The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-21
ATTACK on san
IJlI fORIF|cAI|0NS.
1. Eve Witness in the Town De-
ribes the Bombardment.


: Large Numb~r Killed and
nn1ed-la Two Hours More
NJ wosid Have sarrenAered.
1EK YORK, May q -captain Lloyd.
= - steamer Arkadie. which has ar
4 rred here from saa Juan. Porto Rico.
nfs hat he and the slips steward were
- oh ones vino went ashore during the
xaneYs stay II the oombarded port.
srrnn What I learned. twenty men
we're killed By American guns. said Cap
sssa uefd
a(6 theve six were nown down at the
xusa - the others were laid out by
k1rssang shells In the defenses. No one
- huff Ia the town. About sixty were
hjsgsd. ~ In the forts.
IN scent Of the lice. a nat1ralized
knstsesa citizen, took me around the
tosn. A shell from the American feet
aruck the fourth story Of Hotel Ing.eti-
fHrx. ku0eked OF the whole roof and
Arse the Huests. men and women, into
/ ~ streets IN their nighs clothes at Sis
M
syirsre ove9 the forts. a good many
f aheih had fallen into the fiat lands. strik-
~ houses, seine OF which are now
1opped up 10 ksep them from tumbling.
/ Nv store house that had been ridd.ed
| IS IN American shell which had punc-
nfvd the roof. bored its way through the
| nber stored In the building. penetrate
- the office and emerging through
NM door. had knocked hole In the hull
Il Spanish mereliaa. steamer, the Man
~.
"A Spanish custom house inspector told
~ that bis father, a soldier, had been
hlie1 while as.eep In his bed by one Of
Ae Afss shots. Below the Notifications
= many fhsils. some OF them stu unex-
poaad
'1bS Hpaniards are picking them up and
heep5ax them for mementce.. See the
Hssents the Yankees sent u.s. they tell
tkeir friends. IL man can speak only
y mach English as yes or no his life
b now IN peril In San Juan. Secretary
nsss. Of The English consulate. told me
DAT there Il much discussion among the
consular aflcers a. San Juan as to wheth-
n the hamhardment VIII stand the test
q International Law. as no notice was
gwen. ts
Among the passengers OF the Arkadie
we're 4. v. Drake. for three years secre-
:ary TO u radrone, United States con-
talAr aessf a sIayasuex. W. NJ. Can
rsli - Enxiishnaa. ana Sicholal Neg
siasa. native OF Russia and an Amesi-
ca cs:istn. Mr.. Drake was the last ma
s!vNbua American TO leave the island OF
fsFso Rico. Mr.. Drake said;
The agent. from whom | learned OF
~ bombardmens, lived outside the city,
III awakened by the heavy cannonading,
n got UP aud watched the engagement
| tfsm safe distance. One vessel. which
n said he believed was the Iowa, left
~ 1eet. accompanied by small boat.
~ steamed fairly under Moro's guns.
~ stationed the small bear. and moving
dkviy around II. let fiy her shells al
Tssy revolution.
This was actually so close that the
ssss On The Notifications could not be
trained On the warshn. ard yeiisyc of
aHskesFy were showered upon her. Soon
IL Aeet was enveiopea In such a bank
snake that Moro's gums must have been
aescausety helpless. Under the covering
ne suaake. the daring weasel joined the
Yet again.
Another daring warship was believed
= b the monitor Terror. She. too, came
sssaiR IN easy range or the shore guns
I'D every shot from her seemed 10 have
nkrn effect. Only when the seas were
ksaksns over her deck. the gunners at
ssFn unused 30 her type. cried In giee.
Ae We have sunk her .
Awarding TO Spanish accounts there
ssfs eleven vessels In the American feet.
q the fnoss serious damage was the d.s~
eeshsin9 OF one CUR and the killing Of
W the gunness. Conflicting stores
me number killed In san Juan were
ssens. y vas reported soon after the
- Pad retired that sixty had met death.
~ nsss Reports put the number a. six.
Iasse ssx. Il Is said, were the men at the
ssas
several shells struck The town. bu; I
aass nas been able 60 learn that any per-
Nss were killed by them. Another shell
- hfnerh large warehouse on a
sess shastsring a timber pile and lodging
: sae SIDE OF the plates OF the Spanish
- steamer Manucla. Ii nearly sunk
~ sssmed 10 re that the American fleet
- nos eonsiuue the homhartiment until
= snFanrstlonS were demolished The
- Who boarded as orr Sandy Hook,
- mai the feet haA gane 20 San Juan
Ssasaxs The Spanish fsers. and the state
~ attach
=. = quantity Of small shoEs Was fired in
= sssDes ~ FIRST to draw oat. "a row
~ss and. any spanish warshles that
So nave been sslvre. Although there
-. 80 san 1uaa AT tina time. the cruisers
- 49, y. and Alfonso XII. and the gun
.eHcho. not ore CT them taak any
= y TIE engagement. ard 1Se Ameri-
- ssssels retired.
So. vas al ever. the Alfonso XII
= "a 70 xise chase ia the Amersean
- as was learnrs afterwara. She
- w three hours atone We saw
ns.ssAs liner fiftseu saslcS away, eff
80 on Friday morning. She was
49, - the southeast
w.. = vas uaash surprise al San Jaan
u.s.s,s 20 american feet retired IL the
az ban e1assa6Sd sastT attack sne
ars..srf Ire town would nave sur
49,. AAe sathofitiss. ncsh naval ana
asss ssFe unable 20 learn how much
~. dad resulted 10 the American
) ~ u was not generally believed
~. se3n tnat the feet had been com
So ~ Nsssdfs~ ,snarr tie n-A NJ ,ns
sssasssz.s. TAcrs was ,n,,,.n stxar.
- - sss. Too, sass IRE SnanfsA neat haA
Hsps ~ - protest the ;aTa. The war
rsa 49, "sya looked fer every day for
sss 49, paesAaas 90 tse commandment,
a&sss~ 49, several British vessels ua-
nSsr - ~; the aeet when we were
- ss.sse.s..,ahe guns watch we saw on