Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-09
A BOLD DEED.
Volunteer Grew Scuttles the Merrimac
in the Mouth of Santiago Harbor.
The Heroes Attempted 10 Return Hat tn-
der Heavy Fare ompriIed to Row tn
the spanish Flag ship-1h"y
WIN BE Exchanged,

WAsmINGIoN. June Il. The cork is
driven in the bottle, was the com
mcnt of the naval atliccrs ut the navy
department saturday morning upou
the news of the sinking of the collier
Merrimac in the chanurl at the en-
franc, of Santiago harhor,
kI>Gsro>. Jamaica. June a. -llohsnn
aud the hero crew of the Mrrrimac
were saved in the following manner:
Unable, after the sinking of their
vessel to make their way back
through the storm of shot and
shell, they r,wcd into the harbor to
the Spanish flagship and were taken
on hoard uuharmcd. The Spanish
admiral under a iiag Of truce ON Fri
day sent word Ia the American admiral
that hr offered Ia exchange the pris-
oncrs, adding, that in the meanwhile
ll"b>on and his party would hc treat
al with the greatest kindness.
WASHINGTON. June Authorization
com from the white house that the
secretary of the navy has received a
dispatch from Adm. sampson stating
that the Mcrrimac was sunk in the
channel off Santiago harhor for the
purpose blocking the passage.
On RohED nISrArCH Boar pNU>I.
IE>>. orr SANTIAGO III CUB,. June u 49,
Via Kingston. Jamaica Rr. Adm.
Sampson. during Friday morning de-
cidcd Ia close the narrow harhor en-
trance of Santiago de Cuba 10y sinking
the collier MrFrimac, loaded with coal.
in the channel. lie called for volun-
tccrs to go To almost certain death and
1000 men offered themselves. Lieut..
llobson and six men were chosen, aud
| Friday morning the Mcrrimac, under
her own steam, entered the chan
mel under a terrible Spanish fire
| The vessel was riddlcd with pro-
jcctilc>, hut she anchored and
swung around. Lieut.. Iob>on then
set off an internal torpedo with
| an electric attachment. there was an
explosion, the Merrimac sank. the
| channel was closed, and, apparently,
Adm. Ccrvcra will be unable To cs-
cape.
WASHING TON. June 1.-THE war de-
partment was open for business in a
| limited way for half the day sunday,
and Adjt ten. Corbin was hard at
work at his desk in Geographic corrc-
spondence with army officers in all
parts of the country aud par
ticularly regarding the Spanish
military prisoners from whom Sc
| lcctions will he made for exchange of
the gallant little band that sunk
| the Merrimac. The commanding officer
at Fort Mcrhcrson, Ga.. has furnished
the department a full list Of the cap
| tives to facilitate the work of cN-
change. This is likely 10 occupy more
| time than was originally expected be-
cause of the difficulty of communicate
ing with the Spanish admiral at SAN
| tiago.
The number of Spanish prisoners at
| Fort Mcpherson is one first lieutenant
seven Second licutcnants. one sergeant
and nine privates.
Information afforded by the official
records Of the navy department As to
| the full names and ant 'cedrnts of the
| gallant sailors who made mp Ilob>on' :
little crew in sinking the Merrimac
differs in some essentials from the
|
boats Sunday morning. The naval list
is about as follows:
Daniel Montage, irst-class machin-
list on the New York. born in ireland
and 30 years Old; last enlistment in
December. 1896; next of kin Kate Gold
en-. sister, 81 lloratio street, New
York
George Charette, first-class gunner's
mate on the New York. born in
Lowell, Mass, >? years of age; last
enlistment May 20, 1895; has been in
the service since 1884; his next of kin
is Alexander Charette, father, Lowell,
Mass
Osborn mot Oscar Deignan, cox
swain on the Merrimac, born in Stu
art, Ia, 81 years old; last enlistment
April -, 1895; next of kin Julia Deig-
nan, mother, Stuart. la.
George f. mot John P) Phillips.
machinist on the Merrimac. born in
Boston, "a years old; last enlistme n t
March so, 1895; next of kin Andrew
Phillips, Cambridgeport. Mass.
Francis probably instead of john
Kelly, water tender on the Merrimac,
| boi u iif btSNois % toio oius 'hiiSNOb
at Norfolk, April 81. last; next of kin,
Francis Kelly, Boston.
Randolph Clausen, coNswain on the
New York; born in Boston and IS years
of age; last enlistment February -,
1897; next of kin, Teresa Clausen, wife.
LEI Cherry street, New York.
1t is apparent to the department Off
Gals that the call for volunteers did
not extend beyond the two ships, New
York and Merrimac, as all the men
named belonged to those two vessels.
Great admiration is expressed at the
department at the cool pluck and dis,
erection shown by the young cadet
George w. Powell, who took command
of the New York's steam launch and
lay under the batteries for many hours
until he was satisfied from his own OBJ
servation that the Merrimac had gone
down before he returned to the flag
ship. 1t is felt that his fate involved
a display of quite as much courage
as was shown by the Merrimac crew
and he is likely to profit by it.
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