The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-06
WOUNDED HEROES ARRIVE.
HOSPITAL SHIP SoIaCE BRINGS
THE DISABLED To NEW YORK.
On Board Her Are the Men Injured
i'm the Attacks ON CardeRas amt
Porto Rico and In the Cable Cut
ce~eleated. lsss. by the Associated Press

on board lftv-four wounded ard sick.
! some 90 whom had been transferred from
the American waFsdips IN Cuban waters
! and others taken from the hospital al Key
West
Her after deck had been tented off with
Z canvas. and ia swinging hsmmecks lay
half s. dozen ~ the more seriously 81 o.
the patieats. Ths convaiesc4ng room Was
the basksng place % a score or more OF
the poor fellows. VINO haa not gwen up sAe
light without q struggle, while The privi-
iege q the decks could not ne accorded
! az those " no were able 30 move about ~
anxious 10 watch the green hills AZ the
/ good snip moved in shorewaTG The Soiace
/ anchored off Toupkinsville early this
! morning. where she was boarded by a
/ representative 9f the Associated Press.
/ She left Key Wess "Wednesday after
| noon last. and came through 10 New York
| without incident until Sunday night when
| TIE gale tumbled her about and made II
/ some what uncomfortable for the patients
Bur the Sea voyage was i tonic for the
/ nen. They had left behind the sweltering
/ heat Of the tropics. mad exchanged saffo-
| eating and exhausting winds for refresh
I Ing breezeS- Many were reaching home
! almost in the heart Of the country they
! were lighting for. The Soiace brought in
many little band Of heroes among the
ttty-four Taey had gathered together in
/ little groups on the voyage up many a
time ard told again the story OF brush
| with the Spaniards or the night on watch
At the blockade.
-Four or the heroes Of the Nashville and
the Marblehead were among the patients
on the Solace. Robert Volts OF San Fran
/ cisco and Harry Henar.ckson Joe. Davis
and II. ". kuck meister of New York
They are the wounded OF that gallant hani
OF volunteers WAC cut the cable Al Glen
fuesos nearly month ago. 1t is a tale
hos 4,f.l l.
effort VIII live in history side BY side with
the Merrimac's journey down into the
narrows at Santiago harbor
Inc men dragged up the first cables and
hacked through the heavy strands then
found the second This was the snau
!ards signal, and they opened fire For
nam an hour the gallant sailors worked
amid rain of bullets Meanwhile tha
American warships Were hurting shot and
shell into the enemy. who nevert heleS< kefsy
mp fierce fire. The men in the boats
kept eooliy at their work. Never for a
inoment did they falter. Lieut.. Winslow
lost three fingers of his left hand lay the
explosion of a shell but he is sin al Key
West. ready for duty again. John Rea-
gan, on the Narblehead boat. was SHOT
through the chest, AS ne fe'l Private Ma
rine Kuchmeister stopped 30 assist him.
AT mat instant a rifle ball struck kuch-
ueister in the mouth. The marine hard
Is realizing how badly he was injured
| bandaged up his Jaw with handkerchief
and tried To stop the flow OF blood from
Reagan's wound but poor Reagan died a
moment later. Gunner's Mate Davis, of
the Marblehead was torn with bullet in
his thigh, and a moment after one
FOUNDER from shore had sent Saot close
enough 10 Craze his arm
Hendericksen and Volts, the former from
the Marblehead and the latter from the
Nashville. are remnants of that gallant
expedition who VIII carry the marks or
| heroism To their grave. When the reve-
| nue. cutter Window brought ttenderick-
| sen and Volts TO Key West the hospital
surgeons said that both would die. one
| had three bullet wounds. this was Volts.
| A 22-caIber bullet had passed through the
| skull NJ the base Of the brain and out.
COMPARED with this the other wounds were
insignificant lie was unconscious for
several DAYS at the barracks hospital at
| Key West. but gradually they brought
| him around Now Volts looks we'll. To
| be sure he Is still thin and haggard. wears
| the bandageS, and says that his head
| troubles him somewhat, but Volts Is
| hero like his three mates, and there are
| many heroes In the American navy
Heudericksen was shot through the alb
! domeu The bullet passed completely
| through 50 grea, IS the velocity Of these
| tiny steel missiles under the new methods
OF propulsion. Hendericksen. when seen
| aboard ship today however said he would
| be fighting the Spanish again before the
end OF the month. If there was any fight
! left in them.
The Winslow sent one man here To re-
| mind the people north Of that now famous
| torpedo boat ard che terrible engagement
al Cardenas when Ensign Bagiey was
kllled-the first officer or The American
navy 10 fan in this war. with four Of ais
men. rs Is Robert 7. Grubh. a lands
IN qT NTstbi Is
| sion when Lieut.. Beruardau. in command
Of the Winslow. under orders from Com
/ mander Todd. Of the guuboal Whining
ton, attempted to force Cardenas harbor
for the purpose OF drawing the fire or the
masked batteries The fire was a hum
drcd fold mere effective than expected
and the firs' shell from shore exploded
over The piuCky little boat, Lieut.. Ber-
nardau being the only man wounded.
piece Of she'll cat a nasty cash in his leg
bat. tying baud.sQe about H. he ordered
has boat still further IN. Their came the
fuurteen-pouud shelf that crashed through
The toiefs and disabled the WINSTON, ard
a few minutes later Ensign Bagiey and
/ faur ~ The msn were stretched dead on
/ The deck. GTuho was among those aboard
AZ tae time. ana, WITH others. vas rescued
10y the Hudson
Lieut., Bernadan spent some Cays al
che hospital At Key West but BEE is roW-
again sa command Of the W3nslow. a ifnv
! Graf. daring ara aJdaciuus. even among
| 1hose uugsierous boats, In place # poor
ba$!ey, J. l.. I.attimer IS the Wlnslow's
| ensign.
Grubh is she second man 20 corne 20
! New York O'fcaru. a fireman having
/ been sent oH Z fur,oBgh from the scene
/ Of action after the terrible ordeal through
| which h passed wita fue others
vicflp ~ the Porte Rico bomb
menl vas also brought here on the 50
] lare, George MeTke a slender pale-farea
marine. He was on the iowa AZ san
/ Juaa and came out az the engagement
/ ]ac king one arm. Tao=c Who Haye been
I thruugN the taick 81 the shot and smell
/ -ud hsTe emerged uuseathed may ter ~
/ marvellous escapes ana thriIlng encoun-
! t5r~- bnI Ms~kle tells another story. TIE
/ or.ter s9 cease firing had 2een given The
/ Ersat eUas an t1e Iossa 9trs Sl.eursa. t1e
/ ueu san;- Syora tAe tUrretS rs GFBw q
/ fgeza breath 81 Ii:e rms soHae weut ~ ley
! % -oHt Ee course MeaEwaile thy lnaa-
/ .for Terror, wing 3n closer gh4n ihe osh hers.
I 4ad tas-l1. ,p So, t1e signal. continued ID