The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-21
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AIT hAEI'l, 30 ." 'h'io anu Hyv what
b"" ''''h lh'ar 'f' We started ,o make
.N' 'A'u'h'n ""'h ana 'hr Hf'ns began
soon N''''"aia.
"hAN "Ao tue hf7' You saw oI 'N'
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'hr Nia' pa" was % shot hrcd from
" N'nI'" "r door "' 'hr SECOND story oi
'n' 'l"''h'"'' JUST '''A "i lhr d''h
"h''o tho spanish gunooa's were ly'ns.
: "a" 'h' NAHh ana lho same instant "a
7h'" went "hEE'ng over our heads. The
N'' began from 'ho gdn''"'o "nd SHORE
] d'n lh'hk any man can iorH'I the
r'und ana ihc ch"i oi the shell the hTst
Am' ho i' uu"cr hIr II Us something
terrible When a shell passes close 10y
YOU you Iccl H. something lN" the eject
"i ligh'nlnS when 10 strikes near by You
icrl aH though II hAd ''k'n your head OF.
firrl you hear th'I awful huzEius "r
"hlttinH u '' nara To d's'Il"'-"hd ih'h
something seems 'n strike you IN the face
AMI head. noticed that day when the
shells hr' began To NY about the boat
that the boys threw their hands TO their
heads every time a shell went over bu'
they soon came 30 Iast ana so close mat
'' VAS roaring shr''hlng' crashing h'"
l can describe II no other way
Where Was your position
~ am tho water tender hc said, 'and
my place Was below, but everybody went
ON ovck when the hattie began John var
Ncr'E. the ollcr, John pohlct ana John
Meek. lho fireman, were both ON watoh
with mo ana had they remained below
they would not have been Killed, After
the hrlng began went below again to
attend To the boilers, and "a few minutes
later a solid shot came through the Side
OF the boat ana into the boiler room
whcN 1t exploded and destroyed seventy
OF the boiler tubes, Al hrst II stunned me
When the shell burst Il threw both the
furnace doors open ana the tusc III tue
shell struck my feet Pieces ot the sh'"
came out OF the door | am taxing th'm
homo with me AS souvenirs OF the war
II was a terrible crash ana report alto
Ecthcr, and the boiler room was hlled
with dust and steam, For several seconds
| was partially stunned, ana my ears
rang So could hear nothing, went upon
the deck to report 90 the captain
What did you say To him
II saw hun near the torccIStle jumping
about with a towel bound about his leg
ilo was shouting and the noise of the
shells was like continuous thunder cap
tain | shouted, the forward boiler Is
disabled; u shell has gone through her
Get out the hose he said and turned
to the gun again. went back into tho
boiler room and In few miutes went on
deck again ana the hgh,,ng had grown
hotter than ever, Several ot the men