Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-05

an hour or two they followed the flying
Spaniards to The westward along the
shore line, sending shot after shot into
their blazing halls, tearing great holes
in their steel sides and covering their
decks with the blood of the killed and
wounded.
At no time did the Spaniards show
any indication that they intended to do
otherwise than fight 10 the last. They
showed 20 signals to surrender even
when their ships commenced to sink,
and the great clouds of smoke pouring
from their sides showed they were ON
FIRE But they turned their heads to-
ward the shore, less than mile away,
and ran them on the beach and rocks,
where their destruction was soon COM
pleted. The officers and men on board
them escaped to the shore as well as
they could, with the assistance of boats
sent from the American men-of-war,
and threw themselves upon the mercy
OF their captors, who not only extended
to them the gracious hand OF American
chivalry, but sent them guard to pro-
tect them from the murderous bands of
Cuban soldiers hiding in the bush on
the hillside eager to rush down and at
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GUS foe.
One or another of the Spanish ships
became the victims Of the awful rain of
shells which the American battleships,
cruisers and gunboats poured upon
them, and two hours after the first of
the fleet had started out of Santiago
harbor, three cruisers and two torpedo
boat destroyers were lying Oil the shore
ten to Is miles west of Moro castle,
pounding to pieces, smoke and flame
pouring from every part of them and
covering the entire coast line with a
mist which could be seen for miles.
Heavy explosions of ammunition oc-
Cured every few minutes, sending
curls OF dense white smoke 100 feet in
the air and causing a shower of broken
iron and steel to fall in the water on
every side.
The bluffs on the coast line echoed
with the roar of every explosion, and
the Spanish vessels sank deeper and
deeper into the sand or else tho rocks
ground their hulls 20 pieces as they
rolled or pitched, forward or sideways,
with every wave that washed upon
them from the open sea.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore
III boat sent by the Gloucester to the
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and as soon as he touched the beach he
surrendered himself and his command
to Lieutenant Morton and asked to be
taken on board the Gloucester, which
was the only American vessel near him
at the time, with several of his officers,
including the captain of the flagship.
The Spanish admiral, who was wound
ed IN the arm, was taken to the Glouces-
ter and was received at her gangWay by
her commander, Lieutenant Comman-
der Richard Wainwright, who grasped
the hand of the gray bearded admiral
and said to MIN:
Il congratulate you, sir, upon having
made as gallant fight as was ever wit
messed on the sea. :"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
then placed his cabin at the disposal of
the Spanish officers.
At that time the Spanish flagship and
four other Spanish vessels had been
aground and burning for two hours,
and the only one Of the escaping fleet
which could not be seen at this point
was the Cristobal Colon. But half
dozen curls of smoke far down on the
western horizon showed the fate that
was awaiting her.
The Cristobal Colon was the fastest
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tanned lead over the others after leav-
ing the harbor and escaped the effect
of the shots which destroyed the other
vessels. She steamed away at great
speed with the Oregon, New York,
Brooklyn and several other ships in
pursuit, all of them firing at her con-
stantly and receiving fire themselves
from her after guns She finally ran
ashore and lowered her colors
There can be no doubt that Admiral
Ceryern's plan to escape Jrom Santiago
harbor was entirely unexpected by Adj
mirl Sampson, and the best evidence of
this is the fact that when the Spanish
vessels were seen coming out of the
harbor the flagship New York was
seven miles away, steaming to the
eastward toward Juragua, the military
base, nine miles east of Moro.
The New York was out of the fight
most altogether, but she Immediately
put about and followed the others.
SPANTARDS REINFORCED.