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cape the flames. From the water and
from the bow. where the other sur
vivors We're crowded, the men in the
Gloucester's boats rescued two officers
and seventeen men. Soon after they Were
put aboard the Gloucester boats there
were several eplosions on the Furor,
and the destroyer disappeared in the
sea-.
From the Pluton the Gloucester re-
scued twenty-six men.
Cervera's Surrender.
But while the men in the boats We're
busy at the work of rescuing the sur
vivors of the Pluton and the Furor,
Wainwright was in pursuit of the Span
fish battleships. Around a point of land
nearl, two miles west of where the
Pluton and Furor had been wounded to
death were the Maria Teresa and Oqu-
endo ashore and burning fiercely. Boats
were sent to the nearest battleship. the
Teresa. All the survivors were crowd
ed on the bow. Lieutenant Norman, of
the Gloucester, landed them on the
beach through the surf, and there they
surrendered. One of the officers was
Admiral Cervera.
He was stark naked. Most of the
others We're naked or nearly so, as
they were prepared to plunge into the
sea II the fire drove them from the bat
tleship.
Cervera and the officers of the Te-
resa were taken aboard the Gloucester.
where nt-Commander Vain
wright fitted him out as best he could
with clothes. Meanwhile the men In
the Gloucester's boats turned their at
tention to rescuing the survivors of
the Oquendo. They were put on shore.
Bands OF Cubans gathered and wanted
to seize the prisoners. To protect them
the men of the Gloucester raised the
United States flag and left a small
guard.
From out of the east the flagship
New York came. dashing. Admiral
Sampson had turned as soon as he
learned Of the flight of Cervera and
raced back to Join in the battle. Nearly
all that the Gloucester had done had
ship. AS the New York went past
CAPTAIN Chadwick, standing on the
forecastle, waved his cap led his crew
in wild cheers for wainwright and the
men of the Gloucester
Like Volcano.
And we'll he might. Never, perhaps
had there been such marvellous
achievement in sea fighting. All that
was accomplished by tho Gloucester
was done In less time than 1t has taken
TO write this article. 1t was 9:d3 when
the Gloucester saw the fleet turning
out. 1t was 1920 when the Pluton
went on the rocks. 1t was little after
l1o:sO when the Furor surrendered
And in that time the Gloucester had
| fired 1850 times.
Her six pound Hotchkiss had been
| fired $50 times, her three-pound Elotch-
kiss $50 and automatic 6 nl.m rifle s,4O0
times. No wonder the Pluton and
Furor We're smothered by her fire. 1t
| is true that they had beep fired at by
/ two of the battleships before the Glou-
cester closed with them, but so far as
is known 1t was the Gloucester and
the Gloucester alone that put them out
Of commission.
What is almost as astonishing is the
! fact that not one man aboard the Glou-
cester-w wounded, An ensign had a
rib broken by the recoil of gun he
was firing. That was all. And not 9
shot hit the yacht. Shells fell al
around her, but she escaped all injury,
From the time the smoke or the
Maria Teresa was seen until Cervera
! was handed over to Captain Bob
Evans, of the Iowa, every movement OF
| tho Gloucester. every discharge OF a
| gun, was like the personal act or Rich
ard wainwright, Never did crews work
better than did that OF the converted
/ yacht. Flow Wainwright. trained raw
4 men to such high state of efficiency
i In few months is one of tho mysteries
of the service, From the beginning OF
| the hattie to the end he was as calm
1 as if 1t was, sham fight and not the
greatest sea- contest of modern days III
lulich ha WAS engaged. But Main