The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-14
Satisfies Sampson That the Place
Can Be Taken
Tie BATTERIES WERE NOT SILfNCfDI
But the Spanish Loss Is Believed to Have
Been Very Heavy
The American Losses Confined to One Seaman Killed,
One Dead From Heat Prostration and Seven
Sailors Wounded

One Dead From Heat Prostration and Seven
Sailors Wounded
BY ASSOCIATED
ON Iowa. JUAN DE PORTO RICO MAY
(via Thomas West Indies MAY 13)Copvriphted $685.
The forts of San Juan de Porto Rico bombdd Ad
mral SIMPSONS fleet this morning enmys loss believed to be
heavy The American loss injured three
hours firing the admiral withdrew the fleet heading Key West
he said:
g" satisfied mornings work. could have taken San juan
but have no force to hold only wanted punishment
This has been done for the Spanish fleet
The Two Dead Men
SEAMAN FRANK WlDEMARK of the New York.
GUNNERS MATE - of the Amphitite
Latter died from the effects of the extreme heat
List OF Wounded
Of the injured three four on board the New
York The Of those slightly injured the Iowa are:
SEAMAN MITCHELL.
PRIVATE MARINE MERKLE.
APPRENTICE HILL.
The injured the New York are
SEAMAN SAMUEL FELLMAN, seriously.
SEAMAN MICHAEL MURPHY.
TWO OTHER ENLISTED MEN, slightly injured.
All the above named injured by the bursting
New York.
This is complete list Of the killed and wounded.
Resuts or the Action
The American ships are unnjured.
The engagement began SIS and ended S:i5 M
enemy batteries rear Of the fort
toar probably suffered.
The ships taking the Iowa. Indiana New York
Terror Amphtre Detroit Montgomery Waupautuck
enemys firing heavy but Wild and the Iowa prob
delivering boaddde and then returned passed thrice front Of
the forts, pouring tons of steel shore.
impossible to judge the of damage buildings
and FORTS They appeared be ded with the Span
pucky.
The after turet of the Amphi got temporarily during
the engagement but she banged with her forward guns
first before the forts the Detroit and the Montgomery retired
being small much damage The Waumpauuck
also stayed out Of range The smoke hung everything spelling tho
aim the gunne and making impossible our shots struck
The officers and Of all the ships behaved with bravery
The shots flew thick and fast all our ships.
The of the Iowa who hurt during injured by
nte thrown BY an ehtnch SHE'LL which through boat tho
and fragments directions The shots course
finally ended on iron plate inch thick (MueD was
struck in the and lose it, All by pners fire was
started in the bow but was quickly exingushed
Moro battery the Of the harbor principal
point attack Rear Admiral Sampson and Captain
lower bridge of the Iowa and had escape from flying pnters
which injured three The Iowa hit eight times but the
made no impression her The weather fine but the heavy
swels made difficult
The boadsdes from rumed in the hills in
shore five minutes after they delivered Clouds where
the shells struck but the smoke hung everything reec
ing overhead and dropping around showed that the spnd still
their guns.
The Call to Quarters
At o'clock in the morning all hands called Iowa. few
final touches clearing ship made general quaers
sounded. The eager for the fight
The tug Waumpauuk ahead small boat to the
westward showing ten fathoms but there sign life from the
fort which stood boldly against the sky the hill Detroit
steamed far to the eastward opposite Va headed straight for
the Suddenly helm over bringing the arboard battery "a
bear on the Notifications At $40 the lowas forward guns
thundred out at the sleeping hills fourteen minutes she poured
starboard boadd the Meanwhile Indiana the New York
and other ships repeated the dose rear The Iowa turned and
back to the Waumpau boat again the column the fort
replying fercey concentrating on the Detroit which 700 yards
from the batteries the the habor Thrice the
column passed from the entrance the habor extreme eastward
batteries.
Utter indifference shown for the enny fire. The wounded ver.
quickly attended the blood washed and everything poceededIs
target practice.
Cease FirinA
At 745 Admiral Sampson sgnaed "Cease frinpn s
Retire was sounded from the Iowa and she headed soe