The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-19
SPANISH WARSHIP HERE.
HEARD FIRST OF EHB 1rh1NE D1s.
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mon 70 Guard her in Patrol Beats.
The Spanish armorod cruiser vizcayn. from
Las Paimas. In the CANARY Islands, anchored
outside the bar at Sandy Eook at $50 O'Clock
last evening. and win come mp this morning.
boik1 ashore fret caught q glimpse OF her
aimly through the mist about NO miles on the
oeaoh at Point Pleasant, N. J. superintendent
Ravens OF the life saving service scanned the
stranger through his glasseA and, although abe
was too far away for him 10 MAKO eut her naVs.
he knew By her two military nnasts and her dark
hull that abe was the vessel everybody
was expecting. That was about 4 o'cleck In
tho afternoon. LesB than half an hour later the.
spaniard was observed on Long Branch by the
lifo savers. The marine observer 81 the High
lands recognised the visitor q few minutes bes
fore sunset. She dropped anchor just 90 hsrc
electric lights flashed from her many pcrts.
Daniel Gillespie. . pilot on one Of the two New
Jersey pilot boats thas are In commission
boarded the vizcaya thirty miles to the south.
east OF the Hook. having been out since Nom
day morning. the day before the destruotione f
the Maine. Gillespie Il said b boz eouainof
the late J. @. Blaine.
he brought the Spaniard 10 tho bar ana supsre
Intended her anchoring. When he boarded hs5
ne had only newspaper telling Of the De LONE
incident, and they were read earerly BIZ thu
Captain ana oflcers Of the warship.
Several Newspaper tugs cruising down che
coast to catch the Vizoaya were alonrsido het
before she dropped anohon Her Captain and
several officers were on the bridge, which wad
practically in charge Of the pilot. He was ape
parently tho only man aboard ship who could,
speak good EngliSh, and no acted az interpretsr
for the inquisitors on the tugs.
The pilot expressed amusement AZ the nsv-
OF the disaster in Havana harbor. He
Gated 1t to the Captain Of the warship. judging
by their gestures and the expression OF
their faces the Spanish officers were dunn.
ROUNDED by tho report and they appeared
to be somewhat incredulous about Il.
They finally said that they were checked
at the news. and the pilot conveyed this in.
formation to the mon on the tugs. The Captain
and his officers declared that they believed the
blowing mp Of the Maine must have been an
accident, and that they hoped tho American
people would 30 regard 1t.
Pilot Gillespie said the yizcaya had been
blown far out OF her course by the
strong gales Of the last several days.
The band OF the ship was playing
gayly and the officers were dancing when the
tugs went alongside with their burden of bad
The Captain refused to accept any news
from the reporters, and said that he
would not under any circumstances permit any.
body to come aboard.
No representative of the Spanish Embassy al
or tho Spanish Consulate at this
port had been down to the ship at g o'clock.
The Captain was not informed of the police
and naval arrangements that had been COM
plered to protect the ship.
He was told. however. that he would DO
to anchorage. She may go to the foot
Of Thirty-fourth street. North River, or she may
stop at Tompkinsville.
She took the long southerly course to avoid bad
instead of following the short steam
ship lane used by the liners from Mediterranean
ports and the Azores. The trip was un.
sventfuf and for a fast cruiser mighty
slow. She covered the 1900 knots be-
.ween Las Palmas and Sandy Hook at the
Of q fraction more than nine knots IN hour.
She was thirteen days on the way, averaging
923 knots q day. which is tramp steamship time.
)f course she would have made much better
ime If it had been necessary for her to get here
n a hurry.
When word came that the vizcaya was of
Point Pleasant, o policeman from the steam
squad. who had been waiting In THE
SUNS ship news office all day for tho news.
hurried to his station house to report the fact
o Capt. Ebert o. Smith. who is in command
f tho squad. Capt. Smith reported the news to
McCullagh over the telephone and gou
eady to go down to Tompkinsville and help
stablish q boat patrol about tho cruiser. But
t the news that the Vizcaya had anchored out
ide the bar. the patrol was abandoned for the
light.
Arrangements for this patrol were made af-
er Chief McCullagh had received o second call.
rom Lieut.. Alexander Sharp. Jr., U. S. N.
7ho is attached to the office of Theodore RoosO-
cit, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Lieut..
harp reached Headquarters shortly after 0
clock In the morning. With him was En-
Ign Fred II. Payne. who represented Com
lodore Bunce. Commandant of the Brook
n Navy Yard. The naval officers and
40 Chief of Police were in conference
yer an hour. When the officers left,
40 Chief explained that It is tho purpose
I the Navy Department to have tho waters In
10 neighborhood of the Spanish warship pa
oiled day and night 80 long as she remains
this port. While each patrol boat would
AIRY a squad of United States marines, 1t was
that the marines should be reinforced
= squads of New York police, since. without
lie police on hand, no arrests could be made
,ould any disturbance occur. After making
explanations Chief. McCullagh gave out
no following letter, which no sent by Ensign
ayno to mmo Bunce:
rho Hon. =. n. Bunos. ComHtandant Neto Yorb
Macy Yard. N. Y.
SIR: In compliance with your request
ave ordered Capt. Ebert o. Smith of this do
lrtment. who Is in command of the steAmboat
to furnish a detail of ono roundsman ,
I'd four patrolmen to each tugboat assigned by
III to patrol tho waters of New York harboP
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