Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-04-29

THE FIRST REAL FIGHT:
MATANZAS FORTRESS LAID T
A HEAP OF RUINS.
II TOOK EIGHTEEN MINUTE TO DO THE RIG
With The Deadly Fire of Uncle Sans Battle Ships.
TIE YANKEE TARs "~REmEMBEReo THE MAINE"
The Whole City Of Matanza in a State of Terror.
FALL o F nArAvzAs
Key West April 28-The press dispatch boat carrying dispatches for
tn New York World was. the first to reach here with the account of the
bombardment oft the fortress of Matanzas. The fortress guards a ctv q
$1,000 inhabitants second in size to Havana.
THE BArrLE OPENED.
ny the fortress firing upon the United States fleet Orders yer at
oeeg given to close in at short range and demoGsh the fertilization.
The armoreI cruiser Cincinnati and New York accon,auniel Inv tho
Monitor Puritan were detailed for the work. The echoes Of the ,1atanzas
guns had hardly died away when clouds of black smoke came from the
of the ships and with steam up they turned and headed fr the
fortress
THE TARsC CHEER.
When thu order came he tars who had for days been chatting under
the restraint of lying in full view oft the enemy and not HAVING a ohanao
to fight sent up cheer after cheer.
twas a scene ever to be forgotten. The thunder If the Spanish
guns brought crowds of people from the city and the hills were soon
black with spectators. They hardly had time to witness much. the fight
as so quickly yer
THE FIGHT OPENS
The Cincinnati opened with its . inch guns the New York Joined in
with Its inch and lastc came the Monitor with the deeper roar o. its i
inch guns. BY this time the gunners had the range down 70 lot and
every shot told with terrible effect.
Under the concentrated action Off The three var vessels which were
N""HS fSt az close range. the walls of. the fortress BEGAN to
cr"nole" nd the dust raised about the fertilization a the work of demo-
htion went on together with the smoke Of the Spanish guns. hid the
fortress from view.
MELTING LIKE SNOW.
The fortress seemed to melt like snow under the ayfu1 fro oa -
eighteen minutes from the line o the first shot it was a mass OF ruins
The three vessels steamed past and pouring in the broadsilcs oftbeir
main batteries of heavy guns and doubling in their course returned q.
gahns.
NE ann OF n American gunners "a perfect and everything
worked aboard all the ships with the regularity of clock work. In The
hnast OF Inc hreo of the ~2tlins The white flag went III ad the manic
stricken spectators who were watching the battle began to take to the
city to secure their valuatles and get inland.
H SPANISH Loss.
Its estimated that the Spanish killed in the brtress will nnnber
men, and make a much larger estimate. The bombar5ng
ships snheredv very little damage. 1t seemed as if the Spaniards became
'""oa after he fire was concentrated on them and weres seized with
panic
The Puritan vas manned with DID officers and men. The Cincinnati
with 81 and the New York with 500 The tasw went into battle bouting
to each other Remember the Name After the feb4 he vessels
steame up close to the demolished fortress where they could get a bet
ter view of the ruins.
The press dispatch boats visited the fortified 1ion an han boaao7
for Kew West IA ing to se5 in.
ADEMoRAIAzEDC CITY.
Key West, April @-The city of Mananzas vas thorouoh1v, onor
allied after the fall oft the fortress The inhabitants hai been led to be-
heve that the forifra cation was ample protection IL the They un-
posed hat the guns of the fertilization could blow n American shin
u of tn water in fifteen minutes and they crowded o he scnne Of
action expecting to havea sort of holiday. arrangement had been
vessels
AN Y OPENER
The quick destruction of the Maine had led them tb believe that an
ship in the American Navy could be as easily disposed Of When thew
sw tn supposed impregnabIe fortress sinking beneath the witbcrinp
ire" o he Anerica guns and witnessed the awful precision and svstem-
itized method of the work, their establishment was inaescribablo Tho
whole panar una spread before them a such al unlocked tor nic-
tne OF horrort that they witnessed it with dazed vision. The bodies of
TIT k1led was brought in for burial and the wounded were taken 10 the
hospitals. Owe 100 were killed and a great nan more wounded many
receiving their injuries from falHng masonry and tnmbers
Mo"s q" people fihh' the streets at night visiting places Where they
o0"'S secure FOOD 0r d"IS in h widest drunken orgies. The II
par>on between American artillery work and their clumsy
methods of handling heavy guns has inspired them with a resno, For tbe
United States which they never had before.
H NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
ah1ng" April - enews If the splendid worko of he batte-
ships OIL the fortress of Matanzas has delighted ARMY and No,r o;.oos