The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-06
CADET N. C. WOOD
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cspsss~s Of ~. United states
curso~s Uraaos,a.

MANILA. sept. ~. a MI u re-
parted ny q person who has just ar
rived srum rurdse that Cadet welborn
c. Wead. who was In command Of the
Cussea States gunboat Urdaneta-re-
Gently cxprured and destroyed by the
in~urs-sts In the Orani river. on the
ssvsAwess of Manila bay-and 1--WE Of
tSs sine enlisted men forming the
crew we're killed during the f,ghting
psyuo~s to the destruction Of the ves-
81.
The four other men and the cap
TIRED caunon-a 1-pounder rapid-nre
sus, . Colt machine gun and a Norden-
seidt 2s-miIlimeter gun-were taken to
Malar.
Cadet WeIborn G. Wood Is the son
Of H. X. Wood Of Jerusalem, Picking
county. Ca, a storekeeper and gauser
in the Internal Revenue service. Wood
entered Annapolis September 16, 1896.
and soon proved himself clever
mathematician. He went In for row.
ing and was No. 5 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
soIsee for Manila. WIZ he was as
signed to the Oregon. When the mos
quito feet taken from the Spaniards
was transferred from the army to the
navy, Wood was chosen on account OF
fitness to command the Urdaneta.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-The Ma
w Department today received from
Admiral Watson a cablegram an
nouncing the capture and destruction
Of the gunboat Urdaneta, reported In
the press dispatches yesterday. Anoth-
er dispatch from the Admiral states
that he learns through insurgent
sources that her commander. Naval
Cadet Weiborn c. Wood, was killed in
the aetiou. The fate of her crew Is
not known. Admiral Watson's dis
patch follows:
MANILA, Sept 25.-Secretary Of
War. Washington: Gunboat Urdane-
u, Cadet Welborn &. Wood command
Ing, has been captured and destroyed
by the insurgents while blOckading.
The wreck IL hard aground, water two
feet deep. near Orani. on Orani river,
northwestern corner OF Manila bay.
and 10 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, one
machine gun Colt automatic), and
one machine gun (NordenfeldD, 20
milimeters.
The reason Of his presence In that
river Ia not known. Commander Corn
well was preventing the landing OF
arms with forty men. His force was
too small to attack the armed insurg-
ents at the village. Water Is only six
feet deep on the bar at the mouth Of
the river. Cannot obtain any anthem
tic Information of the crew as yet, be-
cause insurgents will not respect q
flag of truce Cadet Wood. with the
crew Of nine enlisted men aud one Chi
nese, are not accounted for. The name
and rate Of Americans. who are all OF
them attached TO the Oregon, are as
follows: Benjamin James Green. cox.
swain; william Mitchell. seaman
Samuel Tilden Herbert, ordinary sea.
man: B6Ward Burke. ordinary sea.
mau; George Daniel Powers, appren'
tice, Arst-class; Arthur William Drum.
m0nd, ,s.cninist, first class; Johr
James Farley, fireman, hrst class;
Thomas Grey, fireman. second class
Samuel Stone. seaman. Report b!
mail. WATSON"