New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-06
A REMARKABLE RECOVERY.

Ucndr,ckscn and Voltz the former from the Mar
blehend and the latter from the Nashville, are tho
others OF that gallant expedition who VIII carry
the marks OF heroism 10 their graves When the
Revenue Gutter Window brought Hendr!cksen and
Votz tn Key West after the engagement, the hos
rital surgeons said that both would die. No!tz had
three bullet wounds o.2-calibre bullet had
passed through the skull a, the base OF the braln
and out Compared with this. the other wounds
were insignincant lie unconscious for sever Al
DAYS nt the barracks hospital at Key West, but
gradually recovered. Now Voltz looks well though
n. Is s,ill thin and haggard and wears the band
apes Hendrckscn was shot through the abdomen
When seen aboard ship yesterday. however ne SAID
he would be fighting tho Spanlards again before
the end OF the month II there was any nSht left in
them
The Win.low sert one maa here TO remind the
people Morn OF that now famous torpedo-hoat and
OF the engagement at Cardenas. when Ensign Bag
lev was kied-,he first officer OF the American
Navy TO fall H. this WARMTH four OF MS men lie
IL Robert l.. Grubo. a landsman. II was at Car
denas that Lieutenant Berladou In command CT
the Wlnslow under orders from Commander Todd.
OF the guuboat Wilmington. attempted TO force
Cardena- Harhor FOR the purpose OF drawing the
fire OF the masked batteries. The fire WAS hun
dredfold more effective than expected. and the
first she'll fred from shore exploded over The plucky
little boat. Lieutenant Berradou being the only
man wounded piece OF shell! cut a nasty gasn
IN his leg but tying a bandage around II. he or
dered his boat still further In. Then came a IL
pound shell that crashed through the boilers and
disabled tho Winslow. and few moments later
Ensign Bailey and four OF the men stretched
dead on the deck. Grubb among those on
boa I'd at the time and with the others was rescued
by the Hudson Lieutenant Bernadou spent some
DAYS In tho hospital at Key West but no Is now
again In command OF the Winslow.
HURT AT PORTO RICO
A victim OF tho Porto Rico bombardment
also brought here on the Solace-C;corge Merkle-a
slender pale-taced marine. lie was on the Iowa
ut San Juan and he came out OF the engagement
lacking one arm. Those who have been through
the thick OF the shot and she'll and have emerged
unsca thed may tell OF marvellous escapes and thrill
Ing encounters. but Merke tells another story. The
order TO cease firing had been given; the great
guns on the Iowa were silenced. and men came ont
OF the turres. Meanwhile the monitor Terror
lying in closer than the others. and failing to see
the signals. continued to pour In iron messengers
Men gathered the gun decks TO watch the
progress OF the fight Merkle mp from below
shell plunged through the air and exploded directly
Hboye him. one piece struck Mcrkie on the right
elbow. tearing out the forearm.
PATIENTS FROM THE OREGON.
Three men from the great battle-shp, the
OREGON, were among the patients OF the Soace
They have been transferred TO the Naval Hospital
In Brooklyn. They are Louis Epson. =. J. Lynch
and Alonzo Gartey. They were not the only ones
10 suffer from the rerord-breaking VOYAGE OF the
Oregon, but they We're the most seriously III after
tne battle-ship reached Key West. and II was
deemed advisable TO send them TO IL more favorable
climate.
One Of the most remarkable brought here
Dy me big Ambulance-ship IL William Taylor n
washington boy. and II nrs-class apprentice on the
cruiser New-York. Taylor's recovery Is The most
marvellous OF all OF those remarked by the
naval surgeons. one day soon after the lombard
ment or Matanzas. through which the men on the
New YORK passed without the slightest injury n
revolver dropped from the belt OF Boatswa.n Mullen
aud exploded. The bullet passed through raylor's
risht arm al the elbow, entered the abdomen