The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-16
ouns Never ssoppsd Firing as
Brooklyn Made ESr Loop.
THE FioAT cEG cRiseo.
This Texas Mas Nog Endangered d
by "the Loop" Nor WIS
It's Fire Blank keted
Either.

Brooklyn during the tsttlo CT Sart.sgo.
He was star witross for Schlcy.
Mr.. Rsynor began his cross ezamiaa-
tion by asking Mr., Ho6gson whether
the Msrblehesd lad hsil,d the Book
lyn when the two vessels passed each
other ss the Brooklyn wcs on hex vsy
to Cienfucgos.
The witness replied IL tho negative.
The examination them turned upO1
events shout CicDfu gcs and j. reply
to Mr.. Rsyncr's irqliry Hoo cgso- dc
tailed these at lopgLn.
Commander HCdy.or said In reply to
these questions tha- he had seen the
lights on the shore ~ UiouiUegos,
which we're afterwEr6 determined 10 o.
signals, but ho had supposed they were
signals between diftoraut pTs5 clo5 o.
the Spanish forces Oh shore. Nj &c jed
that when Captain McCsila aEr we'd vlth
information ss to tho mea1iHs ,f tho
signals he was INN ydiatrly disga ohsu
to the shore TO Communicate Wlth The
insurgents. He ssid that the progress
of the squS6rOn was impeded between
Ciepfdegos and Santiago by the heavy
weather.
Mr.. Raynor then asked: "HoW fsr
were you eff during tic blockade Of
Santiago, from the Moro, DUNG the
day and night of Nay %, 20, 80 3l?"
In response the witness said: Bar
ly In the day time our hsbitUai position
was about six miles. In the plight |
think We steamed up and down II front
OF the harbor, . distance of about six
miles"
He stated that the picket bosts, the
Marblehead and the Vixen, zero ia
side the line of the feet about midway
between that line and tho shore lines
The witness then In response 10 re-.
quest from Mr. Raynor continued his
testimony, describing the the naval bat
tie OF July 3, from the point where he
had dropped that description al CaptJil
Lemley request while ne was on the
stand FtidAy.
In this connection he said:
The BIooklyn did all she could.
She got into action just as quiok G5
steam couidSsFrY her there. Wo con
,inued tinng NJ soon as tAo frat gun Or
the porJ bow Sould bear and W. kept
the port battery GTi2s uotii she tuned
with port helm tayough tie alc, uaia Z
the ait guns until We got al the elay
b0aid guns to bear. We goV around a.
quickly as we could wish pert nc! q ua-
I'll we almost pRIaiie.ed taG course Of
the leading Spanish vessels, Than the
helm vas eGscd and the snip st,eTed q
course parallel win the V scay5, which
Was then the leading vessel, CiLhoug h
the Mama Teresa probably was fErtH, T
to the westward th@E tEc Ni5caya. $40
was standing a. Sn acgie into shc shore.
When We 2OG around taU smoke was So
dense nothing cCuiG be seen VI Az
thing IL tAo rCsr Of US. Ihe three
:Spanish vessels &c were ,Aen engasld
Hath we're the VIacaya, the Colon ala
the OquendO. III. N.ecaya Was aoyu.
LYehty five Aunirtd yasys ca cur STAG
board BOWS, Ihe CoiV2 picD-1ly w4- .
little forward Of TIC ataTd ,oaca beam,
the Oquenoo wAs ayasy the s'alSUs.l.
We continued IN Jl-t d.r,cUo., 1 hen
i remarked 20 Captain CcoE nat \.
seemed Iataec lCEg.y Tor Us ouJ ,hcI5.
He VAS ia CDo oC4p.lg toT.r. III.
aSke0:
"WAy2'
Il SAID taat VIC wore al alone Win
the three SpEDi-h vessels. apo 81 aacmgd
tlat It depend, d u4oH u u klv5L tl-.l
CSI. At that tuc the smoke Was -
dCase could ncv aao aas la-lg a-d !
sutp05Cd ths1 tie N3E A-Ia Dl.s
sSty,. tie Bros ks IL Sa- zteall % aa, TO-.
OF ihe slower vessels, IL sl-g. ~.
ot:the colL.Dg iooo- ana exc aI--cd ly
me: 'Mhsss thai CH our staTAo-r-
quarter
Il locked in that direction ar- So
the hc@vy boy Vi a ca.p all s. j.:
'fhat must tc tao Mza5aCuU55 g.
He SAID; NJ, 1t DcU.a 10. b ta1
Massachusetts; sae has gone 10 Qua.
Ianamo. sad: Il must 10 he Ol3.
gon, and ho 7, ,msrkco; GyG bless ,Hl
Oregon / SAID: Wei, am vlr,
glaa to soc tor. The Oregon va g.
that umo about, raou!G 1-y. four o.
five hundred yarl5-th cur s,ItOsr.
quarter. at iuil spyed. We continued
Ia that position unMl t-5 BTyvEiyL
speed begun 10 lIC4ch5O as t.J gvt ul
steam, ana Wo probably drew Il..,
further ahead from tic Oregon. So,
never Was tLB. C.,se 40 4. t. .iG ~
remember. The OquoudO, shortly 81
ter, fell cut and wont ashore. III.
Uoion gradually drew aheai and a.st
went SshOre.
II remember very we'll the tim5 tina,
the VIscaya b!snkoted her from cui
fire. This chase was continued Ia tina
direction uGlIi when off A.cglTa1erss
the VlEcEsa ported her hllm and Tal
inAshOre some sevCn Ellos. Alter pass
ing the ViscsyA We steamed ahcSa anC
ceased firing. The mcu were siiCgOC
to cJmo Out of the tuEret5, ouo at
time, TO get breathing spsiI, although
of course, all guns were msnn0d anC
everything ready, but the gaining upoI
the Colon WaS voTy tIOw.
AT Ills Hhep the NiscayA 8 oot
In tor ACceIadOJas. TIC zac wa
continued then after the Colon.
knew IL must be SIX or seven Ml.e
away until Re gradually began 10 gsin
romemb bef keeping tie state st wort
on her, although the - 900 yara
would not register on the staadiom ter
l remembe sc one time telling COmmo
dOre Sohley that it Was within abou
5000 sTds and my recollection Is h
told some one TO sigual ,he Oregon I
try one OK her railroad trains B
any tate, shortiy aftIIw1gd, the OccgO
fred ono OF her l3-iaoh shells who
tell short. Then 40 tried Wlth 8iLo
SHELLS aud they fell short The Ore
gon was signalling to us the fall of o