Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09

and sailors onto the iowa quarter
decl All the Spaniards were absolute
~ without clothes. some had thelt less
torn on by fragments u shells. Others
wore mutiisted In every conceivaOls
way. a.. -.
.bt,,s s.f-skfl had not been visited by
any Of our vessels, ran down 10 them.
/ found the GlUuceetcr with Admiral
Cervcra and number OF MS 9iiiclfs
aboard. and also hIs, nuiilp.I 81
wounded some In friEhifully man
ried cofliltlon. Many prisoners had
boon Killed on shore by the fire OF The
! Cubnns The Harvard came up and ]
requested Cant. Oittnn 10 $50 IN ana
| take IN the crews of the lnianta Maria
/ Teresa and the Aimlrantc Oqu,ndo.
and by midnight The Harvard hnd v'l
prisoners aboard, great nHnpef OF
"For courage and dash there is no
parallel In history TO this action 81 the
Spanish admiral. He came, as ne
/ knew. 10 absolute dcaiructlon. There
/ was one single hops-thai was that the
Crlaobai colon would steam fas'sr
"The spect,cie of two ,1rpodo-boat
| Destroyer. paper shells at best. dellh-
/ cratCly stoamlng out In broad daylight
I I'm the face 90 che ilia OF bttlcfhip
/ can be described In one way. II was
Spanish and II was ordered by Blanco.
The same must b. said OF the entire
movement.
Il took Admiral Cervera aboard from
the Gloucester. which had rescued him.
aud received him with full admlrnlH
| guard. Tho crew ~ the Iowa crowded
close TO the turrats. half naked ana
black with powder. A. Ccrvera stepped
over the side, barchcaded. over his
| undcrshlrt he wore thin suit OF nam
mel borrowed from Lieut. Commander
| wainwright Of thu Gloucester. The
crow chccred voclfcr0uEly. Corvera II
I every inch an admiral. even u he had
not any hat He submitted 90 the for
tunes Of war with q grace that pro-
claimed him thoroughbred"
capt Evans II Intensely proud o. his
ship and her men. The Iowa nrud
thlrty-one is-inch. f1rty-Clght S.lnch.
go t.inch. 1000 G-pound and 100 i
pound shots.
The officers OF the vizcaya say they
simply could not hold their crews ~
the guns on account ~ the rapid nrd
poured upon them. one ~ th. i2-lnch
ah0lH from the lows exploded tor.
pedo In the Nlzcaya's bow, blJwlng
twsnty-unc mon against the dlCh
above ana dropping thvm dead and
mangied into the flrc which az ono,
atu rfrd below
The torpedo boat Ericsson was seni
by the flagship 90 the help " the Iowa
IN the rrFcue 81 thn Nizcayu'a crew
, Her men saw a terrlhle\slrht.
''rhc flames lcapinR out from Tho
: huge Hhot-hoiea IN the Vlzcaya'a cid
licked up the deoks. sizzling the ileHt
NJ The wounded, who were lying thor,
shrlcklng Tor help. Between the frc'
, ducnt explosions there came awful crlo1
7, below.
: "'rhls CARNAGE was chiefly due 20 IN
! rnpldlty ~ the Americans firc. Corp
, Smith ~ the Iowa nrcd iai nimtt
shots In nifty minutes from q f0ur-luci
gun. PROM two G-poundera. 40 shot
wcr fired IN ffty minutes Up In IN
. tops the marines banged away viii
one Founders
/ zone gunner Of n secondary battery
, under twclvo-lnch KUN. was hlinde,
. by smoke and Haltpctcr from the tur
ret and his crew wer driven ~ In
sticking wet handkerchief over hi
4 face, with holes cui for his eyes. HI
4 Ftuck 10 his gun. Finally. az the six
FOUNDERS were - close TO the elght-inc
ID turrst NJ 10 make II impossible 10 sta
d there with safoty.thc men were ordcre,
4 away before the biz gun was fired, bu
u they refused 60 leave.
/ THE bottoms ~ the boats held tw
4 or three inches OF blood. In man
. cases dead men We're lying In m
\ blood. Five poor chaps died on IN
I way 10 The ship. They were nftcrwnr
d buried with military honors from IN
Iowa.
some examples OF horolsm. q
/. more properly devotion To dlaciplln
y ana duty. could never be- surpassed
% ono man on she host Nizeayn had hi
n left arm almost shot on Just bcioi
e the shoulder. The fragments wef
hanglrE by a small piece Of skin. nu
= h. climbed unnHFHted over the rid
I uHI rNlffFNH 4 ~ al "a fall e
II mony. Immediately after him cam
n n gtrong-hearttd sailor whose left L.
u had been shot on above the knee n
n was holsted on board the Iowa wit
10 tackle. but never a whimper cam
~ from him. Gradually the mnnvlc
II lated until u would have been nlmoi
dlnicult To recognize the Iowa aa
In United States battleHhin. Blood W.
r.. an over her usually white quarter
m deck, and 212 naked men We're bcln
r.. supplied with water and food.
n Finally came the boat with Can
" Eulntc, commander OF the Vlzcny
" for whom chair was lowered over Ii
= side. nH he was evidently wounde
M The captains guard OF marines VoI
'g swung UP on the quarterback % VI
W. lutte him and | stood waiting 10 we
h. come him. ~ The chair was placed I
er the deck the marines preseniod arm
capt Eulnte slowly raised hlmse
he from the chair. saiuted me win era,
ng dignity, unhucklod his Hys0rd balt M
p holding tn HIT OF the sword befo
IN, him. kissed II revcrently. with tea
g. In his eyes ana then SURRENDERED
"of course, I declined 10 receive n
re sword; and. aa the crew OF Inc Lon
M saw TINS they choered like wild me
ns IN the meantime thirty officers
the Nlzcnya had been picked M h
M, side 2i3 ~ her crew. Our ward roo
to and storage officers gave IN IN
~, siaieruoma ana furnished food. riot
~ Ing and tobacco t1 those naked oniee
w from the Nlzcaya. The payinnst
ls' Issued uniforms Ia the naked sailor
n, ard each was given an the oorned be-,
~, coffee ana hard tack h. cnud cnt. a.
no war hhd assumed another aspect.
n when tho olght-lnch gun was nro
w ihe conclusion blow two men OF A
ed smaller guns crew ten feet from m,
rd guns ind threw them 10 The deck
800 d'uf ~ posts, Kack they went hgnl
ad however, and were again blown nVyn
an and finally had 10 be drarred nyy,
raj from their stations
he The Indiana was hit only twi,
ng The oregon was Nh three times. t,gi
hy fragments of shells. Tho Iown "a,
nm struck nine times" "
~ To TN cervcrn'. ships.