The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-05


Santiago harbor their cruisers ana TWO
tornedo boat destroyers were lying on
the shore, ten to fifteen miles oil MORO
Castle. pounding TO pieces. smoke ana
flame pouring from every part OF theii'
and covering the entire coast line WIN
n mist which could be seen for miles.
Heavy explosions of ammunition &C.
CURED every few minutes. sending eur'S
OF dense white smoke hundred ieet
in the air and causing shower OF
broken iron and steel to fall i'll the water
on every side.
The bluffs on the coast line echoed
with the roar of every explosion anu
the Spanish vessels sank deeper anu
deeper into the sand or else the rocks
ground their hulls to plces as theF
rolled or pitched forward or sideways,
with every wave that washed upon them
from the open sea.
Admiral Cerverd escaped to the shore
in Il boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance of the lnfanta Maria Teresa,
and as soon as he touched the beach ne
surrendered himself and his command 10
Lieutenant Morton. and asked To be
taken on board the Gloucester. which
was the only American vessel near him
Mt the time. with several of his officers.
including the captain Of the flagship
The Spanish admiral. who was wound
cd in the arm. was taken TO the GlOu-
cester and was received at the gangway
by her commander. Lieutenant Com
mandcr Richard Wainwright. who
grasped the hand of the gray Dreaded
admiral and said to him.
Il congratulate you. sir, upon hav-
ing made as gallant fight as was ever
witnessed on the sea-"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
then placed his cabin at the disposal
of the Spanish officers.
At that time the Spanish flagship and
four other Spanish vessels had been
aground and burning for two hours. ana
the only one of the escaping feet which
could not be seen at this point was the
Cristobal Colon. but half dozen curls
of smoke far down on the western ho-
riZon showed the fate that was waiting
ber The Cristobal Colon was the fast
est of the Spanish ships, and she OBJ
tanned a lead over the others after leav-
ing the harbor and escaped the effect
Of shots which destroyed the other YES
sells. She steamed away at great
speed with the Oregon. New York.
Brooklyn and several other ships in pur-
suit. all Of them firing at her constant
~ and receiving fire themselves from her
aft guns. There was no possibility what
ecen for her escape. and while her fate
is not definitely known at this hour. It
can be readily imagined from the words
o Captain Evans, of the Iowa. who re-
turned from the westward with $40 pris-
oners from the Vizcaya just as the As
Soeiated Press despatch boat was leav-
ing the Spanish flagship.
GAVE THE COLON SHEOL.
In answer to an inquiry, he shouted
through the megaphone: II left the
Cristobal Colon far TO the westward an
hour ago, and the Oregon was giving
her hell. She has undoubtedly gone
down with the others, and we will have
Fourth Of July celebration in Santiago
tomorrow. Captain Evans, who had
been in the thick of the engagement up
TO the time he took the Vizcaya's Off
GERS and crew from the shore, said that
to the best of his knowledge not one
/ American ship had been struck.
| The torpedo boat Ericsson. which also
returned from the westward at about
the same time. made a similar report,
saying it was believed no man was in
iured on board the American ships.
/ tHouSH dHOlHeE report Hdu 1T tl1at one
] man was killed on board the Brooklyn
| which could not be verified as this dis
I patch was sent. n
! There is no means Of telling now what
the Spanish loss was, but it is believed
/ to have been very heavy. as the prison
ers in custody report their decks strewn
with dead and wounded in great num-
bers, and besides, there is a statement
! that many bodies could be seen fastened
to pieces of wreckage floating in the sea
after the light was over. A large num-
ber of the Spanish wounded were re-
moved TO the American ships.
| There can be no doubt that Admiral
! Ceryeras plan to escape from San
! tiago harbor was entirely unexpected by
! Admiral Sampson. and the best evidence
OF this is the fact that when the Span-
! sh vessels were seen coming out of the
! harbor. the flagship New York was
/ seven miles away steaming to the east
ward toward Iuragua. the military base
! nine miles east Of Morro.
The New York was out of the fight