Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-06
;CHLEY WON THH FIGHT
..-nojse Of the Flying Squadron Took IN
the Spanish Fleet.
,,s N the rMcslsr OF THE BATTLE


ago Hhrbor'
m santiago dc cuba, Monday July |
r,r Aaocinitd Press dispatch boat
I'M. n. via Port Antonio. Jamacia'
.5.y morning. July sih, by way Of
.--..,,r Jamaica. July 5.--tCopyrlght.
4 t., tb. Associated Prcsal' Afier a
.. ~ sIxiy miles 30 the eastward
y...,tivn. closely followed by the
,verhaulod the Chstobai Colon
/ .g.. .bs had ran ashore ANA had
s.yi.t down her nag. Captain COOK
/ -. prnoklyu. went ON board Of her
3D.. commander OF the spanish
! ..,,,.l cruiser came forward TO sur
-, and WAS taken on board the New
- ,gbi,h clmo an hour after the
i'itt,n and OREGON had completed
y .'.siur. 81 the Criainhnl Colon.
" t.tfgr WA not seriously damaged
t,,.+b she was struck several uin'i
~ .bat. from the Brooklyn and ore
r1n. ,. ci.y,r vancouver
81, ,t.r,fnndore Schlry In hladlnN uu.
~ f,,pe Cnucy, while the CrlstnbM
| gI.r mad taken u more apulheihly
S...,iion with much greater distance
!, ,1v,r. rendered the spanlnris cs-
't JIt. ~, ,, se,ms To be- no doubt that the
4 rristnbai colon. and perhaps thi ON,
ibrrs spanish armurcd crulaetH M"u.u
~. ,srlpod had a. not been tor ih'
...',,,,,t arii1n Of Commodore Schley'
~ ftr11otiyn alone was in a position
| .tt..t thp Spanish vessels, uH thDy
I'd tha harhor. and the comm1dofc
rs,m,i directly ut them, cngaEing nll
f.ur cruisers. INJECTING great damage
uron thUm. ,.t. ,,.
rsnIkIyn and Afterwards the Iowa;
irlIarn Texas and NlNon closed
,r5und the splninrda. all pouring ~
g..liy nrs. hut from the beginning 70
-. .6d of the nght. the brooklyn ore
r.u ana gloucester took the most ltn-
poriant par, In the destruction N the
snsmy ,.,,,. ..... ,rt.t
IN board enc brooklyn. His head was
/ blown 90 hv % she'll one other mhn'
/ J NUNS. was injured ON board or hcr'
IN brooklyn was struck hau doH. y
rf... but mo Injury was done TO any
or th. other American nhlpA
PRAISE FOR sCiiLEY.
yv.sblnrtnn. July b-Thc nnnlhlln-
| i5u nf iha spanish feet continues 90 -
III thaorbing topic among naval oth-
Gals. and they arr giNlnE most gem
tlus praise 20 C1mmndorc schlcy lof
| N. mini. manner ln which ho destroyed
IN. rrrt whom the Immediate command
IN to hla lot. Tho commodore
friends have long predicted that "
h. could secure an opportunity ne
4 would render good account OF thr
frhfing ability ~ the American navy
ma thcy are glad the opportunity was
finally reached ,.....
RI mt In long line with which CONF
m1dore srhicy'a name has been nssn.
/ rat.d. others including the relief Of
M. Greeley Arctic expedition ana the
command " the baltimore NJ Nhparal-
/ vi. M Il result NJ a mob attack ON the
American biueiaclQOtH.
Thrrc D. said 20 D. no ohHthclo' 20
lar M navigation la concrraed, ~ ne
I entrance ~ the hnrbnr nt Santiago ny
thr American neet
The Cristoha Colon, which cleared
ihe Merflmac. and got out " the har-
hor sunday. drew twenty -thr0e frci
i three inches. which Do within H.vrn
Inches of tho drauFht NJ The battleshlpH
Iowa. Indiana. Massachusetts, nud
nrrln. aud o. greater than the dfaurhi
nf the htttlUHhlp Texas. Moreover tho
navy department has known for tho
/ last Ten days that the neck of tho chan
mel was upan despite the sinking of tho
" alNNNNNNNNH MNN NNNN NWNNN WIZ y NN.NA
faa way or seven fnihnmH, through
/ which any ship uf our navy could SAL
/ This removes nl difficulty. except frnT
submarine mines, or from shore bat
trriDH
A. 90 the mines. little account &
taken NJ them, since the Spanish fleet
passed over them. Thu SplnllriH arr
iH ~ habit ~ using contact mines
r0 that there 10 little Likelihood nj
thew being mines operated by electric
connection with the shore. The fort
and batteries have been badly weak
rngi hy the constant FIRE NJ tho nee
flr many weeks past, and while stll
a factor they nrn greatly disabled
once up To he city, the ncet AMI
rrwv could combine IN tcrrlhl
double nra No losH thnn 2es gun
would be- trained from the American
WsrahlpH ou the city and nt the sam
time the big siegc guns, which Il
expected have been brought 10 the from
NJ Skaters limo. would rain down
torrent OF steel from that quarter tn
fieFa guns throw shells M ib3 poundi
Aside from them there are fou
modern hawitEcr1. with guns of
mlnor oliihre. These are In IN
heavy artillery. while the light nrtll
lfry embraces great number of gun
NJ ae cauhra Combined this nre frof
land and sea would be terrific In u