The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-04-26
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1899.
CARL At SANTIAGO.
Tells His Experience to a San
Diego Sun Reporter.
From the San Diego Sun.


Carl George, of the United States
battleship Iowa, was a welcome
caller at the Sun Office this morn
ing. Carl arrived from his ship at
Mare Island last night ON ten
days leave obtained for the purpose
of visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w. George, of Ninth and c streets,
this city, whom he has not seen
since he enlisted in the navy three
years ago.
That was in New York, and Carl
was then a lad of Is years. He en-
listed to serve until he should
reach his majority and though but
little more than half that period has
expired, he has already passed
through a series of wonderful aG-
ventures and experiences, the mem
DRY of which will be with him for
ever.
AS a sailor in the eight-inch gun
turret of the Iowa, Carl was present
and took part in the blockade at
Havana. the bombardment of San
Juan, and the blockade of Santiago
de Cuba and the bombardment and
destruction of Cervera' s fleet off
the Santiago coast, July 3, 1898.
The partial story of his descrip-
ton of his experiences with Admir-
al Sampson s feet has already been
told in series of very interesting
letters published in the Sun during
the war,
The Iowa was lying off the mouth
of Santiago harbor on that memoir
able July morning and was the
nearest of all the ships to the Span
ish feet in that sanguinary battle.
Her part and that of her brave
officers and crew has already be-
come history and glorious history
at that, and civilian S hat is un-
consciously dotted in the presence
of a sailor from the Iowa, who stood
behind gun that day.
@I tell you the Spanish ships did
look fierce enough when they came
steaming out of the harbor that
morning. said Carl this morning,
and for time it looked little
serious for us. We were about
1000 yards apart when they began
firing. They had our range per-
afectly and in the first ten minutes
we were struck nine times. One
shell pierced the forward part Of
the ship; another sank into the cot
fer dam, another burst right in
front of fifty of US, doing little dam
age, however, and for a few minutes
we began to look in each Others
faces and wonder what was coming
next
And if we had stayed right still,
some of us would have been killed un.
rdoubtedly But we didn't. We
closed in on them Their guns
were set for 1000 yards and wher
they saw us coming, it evidently
ratified them, for they kept on firing
but didn' lower their range, with
the result that the projectiles
passed over our heads.
1.-The Brooklyn, Texas and Ore
gon took after the Colon, which 70,
remember ran 60 miles before sht
was grounded. The Indiana wa.
.steaming around the harbor S mouth
and all the Spaniards were knocked
out except the Viscaya. Capt
Evans then started the Iowa afte
her. We were called on deck t.
see what we had done and tn
sight was one lean never forget
"Seeing she could not escape
Capt. Eulate decided to run hi
ship on the beach, which he did
oh, it was terrible to see that BIZ
ship steaming at full speed, her in
terror blazing furnace, magazine
bursting, and a perfect torrent G
shell raining around her, rushing