The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-12
The Official Account Of the Engagement with
the Spanish Squadron.
SEEN FROM u. S. STEAMER VIXEN
1t was 1925 by the Clock When the Texas SignaIIed che
Enemy has Surrendered 1.-The Exact Details
Given of the Most Notable Naval En-
gagement in the Annals of
History.

was gaining rapidly. At this time t..
i;looklyn's fire was steady and deadly.
her shells striking or bursting aluu-~1#.
III the Spaniard~.
vt 1919 the Texas reached Juan t,eu.
zalcS and the Spaniard WAS apparently
of CahanaS. At 1890 the Vixen aI-
preached, heading north-uorthWcst. The
Texas was gaining rapidly. The Iowa
appeared 10 be off Juan Gonzales and
tac yacht appeared off Guayacabo4. hot
y engaging the cncmy's ships. Al lO.ll
mother Spanish vessel WAS ou dre and
cading for the beach with n heavy list
/, port. This was the Nizcaya making
for the reef ut AscrradoroS. At ll.O1
he NiZcaya ported her helm and headed
asst. apparently seeking the entrance To-
AscrradorcS. The Texas and Vixen d.
rcctcd thcir fire on the NiZcaHa until
II :O1. when. as the colorS were down,
,c ceased. 1t II 90 there came Il burst
Of flame and smoke from the Nizcayr'~
stern and all the ships resumed their
fire while passing the doomed vessel.
Which was hard on .Ascradorcs reef.
At 11:1G the Brooklyn, Oregon. Texas,
Iowa and Indiana, the last named tom
miles from the Cristobal Colon. were Ig
sight Of the Vixen. 1t was believed ou
til, Vixen that the vessel ut Ascrrador,-
was the Spanish flagship. At il:25 thn
Iowa had stopped. The after end of ti.
Nizcaya was Il sheet OF flame. and from
1l:16 to II - there were mann expo
sions on board the Spanish cruiser, "u.
parently caused by the ignition Of I...e
charges about the guns.
They rescmblcd huge chrySanthcmHwa
with ribbons of smoke, as the burn.u-
powder grains fell from the ends OF ulo
petals.
ll:I1 the chase narrowed itself to TN"
CristobaI Colon, which was close ashore
and seven miles from the Vixen, with
the Oregon one point on the starhoarl
bow. distant Il mile and a half: tie
Brooklyn one point on the starhoard
bow, distant three miles: the Texas on
the Starboard quarter. distant one mile;
the Iowa two points on the starhoard
side, distant eight miles ANA the New
Aork one point on the starhoard quarter,
distant ten miles. The last two yes
sells were apparently off Boca del Rio.
but were too far distant to hc certainly
identified in the hin haze and smoke
from the leading ships. no other vessels
were in sight. The smoke from the ship
destroyed ut Juan Gonzales and to the
eastward could be seen. but the vessels
hull was invisible.
At noon the relative positions Of the
American ships were practically the
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