The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-11-01

Mr.. Hodgson and myself. First. he wa.
too rood an ofrcer 10 have transgressed
one OF the piainevt duties OF an omces
z, su,h q Tine And ada ss ras h.ys nns ne nne
ted II for a second. That 10 . nction;
there was no colloquy.
abcam. or a little absft the beam. and
when. wa turned about she was ahead o.
us, that u, on the starboard bow .
Al the same time. and from that moment
the following ten or fifteen minutes were
The most furioys part Of th,s sn,irs sNm.
from time. TO time. as my attention Wa
attracted for n moment. the Jets OF wa
ter ahead and astern and over ana s"Vt.;
| things that car. be heard only once n
lifetime. and then never forgotten. ~
sPpssssrss s s =, sh@ we're mo% a. WORK NAV upon IN.
| Brooklyn, and up to the moment OF Turn.
Ing. so far ms. we could. perceive. there
c~v"n been injuped' The thought passed
through my. mind that. after al our pre-,
cautions and waiting those fellows would
, Thought I remarked TO Capt. Cook. that
we were alone. and would perhaps nav
most 81 b nsht upon ourssiv,s; psc mis-
could possibly keep up their speed b,t
said e. him w must s,sy WIN would VIA
esseeSpe. OF course. II they could have shot
a. We'll as our fcopls did they certainly
would have got Us When he hsa eom,
seo""rr1ss n, tSs" SHIPS appeared to hays been
broken up .. ilttle. although stu ~ ' eha,
Through the cloud envelope, She brok,
through on 20 the siarb9ard au,r,cr :.
The rag ho's!s rd,, the rIsnSs ar 2! fc Sinss
that a new disposition. was neeessary;,
That signal was replied 70. and saw !,
ter S : /" 10, drnnEIs,nlacc 1"f fsS s Kim" becas.c hs
10 tho other ships. In. a very few mo.
"mioma 81 smoke she was perhaps four or
nyo hundred yards distant. These "
ships. tho Oregon and tho BROOKLYN. wsro
nrn rrn never before realized wha, rapid
gun nrc meant. 10th ships we're u, W.,
timo . hhcet q flame. soon after ,nn,,y
battered hard. She Jagged astern. ! saw
y,noso COMING out q her gor,,' ,hnt i'm.
"or.s"nsd pself nnon me was that the col
,imna were going straight M In the ar
1 paId 10 capt Cook. who was constant.
,he toys below Informed Of all tho move.
mcuts. They can not. sec. AMI my oussnn,
10 Know" and h. did 40 70.
were sent below to the Q that were
answered oftentimea with cheers which
We could hear through the ycnu,a,ori' y,
,Ims after that that / saw a second ship
on IRE. which proved later 70 D. ,na
oanenao. She evidently hna n emstsnl VEIN m
shore. IeayinR tho vlScayn aud the Colon.
Tho viscaya Immediately took a !esdlnE
l,iis while that she would perhaps out;
fOot ~. The Colon worked inrhofc ana
Tho time between the dropping, ou! ot nc
,RhIr.y minutes, during which she was
nhrnaft OF the BROOKLYN and the oreson.
slonni giimpres Of the Indiana and OF ~.
Gloucester. I could not see very wei
wha, they were doing. owing 70 h Nm e' %srs
doing admirable work. felt mat ,hs ~.
ncnt those vcrscis ran into III. beach me
compromising or,oet, o, une WIN In" Two
~leniers would take care Of the prisoners
and would rnvo them from the insurE.nt.
a. .s,r, W." minutes, as nearly as I can 70.
member. was the length. % time from the
turning in or me woondlng o. those two
ashore she was a little forward Of. The
beam Of tho brooklyn. and do not think
nj n time over 2syo 9r ~, ynr,s swsg'
and / remember that n marine stationed
In the. top reported that he d'a moi H.
my oS III W and Tho oregon. hitting The; va.
ter. 20 ! imagined from that they were
r,rikinr tho ship. II was on the TRIP out-
I WnH1 Hfftf tnf Nutns WfN fNfF $500
nbo,, Tho rangea because ! did not want
the vlrcnya and the colon TO GET out o,
good fighting range. LUIS, VINO W. III
kept that instrument on those vessels md
Knowing exactly their heights, reported
20 me that sn,y Tsrs ,na nm sne was =" a
little more sensitive. and ! said mo they
are evidently gaining
Ito went from me the second time. and
that wnE the last ! saw Of him alive. "
psrforming this magnificent duty he lost
hia lfo. lie was struck. about. ten fcel
from where l was. standing. Hts brain,
nmu o, peeple' and some Of Il reached me
/. lie Immediately fell, OF course. 70 IN,
/ deck. and u was a shocking sight 70 mel
who had never seen such THINGS bctorc
Lieut.. Mccspicy and DIR. Dcyailn go'
, down. or rather thcy were standing be,
I ,Seesn INN ne AMI snp c ung \, to ths side I JUS
{ happened 10 see them through the open
ing aud called out TO ihem not to throN
. one who had fallen 80 calamity deserved
Q iaid under the leo Of, ne, forward tgrre.
kept until after the battle.
. Just before tho Niscnya turned TO rui
Q ashore Hhe put her helm ,ntarboard. ap
= parrntiy rtartinH out for the Brooklyn o.
Inc oregon. ! don't remember which. an
" evidently at that moment got q vetl
I, severe wound. for saw quite an cSplo
nftorwnrd she put helm nport turning In
short. smoke coming from all OF he
!, matches ..
y 1 Thought she was going to capalze. sh
had such a tremendous list to port. Jus
then saw n shell strike her that np
pcnrcd to me to rake her. fore and AZ
!, and I thought to myself she would sin
In deep water, NO told tho signal Office
10 signal to the Texas to look out 10
her men and to save them, but tho Texa
= was too far nstcrn to receive the mes
sage. l made the remark at tho time. how
W. ever "phillip II always rcnsihlo, "
:" needn no Instructions nhout such things
n During this part of tho nsht ! notice
that nil of the signal hnivnrds Of IN
~ nhip were cut. I think possibly with on
~ exception. one OF the speed cones "
A. had hois,cd was cut and came very nen
~ striking me. II came down In front {
n me and went overheard.
After the viscaya had turned In air,
a. her colors down. tho Colon edged I
shore. aud appeared to DO following n
to contour OF the coast, and ! thougl
,d that nj thn time, looking astern ant ol
n. serving what had happened to her cot
e. sorts, she wns seeking the best place Nj
E - - a l.. a - -.A sA- 80 IA.