Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

tho stern ~ the ship afirc. And now IN,
| Niscaya steamed forth and headed fui
the brooklyn. Schioy Ruerrcd the In
tcntion IN ram his ship. and turning
! about he steamed straight for The
| NiHcuyn, while the Maria Teresa, vain
~ trying Ia escape was being shot 20
/ nlcccn BY the TcSHa aud the oregon.
| Captain concaf gave orders 20 beach
the Teresa, and as he did 10 another
shell struck near him and he f,ll dy-
Ing. The carnage ~ the Teresa was
terrible, and the -unncru deserted their
guns ~ the deadly firc ~ the Amerl-
cans crashed Into the ship, The men
lraped into the water Admiral Ger
vera, assisted by his sou. gained tho
beach, his vessel lying a helpless wreck
on tho sand within twenty minutes
after he had fired the first shot.
The plight ~ the Teresa could b. seen
from the Niscnya ana the mtier turned
from the brooklyn toward the coast.
ahu passed the Indiana and Iowa, only
a. be- received by the oregon ana Tex
~. which now poured a terrible ilro up-
on her
Al this time the American vessels
were Rcttlng W. steam, and Hs yet could
not move swiftly. coal saturated with
kerosene was crammed into tho fur.
naces till the names from tho roaring
fires poured from every Hmokestnck ~
this moment, Rpain'n ncetcst ship, tho
Crlstnbal Colon, rushed from the On.
trance and followed the NiacayA. gettinr
past without much Injury. Then came
the Aimirante oqnendO. the last u the
cruisers; but she was less fortunate.
A. she attempted Ia 10 pnat the lndl.
ana. Iowa ana Oregon, they 0yerwhelm-
Cd her ~ with hurricane OF thunder,
bolts Her decks were swept by their
terrible IRE. her guns overturned, but
ane htill fought on TN an explosion IN
the fore part of the ship set her nnfe
and she was turned toward the spot
where tho Maria Teresa lay wrecked
and burning Her captain headed her
fnr the rocks. hauled down her flag.
ana himself committed suicide. upon
the burning vessel,
Just then tho Spanish Torpedo boats
plutnn und Terror came rushing from
the hnrhor ut fun speed. \ shower N
shots from the big wnrahlpa feel all
around ihrin The sts,l yacht fi'u.
ccator at the east. with steam fully up.
ploWcd at ful speed northward right
across the path ~ the dreaded TORPEDO
boats. A shot from the Texas AZ this
moment partially disabled the Piuian
Another from the Gloucester destroyed
the niecrlng gear ana tho Pluton began
10 drift toward the rocks. The Glnucfs-
ter steamed rlFht between the Pluton
and Terror delivering hrondsldes ns sho
li1 10. ana going straight towards the
forts on shore. The New York with
Admiral Sampson had now arrived ana
sent two fhnia az the Furor. which with
Gre On her decks now Hteered straight
fnr the shore and went aground. hat
tered, rlddlod ana hurningi aud the
Pluton at the same time brought down
her nng and drlf,od helpless upon the
rocks,
THE LAST RACE.
Meantime out TO the west were
speeding the viacaya and the Crlsiobol
Colon, followed by the brooklyn. ore
gnn ana Texas. hiring ms they went.
with tho Iowa and Indiana following
hard, hut these were OF slower speed
ON board the brooklyn the swlftesi
American ship. commodQre schley
stood before the stairs leading 10 tho
engine ANA furnace rooms calling 10
the men below who were working with
all the herolsm ~ desperation. cool
beer kept for the officers was handed
TO them. A long line OF men acted 40
a telegraph system 10 tell to the work
crn below every Incident OF the fight In
progress, keeping t,'ir Interest al the
same white heat that they We're keep
ing the furnaces In their heroic excr-
tlons, on sped the brooklyn iii she
passed the highest speed claimed for
her BY her builders. and. marvellous to