The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-23

accident
Continuing. the witness described the
manner I'm which the vessel was coaIed
from collier. and said that he aLo had
personal knowledge of the condition Of
the Texas and 8IarbLhead with refer
'nco TO their projecting sponsors. He had
seen them coal. The Texas. because Of
her sponsons. was hard ship to coal
and on more than one occasion OF Santi-
ago she had asked permission TO go to
Guantanamo to coal, simply because she
could not coal I'm TIE open sea without in
jury 90 herself. The Marblchead was
difhcult to coal. but not 50 bad as the
Texas lie s~id the sporsons of the Texas
projected 50 far oct beyond the sides Of
The vessel as TO prevent ship coming
alongside her without touching her A
cotton bale was not big enough to Keep
the collier clear OF her sponsors.
Describing the blockade at Sauiago.
the witness said that the Flying Squad
ron steamed I'm frott of the mouth of the
harbor in the form OF an eIipse or circle
There was always one ship directly in
front Of the mouth OF the harbar. They
did not 20 70 one end and then swing
around the entire hclJ leaving the har-
Dor mouth unprotected. Just at the time
Of the beginning O. thc battle the witness
said, ne had no regular station. and the
executive officer asked him to look after
one Of the decks. as j., the ofHcerJ had
TO look after the gun deck
Beginning ef the Battle.
Q.-Give a description Of the battIo-or
the events which you saw.
A--There was signal gun fired from
the Iowa that the Spanish ships were
coming out. The alarm was at once sound
ed for quarters and the men went 10
their stations Then We started I'm to-
ward the entrance Of the harbor
time
Ave lay to the south Of the MORO.
II was probably north by east Of us be-
cause We were at the westward OF the
blDcEadi1g line. The Brooklyn was head
ed slightly TO the west ] believe as we
started iu with port helm. About fifteen
minutes after We started the Spanish
ShlrS had nearly gotten out and / stood
near enough 20 Commodore SChlev al that
time TO touch him-Within five feet. ] saw
thaL We were going into pocket The
spanish ships had gotten out and the Viz
caEa had turned toward us and we were
about 10 cross the line OF fire Of our own
SnlpS- ] said at the time-nOt TO COmm0-
dure SChleE OF anyone IN UaTticUIar-that
II we did not change the position Of our
ships
Captain LemIy dntcrrupting,-Never
mind that.
Swinging Clear Of the Texas.
The Witness tcontinuing}-At that time
the order was given to port the helm l
heard the commodore say Port" and
the ship started 20 swing 20 starbOard.
ana the helm was put hard a-pOTJ. She
swung around rapidly and the fire from
our batteries never ceased from the TINE
We started 20 turn until the end Of The
battle The Texas vtas on our starb0ard
bow She was third Of a mile from
u.s. There was never any question ln
my mind abcuC q A-ytlisiOn with her.
] never thought Cr that for q moment
There never was any danger We
turned entirely clear Of her. After
uIcl with the Spanish gett and
i- few minutes the Maria Teresa went
ashore on fire. Soca after the OauenJo
followed her. and hen we sighted the
FiZCaya and Kept ~ with her Tor rru on
twelve miles. At that tim- there was no
ship-lcokUg asterr of uS-eXCept the Or
og01- Old not see another ship
u--HCW close was tho OE-golg
A--iToh1bly half mile. in that run
with the Nizcaya Ellis was killed There
WAS group Of 10. rteeu or fft.lr ,f r.,
slgudiug together ana CCmmador. SeHr.v
asE.o i1 a mafteT-Gf-fact tone ot voice.
what is the TarEe2' Ellis who had "a
stadlmetCr i'm his hand held it ul ana
looked. as he did so a shell took his head
o.. ard ne f,II 20 the deck dead. aTct-au-
Icy said. Let's throw him overheard 90
Commodore Schl-y said NO. don't
throw The body 9Ver5oard- He died a
BRAY" man and we W!il give his body n
decent burial 1 helped To- wrap 81 up
and took 81 below and IL was fixed ana
gotten ready for burial
SchIey Amidst HurStInE shells.
The Nizcaya was putting un the best
fight OF any Of the ships then. she FOUGHT
Wei, and big shells were going over us.
A GOOD MANY r,....-,ls ,7,,.l..5 49, ...--.1
"a Tit-- q ~, ~. -. -, l.-,. SOUND
nh. Ss,5. ,- ,'-t" t passing over us
Hrt ,,oumodorr ScIr..l-.,. r.,r -.,.g t-'+'
,. ---.' 81 i''i- never "'l'-
The witness spoke very dramatically,
'-H ms Ae declared that ScE'.Es head
never bent The entire audience burst forth
tn loud applause. which seemed o. con-
uAae Tor h7ii minute IL was spontau-
''"7 ''' rF-t inc room. ana Admiral Dew
- ''''I'o VIGOROUSLY on ihr table With
''7 -"'''-
Dramatic Incident.
Witness u.suuiuE after the arrIarse
had sur-idtGJ-FIe was as calm. cool. and
collected a- ha is az this moment ,tHe
witness turning around and facing SeLIsy.
at The same time making % aI.eht gesture
toward HIND. HIS cH.y tl..-at Has f.G has
men. Tic called UC tu him time and again
during The battle ana raiI- "Do th. bu.-
lies below Eurg. rHf-r ID. -4..,. l-4...,.- ,f.-
This sH.u has ..rr .......... .-- fF.. .r
is uu grr1- I.e vH.r. 5-.. ..'.,r'5 o.. b..
that I. NO rr.r tl,. - s...r..-- - 81 '
a.. much aGegt ' rh.r ' ya Il e1irs- - a,, S.'s' ~.
those who rrr, ou f.r- afr.r rsr-.
th, Eizcav.t rgad. a t...r p, T.,, nm
said Tho s. q. is raruIrl.- rhfs --l--
Someone said ENo i- r. .-I,rr r1, ITr.-
way" She turned oct Tor "a -nr-- r#r--.
sv-i-.fn,. fry-.rF ne ..-I t1,.r, ..,-..f .
toward frl .r..r.. ' '''' '''," '''.'" 'i
u--CoU'L y.- e.e tho C-egan2
A--Ies. you could always see the Ore
To.' ang w. Larther ~ shore than we.
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