The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-23
TWELVE DEAD IN
FORT SAN CARLOS
Fifteen of the Brave Defenders
Badly Wounded.
BLOODY WORK Of GERMANS
BATTLE HAD NOT CEASED AT
LAST ACCOUNTS.

= Maraicabo. Jan. 22.-The BON y
parchment CO Fort San Carlos by =
the German cruisers Nineta. Pan y
ther and Fake was continued yes >
terday afternoon until o'clock. =
II Was resumed this morning at =
day break. The first shells were ?
hurried at the fort at 4 o'clock at ,
long range At 8 O'Clock the Pan =
Iher- being Of light draft closed y
IN and again became actively en- y
gagged The fort replied. At >
O.clOck the engagement was pro-
ceeding as hercely as yesterday ?
Twelve dead and fifteen badly ?
> wounded. Venezuelan soldiers
were counted IN the fort at
clock last night by the CORE
y spondent OF the Associated Press.
M ARACAIBO Jan. z2.-The Panther
wi left her position close 10 Fort
SAN Carlos which she teok up
earlier in the day withdrew this aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock ard joined the fleet.
This ship was halt q mile outside of
the bar aud about I'VE from the tort.
At O'Clock the correspondent of the
Associated Press in a rowboat APP
preached the side of the fort out os
range, and from this point witnessed
the long range FIRE of tile German
cruisers which continued from until
6 O'Clock
The Nineta and the Fake were close
together, and nearer the fort than the
PANTHER. The first TWO vessels al a
range o. four and q half miles poured
IN continued rain of shells on The
Tort. and only stopped firing with tho
auNeht OF dusk at O'Clock. At this
hour, the German vessels retired SOL
ward after having made a second in
eHectual attempt to land troops in the
Vlllage OF San Carlos, situated at the
base of the fort
Scene in Fort.
At o'clock Wednesday afternoon tbs
correspondent. who was accompanied by
government telegrapher bearing a tele-
gram from President Castro TO the COM
Inandant Of San Carlos, landed on the
island and entered the fort The walls
OF the fort are terribly hammered. and
there were many evidences of the firing
Twelve dead Venezuelan soldiers were
counted behind the ramparts, and fifteen
other men, seriously wounded. We're "
ing on a low platform
The fort is literally covered with pieces
OF broken shells. 1t was seen that a
great many OF the German shells had
not exploded The MAGAZINE mad q very
narrow escape, two shells having coms
waits or the Tort which face toward tbs
entrance of the. lake suffered particu-
larly and were greatly damaged
It Is estimated by the commandaut
General BellO. that the German ships
fIred more than 1,So0 shells at Fort san
Carlos
Germans Poor Gunners.
Although the damage inflicted upon
the fort by the sustained fire of the Ger
man cruisers IS very great IL is nor all
that could be expected from a continued
IRE from modern high power guns The
village of San Carlos suffered greatly.
me aim of the German gunners appears
10 have been inaccurate, for more than
50 per cent of their shells exploded in
the village before reaching the fort The
cannon mounted at San Carlos have not
suIIlelent range 10 reach the Fake and
the NIneta, so the fire from these yes
seS was not returned. as they kent on
9I range OF the Venezuelan artillery. The
meta and Fake are of too great
araught to cross the bar The Panther
alone can do this. and this fact explains
Why the last mentioned cruiser was the
99nly one to come in close TO the fort.
some OF the artillery on the fort has
been destroyed by the German fire. but
: mere are stu five guns that can be
Bello Full of Fight.
General Beiio is soldier Of remark
aole courage and daring. He has shown
great bravery and is in no way intimi-
lated He viii not abandon the fort bur
Will resist as long as il is possible for
llm to do so. He SWearS that on Ian
Z, the occasion of the first bomhard-
nent. the Panther fired upon him first
Without reason and without prOVoca-
ion.
The report that the biggest of the at
ackins vessels was either an English
n Italian ship is untrue. IT is known
nat all three vessels were German
Ihe Venezuelan gunbOat Miranda is in
lake MaracalbO. 1t was doubtless the
Intention Of the Panther, in trying to
BASS the fort and get into the lake. to
.apture this vessel. The passage over
he bar that leads into the lake is mar
oW. and the fort commands it Gen
raj BellO Is confident that he can sink
he Panther, If she attempts to It by
With the fire of the guns remaining to
lin.
Wednesday night passed without incl
lent, and the garrison of Fort San Car
os rested from the fight OF the dav ana
made preparations for what the morrow
night bring.
Many Fishermen Killed.
A fisherman from the village of san
1arloS has arrived here in a canoe vvifb
rs 1amily. Two Of this mans children
we're Killed by shells from the German
rulSer. he reports that more rbar
twenty-five indian fishermen have been
.llled or wounded CT San Carlos The
ishermen there are helpless.
Last night there was q demonstration
N the streets of this town The peoDfe
'araued. but there were no words Of
atred or insults as they passed the Ger
nan stores. which are numerous in Ma
acaibo.
ITALY DOES NOT. a pppour