The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-06
CADET VIC. WOOD
With Five Men Killed In
Action.
Admiral Wa:son's Report on tire
Capture of the United States
Gunboat Urdaneta.

MANILA. Sept. 80. = a. mt Is re-
ported by person who has just ar
rived from Turdac that Cadet welborn
c. Wood, who was in command OF the
United States gunboat Urdaneta-re-
Gently captured and destroyed by the
northwest of Manila bay-and five OF
the nine enlisted men forming the
crew We're killed during the fighting
previous to- the destruction OF thu YES
sci.
The four other men and the cap
tured cannon-a 1-pounder rapid-fire
gun, a Colt machine gun and Norden-
feldt 25-millimeter gun-were taken to-
Malac.
&c let Welborn C. Wood is the son
OF II. X. Wood of Jerusalem. Picking
county, Ga, a storekeeper and gauger
in the Internal Revenue service Wood
entered Annapolis September IL. 1895.
and soon proved himself clever
mathematician. He went in for row.
ing and was No. in the crew He was
about the middle height. stockily
built, and was % years old last Feb
| ruary. When the war broke out with
Spain, though still an undergraduate
he served on the Texas and won praise
for courage and energy. He was grad
uated on January 10 OF this year. and
| with fifteen other cadets sailed on the
Solace for Manila. where he was as
signed TO the Oregon. When the mos
quito feet taken from the Spaniard:
was transferred from the army tn the
navy, Wood was chosen on account o
| fitness TO command the Urdaneta.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-The Ma
Wy Department today received from
Admiral Watson cablegram an
nouncing the capture and destruction
of the gunboat Urdaneta. reported II
the press dispatches yesterday. Anoth
! er dispatch from the Admiral states
| that he learns through insurgen
/ sources that her commander. Nava
| Cadet Welborn G.. Wood, was killed IL
the action. The fate of her crew Il
not known Admiral Watson's dis
patch follows:
MANILA, Sept. 25.-Secretary q
War, Washington: Gunboat Urdane
ia. Cadet Welborn G.. Wood command
ing, has been captured and destToye,
by the insurgents while blockading
The wreck is hard aground. water ave-
feet deep, near Orani, on Orani river
northwestern corner OF Manila bay
and is completely Quilted. Draft. max
i'm, was less than six feet. Displace
ment IN tons. forty-two. Battery con
sisted Of 1-pounder rapid-fire gun, on
machine gun tColt automaticl. an
one machine gun tN0rdenfeldO, .
milineters.
THE reason OF his presence in tina
river is not known. Commander Corn
well was preventing the landing q
arms with forty men. His force W.,
too small to attack the armed insurg
ents at the village. Water is only ST
feet deep on the bar at the mouth G
the river. Cannot obtain any authen
tic information of the crew 4 yet. be
cause insurgents will not respect
flag of truce. Cadet Wood, with Oh
crew of nine enlisted men and one CHI
nese, are not accounted for. The nam
and rate OF Americans, who are all {
them attached to the Oregon. are 9
follows: Benjamin James Green. COZ
{ swain: William Mitchell. seaman
! Samuel Tilden Herbert, ordinary Sc.
! man; Edward ~-Irke. ordinary SCI
3 man; George Daniel Powers. apprel
; tice. frst-class: Arthur William Drum
3 mond, macninist, first class; job
3 James Farley. fireman, first class
: Thomas Grey, fireman. second class
Samuel Stone, seaman. Report I
Z ,,o;1 WATSON :"