The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-31

deck, and I observed tSs dsyiisSt between
s rapdls vs.: and '1s Sse Been sor s lSss @sms @
under the impression that our stafboard
engine was backed. from the, fact that
amount SF of cSSrnsd water. Il loossa to
me very much as II that engine had beer
one of record, as found out subsequent-
ly, had always been under the impress
se s tn that nGcs veSy
e for SEM The "n Tsxss DO ns not Ssssi what
oqSy % OF 0a, any cf character a vsr between @ Mr. M.
good an officer. to have transgresscd one
such a time. and, second. II he had un..
dertaken II 1 would not have permitted
Il for a second That Is fction there
before we turned, the leading ship
was abeam or a little abaft the beam,
and when we turned about she was ahead
| of US. that Is. on the starboard bow. and
all four ships and the. forts were firing
at the same time. and from that moment
most furious part Of this entire combat.
/ remember very distinctly seeing. from
time 70 time as my attention ,bs ;a9s Tas ss
ahead and astern and over and short
The roar of the protectiles was one Of the
a Life lie time time and then never forgotten.
II appeared at that moment that ali
four of those ships were at work upon
of turning, SO far as we could perceive,
there. was not the slightest evidence that
they had ever been injured. The thought
our precaution and waiting those fellows
would get away. At that moment felt
that we were alone and would perhaps
because I did not know then that the
speed. But ! said to him him We We must S stay
with this crowd. ] had no idea that we
would sseape; OF course, Il they could 's
they hey certainty would have got 'sHS'' Us. '''
when we had completely turned
on to hae bsen up rhs e
formation, ar and Just al that inoment /
cloud. She broke through on TO the star.
board quarter Of the flagship, ! had
position was necessary. That signal was
replied 70, and I saw Il repeated. Capt
snasS GaIs sreT vGry ws Wss not
ships. In very few moments after the
hs she Was e'Isr pSrhaps four o or e Eve 4 hundred y
yards distant. These two ships, the
Brooklyn, and the Oregon, were firing In a
meant Both ships were at that timc
sheet of lame. Soon after that | saw
tered hard She Jagged astern. saw
smoke coming out of her ports and out
Of her, her patches, l.,s and the fact that IN
umns werc going straight up In the air.
! said to Capt. Cook, who was constant.
y at my side and always in my conf
below Informed of all the movements.
They can not see and they ought to
know and he did so throughout the ac-
tion. Every few moments messages were
sent below TO the men that were answered
oftentimes with cheers, which we could
of time after that that saw a second
aSpenso p SH Ts wsfh had to Sf le
shore; leaving, the yiscaya and the, Colon.
position " on the bow. and I'll j Thought fof or
r'ne Colon worked inshore. and the time
those s two I ships Gnii Until the vseaya e'tU Turned
ntes, during which she was abreast, of the
he eastward and got occasional glimpses
te the Indiana aid the Gloucester. I
SoHs Sona not owns very well noss What they
admirable work. / felt that the moment
manding officers Of the ships which could
not keep up the pace with the two lead.
ers would take care of the prisoners and
as from their own fire. About 80 minutes,
length of time from the turning in or
until the Viscaya went ashore. She was
a little forward of the boam Of the Brook
yS and or 90 ysras nSt think aNny At any time
member that 2 marine ssstioned "a in the the
Of OF the shots Of tho two S Ships, @ the s BROOK 2
lyn and the Oregon, hitting the water. SO
I imagined from that they were striking
the ship.
at was on the trip outward. after the
ranges, because / did not want the Wis.,
& sns anG range E 10 wEo ~, %as 0a an
pert with the stadimeter. constantly kept
that instrument on these, vessels. and
to me that they were maintaining the
it.is nors sensitive ana said. No. ~as shes
me the second time and that was wsHi The 'iS lSss
I saw of him alive. In performing this
saas spou aIy ,sn he se1s p' d s s WS.rJ H
thrown over a great many people and
'oTs gieSt. ct It S:essf.y ssssssS me- and Dr. Dew.
were standing. sstws.n me and the tower
he side. Just happened 70 see them
them not @ to- throw That % body s ovsrSoara; boa D.
iantly deserved to G Be buried % sa as e Chris. %
ttan.
"Just before the viscaya turned to run
parently starting out for the. Brooklyn
and evidently at that moment Got very
sion under her bow. and In moment
afterward she put helm hard aport. turn
Ing inshore. smoke coming from all Of ner
matches.
~ thought she was going to capsixe.
she had such a tremendous list to port.
Just then, I saw q shell strike her that
fsosS TO me to rHse her fore and ai
to signal to the Texas to look out for her
and to save them but the Texas
sage. l made the remark at the time,
however. Philip is always ssnsible; he
paTss no ,hs past aSou rS fse1
ship were cut. ! think possibly. with one
exception. One OF the speed cones we had
strfns ms S9ter tSe %scsya say t1sa
ed in with color down. the Colon edged
snd o coast to ad Ss
az had s'ssa soS ihaf
as aha X osa:l e sns ns esst ss r ass she %
% make the signal ! also told Capt
S s e c az out ss, Of Ss @
.i sang oYt 70 the men below tSs; we
all e ss ssm coS sfSsps Sns SnS
upon to catch that other vessel. heard
q good deal OF merriment and rejoicing.
ixsT went ,hsa back & to the bridge and soon real