The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-26
now SPANISH FLEET WAS
DESTROYED BY SCHFY
AdniraPS Picturesque and Thrilling Story of the Great
Battle of Santiago July 3, When Cervera'S Var
ships We're Sunk Driven Ashore Under the
Terrific fire of the AnericanS---Fan0uS
Loop IS fully Explained

mind that after all our precautions and
waiting those fellows would ge. away
At that moment / felt and thought l
remarked to Captain Cook that we were
alone and would perhaps have most of
the fight upon ourselves. because / did
not know then that the battleships
could possibly keep up their speed. But
L said to him: We must stay with this
! crowd l had no idea that we would
| escape q course, If they could have
shot as well as our people did they
certainly would have got US.
Oregon to the Rescue.
When we had completely turned
around OF a westerly course the ships
appeared to have been broken UP a lit
tie, although still in some semblance
os formation. and just at that moment
l saw the oregon breaking in through
this cloud envelope. she broke through
on the starboard quarter. / hoisted the
signal of close up and then follow the
/ hag, feeling that new disposition was
/ necessary. That signal was replied to,
and ] saw it repeated.
Captain Clark knew very well it was
not intended for other ships. In a very
! few moments after the Oregon broke
/ through the cloud of smoke she was
perhaps 400 or 500 yards distant. These
two ships, the Oregon and the Brook
| lyn, were firing in manner 1 had
never seen before. 1 never before real
( lied what rapid gun fire meant. Both
ships were at that time a sheet of
flame.
soon after that 1 saw that the lead
/ ing ship was evidently battered hard.
/ She Jagged astern. 1 saw smoke COM
l ing ON of her ports and out of her
[ matches, and the fact that impressed
itself upon me was that the columns
We're going straight up in the air.
Il said to Captain Cook, who was
constantly at my side: We have got
one. Keep the boys below informed of
all the movements. They cannot see
and they ought to know and he did SO
! throughout the action. Every few
minutes messages were sent below to
! with cheers, which we could hear
/ through the VentilatOrs.
Another Ship On Fire.
TT appeared to be very snort in
terVal of time after that that I saw an
/ other ship on fire, which proved later
/ 70 be the Oquendo. She evidently had
suffered very severely, and started i'm
ms diately inshore, leaving the Viscaya
and the Colon. The Niscaya took a
I leading position on the bow, and I
/ thought for a little while that she
would perhaps outfoot us. The Colon
/ worked inshOre. and the time between
I the dropping out of action of those two
/ ships until the Viscaya turned inshore
/ was period of perhaps thirty minutes,
during which she was abreast of the
( Brooklyn and the oregon.
i looked to the eastward and got Oc-
! casiOnaI glimpses Of the Indiana and of
/ the Gloucester. / could not see very
3 well what they were doing. owing 10
/ the clouds of smoke. though I knew
/ that both were doing admirable work
/ I felt that the moment those vessels
ran into the beach the commanding Of
I fiCers of the ships which could not keep
] uD the pace with the two leaders would
/ take care of the prisoners and would
| save them from the insurgents, as well
/ as from their own fire
/ About thirty minutes, as nearly as
| can remember. was the length of time
/ from the turning in or the wounding
| of these two first vessels until the Wis
I caya went ashore. She was a little
J forward of the beam Of the Brooklyn,
! and 1 do not think at any time over
/ 2.30C or 400 yards away. She was in
] most excellent target range, and re-
| member that "A marine stationed in the
! top reported that he did not see any of
the two ships, the Brooklyn and the
! oregon, hitting the water.
! Fire Was a Deadly One
so I imagined from that that they
/ were striking the ship. 1t was on the
J trip outward after the turn. 1 was
/ very anxious about the ranges because
1 did not want the Viscaya and the Co
! Ion to get out of good fighting range
Ellis. who was an expert with the
stadimeter. constantly kept that in
: strument on those vessels, and, know
! ing exactly their heights. reported 10
me that they were maintaining the
a little more sensitive. and l said: No,
I they are evidently gaining
/ He went from me the second time,
and that was the last 1 saw of him
alive. In performing this magnificent
Z duty he lost his life. He was struck
about ten feet from where 1 We
/ standing. His brains and blood were
thrown over a great many people, and
/ some of il reached me. He immedi-
ately fell. of course. to the deck, and
/ il was a shocking sight to men who
/ had never seen such a thing before.
I Lieutenant McCauley and DR.. Dew
/ ain got down. or rather they We're
standing between him and the tower.
/ They picked up the body and carried it
4 to the side. ! just happened to see them
I THROUGH this opening, and called out
I to them not to throw that body over
/ board; that I thought taat one who
! had fallen so calamity deserved to BE-
I buried as a Christian His body was
I laid under the lee OF the forward tur-
ret and covered with a blanket and
/ there kept until after the battle.
Viscsya Goes Ashore.
Just before the Niscaya turned to
run ashore she put her helm starboar6.
/ apparently starting out for the Brook
/ lyn or the Oregon. / don't remember
/ which, and evidently a { that moment
] got a very severe wound, for l saw
quite an explosion under her bow. and
! in a moment afterward she put her
helm hard aport. turning inshore
I smoke coming from all of her hatches
Il thought she was going to capsize,
she had such a tremendous list to port
Just then I saw a shell strike her that
I al peared to me to rake her fore and
aft and thought TO myself she would
I sink in deep water, so I told the signal
3 officer to signal to the Texas to look
. out for her men and to save them, but
the Texas was too far astern to re-
ceive tEe message. I made the re-
mark al the time. however. Philip is
/ always sensible He needs no instruc-
/ lions about such things.
During this part of the fight I no.
/ ticed thst all of the signal halyards
/ of my ship were cut, ] think. possibly.