The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
SANTIAGO FIGHT AS SEEN FROM: THE. OREGON.
the Relative Damage
Valuable Statistics Showing
Done.

anism of the large guns was damaged
or as much as possible, with hammers
They can easily be repaired. We got
! $50 prisoners from her. Cervera and his
staff were also captured. In all SONS
1.Se0 prisoners. $50 killed and 15(
wounded.
! The Soaniards had gathered on the
quarter deck with their luggage when
we got there, and such a mess. as they
! left in their haste to pack upi The
ship was strswn- with debris. They
/ threw overheard everything possible
! il gliding the breach bolts of all rifles
! they hadn't time to carry on deck
scientific instruments, everything DOS
sible. OF course we stopped them when
we got there. but they had done lots
! of damage -
| They showed good sense in Bleaching
their ship before we reached them,
because they had seen the terrible ef-
feet CT our 13-inch guns It's marvel
Gus. the destructive force in 13-inch
shell, weighing LOO pounds, propell ed
| by 500 pounds of prismatic powder ard
containing a bursting charge of 60
pounds. One shell viii wreck ship.
We are now close to the beach, clOsa
to the first two cruisers resting place,
and beyond that of the two destroyers.
They lie not over ten miles from the en-
trance.
THE TWO DESTROYERS.
Steaming at 15-knot gait that would
give them 40 minutes from the time
they emerged until they were beached.
and the destroyers didn't float half
that time. They are still snouldering.
l imagine it is discarded bedding and
clothing, as there is not much else TO
burn, but the New York, with some
small yachts, is now attending to
them.
On the morning of the Fourth, seeing
there was nothing we could do, we re-
Joined the squadron off Santiago. Pass
ed three dead men, one an officer. On
our way. Found big Austrian battle
ship near entrance, and two English
cruisers there. too. All refused per-
mission to enter l understand the
Englishman has been watching and
following the AUSTRIAN for four months.
We are sure he meant no good, and
privately we advise him to hunt his
spot on the beach where he can join
his Spanish cousins.
Last night at 1880 p. m, the Texas
showed two red lights. The signal meant
the enemy We beat to general quar-
tiers. The Texas opened fire on en-
trance and the forts opened generally
on everything, and hit nothing This
morning we see the. Reina Mercedes
Keeled over on the hats, not the chan
mel, and headed in If she tried to block
the channel she failed. for the water
where she is is not deep enough to
cover her deck. nor even wet one EDGE,
although she is listed about 10 degrees
to port
There was no possible chance for her
to get out, for We watch the entrance
with searchlights all night and it's i'm
possible to get out ior in without being
seen.
COST OF AMMUNITION.
1 give you a LIST and cost of ammu-
milton we used during the battle. The
firing of the other ships was light COM
pared to ours. The New. York and the
Massachusetts were away when it COM
menced, and when the Colon surrender
ed no snip was in signaling distance ex-
Cept- the Brooklyn The New York fail
ed to read our signals. although she
and the Texas could be discerned away
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