Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

even been injured: The thought passed
through my mind that after all our pre-
get away. AT that moment I felt. and ]
thought I remarked to Capt. Cook. tina
we We're alone and would perhaps nave
most of the fight upon ourselves, because
L did not know then that the battleships
conld possibly keep up their speed: But l
crowd. I had NO idea that we would
escape, OF course. If they could have shot
a Mon Tsn haze as our get peopiew d1a they he b eedIte eomy
pletely turned around on a westerly
course the ships appeared to have been
semblance of formation, and just at that
moment I saw the Oregon breaking
thronngghh II &c CLOUD ND en TsEhopea S Sne eroo of
up" and then, Follow the iag,' feeling
repeated. Capt. Clarke knew. very will
it was not intended for him, because ne
was following the flag. so he repeated 1t
to the other ships. In a very few mo-
ments after the Oregon broke through the
five hundre Yards distant. These two
ships, the Oregon and the Brooklyn were
fore. I never before realized what rapid
gun fire meant. Both ships were at tnaI
saw tina the leading ship was evidently
battered hard. She Jagged astern- L saw
smoke coming out of her ports ana OUT
pressed itself upon me was that the col
umns were going straight up in the air
" s at ni iSS s SIDE: we have got one. Keep
the Foys below Informed of all the move.
ments; They can not Sta see zee t and 5a5S 1uf the
action. Every few moments messages
were sent below to the men that were
we could hear through the ventilatorS- it
appeared to, be a very short lnteryal OF
ON omf fir ai'e Which iGI' proved prov later to be the
Oquendo. She evidently had suffered very
severely. and started Immediately In
The Viscaya Immediately took g. leading
position on the bow, and I thought for a
foot us. The Colon worked inshore and
the time between the dropping out or ae-
ton Of those two ships until the Vlseaya
thirty minutes, during which she was
abreast of the Brooklyn and the Oregon
sionaI glimpses of the Indiana and of the
Gloucester. I could not see very wen
Una they were GONG En oWif t6a et both were
doing admirable work. | felt that the mo-
nent those vessels ran into the beach the
could not keep up the pace with the two
leaders would take care of the prisoners
and would a v them from the insurgents
thirty minutes. as nearly. as 1 can re-
member, was the length of time from the
first vessels until the Viscaya went
ashore She was a little forward of the
beam of the B~rOOklyn, ana l. 10 not iIAAlh
at any time over 1900 or 2, 400 yards away.
She was in most excellent target range;
and I remember that a marine stationed
any Of the shots of the two ships. the
Brooklyn and the oregon, hitting the wa
striking the ship. 1t was on the trip put
ward after the turn. l was very anxious
about the ranges because L did not want
the viscaya and the Colon to get out OF
good fighting range. Ellis. who was an
expert with the stadimeter. constantly
Knowing exactly their heights. reported
to me that they, We're MAINTAINING Ihe
same range; but I thought my eye was a
little more sensitive, and l said: mo, they
are evidently gaining
He went from me the second time, and
that was the fb iasi m ! saM ei ni dutY he lost
his life. He was struck about ten feet
from where I was standing. His brains
many people, and some of it reached me.
He Immediately fell, of course; to the
who had never seen such things before.
Lieut.. McCauley and DR.. DevaIin got
down.. or rather they were standlng pc
the body and carried 1T to the side. l just
happened to see them through the open
that body overheard; that I thought that
one who had fallen so calamity, deserved
to be buried as a Christian. His body was
and covered with a blanket and there
kept until after the battle.
Inst before the N1ScaNa turned TO run
ashore she put.her helm ~starboard, APP
parently starting out for the Brooklyn or
the Oregon, I don't remember which, and
severe wound, for / saw quite an explo-
sion under her bow. and in a moment
afterward she put helm aport turning in
short. smoke coming from all of her
matches
I thought she was going to capsize. she
then I saw a shell strike her that APP
peared to me to rake her fore and aft.
in deep water, so l told the signal officer
to signal to the Texas to look out for
her men and to save them, but the Texas
was too far astern to receive the mes
sage. I made the remark at the time, how
ever: Phillip is always sensible: He
needs no instructions about such things"
During this part of the fight 1 noticed
that all of the signal halyards of my
snip were cut, L think possibly with one
had hoisted was cut and came very near
striking me. 1t came down in front of
me and went overheard.
After the Viscaya mad turned in afre,
her colors down, the Colon. edged in
shore. and appeared to be following the
that at that time, looking astern and OBJ
serving what had happened to her con-
eord5 find T in order to end the matter at
once. From Assaderos, which was be-
s CAN'T s1nie to % the point Rio Tarquino, is
perhaps about thirty miles, so I said to
Capt. Cook: Cease firing" and to make
Lle Sl-IEd1 L o1So No4o >oRN >Ooh ~ Z
his men come out of the turrets into the
cooler air and get something. to eat and
hurry up his men below. I think l went
into the battle tower myself at that time,
and sang put to the men below that we
had got all of them except one. and that
I thought they could be depended upon
to catch that other vessel. I heard a
good deal of merriment and rejoicing. |
went back to the bridge and soon realized
that they were doing their best. There
was a Jingle to the rails and a vibration
tons of the ships We're sluggish. I sug- |
gested to Capt. Cook that we possibly had
some compartments filled. He sent the
carpenter down and it developed that
with water. which we thought was due
to the fact that we had received some
injury below the water line. The car
penter, as well as the captain, thought It
we could get into smoother water, where
we could possibly handle 1t much more
readily. That course was decided upon.
The ships speed, of course. came up
it was very apparent that we were gain |
upon the chase. ] said to Capt. Cook
several times during the action: Would
1t not be a good idea to edge In so that we
could finish those fellows quicker" and
he replied that we had them in most ex-
cellent target range and that the guns OF
the two ships seemed to be doing most
that time for Tarquino point. under Cape
Cruz. at the point extending to the south |
ward. My idea was that in steering that
e Q f the ba Scion ! Kept up o mer fo fbsn
said I would get up a lot of extra am
munition. so that when she came out into |
close quarters it would be a question. of
out. AS we were going out to head her
off there were various signals between
the Oregon and myself, of a pleasing
the nrdnr m Cant CLARKE RI omen fire with /