats could not got
into the harbor to help us on account \
Of the shallow water" ;9sSSEst.55
The Winslow's dead ore now, lying at
an undertaking cstahllshment.sT U They
were taken there In q rough wagon. y
still covered by the stars and stripee.
The rude conveyance was followed nv i
a large crowd, and oil day long the doors I
OF the shop have been surrounded iby2a
large gathering. 4. .S,'t z al
Naval officers. marines ana sailors n
came there to look upon the faces OF L
their dead comrades Some Of the bodies 4
show fearful wounds. Ensign BaEleys
was literally torn to pieces. His body 4
will be cmbalmed and shipped home. y
Oilcr Varves had his throat cut oper, 4
by q sharp piece Of the shell, which
apparently severed his windpipe as IL 5
slnshed with n razor. Fireman Danlels
had his loft shoulder ripped up and tho
right side of$hs head torn open. Tho 4
body OF Tunnel, the colored cook, shows
no wounds. Fireman Meeks was hurt
"A In the groin III IL Fll & NJ,