The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-02
ENEMY FOOLED BY SIGSBEE
SPANIARDS EXPECTED TO CAP
TURE A PRIZE.
St. Paul Gave the Destroyer Hot
Reception, and Sent It Limping
Back to Port.

New York, July 1.-The st. Paul ar
rived in port tonight and anchored on
Tompkinsville She left Mole st. Mich
oias early last Tuesday, and has come
here for coal, ammunition and stores,
also to have some slight repairs, to her
starboard engine.
CAPTAIN Sigsbee and the officers We're
absolutely inaccessible to press repre-
sentatives. Considerable Information
was obtained, nevertheless, from a
COPY of the St. Pauls war budget, the
oracle of the ship, which was obtained.
The st. Peul's great exploit on her last
trip was the disabling of the Spanish
torpedo boat Terror. off the harbor OF
San Juan Porto Rico, and, being re-
garded so by the crew, the account OF
it occupies the first place on the Irst
page When the cruiser 1SabeIla IL
came out of the harbor at San Juan,
at about noon, June %, covering the
Terror the Spaniards thought II was
the St. Louis, which had been there q
short time before. and was known 10
have a small armament, and not the ~
Paul, which was going to be met II
the expectation of seeing fine prize
brought into port, the Spaniards gain
cred in great numbers along the harbor
wall to see ii. The engagement lasted
a little over half an hour, during when
the St Paul fired about 10 shots three
of them hitting the Terror, smashing
one of her engines, killing the chief en-
Cineer and another man, taking of the
legs of third and woundins five
others.
So badly was the Terror injured that
small vessels were dashed to her sides
to prevent her from sinking while
tug boat tcwed her in.
The budget says: AT ABOUT lz;4o
the third-class cruiser Isabella II came
out and steaming under the Mcrro I'M
til abreast of the batteries. commenced
edging out towards US, firing at such a
long range that her shots We're inef-
fective. As her purpose evidently was
TO put us within fire of the batteries we
took but little notice Of her, lying still
and occasionally sending in our larg-
est shell at her to try the range. Soon
afterwards she dropped to the west
ward and the torpedo boat destroyer
Terror. or it may have been her sister
ship, the Furor. was sighted. steamins
alnnc. shore under the batteries
Captain Sigsbee watched her for
while and worked along with her in
order to separate her from the cruiser
and keep her in the trough of the sea
If she came for us. She then headed
for us. firing straight as far as direc-
ton went. but her shots fell snort
When within range OF our guns Inc
signal commence firing" was made
ard for several minutes we let fly our
star6oard battery at her from $500 to
5000 yards, the shells striking all
around her This stopped her and she
turned her broadside to US and her
fire soon ceased. She then headed in
shore to the southwark and westward
going slowly, and it was evident that
she was hit, drifting well leeward of
the main harbor entrance. off MORO,
she flashed some signals to the shore,
and afterward a tug came out and
towed her into the harbor.
"All this time the cruiser was firing
and some of her shots fell pretty close.
The cruiser followed the Terror back
to pert and soon after was Joined by g.
gun boat and the two steamed under
the batteries to the eastward. But
when the st. Paul. making an inshore
turn, seemed to be going for them,
they returned to the harbor and we
saw no more of them"