New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-09
DESTROYING SPANS FLEET.



the fore.
The crew. Of the enen.ys ships fr'ppp"
Themselves and began Jumping ovcrooa'u' OH"
some If the smaller magazines hessn 10 en-
plode
Meantime the Brooklyn and the Cr's'o""'
Colon were exchanging compliments ~ '
fashion at apparently long range; ar" '"e Wv
r,, With her locomotive speed. was ha"s'"s
vol on TO the Colon also paying a'''h''o" "
.,o y,vcaro The Teresa and tho Oauendo we'e
in flames on III. beach Just twenty '"""''
after the FIRST shot was fired
THE v1zcAYA IN FLAMES
.r;-,v minutes after the FIRST shot was l''e'
,,u v,,,ava cut her helm, to port. with great
burs, Of flame from the afser part % '"e '''''
orA headed slowly for the rocks at hc'era"e'o''
where she found her last restng-piao
as It wa. apparent that the Iowa 'ou'o "''
uo.s,,,v catch the Crstobal Colon and tha' inc
Oregon and the Brooklyn undoun'ed'S "'"'.'
and as the fast Ncw-York was also on "er """
= decided that the calls Of humanity should oe
,,svsrsd and attention given to the twelve num-
ared or fifteen hundred Spanish officers ana me"
who struck their coors to the American '''''
ron commanded by Admiral Sampson
~ therefore headed for the wreck OF the VIZ
csvo. now burning furiously fore ana ait
When I WINS In as far as the depth OF water
would admit lowered all my boats ana SEM
then, at once to the assistance OF the uhiort"-
nate men. who were being drowned by dozens OF
roasted on the decks.
81 .oon discovered that the insurgent Cuoans
,-or, the shore were shooting on men who were
struggling in the water after having surrehdere'
to us I Immediately put stop to this' ou' l
could not put a stop TO the mutiIauon Oh many
hod,es by the sharks inside the reef Ihese
.xao,ur.s had become excited by the blood from
the wounded mixing In the water
SAVES THREE LIVES
NV boats worked manfully and succeedeo IN
saving many OF the wounded from the purh'hs
shin One man who will be recommended io'
promotion clambered up the side OF the VIZ
cova and saved three men from burning to
death.
THE smaller magazines Of the Vizcaya were
exploding with magnificent cloud effects Inc
boats were coming alongside In steady string
and willing hands were helping the lacerated
snanish officers and sailors onto the Iowa's quar-
terdeck All the spanards were absolutely
without clothes Some had their legs torn of
BY fragments Of shells. Others were mutilated
in every conceivable way.
las knew the crews Of the first two ships
wrecked had not been visited by any of our yes
sells. ran down to them. l found the Giouces-
ter with Admiral Cervera and number OF his
officers aboard and also large number OF
wounded some In frightfully mangled cond-
ton. Many prisoners had been killed on shore
by the fire Of the Cubans. The Harvard came
off, and I requested Captain Cotton to go in and
take of the crews Of the Infanta Maria Teresa
and the Almirante Oquendo. and by midnight
the Harvard had 976 prisoners aboard. great
number Of them wounded.
COURAGE OF SPANISH ADMIRAL
For courage and dash there is no parallel in
history to this action OF the Spanish Admiral
He came. as he knew. TO absolute destruction.
There was one single hope. That was that the
cristobai Colon would steam faster than the
Brooklyn. The spectacle OF two torpedo-bo
destroyers paper shells al best. deliberately
steamins out in broad daylight In the face. OF
the fire Of battle-ship can only be described
IN one way-it was Spanish. and it was ordered
by Blanco The same must be said Of the entire
movement.
In contrast to this Spanish fashion vas the
cool deliberate Yankee work. The American
squadron was wthou. sentiment apparently
The ships went at their Spanish opponents and
literally tore them to ri Gees. But the moment
the Spanish flag came down II must have been
evident that the sentiment was among the
Americans, not among the Spaniards
Il took Admiral Cervera aboard the Iowa from
the Gloucester which had rescued him from the
death. and received MIN with a full Admirafs
guard. The crew Of the Iowa crowded aft over
the turrets. half naked and black with powder,
as Cervera stepped over the side bare-headed.
Over his undershirt he wore a thin suit OF
flannel. borrowed from Lieutenant Commander
wainwright. OF the Gloucester. The crew
cheered vociierously.
4 TRIBUTE TO CERvERA.
"Cervera is every inch an Admiral. even X he
had rot any hat, He submitted 10 the fortunes
OF war with grace that proclaimed him
Thoroughbred
Captain Evans Is intensely proud OF his shir
and her men, The Iowa fired thirty one 12-inch.
forty-eight S-inch 90 4-inch. 1000 G-round and
10 1-pOund shots.
The officers Of the vizcaya said they simply