Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-27


the Iowa and the New York.
1t was not long after the fight
ing began before our men felt
perfectly indiffe, ent to the shots
OF the enemy. They attended to
their duties with the utmost
coolness, quickly washed away
the little blood that was
spilled on the decks aud went
about their work as though they
were ut target practise.
The Spaniards fred hundreds
OF shots and hit the New York once.
killing SEAMAN Frank Widemark
and breaking the legs of Samuel
Feltman, an ordinary seaman, and
woupdiug th'ee other men 81 ght
ly. They also hit the Iowa once
An eight inch shell came through
one of the Iows's boats and struck
q. Merkle, marine. Seameu r.
@. Hill and John Mitchell were
slightly hurt by the splinter
from the boat. Merkle had his
I'm badl I'll. Il was att n led
in the sick bay by Head Surgeon
Simonds and Passed Assistant
81 gnou Craudall. The arm may
have to be removed.
One of the ventilators on the
New York was penetrated by shot
and the only marks on the Iowa
we're a shattered rail on her bridge
and a dent in the iron plate
against which the shot struck
that hit Merkle.
While the Amphitrite was
travelling in an ellipse, delivering
her fire as rapidly as possible, her
after turret got out of order and
she was unable to use it again
during the engagement. She,
however, kept banging away with
her guns in the forward turret.
The Detroit and Montgomery
made the first round in front of
the forts, and then were ordered
to retire, as their guns were of too
light caliber, it was thought, to do
much damage. The last shots
fred came from the heavy guns ~
the Terror, which kept ON land
ing her shot among the forts for
some time after the order to cea-e
firing had been given, ~ the
signal had escaped her attention
When she finally retired the other
vessels were getting very nearly
out of range, and the Terror
followed, firing as she went.
Excepting Moro Castle, which
fronts both on the sea
and on the harbor en-
trance, all the Notifications were
literally attacked 10 the rear. In
building her forts at all of bel
J settlements in the West Indies
SPANS idea has ever been tina
she needed defense more agains
rebellions than external enemies
r That is the reason why Cabanat
! at Havana, the largest fortres,
q there, is faced toward the town
It is the same way with the forti
fications on the heights above til,
sea at San Juan.
So many projectiles, big and
, little, were hurled at the land de
lenses that the number can only
be estim ated, and this estimate il
, placed by some officers at nearly
1000. The Iowa and Detroit to
gether threw over $50 shells. Al
this occurred within three hours
from 5:12 a. m. of yesterday t.
S:l2, when Admiral Sampson'e
8 flag officer raised the signal
"Cease firing; withdraw"
, Admiral Sampson showed ute
contempt for the guns of tn
forts after the feet had sailet
: once around the bay and unde
the guns of the enemy. Then thu
signal to press closer on the sec
ond round was given, and the bat
q. tleships Iowa and Indiana steam.
ed within 800 yards of the bate
ries, which fred an Immense
number of shells at the feet
Some of these burst short of, owe
= or away beyond the ships.
1t is believed that some of tn
!, big shells, which were thrown a
the forts at first and before th'
gunners got the range, did consid
b cradle damage in the town ant
injured property and public
9 buildings, which Admiral Samp
son had not intended to damage
, as his orders were to act only a
the defenses. Dense columns o.
smoke were observed on shore