Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-23
GRAND DESCRIP T|0N
OF SANTIAGO FIGHT
v;scaya Made Best Showing OF Spanish
Ships Big Shells Passing Over Brook
Iyn Sounded Like Railroad Trains.

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/ the ST. Paul and that part OF the CON
versatlon was by megaphone anu pal'
| without Il, He gave list OF news
| paper correspondents on the smith at
| the time, but said he did not iecoshlnae
| any of the officers on board the Sl
| Paul except Capt. Sigsbee. Among the
| newspaper men mentioned at pIessh.
| were Sylvester, stephen Crane, Cnarles
| NJ Pepper. Mr.. Sheenan, George lyneh
and W. O, Wilson. In reply 10 Mr.
Raynor the witness said that sheehah
and Crane are dead and seoViiie IL AT
| Havana He told the court III res
ponse to question by II that capt
Sigsbee had himself USED the nesa-
phone.
RoATsWAIN w. l.. HILL.
c,,oe
Mr.. Hare was succeeueo ny Nie
Boatswain William H. I'm Mny vac sha
boatswain on the brookisn, a ~ hae r Inc
summer OF 1879 ne test,iieu " an5
guns on approaching Clehiues ',. u S,na
said that while there pioonau"s nas
was maintained three or iour ni,les
out. He SAID thai ne hau WIZ, naronaIgn
tiers TO his wife during tne v"iilpo5ii,
and had from these maui a Sor raniS
t 10y nnss 10 Inv Mr.. Raynor concern
ing the weather on the cruise between
Cienfuegos and sanuaso' =, u,ao
1.-THE weather was rough as
worse than that shoulu say ~ " az
blowing reel top san pIeelJ i @ cow
one time the seas were uIean,"9 nase
pletely over lne Massae \,
an entry to that enect, "a noa
Mr. Hin also stated tnat nc nau n%u
direct charge, under tne eNecu.ne va"
Ger OF the Brooklyn, OF lhe coaIlhs "a
that vessel. Ihe brookiyh, ne seiu'
was the best ship In the Meet 20 cosl
but only with constant watchiulness III
the calmest weather coule we 'o"'
without having an accident
The witness saii IN reply 10 a que
ton that the derrick beams OF the III
lier were not long enough 70 uhIoM sns
coal Into the brooklyn ana tndt ouIei
and supplementary devices "ers heces
sary FOR that purpose he aiso sala
that he had personal knoWleoge OF ,ne
Texas and knew that the pio'evuns
Sponsors OF that snip MADE " ha,u
vessel to coal ana ON more tnan one DC
castor permission had been asked ana
received for the ship TO go to Gualtana-
mo for coal.
DrscpTREs RATTLE OF JULY
In the course Of his description OF the
battle Of July 3, the witness SAID
"Probaly fifteen minutes after we
started the spanish ships had nearly al
gotten out. There were three ot them
stood near enough TO toueh Coinno.
dore Schley at that time and saw thal
we were going Into pocket me
Spanish ships had gotten our ana thr
Vizcaya, the second snip mad turned
toward US and we were ABOUT 10 cross
the line VI fire Of our own shipa' AZ
that time TIE order was given 10 pnrl
the helm, ! heard commodore Schiey
say Port, anu me snip started 70
swing 20 starboard. Inc heim was put
over hard apori ana she swung AROUND
on her heel The hre from our batteries
never ceased from the time we started
TO turn until the end of the battle When
the Colon went ashore. The guns were
constantly bing hred, The TaNas was
on our starboard hand. and she was
fully third o. a mile from us. There
was never any ouestl IN my MIND
about strifinF her We did not CONT
arv.Thcfr nen~ her We aid not cross
her bow. We were slightly area
ar ned IN & way entirely clear
Of her After swimming around we lined
up parallel With he Spanish fleet In
few minutes he Teresa went ashore on
fire. soon after the Oquendo followed
and then We sided up with the Nizeaya |
and kept with her for ten miles. Al TINS
time there was not ship % be seen
asiern except me oregon which was
about q half mile from us. on this run
with me Nizcaya Ell's was Killed Ihert
were fourteen or hiteen on us siandlnh |
together. The commodore asked In IA
matter OF fact tone What Is the I
range Ellis raised the stadimeter 10
his eve and as he did so shell took |
his head on, As he fell 10 the deck deao, !
young McCauley said, Let's throw II !
overheard The commodore said. No. !
don't throw that body overheard. lie |
died Ike a brave man. and am going |
to bury him like one He directed me |
70 look out for the body. had It |
and hat evening Il was gotten ready for
puriaI. me Nizcaya was putting up the |
pest nght OF any snip there' she Fought |
wen ana the Dig snens were gong over
W., ana . great nsnw OF y. aueked'
lnese snells sounded IKE half dozen
,a.le"u Trans underway. AS tney We're |
,, Eoi"s ,hroush the ar down /
svulu go hean, put commodore |
. IT, neau never pent
,.,a was great outourst OF ap-