Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-07
HODSON'S HEROIC EXPLOIT
Ho. He Designed and Carried Out The Daring
Plan.


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Port Antonio. Jamaica. Juno Z. PER A.
ISOLATED Press dispatch boat Daunt
less. delayed In trlnsmlssiun.-fCop
rghtcd. 1895. by the Associated Press.
The following ls detailed story OF
the act ~ hcrolsm performed By Lieut.
Richmond y. Hobson and his sg,ef
companions ln sinking the collier Mcr
rimac across the channel leading Int
tho harbor ~ Santiago do Cubai
The spanish Meet lB now helpless be-
ing hold captive iu Santiago de- cuba
harbor. The narrow channel lcadlnr
into the hnrbpr was completely blocked
early this morning when the United
States collier Morrnuc was sunk
across its entrance. 10 ~ now implasi-
bic Tor the spanlaris 60 gtt out and 20
IL equally Impossible Tor any vessel io
get into the hirblr. Therefore. ihs
spanish frst-cllss 1rmlrHd cruisers
Maria Teresa. Chr'HtnhAl colon. VIE
cnya and AlmIrlntr Duuuudu. with thr
two torpod1-b1lt drHtruyers Furur ana
plunu, aro no longer u any use Co
spain.
This result was accomplished
through the hrroiam ~ Lieut. Rich-
moni y. iiubsun assistant naval cone
Hirucinr. ana Daniel Montague, George
Chauftc. j. G. Murphy oscar brlg-
nan. John T.. Phillips. John Kelly and
u. ClauHcn. The last named, q c1N-
nyaln uf tho New York. took part IN
the expedition against ordcrs They
were an captured hy the fpunlnflH.
but the spanish admiral On rrc1rni.
Ton Of their bravery. sent word o. the
American admiral under q nnr VI
truce. that he was willing 90 exchange
the prisoners ana assuring the com.
mandcr that they would bu treated
with the greatest kindness. Money
and provisions have been sent 30 them.
and the necessary steps are being
taken 20 bring about their exchange.
Montague u chief maHtcr-nt-hfms Of
The New York iio has served four
years In the navy, is - years OF age,
and his home il IN Brooklyn.
ueofgr Charewc IN u Eunuer'B mate
" the first class on board the New
York. He has served fourteen years
IN the navy. Is u years OF age and W.
Sides az Lowell, Mass.
Iowa.
oscar Delgnan II coxswHin OF the
Merrimac, and Is abou; q years Of
aac.
John p. Phillips IL a maohlnlst OF the
first class, belonging to the Mcrrlmac.
We " y years OF agc and his home II
John Kelly T. wntsr-tonder. about
Is years % axe His home IL near elias
gov. Scotland.
u. Cinuaen, who slipped on board the
Merrimnc without permission In Or
der 10 take part IN the expedition. ~ n
coxswain ~ the New York
Lieut. Richmond Pearson llobson.
nnulHfNHN FWaHul A.
at Greensboro, ola, August NJ. 1870.
was appointed, after a competitive ox-
animation, a. the naval academy In
May, 1855, lie was the youngest meme
Der OF his class, but graduated nt the
head Of his eighteen companions. lie
has studied engineering under the aus.
piets OF the United States government
~ France. and was made assistant ma
val constructor In 1891. He Us the nu-
thor ~ Heml-politlcai work entitled.
The Situation ami outlook In Europe"
ana was assigned 90 the flagship New
York when Rear Admiral sampson
sailed for the West indies. Lieut.. Hob
son IL nephew OF John a. Morchcnd
Of North Carolina and IN grandson OF
Chief Justice Pearson Of that state. ne
y unmarried. ana hls father. Judge
James NJ. Hobson, lives az Greensboro,
Ala
The three men from the Merrlmnc's
crew were all green hands and shipped
recently for the war, The Mrrrimnc
hnd . hoard 600 tons ~ coal when she
wns Quilted acoss the channel.
IL iluba0n started on his daring
GRAND at . o'clock this morning The
Alairimnc was lying tu the westward
Under cover " the clouds over the
moon she stole toward the coast and
made her way 10 the eastward. fpl-
loved ,hy steam launch from the
New York with the following crew
ON board. Naval cadet j. W Powell
Of oswego. n. y: u. X. Peterson. COX,
swain. II. Halford. apprentice u tho
1rHt class; J. MulliugH. clhi-pnnHcr: q
l.. Russell. maChlulHt M the second
clnan. In the launch were hlndugrs and
appliances for the wounded.
From tho crowded decks NJ the New
York nothing could boz seen of the
Mcrrlmnc after she had ffut under
the shadows ~ the Nils. For hnif am
hour officers and men strained their
eyes pecring Into the gloom, when. sud
denly, the Hash Of "a KUN strrumrd out
nom Moro Castle. ana then the New
York knew the Mgrrlmao was near
Ing her end,
opposite Moro castle answered quick-
~ with more flashes and Tor about
twenty minutes flashes ~ nrr seemed
60 leap across tho hnrbor entrance
The flagship WIS tuo FAR away a. hear
the reports and when the firing ccnacl
II was Judged that Hohaon had blown
np the Mcrlmnc. For an hour the
anxious watchers waited Tor daylight
itepr-Admlal Sampson ANA Capt
Chadwick were ON tho bridge uf tho
New York throughout
~ o'clock thin streams ~ smoke
wore seen against the western shore
quito close 90 the Spanish batteries
and strong glurses made out the
launch ~ the New York r'turnlng
90 the flagship Scarcely had the small
craft been sighted before q pun NJ
smoke issued from % battery ON the
western arm of the hurhor and shot
plunged Tor over tho launch. Then
for fifteen minutes the big guns on
storc kent up 10 regular IRE On tho llt-
Tie launch. A. the shells fell without
hltting the object they were Intended
Tor, She men on board tho New York
iecrsd ~ the Spanish understandable
aud chccrcd their shipmntoH
~ d'lb Il, m. tho launch rumc along
side the flagship. bat she did not have
on board any ~ tho crew ~ tho
Merrimnc. Cadet Powell reported
that he had been unable 20 see any
signs of the Morrimac's crow. II
developed that with great bravery,
the crew had gone right under tho
batteries and only returned when an
hope Of taking ON board tho GROW NJ
the MCrrImac had 90 bee abandoned
Cadet Powell also reported that hc had
clearly Hosn the MrrrImao'H mast
sticking up Just whore Iluhaon hopod
10 sink htrnnrth OF the Estrplln bat
Castle.
lut Of the heroes who had pcnnca
the HpuniuriH I'm there WIS not "a