The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
THE SANTIAGO NAVAL FIGHT
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 from the Brooklyn had done their work, and the smoke began to appear pouring from her decks. In the meantime the converted yacht Gloucester could be seen, with the help of the, Iowa de- stroying the two torpedo boat destroy CTS that had followed the last ship out, At 10 o'clock the entire Cape Verde squadron was outside the harbor and going rapidly westward, The Iowa and the Indiana could not keep up the pace; but the Oregon was coming across to the assistance of the Brooklyn, which at 10:05 was engaging the first three ships, the Infanta Maria Teresa, the Cristobal Colon and Vizcaya. At 10:11 the Spanish ships had all concern trated their shots on the Brooklyn and she was in a perfect rain of shells, most which went over her.
 landing in this hail of shell Com modore Schley asked young man named Ellis, who stood near him with q stedimeter What is the distance to the Vizcaya." The man took the ob- servation. "Twenty-two hundred yards, sir" he said, and there was a whistle followed by splash as his head was literally torn from his shoulders by an eight inch shell. "Too bad" said Com modore Schley as the body fell at his feel, and then with his glasses to his eyes, he added ''The first ship is done, for she is running ashore"
 The Maria Teresa was running her nose on the beach and in an instant was mass of flames. The Brooklyn was ordered to continue her fire on the Oquendo and with the Oregon's assist ance, in ten minutes more the Oquen- do was sent ashore a burning wreck, but a short distance from Santiago. The Iowa in the meantime had sunk one torpedo boat destroyer, and the other had been driven ashore by the Gloucester's terrific rapid fire.
 At 1049 the Brooklyn turned her at tention to the Vizcaya, the Cristobal Colon having passed the latter and now being in the lead well up to the coast. At the time the vessels in sight from the Brooklyn were the Oregon, about a mile and a half astern and the Texas about three miles astern. At 1054 the Vizcaya was raked fore and aft clean along her gun deck by an S-inch shell from the Brooklyn. Another one a minute after exploded in her super structure with terrific force, killing eighty men. She was afire and at 1055 she headed for the beach at As soradores, where she went ashore. The Brooklyn did not stop, but went on the chase after the Cristobal Colon, the Oregon closing rapidly up and follow ing her.
 The other vessels at this time were o;x- to ioJ,t J miral Sampson's flagship, the New York, was not in sight. At 11:15 the Brooklyn, slightly injured by the hail of Spanish shells stopped firing and the chase began. The men came up on deck and began to cheer, never needing the whistle of the Spanish shells. They cheerel for Schley and Cook and the Oregon's men returned the cheer. Up to the masthead of the Oregon went the penant, Remember the Maine" read the signal officer. Tell them we have" said Schley, and there was roar as the answer went up. The chase was in full force at 11:55, the men out on the decks watching with great interests and as happy as larks. The Colone at a distance of five miles hug ged the shore, but Schley ordered the Oregon to follow her and then with the Brooklyn he made a straight course for Cape Cruz, around which she would have steered on a long detour to get away.
 All three ships were pumping along at great speed, the smoke pouring out of their tunnels. In an hour the Brook lyn had gained appreciably, and so had the Oregon, and Captain Clark of the latter ship signalled over, "A strange ship looking like an Italian in the dis tance." He alluded to the fact that the Cristobal Colon was bought from Italy. Schley sitting on the edge of the forward eight-inch turret, swing ing his legs and happy, said: "Tell the Oregon she can try one of those thir- teen-inch railroad trains on her.
 There was terrible roar as the biz shell went by the Brooklyn, moment of suspense and watching and then a hearty cheer as the big thing struck the water close astern of the Colon, four miles away. Another was tried, which reached the mark, and there were more cheers. Then the Brooklyn opened her forward and starboard eight-inch guns, and one shell was seen to go through the Colon at the top of her armored belt. At. 1:05 p. m. both the Brooklyn and the Oregon were pounding away at the Colon, and in another ten minutes afer returning the fire in a desultory sort of way and rapidly losing ground she turned toward the shore. At 1:15 she hauled down her flag. With yells of delight the men poured out of the turrets of the two ships, and when a boom went up at the mainmast of the Brooklyn they began to cheer and did not stop for ten minutes.
 At this time the only ships in sight were the Vixen, about five miles away, and the Texas, about seven miles away. The New York was not in sight. AS the big ships moved it on the quarry the smoke of the New York could be seen coming over the horizon from the east, but she was fully twelve miles away. A boat was lowered from the Brooklyn, and Captain Cook went on board to receive the surrenderers. The rear admiral in charge said with tears in his eyes: 'I surrender unconditional ly to Commodore Schley. We were badly hurt and could not get away"
 While Captain Cooks boat was com- ing alongside, the Spanish captives shouted: Bravo Americana" and the
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