New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-14
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COMMANDMENT OF SAN JUAN.
HEAVY PUNISHMENT GIVEN.
FOR THREE HOURS SHOT AND SHELL
WE'RE FLYING.

TWO AMERICANS KILLED. ONE BY HEAT
SEVEN woUNDED-sPANIARDs REPLIED
TO THE ATTACK vALIANTLY.
Copyright 1898. by the Associated Preso
On Board the Flagship Iowa, off San Juan 90
Porto Rico. May H. via St. Thomas. Danish
West Indies May 13.-The forts OF San Juan 90
Porto Rico we're bombarded by part OF Rear
Admiral Sampsons feet this morning The enc
mys loss is believed to be heavy. the America"
loss Is two men killed and seven men injured
After three hours firing the Ad-niral with
drew the feet. Heading FOR Key West he SAID:
81 am satisfied with the mornings work
could have taken San Juan but have no force
70 hold It. I only wanted to administer punish
ment. This has been done. came for the
Spanish feet. and not for San Juan"
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
The men killed were:
FRANK WIDEMARK OF the New-York
gunners mate. OF the Amph'trite
The latter died from the effects Of the extreme
heat.
Iowa and four on the New-York. The names OF
those injured on the Iowa. all only slightly hurt
JOHN MITCHELL. seaman.
NJ c. MERKLE. private.
RAYMOND c. HILL. apprentice
The injured on the NewYork are:
SAMUEL. FELTMAN. seaman. seriously
MICHAEL MURPHY. seaman.
Two other enlisted men. slightly injured
All the wounded on the New-York were hurt
by the bursting 81 shell.
This is T. complete list Of the killed and
wounded.
AMERICAN SHIPS UNHARMED.
The American ships were uninjured
The engagement began at 5:15 a. m. and end
ed at s.15 a m. The enemy's batteries were not
silenced and the town in the rear Of th- forth-
cations probably suffered
The ships taking part in the action were;
The IOWA.
The INDIANA.
The NETWORK.
The TERROR.
The AMPHITRITE
The DETROIT
The MONTGOMERY
The WAMPATTcK
The PORTER.
The enerny's firing vas heavy. but Wild. and
the Iowa and the Ncw-York were probably the
only ships hit.
They went right up under the guns in column.
delivering broadsides. and then returned. The
line passed thrice IN front Of the forts. pouring
tons Of steel shore.
RESULTS HARD TO JUDGE
II ,s impossible to Judge the amount of the
damage done to the buildings and forts They
aopeared 70 10 riddled with shot. The Span
iards we're plucky.
The after turret % the Amphiirite got out ~
order temporarily during the engagement. but
she banged away with her forward guns. After
the frs, passage before the forts the Detroit
and tho Montgomery retired their guns being
too small to DO much damage. The Porter and
the Wampatuck also stayed out q range.
The smoke hung over everything. spelling the
e,rn of the gunners and making It impossible to
tell where the shots struck. The officers and
men Of all the ships behaved with coolness and
bravery The shots few thick and fast over all
the vessels.
The men of the Iowa who were hurt during the
action were injured by splinters thrown by an
S-,nch shell which came through a boat into
the superstructure and scattered fragments IN
all directions The shots course finally ended
on an iron plate inch thick. Merkle 'Mur-
,o,9, wos struck in the arm and may lose IT, A
FIRE was started in the boat, but was quickly tx
tinGuished.
SAMPSON AND EVANS IN DANGER.