Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-08-07
TELLING SHOTS.
Fired by American Gunners at ce, vera's Fleet Off san-
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[CopyrIght, 1888.l

It would 0I course De impossible 1 estimate just how many shots we, fired by both sides during the proere, of the great sea fight at santiag Capt. Evans. of the Iowa, states tn; his ship fired 31 12-inch shells, IS eieb inch, 27o four-inch, 1,60o six-pound an 200 one-pound shots.
 From two siX-pounders alone 4. shots were fired in 50 minutes, whi Corporal Smith, in the same length time, fired 135 shots from one of fl Iowa's four-ineh guns. It was in elo. proximity to this particular gun th; two shells from the enemy struck an exploded, starting a small fire. Shit kept on firing away, however, onl stopping long enough to remarl They have got it in for this gun"
 The Gloucester fired 400 shots in ht exciting battle with the torpedo bo; destroyers.
 Shortly after the first shot was firl from the Iowa to attract the attentiS of the other ships and to warn them Cervera's dash for liberty or destru tion in the open ocean, every ayailah gun on our fleet was pumping proje tiles of some sort at the Spaniards.
 But 1t was soon seen that it was | four, five, six. and eight-inch shel that were doing the most harm. Tl shots from these cut and riddled q superstructure, starting fires, al creating widespread havoc.
 Those who have been aboard q Spanish ships as they lie seated along the Cuban shore, describe ths as resembling big modern steel buiE ings after fire. Engines. coal bunks and magazines form a melted ai blackened mass in the interior of eas vessel. Deck beams are twisted, e1 dently from the fire, while armor pla is torn off in great strips weighn tons, grim and silent testimony to I fatal skill of the Americans.
 Capt. Evans says his ship crossed D bows of the Infanta Maria Terss which led the way out of the har5s just before she swung about al started on her wild rush westwan while in this position two 12-ineh shs| from the forward turret of the log struck her fair in the bow. This w the first blood" of the fight. The effe of these shots is described as sta gering her for an instant. 1t was# it is when man is hit under the e by a well-aimed blow. The Iowa dn tinued to use her heavy guns, and N joined in the chase by the Oregon a diana, Brooklyn and Texas. One sh' fired by the Indiana fell squarely uN the deck of the Infanta Maria IeraS She managed to survive the shock, ne withstanding all that has been cialm F. for heavy projectiles. A little later E more shells from the battleship foH| mark near the water line, rippn great gaps in the plates, through " Aa the water poured in torrents.
 The experience of the Almlrap Oquendo was about the same as Sa of the Infanta Maria Teresa. R heavy projectiles crippled her, z compelled her to turn ashore. one these was a 13-inch shell which foM it's way through her port bow ieasn a ragged hole; another shell toos feet on the port quarter. .
 Just six shots landed squareiy oRN Christobal Colon, but that was enoas As she forged past the Iowa al the front of the fleeing coiumnss 5 planted two six-inch shells in thel9s tleship's starboard bow; one or Yas7 passed through the eofferdam < after traversing the dispensaf tsS ploded in the berth deck. ne ss remained embedded near the KY line and did not explode.
 The yizcaya lasted almost all I Her officers state that it was 3 six. five, and four-inch shells that @ too much for her. Whenever tnqs from these hit they literally
 things to pieces and frequently
 fires. It was this deadly han
 ruined every gun save one aOoas | her.
 One big 12-inch shell exploded M 2 pedo in the Vizcaya's bow.
 Eulate describes the explosion E # 4 ing 20 men against the deck oea4
 mangled beyond recognition
 A4h slo+ anterinr at the &t{ ricochetted the full length of 'ns 1 hurling men out Of it's path as es
 they had been nine pins
 On board the Brooklyn tne
 done was limited to the lSss
 man, Yeoman Ellis. raa