New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-20
HIT BY AMERICAN SHELLS.
THE ALDBOROUGH a VICTIM OF THE
SAN JUAN COMMANDMENT
HER CAPTAIN THINKS THE JoR SHOULD HAVE
BEEN FINISHED AS TIE sPANGARps
MADE REPAIRs-GooD FORTS.
But LIGHT GUNS.

MADE REPAlRS-bpOD rC'i'
But LIGHT GUNS.
The Aldborough an English iron steamer OF
about thirty-hvc hundred tons. reached Woodru'
Stores. Brooklyn. yesterday morning from Eof'o
Rico with n load OF sugar. She was In the harpor
Of San Juan May IT, when Sampson sheHed '"e
batteries and incidentally tho city Of San Juan
The vessel was struck twice by American shells
The crew OF the Aldboroush are OF tho opinion
that Sampson made mistake In not hnishihS 'he
work begun at that time. as they say that the
spanards have been hard at work strengthening
their Notifications ever since. and they 'h'"A I"
Will be a much harder job TO capture the city now
CAPTAIN Tarrant who directs the destlnies OF
the Aldborough is n typical English skipper lie
Is solid I'm build. rudy Of face. and talks re-
luctantiy but when he does speak II Is III I'es"
voice that varies from n low 10 high pitch. lie
suspicious Of reporters all the afternoon ana
would ask
Are YOU from that rag" Then he would ex-
plain that that rag" meant afternoon paper
that had printed an interview with him.
Il did not see the man." he explained. ! was
asleep when he visited the ship this morning and
ne has written the mos, absurd stuff
Finally the captains faith in human nature re-
turned sufficiently to say:
''Yes. we were In san Juan when 1t was bonn
barded We had come from Scotland just before
the war broke out. We were at the wharf nan
mile from Morro aad not far from the Isabella IL
The bornbardment began without any warning 70
MS $40 In the morning, and lasted I'll about
o'clock We heard the shells whiste-they sung
loud enough-and We were struck twice. II IL
awkward TO be showed into hole Ike rat ana
10 be shot AT when YOU can't return H.
"A shot cut the backstay OF our foremost. ana
piece OF a shell fcll the steering quadrant and
rolled on the deck ten feet from me- ! vas stand
ing talking 20 the mate by the companonway. The
piece weighed about two pounds should Judge
" |. T.. IN a
az beneath. there was only chance in ninety
nine OF our getting hurt.
The American vessels could not sec us In the
hnrbor Seven shots landed In tho city OF San Juan
one went through the skylsht OF the Angleterre
Hotel"
What do you think Of the forts around San
Pretty good forts +, they only had bigger metal.
Their guns were too small lh'rr were nv" OF si'
small sunboas In the harbor. bat they were OF no
VIVA, di the spanlards think OF the ensase-
They looked Mt IT in their own light They reck-
oncI they drove the Americans away
A. rrst captain Farm declined to express any
opinion Of IN" engagement but In an unguarded
moment said.
ii was a lot OF money throw away for moth
ing -, ...,....., >.
YOU are not giving them q falr deal Trey SEND up
10 you doces. they say while YOU rsteTn to them
DID IRON
When a.ked 4 he sa% any American ~arShlp' on
Yes. saw the = nt'e Thimneys ThatS what nat
have saved your money"
A. his sally at The expense OF the mosquito feet
the Englishmnn lny back and laughed.
The cabin boy on the Aldborough Is Porto
Rlcan negro dwarf The men have tried to per
chances ne he thinks the Americans will take him
for q Spaniard and do unpleasant things TO him.
various firms and companies the AIdborough Will
go to The Chesapeake or Delaware Bay.