Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-13
SAD NEWS FROM THE FLEET
First American Sailors to Lose Their
. Life Blood.
(3y Telegraph)

| (I'y Telegraph) -
I WASHINGTON. May 12.-Sad news
eillle To the Navy Department this
| murning from the blockadint- naet IN
the Cuban coast. telling of the death In
acti"n oi I'VE American sailors, the first
70 lose their life blood for their country
| since the outbreak of the war
me press kilograms had already an
nounced that the Hudson had arrived
at Key West. bringing the body Of En-
sign Worth Bagley, but as no other
names We're given at first the officials
We're keenly anxious to learn who the
other victims were
| At half past ten a brief telegram
came addressed to the secretary OF the
| navy. 1t read as follows:
| Key West. Fla. May II, 1895
Secretary of the navy:
| IN AN action in Cardenas harbor
Yesterday between Spanish gunboats
ana shore battery, ana the blockading
vessels. the following named men were
| Killed on the torpedo boat Winslow:
orth Bagley. ensign. u. S. NJ. John
NarVeres. oiler; John Denfee, fireman;
| first class; George b. Meek, fireman.
cook The wounded are: ]. S. Ber-
nadou. lieutenant, commanding Wins
low: William Patterson. seriously, but
not fatally; Daniel Mckeown, quarter
master, first class. slightly. Dead and
wounded arrived on u. S. S. Hudson
| this morning. Dead will be buried to-
! day.
lsisned) "REMEY."
| The name Patterson does not appear
| on the department muster roll of the
Winslow, and it is probably mis- spelled
The vessels bockading Cardenas were
| the gunboat Machias. the torpedo boats
| Fuote and WnSlow and the revenue
| cutter Hudson.
| Secretary Long has wired Commo-
! dore Remey at Key West for details Of
| the affair.
ENSIGN Eagley, who was killed vas
a native of North Carolina His moth
en- Mrs. w II. Bagley. resides at 125
south street; Raleigh, N. G. His full
| name was Worth Bagiey and he was
appointed to the naval academy in
September. 1891, from the fourth dis
trict of North Carolina. He graduated
June 80. last year. and was appointed
an ensign the day following. While q
cadet attached to the academy he was
assigned to make cruises in the Texas.
Montgomery, the Indiana, and the
| Maine. Upon being appointed an en-
| sign last July he was assigned to duty
on the Indiana, but on the following
month was transferred to the Maine.
! he served on that ship until Novem-
| Der 23d. last, when he was ordered to
the Columbian Iron Works for duty in
connection with the WinsIow. which
! was under construction at that time.
| When she was completed and put in
1
tached to her and remained so until the
moment of his death The disposition
| of the remains of the young officer
await an expression from his mother,
! but it is believed that the body will
| be sent north from Key West with
detachment of naval officers. Just be-
| fore the official dispatch. private dis
patch was received asking that Ensign
Bagley's family be notified, which was
done promptly. The dead man had,
besides q mother living at Raleigh,
sister who is the wife of Hon. Josephus
Daniels. the editor of the News and
Observer. of Raleigh. -
Another sister lives in Washington.
The dead ensign was about % years old
and made great record as a football
player while at Annapolis, being it's
star player during two or three seas
Ons.
John Varveres. oiler. was native of
| Smynnia. Asia. but naturaliZed cit
izen Of the United States. He had
been in the navy about three years
and nine months.
John DeEfee. fireman, was born in
Kilkenny. Ireland. but was naturalized
and had been in the naval service about
five years.
George B. Meek, fireman, first class.
was born in Clyde, Ohio. and his faith
cr John Meek. now resides in that city.
Deceased had a total naval service of
. five and one half years.
, Elijah p. Tunnel. cook, had been in
. the service only n few months. his first
J enlistment being March 81, 1898. lie
: was born In Accomac county, Va, and
. his next of kin is his father, John Tun-
. nell, now n resident of Waftsvil!e, Ac-
comac county, Va. Tunnel was the
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