Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05


40 returned from the westward az
about the same time. made a similar
report. saying Il was believed no man
was Injured on board the American
ehlpa. though another report had II
that one man was killed on board the
brooklyn. which could not be verb
fed MS this dispatch h. sent.
There ia no means ri telling now
what the loss was. but % ig believed 20
have boon very heavy, os the prisoners
In custody report their decks strcwn
with dead and wounded In great NUM-
hens. and besides there Is q statement
that many bodies could he seen fna-
tened 10 the tdeccH ~ wreckaEo il0at-
Ing ln the sea after the iFht was over
a large number " the spanish wound
I'd we're removed TO the American
ships
There can be no doubt that Admiral
CorVyra'H ulnu 30 escape from SnntilEo
hnrhor was entirely unexpected by Nd
mlral sampson. ana the best evidence
nf this 10 the fact that whom the span
iah vessels were Hrecu coming out or the
hnrbor the flagship New York was
seven miles away, Hteaming east VI
MORO The New York was out ~
the fight altogether az cvory stage, but
she Immediately put about and fol-
lowed the others
In tho race to the westward she soon
overlook them and Joined In the chase
for the Crlstohal Colon. after the
other Spanish vessels had been de-
rtruycd by the Brooklyn the ore
ron. Iowa. Massachusetts,, In
diana. Texas. Gloucester and other
ahlua NJ the fleet.
commodore schiey's flagship, tho
/ brooklyn. had her usual position 90
/ the cNtfomo western end of the llnc:
/ ten miles from the New York ana
Texas. II H. peculiar fact mat ne
| should have been IN proper position 20
direct the movement ~ hiH nvlng
I sauadron ngninst the spanish nect.
/ which h. had bottled up IN Santiago
hnrhnr six weeks before. AH matt r
/ ~ fact tho American feet was much
b further um ahnrc than usual when the
spanardA made their appearance this
morning.
with tho execution NJ the lombard
mont yesterday morning. which rrHnlt-
"a in knocking down thr naE ON MORO
castle and the supposed allnncing ~
the batteries, which opened hro again
this morning nH usual the navy had
] done little recently 60 attract Interest
here and the officers and crowv theme
selves were watching The drvclopmnia
/ ~ the operations being conducted by
/ tho army which had succeeded IN
reaching the very gates ~ Santiago
after an enormous loss M killed ana
wounded In the fighting ~ the past
~ was not believed that Admiral
| Ccryora would attempt o. escape from
/ hiH prrilouf position NJ this late day.
/ hut IL was supposed that hr would Keep
his nhlus IN the harbor 90 shell the adj
| vnncinn American army and that II
Santiago Zen. ~ would blow M nr sink
them rather than permit them 60 ho
captured hv the American squadron
lying outside.
The Spanish ndmlrni's real plans.
however, were plainly not anticipated
tie accepted the one chance open %
him-thnt 81 running the gauntlet ~
the powerful mrn-of-wnr lying IN front
~ the hnrbnr ana saving his ships Tor
future service by dnahlur out Of tho
twp IN which h. found himself and
going so some other ncld ~ operations
| There accmHd 90 BE- but one chance IN
n hundred that he would b. able a.
make the move successfully, but ho
took thnf chance. and while great piles
NJ naval architecture. now ground "a
pieces on the rocks, r. Few miles FROM
where he started. tcll the mournfu'
! story N his failure. there are none
who applaud his conduct more than Tho
American officers and Hclmcn who Hnnl
Ms ships 90 destruction,
II was about . o'clock this mornlnr
when tho flagship infnnta Maria
Teresa pissed undcr the wall ~ More
Castle ana steamed out 10 sea. She was
followed hy she Criatnhal Colon
vlzcayn and oauendo, ana last by
| tho torpedo boat drHtruyrus furnl
and pluton. The lookout on "a,
American vessels which were lying i've
nr ton miles on the entrance 10 M
hnrhor sighted them immediately
Most of the American crulHnrs wer'
nt the usual Sunday morning quarters
without thought % anything ms sur,
prlHiur nH the spanish fleet gettlng pas
tho Hunkcn cullicr MrTlmnc. which
they had been deludrd Into bpliovlni
rffectunlly bl0okndOd the exit Their,
Wna great excitement M once and Yer,
rapid action along the American line
The signal for fun speed ahead wa
running fr,in bridge 10 euqine room a.
every ship ana The entire iioet com
! mcncod 90 move IN shore toward thi
, spanish and the Rrcnt twelve ana thir
tven-inch guns ~ tho battlcships an,