The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-06-07
Latest War News.

Kingston, Jamaca, June 4.-Bv dis
patch boat from Santiago. The outer de-
fence" of Santiago are practicable in ruins.
Yesterday the battle-hips Iowa, Mass:,chu-
Setts and the cruiser New Orleans, the latter
with her immense long English guns, en-
gagged the batteries and also the Cerver,,s
flagship Christobai Colon The batterie,
were practically silenccd, after which the
American sliiis returned without having
once been hit and with no cas,lalitie-; aboard
/ any OF them. Schlcy determined on Sun
, day to learn definitely whether the Cerve-
ras squadron w;is at Santiago and therefore
sent the cruiser Marblche,d i'm close To- Nor.
ro. She went swiftly and got in runge of
Morro's guns. The officers aboard her rot
good view of the harbor far as Pun,a
Gor'la and saw four Spanish cruisers and two
dcStroycrs lying behind the hat,eri,-. between
Smith Cay and Churruco point In add-
/ tion there was the old cruiser Reiua Nler-
ccdes moorcd broadsidc ni.
On making her discovery the Marblehead
turned about and ran swiftly to the squadron
with the news. Schlcy was clated, and de-
tcrnincl to begin the attack yesterday to
discover the positions OF the me- masked
batteries recently constructed near the en-
trance. 1t noon Schlcy transferred lris flag
from the brooklyn to the Massachusetts
which led the way followed bv the New Or
leans and Iowa, in the order named, 500 fee;
apart. They started across the entrance to
the harhor well oil the shore about two and
- half miles from MORO. Two miles fur
ther ont stood the rest of the feet all anx-
iously awaiting the outcome and disappoint-
ed at not being in the fight The Mussa-
chu4clts opened fire on the Colon using It
forward eight inch gun on portside, follow
cd with her thirteen inch rifles.
The conclusion of the latter WAS terrific
ships to tremblc. The Colon and four hat
tcrics replied. They used 10 and II inch
hruppS while the shells from the warship.
were IL, II, ) and inch The iirs, shot;
fired by both sides went Wild The Ameri-
cams passed twice before the batteries at full
speed. On the second round they got range
and nearly every shot landed, MORO was
struck time and again, each shell tearing
great rents in the walls, and sending sky
ward immense crashes The lower batteries
suffered equally. On the second round sew
eritl shells burst over the Iowa and three fell
on the New Orleans, one exploded in front Of
the Massachusetts hut did no damage. AZ
ter the firing had lasted 80 minutes the fire
from three of the Spanish battcri,-. WAS 81
fenced. The Notifications having been
practically demolished
Five minutes later the ships ceased firing.
but for 20 minutes later the Cristobal Colon
and the battery on the western shore kent
up weak fire, but all shots fell wide of the
mark, the battle lasted so minutes 4
shot from the Iowa, which struck the Girls
tobal Colon, apparently set her aire, but it
was quickly cxtireuished. The Colon fired
the last shot. The only newspaper dispatch
| boats which witnessed the enlightenment were
those OF the New York Sun and Journal
They steamed along by three of the vessels
when they came out of action and obtained
the story of the fight. Nobody was hurt
and no damage whatever had been done II
Is impossible to state the Spanish loss. but
the officers said it must have been verv
heavy. Simpsons squadron, including the
hattleship Oregon, is expected to arrive OF
Santiago tomorrow, Thursday.
Key West, June 4.--hnother prize has
been captured. The Spanish bark Maria
Dolores, of Bilbao, wax ovcrhanlcd bv ono
OF the American cruisers ak miles off of
Porto Rico. She was bound from Rio Ian
GIRO to San Juan dc Porto Rico, with coal
Some cases supposed to contain ammunition
were found under her coal
Madrid June At Santiago fighting
Bob Evens shouted this expressive common,
to the newspaper men on the dispatch boat.
from his position on the bridge of the Iowa.
Tho Spaniards didn't hit damned thing
but water and that was great difficulty"