Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-07
UTTERLYDESTROYED
Admiral Cervera's Fleet Shares the
Fate of Admiral Montijos.
The MANILA VICTORY DUPLICATED.
The spanish Admiral aud Thirteen
Hundred OilicorS and Men PrisOn-
orS-AlI His ships Destroyed
A Glorious Victory.

Playa (vla Haytl, To the 6ecre
tary OF the Navy: 5;d5 p. m, Slbo
nley, July 3.--The feet under my com
mand offers the nation as Fourth
of July present the destruction OF thu
whole OF Cervera's fleet. Not one e.
capehl
1t attempted to escape alb $3.50 o.
m, Sunday, and at o p. m. the last
the Cristobal Colon, had run ashore
six miles west of Santiago and had
let down her colors. The imtanta Ma
liG Teresa, 0quondo and Vlzcaya
were forced ashore, burned and
blown up within twenty miles OF SAN
tiago; the Furor aud Pluton were de-
stroyed within four miles of the port
Our loss one killed and two wound
ed. Enemy's loss probably several
hundred by gun fire, eNplo ions and
drowning, About 1900 prisoners, In
Guiding Admiral CerVer. The man
killed was George II. Ellis, chief yeo-
man OF the Brooklyn. SAMPSON.
Washington, d. G., July 1.-The
navy department tonight posted the
translation OF q cipher cablegram re-
ceived from Commodore Watson. II
contains the additional inforrnat ton
that $50 SpaniardS were kn.c,I or
drowned, 1850 wounded and 1900 cap
tured. Commodore Watson's dispatch
follows;
"Playa del Este, July S.-To the
secretary OF the navy, Washington,
d. G.
at $3.50 a. m. to-day the Spanish
squadron, seven in all, including one
Kunjboat, came out of Santiago in col
umn, and was totally destroyed with
in an hour, excepting the Crstobel
Colon, which was chased fonty-6ve
miles to westward by the commander
in chief, the Brooklyn, Oregon and
Texas, surrendering to the Brooklyn,
but was beached to prevent sinking.
"None of our officers or men were
injured except on board the Brook
lyn. Chief Woman Ellis was killed
and one man wounded. Admiral Ger
vera, adj commanding officers except
ing of 0quendo, about seventy other
Officers and 1000 men are prisoners.
About $50 killed or drowned and 100
wounded, latter being cared for on
Solace and Olivette. Have just ar-
rived off Santiago in Marblehead to
take charge While commander in
chief is looking out for Crlstobel Co.
Ion. WATSON"
Ten miles east OF the entrance Of
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, Sun
day, July 8, p. an. (via Kingston, Ja-
maica, July 4)-Atlmiral Cervera's
feet, consisting of the armored cruis-
ers Crlstobel Colon, Almirante 0quen-
do, Infanta Maria Teresa, and Viz
caya, and two torpedo boat destroy
ers, the Furor and the Pluton, which
had been held in the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba for six weeks past by
the combined squadrons of Admiral |
Sampson and Commodore Schley, lies
to-day at the bottom Of the Caribbean |
Sea Off the southern coast of Cuba. |
The Spanish admiral is a prisoner of |
war on the auxiliary gunboat Glou-
cester formerly j. Pierpont Nor
gans yacht Corsair), and 1000 to
/ 500 other Spanish officers and sail
ors, all who escaped the frightful car
mage caused by the shells from the
American warships, are also held as
prisoners of war by tine United States
navy.
The American victory is complete,
and, according to THE best informa-
lion obtainable az this time. the
vessels were practically un-
touched and only one man was killed,
though the ships were subjected to
the heavy fire of the Spaniards all
The time the battle lasted
Admiral Cervera made as gallant q
lash for liberty and for the preser-
ration OF his ships this morning as
las ever occurred in the history of
laval warfare. In the face of over
odds, with nothing before
i'm but inevitable destruction or sur
'ender if The remained any longer in
uC Urhp III WHICH uil6 tblHeTlcdU HeeJ
reid him, he made a bold dash from
he harIbor at the time the Americans
east expected him to do SO, and,
Ighting every inch Of his way, even
Then his ship was ablaze and sinking,
le tried to escape the doom which
Vae written ON the muz2le Of every
gun trained upon his YES
els.
The Americans saw him the mo
lent he left and commenced the
Tork of destruction immediately. For
n hour or two tLhey followed the fly
w Spaniards to the westward along
ie shore line, sending shot after shot I
ITO their blazing hulls, tearing great {
oles in their steel sides and cover.
70 their decks with the blood of the /
lied and wounded. Y
AT no time did the Spanaarls show c
ny indication tlhat they intended to 8
, otherwise than fight TO the last. 8
hey showed no signals to surrender j
zen when their ships commenced to g
nix and the great clouds OF smoke
'urin9 from their siles showed tl.sv a