The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-14
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On Board. the Flagship Iowa, OF SAN
uyAN DE PORTO RICO. Nav - via ST
r. n,,. W.. y
ln'AA' nu'iish 'NesS rfi iiiaies' M may ia'-i ~
The forts q San Juan de Porto Rico
were bombarded by part of Rear Admi-
,,l sampson's fleet tbIs norn,nr The
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: enemys loss Is oeileved TO be heavy. The
American loss IS two killed and seven
men injured :, .l Z. +
'i,.n. ~. ,,o,. 4,
H'.et 80 N'' - - .s .,u... a.
withdrew the fleet and heading for Key
West he said: 81 AM SATISFIED
WITH THE MORNINGS WORK I
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eoohD Lay = An r.-N ssetS f' = y AN
BUT l HAVE NO FORCE TO HOLD
IT. ONLY WANTED .TO. ADMINS
rrp prrNIsu,1,NT rure u,S
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nE-sS po.sE q -,te.sl SfNal. s,fs y 7, 7
SPANISH FLEET AND NOT FOR
SAN JUAN"
Tia t,,tad mar ware !. f5s
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a., Ii -. ~ . "A'e]aatAf'h, u
C GfrSSE,R.S MATE -.-. --..-.s- d,
the Amphisrite.
Iae latter died from the effects OF the
eI1e,e nv tsa nsa sai,,,ad 40, 49,. ,,,,.. !,
board the Iowa and four on board the
New York. 2
The names OF those slightly injured on
the Iowa are: z stas ;3 6, & d u. z.
SEAMAN MITCHELL 2,
PRIVATE MARINE MERKLE.
APPRENTICE HILL.
The injured on the New York are:
SEAMAN SAMUEL FELTAlAN. seri-
ously. s7
SEAMAN MICHAEL MURPHY.
Two other enlisted men, slightly In
3ured.
All the above named were injured by
the bursting OF shell on the New York.
This Is complete list OF the killed and
wounded.
The American ships were uninjured.
The engagement began at 5:i5 g. m.
and ended at Sis a. m.
Theenemy' batteries werenot silenced.
The town in the rear Of the Notifications
probably suffered.
vcssels In Action.
The shIns taking nar. {, ma action
'H' io"a q 5lpi.I, ihulaha, @ We" ';''i;.' AotA'
leTTor, Amphitrlte. Detroit Montgom-
cry, wampatuck and Porter. The enc
nv,s sr,,or ,.o ,,,,,,, ~, ,,,,a ,a .ho
-. - "n' - ~ 49, VIZ a1 80
Nv. .o%s a1,a new ioFk were prooaoiy tne
S..! I s'I'pe MT Ihey Went rlght up un-
broadsIdes and then returning. The line
nasssa thrice IN 'front.' OF the forts, pour
~s H',s OF sIeei on shore.
Ills impossible to Judge the amount OF
TSan Ts. a, uone 10 .he oui.o,hgs ana iorts.
but The SnsnIarSs Te-a .I rt,oi,v W.T. Tba nt :.
ter turet OF the Amphitrite got out Of
oFaeF temporarily during the engage
r.a.s VAL , oas panseo away VITA her tor-
to-a ~ e.o. at1er 'ne trst Pas"ase pc
rnn,nrr, s ~. .o.ts ;s tae Detroll aho me mont
eg,av :, .e.tea, tneir guns @ Dei4s 700
and t1 W. ~ uo much datnas sc. me For.er
'a "atnpatuck also stayed out OF the
tbInS t;I' tne smoke huhg over every
AN s. spo!nng tne ann OF the sunners
rmr .ss, .'ah'as y imposslole @ 10 seil Where
NJ MI w., d, ueh:s. ne otiicets aho men
and hr,, ~. sn'ps ~ neHaveo "!tE Cooiness
.s., o,'. Ihe ehots new thlcA " anu
Ths I ,u an our snips.s
tnrins 'nsn ,sn OF the-iowa VINO were nur'
ters ,..a s-u uotiEh were INJURED ny Spill
rano u"m .s Wy an Htinca sneii Which
s,r"s., % mfougn BOAT into the super.
d.tue dirss,,..e anr m scattered fragments IN all
Isstioi,s; w. sndon :, me shots course was tinnl-
TsrLis eu , on IN iron plate an incn thick.
ioso =, was struck ID inc arm ana nam may
A, '.
Was o,". 80 hurt oy epiinters ana nre
er,I,nI,iut m 1eaL5ea IN the boat, out was quickly
'''s .!Sneu' III
Narrow Escape Of Sampson.
MORO battery on. the eastward arm Of
tho harbor, was the orInc,nal point of
attack. Rear Admiral 8, mnaon ana
Captain Evans wcr. on +bo lower bridge
o. the Iowa and had a narrow escape
nU"i ,Srns sy4ns splinters which injured
,in,os men men. The Iowa was hit eight
nm c.,"bs ~ puI the smells made no impression
=" r. ser aFmor'
,wn,,n 4Mr weather was fine but the heavy