The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-18
CRUISER CHARLESTON 1...
WRECKED OFF lUzON,.
United States Warship Runs on ..
Treacherous Reef and Has
to.Be Abandoned.
EVERYONE IS GOTTEN OFF SAFELY
Tho Vessel Now Lies Well Out Of
the Water, With Her Bottom
Badly Stove ln--AdMiral
Watson Reports.

washington, NOV. 15.-Adnliral Nat
SON cables: sCharlcston wrecked on
Suncharted coral reef on the north
cast of Luzon, at $40 on the morn
ing Of November 2. Everybody safely
landed on K%amiguian island. Natives
were friendly. Mcdonald made Lin
gayen gulf in a sailing launch, When
he left he had no opportunity to make
an examination of the vessels condi-
ton with a view to wrecIing opera
lions. northeast monsoon and4a
heavy sea We're prevailing. Tie re-
ports are that the ship struck easily
and then thumped violently. The fire
room was completely flooded; first the
water tight doors We're closed prompts
~. The ship lies settled aft. The
water is one foot from her name. She
is we'll out of the water forward aud
apparently on a very steep bank. She
had ten days provisions; one-half of
the rations were landed. The Helena,
dispatched from Lingayen by the Or
to kamiguian, is due today
Details of the Wreck.
Manila, Nov. 1.-THE United States
cruiser Charleston, which has been pa
SsAu IA III tiiGIu Sodsl. vi lLuLOIl,
was wrecked on u reef on the north
west coast Tuesday, November z. All
on board We're saved.
The Charleston ran aground near
Vigan on n hidden reef with thirty
two fathoms of water on both sides.
She worked her machinery four days
and nights in trying to get atioat, but
q typhoon rising, the crew We're COM
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refuge on u small island five miles
away. The natives were friendly.
Lieutenant Mcdonald and Il number OF
snilors put off in q small boat and
reached the Callao, which brought
them to Manila. The gunboat Helena
has been dispatched to bring away the
crew. Lieutenant Mcdonald describes
the Charleston, when he last saw her,
us hard and fast aground with her
bottom badly stove and well out of
the water.
Admiral Dewey Notified.
New York, Nov. IA reporter
went to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to-
day and sent Dewey a copy of the
dispatch announcing the loss OF the
Charleston. The admiral said:
Il ain very sorry. The Charleston
was n good ship, but if She has been
lost, | am glad, at least, that none OF
her gallant officers and crew shared
her fate. I am always interested in
the welfare of the men and ships in
Il navy, and doubly so in those that
have been under my command.
1T is IL treacherous coast. The
Charleston met her doom on one of
the most t~reachcrous points on the
island of Luzon.''
History of tie C]harlcstnD.
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Charles
ton has been in Asiatic waters more
than a year. She was one Of the first
vessels to be sent to Manila after the
destruction of the Spanish fleet by Adj
miral Dewey, the navy department
utilizing her for the purpose of send
ing ammunition and other supplies for
the Asiatic station. just previous to
her assignment to that duty she had
undergone an y Eling at the Mare
therefore, was in prime condition for
her duties. The Charleston is one of
The vessels of more recent construc-
ton and belongs to that class which
is commonly referred to as the new
navy" She has n full complement of
officers and crew. The naval register,
issued at the beginning OF the year,
gives MS her commander Captain Will
lam FL. Whiting, and her lieutenant
commander was Godfred BJcckinger.
Assistant Secretary Allen stated at
his home that no message had been re-
ceived by him during the night.
The cruiser Charleston, which was
built in San Francisco i'll 1855, had n
displacement of 1880 tons, was 312 feet
z inches in length, 46 feet 2 inches
beam and % feet S inches draught.
She was of steel, having two propcll-
lers, one funnel and two mnsts with
military tops. She had the following
armament: Two S-inch guns, six g.
inch guns, four %6-pounders, three g.
Founders, six ~1-pounders, two machine
guns and one light gun with four tor
pedo tubes. She had a complement of
800 men.
Omccrs OF the Ship.
The following are officers of the
Charleston as given in the navy de-
partment of July 3, 1892:
Captain George Pingman, commands
cr; lieutenant commanders, John A..
Norris. Thomas b. Howard and Vim.
N. Little; ~lieutenants, VIM. Brauners-
reuther and Louis S. Nan Dusen; lieu
tenants, junior grade, Lay II. Verhart,
Dewitt Bonner and Dewald Evans;
ensigns, Evan G. Wcttingel, Albert w.
Marshall and James b. Henry, jr.; ma
vel cadets, Edw. L. Constance, Charles
Fisher, Chas. i. Moran, James f. Mat
thews, Frank O. Branch and Charles
y. Hatch; surgeon, Chas. T. Hibbett;
assistant surgeon, Edw. v. Arm
strong; passed assistant pnymaster,
Iebn w. Reynolds; captain OF marines,
Melville j. Shaw; boatswain. Domick
.Glynn; gunner, Joseph r. Ward; act
ing carpenter, John II. Gill.
A New Fuel at $5.25 a Ton.
Boston Evening TRANSCRIPT: A new