The record-union., 1898-06-06

ordered his boat still further in. A
fourteen-pounds shell crashed through
the boilers and disabled the Winsiow.
and few minutes later Ensign Bagley
land four of the men were stretched
dead on the deck Grubb was among
those aboard at the time, and with 9TH
ers was rescued by the Hudson.
Lieutenant Bernadou spent some
days at the hospital, but he is now
again in command OF the Winslow, a
tiny craft. daring and audacious, even
'among those murderous boats. In
place Of poor Bagley J. l.. Lattimer is
the Winslow'S Ensign. Grubb is the
second man to come to New York,
O'Hearn, a fireman, having been sent
on furlough from the scene of action
after the terrible ordeal through which
he passed with the others. A victim
Of the Porto Rico bombardment was
also brought here on the Solace, George
Merkle, a slender, pale-faced marine.
He was on the Iowa at San Juan, and
came out of the engagement lacking
one arm. Those who have been through
the thick of shot and shell and have
emerged unScathed may tell of marvel
Gus escapes and thrilling encounters,
but Merkle tells another story. The or
der to cease firing had been given, the
great guns on the Iowa We're Silenced,
men came from the turrets 70 draw a
fresh breath of life, and some went be-
low as a routine course. Meanwhile
the Terror. lying in closer than the 9TH
ers, and failing to see the signal, con-
tinued to pour in iron messengers. Men
gathered on the gundecks to watch the
progress of the fight. Merkle came up
from below, and was in the act of put
ting on his coat when shell plunged
through the air and exploded directly
in front of him. One piece struck
Merkle on the right elbow, tearing out
the forearm-this after the battle was
over.
Three men from the greatest OF bat
tleships, the Oregon, were among the
patients of the Solace. who, by the
way. have been transferred to the Ma
rine Hospital in Brooklyn, Louis Up
son, p. ]. Lynch and Alonzo Gartley-
They were not the only ones to suffer
from the heartbreaking voyage OF the
Oregon, but they were the most serl-
ously i'll after the battleship reached
Key West, and it was deemed ad-
visable to send them to a more favor
able climate. No men are prouder OF
the grand work of their ship than they,
One Of the remarkable cases brought
by the ambulance ship is William Tay-
lor, a Washington boy, and first
class apprentice on the cruiser New
York Taylor's recovery is the most
marvellous Of any of those remarked
upon by the naval surgeons. One day,
soon after the bombardment of Matan-
zas, through which the men on the New
York passed without the slightest in
jury, revolver dropped from the belt
Of BoatSwain Mullen and exploded. The
bullet passed through Taylor's right
arm at the elbow and entered the alb
domen; passed up through the liver.
grazed a lung and came out through
the left shoulder. An operation for
lapartomy was performed, and Taylor
recovered, although, naturally, he IS
still suffering from the effects of his
multiple wound and the operation. Fol-
lowing is complete list of the patients
upon the Solace:
William Watson, oiler, Manning;
James B. Scott, seaman, st. Paul;
George Merkle, private marine. Iowa;
John Engle, ordinary seaman, Iowa;
K F. Normann. seaman, Wilmington:
Robert Voltz, seaman, Nashville; j. F.
Kendig, apprentice, Castine; f. f.
Burkett, coal passer, Suawanee; nj.
Cooke, coal passer Machias; George
w. Barber, seaman, Puritan; Carl
Askenburg, seaman, Algonquin; A. w.
Simons, Quartermaster, Dolphin: ]. N.
Stanley, gunner's mate, Hornet; Hen
ry Hendricksen, seaman. Marblehead;
J. Varley, first class fireman, Man
grove; William Taylor, apprentice. New
al
rine, Marine Battalion; H. w. Aatonen,
gunner's mate, Indiana; A. Heesford,
coal passer. Terror: D. o. O'Connell,
private marine, Marine Battalion: sgd
ney Trammel, private marine, Marine
Battalion; Thomas Nelson, private ma
rine, Marine Battalion; Albert Link,
machinist, Annapolis: James Mcleod,
masterat-arms Newport; Frank Da-
Wis, coxswain, Castine; Charles H Kel-
ley, mechanic, Nezencott; B. O'Leary,
coal passer, Marblehead; Thomas
Dodds. seaman, Dolphin: Edward A.
Donahue, private marine, Marine Bat
TALON; Charles Schmidt boatswain's
mate, Dolphin John Davis. gunner's
mate. Marblehead; H. w Kuchmeister,
private marine, Marine Battalion;
Charles l.. Meiss, gunner's mate, Os-
ceola; Robert McFetters, private ma
rine Marine Battalion; c. W.. Miles,
mess attendant, Amphitrite; Daniel
Burns, Quartermaster, Puritan: W. III.
Powell, apprentice, Vixen; J. McKer-
nan, fireman, Suawanee; A. H How
ard, fireman, Amphitrite; T. F. Mitch
ell, First Sergeant, Annapolis; J. w.
Eek, First Sergeant, Marine Battalion;
William A. Shaw, mechanic, Machias :;
Daniel d. Donovan, seaman Bancroft;
Robert l.. Grubb, landsman, Winslow;
Edward F. Brothers. fireman; Maple;
William Giles, naval cadet, Oregon:
Louis F. Upson, seaman, New Orleans;
James z. Webber seaman, Montgom-
cry; Charles w. Werz, Quartermaster,
Porter; p. j. Lynch, marine, Oregon;
Michael II. Cox, seaman, Wampatuck;
F. T. Wiss. water-tender, Iowa; Alon-
20 Gartley, apprentice, second Glass;
Oregon.
OF these fifty-four American seamen,
four are afflicted with consumption.
Three of them are young men, two mere
boys, apprentices. and the fourth is
James Mcleod, famous as the master
alarms for the Newport who has won
eight service straps. He is nearing his
last days. Several of the men are suf-
fering from fractured limbs, the result
of accidents aboardship
Dr. Thomas F. Streets, Surgeon of
the Solace, said to-day that all his
patients had improved greatly during
the four days trip. When they left
Key West, he said, he was almost GER
tain there would be some deaths
aboard, as some of the men were in
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