Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-07-09
SPANS FLEET GONE At LAST
ALL AT BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
Cervera q Prisoner with All His Liv-
ing Men-One American Killed
The Gloucester Whipped Two De-
stroyers--A Gallant Fight by the
Spanish.

Washington, July AT ll:25 tonight
the navy department posted the appended
translation of cipher cablegram receiv-
cd from Commodore Watson. 1t is SINH
lar to that received today from Admiral
Sampson, but contains the additional in
formation that 800 Spaniards were killed
or drowned, l60 wounded and 1000 cap
tured Commodore Watson's dispatch
follows:
playa del Este, July 3.--To the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Washington, ID. c.: At
$3.50 a. m. today the Spanish squadron,
seven in all, including one gunboat, came
out of Santiago in column and was total
ly destroyed within an hour, excepting
the Cristobal Colon, which was chased for
As miles to the westward by the COM
mander-in-chief on the Brooklyn, Oregon
and Texas. She surrendered to the
Brooklyn, but was beached to prevent
sinking. None of our officers or men
were injured except on board the
Brooklyn. There Chief Yeoman Ellis was
killed and one man wounded.
Admiral Cervera, all the commanders
excepting of the Oquendo, about 20 other
officers and 1900 men are prisoners.
About $50 were killed or drowned and
about 100 injured. The latter are being
cared for on the Solace and Olivette. |
have Just arrived off Santiago in the
Marblehead to take charge while the
commandment -chief is looking out for the
CTistobal Colon"
story of the Battle.
Ten Miles West of the Entrance of the
Harbor of Santiago de Cuba, Sunday,
July 3. 4 D. M, by the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Wanda, to Port Antonio,
Jamaica, Monday Morning, July 4, via
Kingston, July 4, 4:45 a. m.-Admiral
Cerveras fleet, consisting of the armored
cruisers Cristobal Colon Almirante
Oquendo, lnfanta Maria Teresa and Viz
caya and two torpedo boat destroyers, the
Furor and Pluton, which had been held
in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba for
six weeks past by the combined squad
rons of Rear Admiral Sampson and Com
modore Schlcy, lies today at the bottom
of the Caribbean sea off the southern
coast of Cuba.
The Spanish admiral is a prisoner of
war on the auxiliary gunbOat Gloucester
formerly Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan's yacht
Corsair) and 1000 to 1900 other Spanish
soldiers and sailors, all who escaped the
frightful carnage caused by the shells
from the American warships, are also
held as prisoners of war by the United
States navy.
1t Was a Gallant Dash.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant a dash
for liberty and the preservation of his
ships as has ever occurred i'll the his
tory of naval warfare. In the face of
overwhelming odds, with nothing before
him but inevitable destruction if he re-
manned any longer i'll the trap in which
the American fleet held him, he made a
bold dash from the harbor at the time
the Americans least expected him to do
so, and fighting every inch of his way,
even when his ship was ablaze and sink
ing, he tried to escape the doom which
was written on the muzzle of every Amer
lean gun trained upon his vessels.
The Americans saw him the moment
he left and commenced the work of de-
struction Immediately. For an hour or
two they followed the flying Spaniards 20
the westward along the shore line send
ing shot after shot into their hulls, tear
ing great holes in their steel sides, and
covering their decks with the blood If
the killed and wounded.
At no time did the Spaniards show any
indication that they intended to do 9th
erwise than fight to the last. They
their ships commenced to sink and the
great clouds of smoke pouring from their
sides showed that they were on fire. Bat
they turned their heads toward the shore
less than a mile away, and ran them On
the beach and rocks, where their de-
struction was soon completed.
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 then threw
themselves upon the mercy of their cap
tors, who not only extended to them the
gracious hand of American chivalry, but
sent them a guard TO protect them from
the murderous bands of Cuban soldiers,
hiding in the bush on the hill, eager to
rush down and attack the unalmed, de
fea ted but valorous foe
Terrific Rain of Death.
One after 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
We're lying on the shore 10 or 10 miles
west of Moro castle, pounding 10 pieces,