Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-11

3d. which was hard on Aceorrldors'
trff
Atuis the Rro3kiyn. o,eg1a. Tcxir
va gHd Indiana. 100 Ilf' nIWtu ten
niles from the CritfHhM '1llu. wcrg
In slight of tho Vixen. 10 was believed
900 Gao vixen thai ihH vessel at Nccer-
! rIdIreH wls the Spanish flagship.
At ti.g5 the iowa had stopped.
| Tho after end Of tha Vizcnya was u
| ahrot ~ flame and from 1895 10 iiA1
| thDfe were mHHy explosions on board
| the Spanish cruiser apparently cnuH .
| hy the lrnItiuu ui loco. charges about
| she guns Th0y &C. mhlud hugo crya-
anffouiuns with ribbons ~ smoke ua
| the burning powder grains fell from
| the ends NJ che petals
! At % 20 the chase narrowed Itself Go
! thr Cf.Hfoh1l Colon. which was close
| nHhufr and seven miles from She
/ NlEHn. with Nv oregon one point
/ on the stnrboIrd bow. distant a mile
! uui % half. the brooklyn one point
Un ibp ltarhnard bow. distant thrHr
miles. The Texas on the stnrhl1ff
quarter distant Unr mile. tho Iowa
two points ON tn aiuth1ard side. dis.
iuri about olght miles. ana che Now
York one point on the si1rhnHrt
quarter distant ten miles The last
two v'rfelH were apparently on inca
del lii1, but were TOO lar distant Co. b.
certainly idcntlncd IN tho Thin hnz,
ana smoke from tho ltdlur ships 80
other vessels were ln sight The smoke
from the ship destroyed nt Juan Gons
sllUs Hud Go tho eastward could BE-
sccn. but the vcarcl'a hull was inviai-
b'r.
~ noon the relative positions u thu
American fhlpH were practically tile
runr. Wh.n the Vixgn was abreast
~ S.villn. thirteen miles wort Of SAM.
tiago. the Texas bore three points
% the Htariunud quarter, u little less
than a milo un. and the OREGON ana
brooklyn one ppint ou tn ainrb1lri
md port huW. distant four and I've
miles raprcuvnly. while the Cnat1-
bal Colon bore two points on the STAR
bu1r1 bow, blatant fully ten miles.
According t1 the Official pilot on the
Vixen that vtssHl Wna OF iiAynmi-
o.. Tho estimated distance wlH taken
fr1m The ui10ord ana official pilot. ~
1905 The Sew York was in line with
The burning Nizcnya 90 distance
was on ne Hnriuurd quarter. the
New York two pnlutH on the stare
board uIur,rf. gaining. tho OREGON
H half point ON the TiHrhulri bow. the
brooklyn ono point ON thc port bow,
Hun miles away
which ftli short. Tho Cratuhnl go.
lon was hun down from tho
Nlxau. During the next half hour
the occasional shots from the Oregon
aud tio Brooklyn struck near tho
chase
AZ ia.sO the Tcxns was one point
forward on tho riarboafd beam ana
UHH rtcldily gaining ~ 1916 tho
oregon nud tho ir1uhiyn headed lh
shore about four points
AZ 1886 The TeNaH r.rualnii "Thr
emmy has surrendered" This signal
wna reported ip the Now York, but
war not Acknowledged.
The Cfistuhni colon was seen
10 nurh rinH1r1 aiming close In shore.
ana. according tu The pilot Ht Rio
Tnruauino. 40 was thought on board
tho Vixen that o. white uHr was dis
played nu tho CristuhHl colon. but
this .qucuily proved tu be cHcnp.
mr. rirnif
At O'Clock bonta from tho uronK.
lyr ana tho orurnn went nlunsflir
ihs Colon. A gs1s the vixen
stopped nt Rio Tlruquiuo near thr
brooklyn ard oregon. The Now
York arrived I've minutes later ana
Intercepted the boats which were re-
turning frum the Colon.
iu an tho observations tho 'Imc wls
accurately nWod, but tho watch used
was nvD minutes behind tho q.
ciOct. which agreed very ururiy WIEN
M hours Indicated by the bells un ,he
other vessels.