Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-07-08
: 70 OFFICERS AND 1900 MEN PRIS-
ONERS.
ADMIRAL cERvERA WOUNDED AND A PRISONER
American Loss One Man Killed.
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t9H Our Next Move.

AMI the 81 anish vessels sank deeper ard
deeper into the sand, or else the rocks
ground their hulls'tO pieces as they roll
ed or pitched forward o. sideward with
every wave that washed upon them from
the open sea.
CERV ERA'S ESCAPE.
Admiral Cerveia escaped to the shore
In boat sent by the Gloucester to the as
sistance of the Infanta Maria Tbaresa,
and as soon he touched the beach he sur
rendered himself and his con mand TO
Lieutenant Morton and asked to he taken
on board the Gloucester which was the
only American vessel near him ut the
time-with several OF his officers, includ-
ing the captain of the flagship. The
Spanish Admiral who was wounded in
the arm, was taken to the Gloucester and
was received at the ganeway by her COM
mander, Lieutenant Commander Richard
wainwright. AS Admiral Cervera went
aboard tile Gloucester Capt. wainwright
shook him by the hand and congratulate
ed him on having made most gallant
fight. He placed his private cabin Mt the
Admirals disposal and he and his staff
retired there. Willie Captain wainwright
~ q n L. 10 In. a t.la.
wept. The crew of the Gloucester dress
ed the wounds of the Spaniards and pro-
cured food for them. They were all
half starved.
TIE COLON'S GOOD RUN.
The Cristobal Colon was the fastest of
the Spanish ships. 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 constantly
and receiving fire themselves from her
after guns. There was no possibility
whatever for her escape, and while her
fate is not definitely known at this hour,
it can be readily immagined from the
words Of Captain Evans, OF the Iowa,
who returned from the westward with
$40 prisoners from the Yiscaya just as the
Associated Press Dispatch boat was leav-
Ing the Spanish flagship.
In answer to an inquiry, he shouted
through the megaphone
81 left the Cristobal Colon far to the
westward All hour ago. and the Oregon
was giving her hell. She has undoubted d
edly gone down with the others, and we
will have Fourth Of July celebration
in Santiago tomorrow"
SPANISH LOSSES HEAVY.
There is no means of telling now what
the Spanish loss was. but it is believed to
have been very heavy, rs the prisoners in
custody report their decks strewn with
dead and wounded in great numbers, and
besides thore is a statement that many
bodies could be seen fastened to pieces
of wreckage floating in the sea after the
fight was over.
A large number of the Spanish wound
ed were removed to the American ships.
There can be no doubt that Admiral Ger.
vera's plan to escape from Santiago har.
Dor was entirely unexpected by Admiral
Sampson, and the best evidences of this
is the fact that when the Spanish vessels
were seen coming out of the harbor. the
flagship New Y ork was seven miles away
steaming to the eastward toward Juragua
the military base, nine miles east OF
i Moro. The New York was out OF the
fight altogether at every stage, but She
Immediately put about and followed the
! others.
= OTHER DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.
New York, July 4-The New York
Herald has received from its correspond
ents at Santiago the following details O,
the destruction of Admiral Cervera':
fleet
Three OF the Spanish cruisers that were
bottled up In Santiago harbor and tive
torpedo boat destrOyers we've pounded in
to two helpless bnlks by the guns of Ad
miral SIMPSONS fleet on Sunday in
vain attempt to escape from the harbor