The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-26

cones we had no-Sted was cut and
came very Eesr striking me. 1t came
down in front Of me and went over
board.
Colon the Mkt Victim.
After the Niscaya mad turned in
anre. her coIors down. the Colon edged
inshore and appeared so be following
the contour of toe coast. and } thought
that at shat time. looking astern and
observing what had happened 10 her
ccnsOrts. she was seeking the best
place she could End in order to end
the matter at once
From AssaderCs. which was behind.
some sixteen miles west of the harbOr
of Santiago to the point Rio Tarquino
is perhaps q bout thirty miles. so I said
to Captain Cook cease firing and to
make the signal I also told Captain
Cook to let his men come out Of the
turrets into the cooler air and get
something TO eat and hurry up his
men t1iUN.
II think ! went into the battle tower
myself az that time. and sang out 60
the men below that we had got ali OF
/ them except one. and ] thought they
could be- depended upon 10 catch that
other vessel. J heard a good deal o.
merriment and rejoicing. ,
II went back to the bridge and soon
realized that they were doing their
best. There was q jingle to the rails
and a vibration to the vessel. and
perceived that the motion OF the ship
was sluggish. / suggested to Captain
opF that we possibly had some COM
IartWents filed He sent the carpen-
te- down. and it, developed thai one Of
th' after compartments had filed with
water which we thought as due ~
the act that we had received sOr&c
/ in ury blow the water line.
Gained In the Chase.
The carpenter. as well as the cap
tain, thought it unwisc to examine the
COMPARTMENT until we could get into
smoc Their water. where we could possi-
b!y handle it much more readily That
course was decided upon. The sntp's
1 :. ed. of course. came up with some
! lal-rity. ana toward II O'Clock 4 was
very apparent that we were gaining
| UPON the chase. / said to CAPTAIN
Cook several times during the action f:
w tuld IL not be a good idea TO edge
/ in so that we could finish those Eel
lcWs?' and he replied that we had them
IN the most excellent target range.
anc that the guns of the two ships
seemed TO be doing most admirable
work.
We were pointing at that tire for
IaEquino Point. under Cape CrIz at
the point extending to the southwark.
MY idea was that. in steering that
course if the Colon kept up her course
she would be obliged to come out.
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ammunition. so that when she came
cut into close Quarters it would be a
Question Of but few minutes before
We Knocked her out.
As we were going out to head her
OFT there were various signals between
the Oregon and myself of a pleasing
character Some We're oiciaI. I gave
{ TIC order TO ca plain Clark to open fire
Win his 13-inch guns. Captain Clark
mas testified that he did not receive it.
anu l always had been under the i'm
preston, until ] heard him say other
wise. that that order had been trans
mitted.
Big Guns Were Used.
However. we continued to advance.
the Oregon and the Brooklyn. don't
think the Oregon was further astern
than 500 yards. 1 do not believe the
prOlOngatiOn of her course at any time
would have passed within 500 yards of
the Brooklyn. We were practically and
relatively at the same distance: per-
maps the Brooklyn was a Ettle nearer
at times. and then the Oregon little
nearer. We continued in this position
until about 1850. when we realized that
We were within range of this vessel.
ana we tried the 13-inch and the S-inch
guns on her. Several of them fell
short. but 1 remember that one of the
OregOn's 15-inch shots passed entirely
over the Colon, and that one of the
S-inch shots Of the Brooklyn passed
over her also.
Il saw with my own eyes the jet of
water beyond I thought at first IL had
gene through her. but it APPEARS that
it did not strike her. The position of
the Colon being directly under the fire
of the two ships. there was no question
in the mind Of the captain of the Colon
that it would be fatal I think he did
exactly right A sacrifice of life would
gun to the leeward and hauled his flag
down ar ran In on to the bar at the
mou, h OF Rio TarquinO.
Surrender of the Colon.
Il signaled at once to cease firing:
that the enemy had surrendered. We
hauled up and Immediately passed into
position. We had some difficulty in
g tting out a boat, on account of the
steam being turned off and the cranks
/ having been struck. They were more
or less jammed. We steamed into a
position of LOCO yards, I remember
distinctly Captain Cook asking if we
should slow up. 7 said. No. continue
/ in Captain Cook changed his course.
We were all I'm fighting rig.
we arrived in the vicinity OF the
! Colon at 1880. At the time she hauled
her colors down ] did not think she
was over -Four miles from US. We were
running then in the neighborhood of
/ fifteen knots. When the surrender
tool place I naturally felt interested in
the vessels that were following. ] was
then on the bridge and with glasses ]
saw three vessels astern. / could see
the mssts Of two. I could see only the
smoke OF the third one. we lowered
the boat and Captain Cook went
{ ashore
He said to me: Commodore, what
are .he terms of surrender
Il said 10 him: unconditional. Those
are matters that the commander-in-
chief must arrange. We can only ac-
cept an unconditional surrender
AT , o'clock and twenty-three min
utes about. The New York came up. I
I had made signals TO her. I think she
was quite half an hour in answering
one OF them. or course there Was not
very much breeze under the land.
Wien she came up I made the signal
10 her that IL was a glorious day for
our country. and as soon as I could [
went on board TO pay my respects.
I'm the meantime Captain Cook.
who had been detained some little tine.
I started off To make his report. and
went on board the flagship. When he
returned j took the boat and went on
board myself. There reported sub
stantially what had occurred. the in
cidents and events Of the battle In s
hurried way.
After having stated them 10 the
communicated a group of Off
GERS who were standing on the oppo-
site side came up to me and asked me
of course eVprvbOdv WAS interest cd