The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-03


The sinking Of IL. Pluton saved his
life. as it let in th2 cold sea water to
drown out the tire m the engine room.
Both the cnginec: and the oilcr knew
nothing until they We're picked out of
the sea unconscious by the blue Jackets
from the Gloucester.
Gregorio Mmrui. machinist on the
Furor and an Italian. who hardly
speaks Spanish, claims that the Furor
stuck out the fight until the flagship
Maria Teresa headed for the shore. He
held up his two hands. with their scald-
ed palms outward. and rolled his eyes
TO express the horror Of his experience:
Words failed He said that he could
not sleep for several nights after the
battle without waking up in terror.
FLAGSHIP OFFICER : ESCAPE.
Lieutenant Antonio Lopez Ccrou. 4
line officer on the mfanta Maria Teresa,
had the honor Of standing near Adml-
raj Cervcra during the tifty-Seyen
minutes American onslaught. The
lieutenant is sure that Us the Spanish
feet come out from the deep shadow OF
n.y. ~ - s.,a, o 20 Sanr;aco harbor only
.a.a mC 49,, -: Amcr;l.an Sims were in sight
sHo s';.l::l ,n.n n,;Ins These must have
been the Iowa aud Brooklyn. The m
9;en I;,,., WV ,r,s gnncrsIIv unobscrved by the
SH,n;,~SS The Maria Teresa fred the
tirst Shot and it was answered simulta-
ncously by both the American ships so
onickly that the Spaniards believe every
imcricaD GUN crew was at quarters.
The Oregon seemed to rise UP out Of
tho sea on the Teresa's port quarter.
every foot Of her sides dartinc daggcrs
Of flame and solid shot.
,.Of course never expected to Get
away said the lieutenant. but really.
* We came ont of the harbor the pros
Meet WAS much more encouraging than
we had eynected. The admiral order
ed all Of our guns concentrated on the
Rrool}yp Oar sole thought was if We
could cripple her we could escape from
the bic battlcship<. Where the Oregon
came from ont of the sea that morning
cant figure even to this hour. and
how She travelled 50 fast is an enigma.
| could not have believed that any bat
tIeship afoat could chase our Cristobal
Colon "a 2l-knot armored cruiser sixty
miles and then corner her. The Texas
we knew all about. but We had been
told that she waS-what do you call it.
.hocdooed that her machinery al
WAYS broke down at critical moments.
and we really did not regard her as a
scr:ans factor
If i did not seem like boasting
conld tell Of at least three ESCAPES from
death hv myself during a few moments
Tbnv arc now inst asincredible to me as
-aS that ! am here alive Once
nasS4d behind the forward turret To Get
n>orjar tbot wos banGnd down from
,ho b~;jco Whom Shot corried away
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tho RrooLlrn Cervara ordered one Of
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