The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-13
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-qundr1n was outside tho harDpr and go'
iuF rapidly westward Tho Iowa and lhc
iu1agt ,luld mot Keep up lho pace. Dor
thr oregon wBH coming hrru-n ip ihc hr-
sIa.nu., uf the brooklyn which at i1f".
pts rnsHgnr lhe nfsi thrrr shiin, tho
Maria T,u,sl. Crsuhll Colon. and NE.
ri}a
A. 1914 the Spanish chips had 30 cone
u,utfai,d h,r shots un ,hr brooklyn ana
.hr uur Iu a perfect fllu of rhrlis most
of which ven, over her standing 900
ih's haH of shells Commodore hl-y
asked 81 young man named Ellis who
siuad near him vilh a stadimotor "What
.a tho distance Go Tho Nrcayar'
1hr man took tho observation.
'"rN,ntytwo hundred yards. slr" De-
-aId and lhrrr was whistle. followed
ny s r.lHsh aa his head Was literally
torn from h.s shoulder ny an ..lngh sh'l.
"'roa bad" said Commndor s,hlry. as
,hr body lel SO hls feof and then win
h.- rilrros 90 hl. cyrs hr added
"rHr afs, sh.p ls done f"r. ho 10 rNnn'nE
ashore"
The Maria Teresa was running hcg nose
ga ihr beach ana iR nn Instant waA "a
ma-s ~ namc. The liruaklyu was or
dcfcd Go concentrate her nro ON the Al.
miranir Oqucudo and with thc Orcgnn'n
assistance ln Zen minutes more the oquln-
da vaa sent ashore burning Tho Iowa
ln tho meantime had sunk ono torpedo.
hoat.dcstroycr and the uihrr ono had brrn
driven back hy ,hc UiouccHtcr'a RAPID
nrr
A. ipt; the brooklyn turned her nttcn-
t'un io tho Vlrcaya the Crlntobai Colon
having passed the latter and now being
10 tho lead we'll up the coast A. this
,lm, The only vessels In nlght from the
HfopkIyu were tho oregon. about a mile
aud a haif antrrn and the Texas. about
three miles anlorn
Al loa the VlEcaya was rtkcd fore
and an. clear along her gun deck by an
A.nch sholl from tho brooklyn Another
one minute after exploded In hrr Hupcr-
structure with terrific force, killing 70
pcoplc She was airc and At 1888 rhc
was headed Tor tho beach at Acrrradcros.
whore she wunl ashore.
Tho nraokyn did no, stop, but went
on the thaia, after the trlstobal Colon,
tho oregon closing rapidly up and follow
lng hcr
Tho other Vessels az this time were six
to rt,ht miles behind ana Admiral Snmp'
sons nighslp. the New York, was not IN
uirht At il,W the brooklyn. slightly IN
mfrd by tho hail OF spanish shells,
stopped frlng and the chase began.
no men came on deck ana began TO
cheer. never needing the whistlng OF
S.aulsh shells They chccrcd for sehlcy
ana clark and the Oregon, the orcgon's
mru returning the cheers,
The chase was In full force at ii,ij. The
Colon. AZ distance of i've miles hugEcd
the shore. hut Srhlry ordered the Oregon
tn follow her. and then with the Brook
Nn made 10 straight course for cape cruz.
around which aho would have TO steer ON
d long dciour to gct away. In an hour
the brooklyn had gained apprccIahly ANA
va had the oregon, ana Commodore
Schlcy slgnalrd TO the oregon to try one
NJ those ll.inch railroad trains on her,
There was a terrible roar as the big shell
went hy the brooklyn and struck the
water close astvrn of the Colon, -FOUR
miles away. Another was tried, which
reached the mark, and there was great
cheering
Then the brooklyn opened her forward
ana slarboard S.lnch guns, and one she'll
was sccn to ~ through the Colon az the
line of her armorcd belt
At ig.oi both the brooklyn ana oregon
W,r, pounding away at the Colon ana In
pnothrr ten minutes. after returning the
nro In "a dtsultory sort ot a way aud
rlpdy losing ground she turned toward
shore
At ilS she hauled down her Nag, ana
with Wells Of delight the mon poured out
Of tho turrc,s OF the two ships, AZ the
blp shlpa moved In ON the quarry the
smoke OF the New York could be seen
coming over Jhc horizon from the east
hut shr was fully l9 miles away, \ boat
wng lowered from the Brooklyn and Cap
tain cook went aboard to receive the
surrender. Tho rear admiral In charge
said. with tears In his eyes;
81 surrender uncondtlonally to Conn
modoro schloy. We are badly hurt ana
could not gtt away"
! While Captain Cook was returning TO
the brooklyn the New York. with Rear
Admiral Sampson, came along, ran In be-
tween the Brooklyn ana tho prize and
ordered captain Cook to send the prison.
era on board the New YORK
Commodore schley, seeing this, mega
phoned over
81 request the honor of receiving the
surrender of the officers Of the Cristobal
Colon
No answer was vouchsafed him from
the New York. and the ship that had
not fired shot took the honor
Commodore schley then raised the pen
nant: "a glorious victory has been won;
details later"
The answer from the New York was'
"Roport your casualties"
The Brooklyn was hit 90 times. but only
one man, G. H. Ellis, was killed and one
man, ]. Burns, q fireman, wounded,
STEAMER REGULATOR WRECKED,