The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07

|, tain ordered all his men below, had decks, and applied the torch. He then fired pistol shot into his brain. Captain Eulate suffered the heaviest loss of any of the Spanish command CTS. More than half of the crew of the Vizcaya were killed.
 The naval battle lasted exactly fifty six minutes, but during that time the Spaniards were unable to infiict even slight damage upon our fleet Commo- dore Schley says the Brooklyn was hit thirty-six times. but all the enemy's shot fell harmlessly into the sea.
 The men on Admiral Cervera's flag ship were paralyzed with fear. After they had run up the white flag and while the Americans were approaching the Colon to take them off the men shouted Viva los Americanos," at the same time appealing for mercy. The officers and crew, numbering 504 men, were taken on board the Brooklyn, and yesterday were transferred to the Reso- olute.
 An attempt was made by the Oregon to drag the Cristobal Colon off the reef on which she struck. This only made matters worse and the Spanish vessel now Is lying broadside on and fast go- ing to pieces.
 Captain Bob" Evans quickly brought to terms some Cuban sharp shooters, who, after the fleet had been destroyed, were picking off helpless Spanish sailors who drifted past on bits of wreckage. These sharpshooters also were firing at Spaniards strug- gling in toward shore. Captain Evans landed some marines from the Iowa to protect the survivors, and sent word to the Cubans that he would shell their positions if they continued their guer- rilla tactics. This warning had the de- sired effect, and no further trouble of that kind was experienced.
 The work of rescuing the Spanish survivors was directed by Lieutenant Bell of the Harvard. The Chicago naval reserves manned boats and dragged the exhausted Spaniards from the wreckage and the water. To get the survivors back on board the ships 1t was necessary to fill them with brandy. Most of the Spanish seamen were drunk during Sundays battle, they having been well supplied with liquor on the night before the fleet made it's dash for the sea. Constant danger attended the rescuing of the Spaniards, owing to frequent explo- sions on board Cervera's ships, all of which were heavily stocked with am- intuition. From Sunday noon until yesterday morning the men in our fleet were treated to a most remarkable ex- hibition of fireworks
 The Spanish survivors were practi- cally naked when rescued, but within an hour clothing and shoes had been provided for all. They had been made quite comfortable by Sunday evening. They will be sent north tomorrow on the Harvard and St. Louis Admiral Cervera, l am informed, obtained his first news of Dewey's victory after he had been taken prisoner.
 Captain Usher of the Ericsson made hard run to get a shot at the Vizcaya. but the white flag was floating over Captain Eulate's ship when the Fries son came up.
 American shells had torn holes through the ViZcaya's 12-inch plates D said Captain Usher afterward, "and through them I could see naked men, bloody and gashed, roasting in the shell. Her guns had been left shotted and were going off by themselves from the heat, but by care We were able to get alongside. Her decks and sides were red hot. Two men were climbing down davit tackle, and as the ship rolled they would swing against her scorching side, then swing back and out again. l took no men off the Viz caya, all as bare as when they were porn. l know no worse sight than naked men with bleeding wounds ex- posed. One swan toward me.
 Are you an officer?' I asked.
 No, he answered, only a mournful soldier '' N
 From none of the wounded came a whimper or groan. In my dreams I had seen the Vizcaya in just such dis- tress and had succored her crew. In dfsposing of them I placed them about my little deck just as had done in my dream"
 From the third officer of the Infanta Maria Teresa it is learned the Span- iards were overwhelmed by the inten- sity of the American fire.
 We could not breathe and were blinded by fire. We knew from the first we had no chance to escape"
 Admiral Cerveras preparations for dashing out of Santiago harbor had been under way four days Not only did he have large supply of ammuni- ton on board, but he had taken on pro- visions enough for long voyage.
 One of Cervera's officers, I am told, declares that the attempt to escape was done for its political effect in Spain rather than the hope it would be successful. Admiral Sampson has been giving much thought to the possibility Of saving one or more of Ceryera' s ships. The admiral to-day inspected the wrecks and found the armor plates of the vessels perforated with holes The Vizcaya is little more than a sieve. 
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