The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-07

and the small boat coming under her bows and
stopped. In answer TO McDonalds hail some
one on the steamer shouted.
What do you whntg
# want to communicate" answered Mcdonald.
Send a boat q,
lnr launch and she had no small boat.
"All right was the reply from the steamer.
tack ship"
On The launch that was taken 10 mean Get
out II the way 50 that we can come about into
the wind aud we viii send a boat The launch
obcyed and without further ado The steamer stood
name under her connicr "Aster, Honolulu" She
was = Government transport, they knew, and
was all right They lay In the fie ssclls wait,
minutes and saw her. gradually fade away, AT
last Glynn said 10 Mcdonald:
She's running away from u.s."
"Qh, no" answered Mcdonald; she wouldn't
So they waited u lev minutes longer and all
the time the Aztec wcs getting further and further
Il tell you" said Glynn, she's running away
from us. That smoke Is over her bow. She y
headed for NacaSaki,"
Mcdonald was forced TO believe that it was true
and his heart went down in his shoes. In an
instant, however, they had decided to give chase.
The wind was fair for that sort Of work and they
might overhaul the runaway. The launch was
put ON the course and down before the wind she
went after the steamer. The signal Of distress
still flew from her masthead The anxious min
uIes wen, ny and those in the launch could see
tld ~ fhlh W u HOl lntItdSlUk VII INSTANTLY
between them but were they gaining anything
on her? The chase heightened into miles and had
gone on for over half an hour when there was
a shout on the launch, The Aztec had stopped.
Whatever his reason her Captain stopped, and the
launch came again within hailing distance.
Lieu, Mcdonald was boiling with rage. lie
stood up In the launch and shouted
Ism Lieutenant Mcdonald Of the United States
Navy. ] belong TO the Charleston. She is
wrecked and ! wan, you to send a boat"
The skipper OF the Aztec came about and sent
Inc hAAt NrInna1d want ahAa rI aud ffr n faU
minutes the skipper OF the transport, heard a good
Anglo-Saxon opinion OF the kind. OF man he
was McDonaldtold him with considerable energy
and force that the only reason his ship was where
II was a, that time was that there had been no gun
holes, The Navy man finally convinced the
and the willingness with which 1t was done is
shown by the fact that the Aztec took the launch
in tow, without taking the men aboard and snaked
them back TO lingaycn Gulf through the rough
sea al The rate Of ten knots an hour. The men
In the launch were terrified by the ,rp Half
the tune the launch was out 4 water and most
ui the rest uf the time was well under the big
waves They got out Their life prescryers and
hucklcd them on and ptcpa red to 60 Under, But
AT last the Aztec came up TO the Oregon and the
troubles of the men IN The launch were over. They
wcre all taken aboard the ba,tleship and made
as comfortable as possible The Aztec turned
Oh her track and made for Nagasak again.
Capt Wilde of the Oregon at once ~Signalled TO
the Helena, which was lying further in the bay.
60 come out When the little gunboat came up
he had some stores for the men on Cainiguin put
aboard and sent her 81 pos, haste TO their relief
Then he put Mcdonald and hs men aboard the
Calao 10 come 70 Manila and report 10 Admiral
Watson The Helena started for Camiguin OF
the evening Of Nov. II, and on the evening OF
Nov. II she steamed into the harbor Of Port Pic V.
Her searchlight gave the men Of the Charleston
the news Of the coming Of relief and with a wild
shout they tumhled out Of their nlpa huts and
down To the beach 10 see what ship had come for
them The next morning one Of the Charleston's
steam launches was sent over 10 the wreck again
and the Helena went also They found that il
was impossible 10 get aboard or to save ANYTHING
from the wreck. The cruiser had settled by The
stern until the after budgc was awash and il was
only a question " a hide rough weather for her
10 be shaken oil and go down. The soundings
showed that in the immediate vicinity Of the
wreck there was about twenty falhOms but at a
little distance there was more than a hundred
The Helena went back to Camignin with the
steam launch and the work Of getting the Charles.
tons boats aboard was begun. Both steam
launches were hoisted up on the Quarterback.
The boiler having been taken ont Of one Of them.
One Of the cutters and the whalcboat were taken
also but the Other four boats had 10 be left.
The morning Of Nov II the Helena steamed
out Of Port rto ' with a falling glass and me, the
toughest kind Of weather She Is a little inclined
10 be cranky anyway, and with the crowd on
board and The big boats on deck she was not par
~ticularly comfortable There were $50 Of her own
men and with the 2S9 Of the Charlesion's il crowded
things a bit The weather blew up and the little
gunbnGt did her best against il, bu, that best was
very little She developed a peculiar weather
IltlUl duu I'IS0''i ~ cunning up mo the Nln1.
In more than five hours steaming she had made
only eighteen knots and that mostly in a circle.
SO at last hey gave UP the attemp! and ran back
neither big nor we'll protected and II was mighty
rough. She let 60 both anchors and rode within
300 yards OF a lee shore Steam was kept up
constantly 10 enable her 10 20 10 sea il it proved
that the anchors would not hold There was
some bad rolling, going at mes as high as 81
degrees For nearly five days the typhoOn held
them there, hut az lasiIi was over aud they deemed
II safe 10 try for Manila again. When the anchors
were weighed one of them was found Ia be broken
short of AT the shank
The trip down was without further incident
except the constant meeting with our ships OBJ
serving the coast lest the insurgents get in or out
Now the officers ~ the Charleston are quarterei
in the headquarters building in the Cavilr yard
and the men IN barracks there The general
opinion Is that the court Of inquiry will find that
no blame attaches t. The ChA-lestOn'S officers
fot her loss, the circumstances being such that Il
was not To- have been avoided There is no doubt
that the typhoon Inc Helena met sent the Charles
tons wreck into deep water.