The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-29
ADMIRAL FARRAGUTs FIGHT.
story of How He Ran the Gauntlet
ut Mobile Ray RetCId.

a feature of the July Success is the
story or the life of Admiral David a.
tl9rraggt told by Rear ADMIRAL James
Edward JoueLt, L. S n treure1j R41r-
Admiral Jouett was an officer unt,er
farragut. The following is his story
Oh the battle OF Mobile Say, as he vii
messed 1t:
cruisers and gunboats were dashed tn
sether, so as 10 guard against the sink no
OF the outside vessel in case il was badlV
damaged by the Confederate guns. ms
required some time, but at $50 o'cloc4
phe sSnai To move rose to the Hartford
masthead, and, half an hour later the
leddeIS were crossing the bar heading
IoI the narrow passage marked by tn-
reu buoy, TO which have referred When
WITHIN range the Tecumsch the mon
TOR that led in the advance across the
front OF the fort, hurled two flftecn-inch
sHots at II. Then the o5her monitors
also opened fire with all their guns M
reply Tor moment came from the fort
lts garrison was waiting for the ghor.---7
range; This was afforded EI4-rn al ,.Ol
clock the head of-e71e SQUAT, ron drew
IN TO make the turn at the red buov
lame and shot thereupon belched from
every gun in the fort. They were hoy--
e eeriG, paaly aimed; only ole shot did
serious damage. That Killed nearly all
Oh guns crew on the Hartford
When the Confederate squadron Omen
eo hre the monitor TeCumseh, at :he
heau OF the Union line was abreast of
the fort Before the advance was h.
gun told Commander Tunis A NJ
craven, the Tecumseh's captaiu to tonk
guI l9r the torpedoes which Watson and
! had discovered. The reply he made
was characteristic of the man IJe
promised TO try to pass the fort insid.
the RED buoy l pointed out at the west
ernmost limit of his sailing but he said
he would get by, torpedoes or no tor
pedoes. He tried, indeed to pass tho
torpedo line as he had promised but
az the moment the Tennessee opened
nre' the Tecumseh had her turret turn
cd with portfolios from the fort while
her guns were loaded, and Craven anvil
Gus TO quickly reach and engage inc
tennessee. saw that If he kept TO inc
passage between the red buoy and the
Tort his route would be a crooked one
so. unmindful of the torpedoes. he or
dered the man at the wheel To head Ia.
Iecumseh straight for the Confederate
ram. The monitor for few anxious
moments held her course undisturbad
Ihen we who were behind heard a dun
roar ana saw the stern Of the Tecumseh
rear IN the air. few seconds later
ten at most-her nose dove deep mo
ne bay and, with her screw whirlng
IKE top. she plunged toward the bot
tom. a torpedo had ripped open her
hull. The only ones who ESCAPED were
a few men in the turret-eight I'm all
One of these was Collins. the pflot who
told afterward how he and Craven met
house.
go ahead he captain" said Collins.
NO, sir replied Craven. After Won
pilot; | leave my ship lastr
But he was not 10 leave her alive
When | reached the uppermOst round
or the ladder" said Collins. "the ship
dropped from under me" Sixscorc
brave men In all went down with their
chivalric captain.
Farragut, from the port main rigging
or the Hartford. where ne had taken
his post In order TO better observe
what was passing. saw the sinking or
the Tecumseh and ordered me to send
a boat to pick up such men as might
no al f.
G. Nields, a lad in years, but every lncn
hero, had charge of the boat which !
ordered away. / discovered after he
had pushed off from the Metacomet
that he had no flag flying. and. hailing
MIN, ordered him to hoist his colors
Accordingly. he ceased rowing un-
furied the flag, set # 10 it's staff and
again pulled In under the most terrific
nre any man ever witnessed Nor
though the storm OF grape and canister
whipped the water into spray. did he
seek 10 return until ne had rescued an
OF the eight men who had escaped from
the sunken monitor