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

state. she began 10 overhaul the iiylnr
fpnniafd. the Colon, which had
already passed and nutsiripped the
Nischyn. her companion Tho Colon
was consldefud the fastest wnrrhip
nfoat, The NiHcayn followed by tho
bnttleHhlpH nt long range Tor awhile be-.
Ean 20 b" ovcftaken by the Oregon and
| TcNhn, which now seemed a. rice up
out 81 the sea. when. their fun speed
attained, they came cutting tho water
Win every engine thruhhlnr and every
FURNACE roaring. A. they came near
ihey poured their tfc upon the doomed
NiHcnya, which, despite every effort ana
her supposed gteator Hwifincas, could
not Fet away, Her nrrmrn and on.
Einrrrn, unable 90 endure the heat.
smoke AMI escaping steam l,-uw. al.
tempted 10 come on deck forN breath
OF AIR, They were pushed back b. their
own officers. aud. horrible 60 relate. tho
hatcher were fastened down. FROM
that prison no man escaped Her decks
swept BY the awful fifr 81 tho two bat.
llunhlpH, her hui fiddied her very flag
burning, nn u utili fluttered az the mast.
her dead and wounded covering every
noor. she turned and lurchod hcadlonT
ulon The sands, There az the remnant
OF her crew inndly leaped into the surf
ana reached the shore. band Of cuban
insurgents began To nre ON them. AN
the Iowa ifad u shot over their heads
ana warned thom on.
on new the Colon, Either the Amer.
leans were Intent upon her capture or
they Judged that the firing retarded
thelr proEtcss, Tor they had now ceased
hfihE. The speed ~ the Oregon was
now II knots per hour. slowly the
brooklyn came opposite the Colon. hut
Wen out AZ sea, Slowly she forged
ahead ~ the Colon. which seemed 20
slip back into the fatal alilpre formed
lay her The
Iowa. Hchiey sent word o. the oregon
20 IRE with her thirtcen-inch guns The
urtt missile struck near. the second hit
the lying Colon IN tho how. weakening
ths ship She Immediately SLOWED.
hanlri down het cnlors ana ran ashore
is miles west Of Santiago.
Thus ended what was. In many re-.
rnectH, the most remarkable naval bat
Tie Ia history. The chase N tho colon
hhd lasted thrco hours and sixteen min,
utcn, The other Spanish ships had been
destroyed IN nfiy-nyo minutes.
The New York came ~ Just after
the Colon surrendered. and Commodore
hchley went aboard 10 report 10 "A.
mlral Sampson.
The rest Is wen known The dramatic
surrender ~ The heari.hrnkon aud
weenlng Spanish admiral ana com.
mAnderai tho heroic work ~ rraduing
the spanish survivors from the sea and
the beach ana the burning ships; the
awful sights 81 carnage und ruin which
met the eyes ~ the Americans ns they
cl,me 20 the wrecked vessels tn rescue
those who could not ESCAPE from
them the awful discovery that some
~ the Spanish officers, In their INSANE
rnge, hnd shot down the Eunuura when
the latter. unable Ia face longer the
deadly nrc of the Americans. had fed
from their guns the sympathy aud the
chivalry with which tho Americans re-
ceivcd and cared Tor their ynnqulshed
fneF the Hnlemnity Of the scenes when
after the battle,tho Americans returned
thanks to the God Of nations that tho
victory had been won by the cause ~
right Of human liberty. Never before
In tho history u naval warfare had
destruction ~ swirl ami awful and In
~ short time 0yertnken an entire
ils"t M on this occasion. The spanish
loss In killed ana wounded was be-
tween 800 and 600. and coo Were taken
priHonera the American loss was one
man killed and two wounded,
All the Spanish ships We're destroyed.
The cristobol Colon was afterwards
rniaed. by United States engineering
party, but was wrecked In transit
OF the American vessels. the Brook
lyn suffered most. having been the