The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-13
Land Batteries Join In the Battle aud
the Little WinsloW Picked Out
For the Target Of the
Combined Forces.
A SHELL BURSTS ON
DECK AMONG THE MEN.
hnsign haglsy Had Part OF M. Face
blovn Away and Was Killed In
siAniiy-The Others Lived some
Tims-spanl.h shout Tor Joy.

Key West, May IL. When the United
States gunboat Hudson came 10 the gov.
eminent dock early this morning. the
bodies Of five dead men were lying on
her deck They werc the remains Of
Ensign W. Bagley and four members Of
the crew of the torpeio boat wInslow,
who were killed in an gagcment in
Cardenas harbor Yesterday afternoon.
The bodies were covered by the stars
and stripes In the cabin was Captain
John b Bernadow, OF the winslow. who
is slightly injured in the left leg, and
several Others oi the wiuslows crew.
who an slightly wounded.
The dead are:
Ensign Worth Barlcy.
John V.rvorts. oilrr.
Josiah luulr,t, cabin cook.
J. Y. Mce. fireman.
J. Dane -rrmau.
Ensign Bagley was appointed from
North Carilina. sept. :, 1891.
The wounded are;
b. Z. Cox, gunner's mate.
d. McKeen, quartermastcr.
J. Patterson, fireman.
+. Gray.
Lieutenant J. b Bernariow.
All are slightly wounded except Pat.
tcrson, whose condition is serious.
The engage ment took place inside the
harbor Of Caricnas. The gunboat VII.
mington, torpedo boat winslow and
gunboat Hudson were the only vessels
engaged. They entercd the harbor for
the purpose Of attacking some Spanish
gunboais which were known TO h. there.
These latter however, were not discoy.
cred by the American force until the
SpaniRrds opened fire. The land hat.
teries OF Cardenas supported the fire OF
the Spanish gunboats. The engage.
ment commenced at 9'O5 p. m, and
lasted about an hour
The battle, while IL lasted, was terrif.
ic. The Wilmington and Hudson were
ahead and opened fire on the Spanish
boats which wcre lying at the docks.
The firing began at a range Of $500 Yards.
A few minutes later the Winslow came
mp and also opened fire. In an instant
the entire attention Of the Spanish gun.
boats and land batteries We're directed
upon her From all sides shot and
shell poured in ON the little torpedo
boat. The Wilmington and Hudson
still kept up their fire, but could no,
turn aside the terrible storm Of fire, and
death poured upon the torpedo boat.
The crow Of the Winslow, however,
never faltered for a second.
At 2'95 a solid shot crashed into the
hull Of the winslow aud knocked out
her boiler In moment she began to
roll aud drift helplessly. A fierce cheer
of triumph went up from the Spaniaris
on the gunboats aud the batteries, and
again storm OF fir opened on the help.
less boat.
Tho Hudson started to the assistance
OF the Winslow. She ran alongside the
torpedo boat and tried to throw line
TO the impcrilcd crow Up to this time.
with the exception Of the one shot which
disabled the boiler Of the winslow the
firing of the Spanish gunboats had been
wild, but as the winslow lay rolling in
the water, the range grew closer aud
shells began to explode all about her
II was difficult for the Hudson TO get
near enough to throw a line to the
wiuslow's crew, but finally line was
thrown. Ensign Bagley and six men
wcr standing in group on the deck Of
the winslow.
"Heave her, heave her." shouted
Bag'"v rs he looked towards the com.
nance. the Hudson, and called for
the line.
Don't miss it" shouted the officer