Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-06
Admiral Schley's Story Of Santiago Battl|

ah,ms .nnaaraa ,o hav. heon broken
50 a ,,,tla aithougb .tii, In aome com.
hian,o of formation and inst nj that
n,on,o,, cow tbo Oregon nreaLip0 in
throngh this cloud envelone. Sbo
nroIa tbrnngb on IN Tho atarboard
o,,o rt,r ~ I've sogsb;n na1 boisted
he s,,na, NJ "c'iosa nm" and tben
.E,,,nw th. aov = roe,;np that new
djanosi,ion was necessary That sig.
nal wae ron,ied In and I saw IL re.
nea,ed Captain Cjarl, know very well
/, was not intondod for him because
he was fo,,owjng tho aap 80 no no
heated n IN tho other Sims
Keep the Boys Below informed
In very few moments after the
Oregon broke through this cloud Of
smoke she was perhaps four or Ave
hundred yards distant. These two
ships, the Brooklyn and the Oregon.
were firing in manner | had nevei
seen before. I never before realized
what rapid gunfire meant. Both ships
were at that time a sheet of flame.
Soon after. | saw that the leading ship
was evidently battered hard. She
Jagged astern. saw smoke coming
out of her ports and out of her
matches, and the fact that impressed
w were w uTpn 81. stro,ah, nn In ~" Inc a,r
said TO Captain Cook, who was con.
stantly nj INV side and always In NV
coincidence: 1--WE have got one, Keen
the bows below informed of all tho
movements. They cannot see and
they ought to knew" He did 80
throughout the action. Every few
moments messages were sent below
10 the men that were answered often.
times with cheers, which we could
hear through the yentilators.
! II appeared to be a very short In.
teryal of time after that that I saw
a second shin ON Are. which nroyed In.
ter 10 no the Oouendo. she evidently
had suffered yery severely. and starr.
Cd immediate,v inshore Leaving tha
V,zcaya ard the Colon The Vi7cavo
limmediatelv took n leading nosi,ion On
the how, and I Thought for n II,tla
while that she would nerhan. outSoot
no The Colon worsad inshoro NM
the time between The dronninp ont ~
action of tbose two shins until me
Vizcaya turned insbore was n roriod
of perhans thirty minutes durins
Nhich she was abreast of the grooj
I'm and the Oregon.
Man Killed Near the Admiral.
On the trip outward after the turn
was very anxious about the rrrses
because / did not want the vizcayi
and the Colon to get out of good fight
ing range. Ellis. who was an exper
with the stadimeter, constantly ken
that instrument on those vessels. and
knowing exactly their heights, report
ed to me that they were maintainin,
the same range; but I thought m,
eye was a little more sensitive, an,
I said. mo, they are evidently gain
ing" He went from me the secon,
time. and that was the last I saw O
him alive. In performing this magnifl
cent duty ne lost his life. He wa
/, struck about ten feet from where
|. was standing. ills brains and bloc
!, were thrown over q great many DC,
pie. and some of II reached me.
He Immediately fell, of course. 4
the deck. and It was a shocking sigh
to men who had never seen sucl
things before. Lieutenant McCaule,
and DIR. De Vain got down, or rattle
: they were standing between me an,
the tower. They picked up the bod
and carried It to the side. I Just haI
pened to see them through this oper
ing and called out to them not L
throw that body overheard; that
thought that one who had fallen s
CALAMITY deserved to be buried as
: Christian. His body was laid unde
the lee of the forward turret and co,
cred with o blanket, and there ken
! until after the battle.
r,n us ash ue,ore ss .ne w, x'zSaya turned
/. hoard annarentIv otsr,ina az, o. 90
;. Brooklyn or Oreyon don,t raror,ha
4 which. Eyidentiy nj that moment oh
!. got a very severe wound for 90,
ouite an eynios,on unoer b.r h,u, 90
3 in a moment afterward she n,'t he
I helm hard a.nort ,urrins irsh
1 smoking from nj, her hs,chas
a Thought she was yo;ro IN =. rsi.a oh
|, had such n tremendous ,isf 70 ror
Just then I saw a sheiI strife tbot - q,
D peared IN ma IN raka nor forn and ~
= and I tbou Chi IN mvsa,T che n,o,,Ia .I.,,
, in deem water so / toid the .,ana, 80
1 Ger to signal 10 the Texss m 1oor ~,
!. for her men and N save thew ~,
0 the TEXAS was too far astern r. ~ =.
3 ceiye the MESSAGE made Tho =,
mark AT tho time bowaver "ph,ii
I il always sensibIo. bo mead. M 4,
. structions about sucb tbinvs" nnr,n
I this mart of the fipht 7 notjc.J Tho
\ all of the signal baIvards os nv chi
D were cut. I think nossih,v with On
; exception One of s .noo ~'n no ~,
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