The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1898. TERRIFIC FIGHT AT CIENFUEGOS American Sail ish Soldiers Exchange Shot an The Loss of the Enemy Placed at Four Hundred-—Our Loss Is One Killed, Five Wounded. KEY WEST, May i4—Amid a ter- rific storm of shot from Spanish rifles and batteries the American forces cut the cable at Clenfuegos on Wednesday morning. Four determined boat crews | under command of Lieutenant Wins- | low and Ensign Magruder, from the | cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat Nashville, put out from the ships, the coast having previously The work of the volunteers was peril- ous. The cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat hville and the auxillary cruiser Windom drew up 1000 yards from shore with their guns manned, ready for desperate duty. | One cable had already been cut and | the work was in progress on the other when the Spaniards in rifle pits and a battery in an old lighthouse standing out in the bay opened fire. The war- in a thunderous volley, poured their guns belching forth massive shells into the rms of the enemy. The crews of the boats calmly proceeded ith their desperate work, notwith- | tanding the fact that a number had | len, and finished it, returning to the s through a blinding smoke and a | | avy fire. o man In a Marblehead boat was | led and six were seriously wounded, e of whom, Robert Voltz, is now at and is expected to die before bull having passed e of his brain. Harry die, a a the who also may was through the abdomen. . than 1000 infantrymen on shore | 't up a continuous fire and the bul- | the machine guns struck the hundred times, but did no Maynard, of the gunboat slightly wounded by a t that, before striking him, | through the arm of an ensign » name is unknown. Lieutenant low W shot in the hand, making icers wounded in all. 11 the Spaniards had been driven from the rifle pits, many of them oft Clenfuegos four boats were launch- | 1507 AH€ (03 HESIVI S BaLes COn e took refuge in the lighthouse fortre ed and proceeded in shore for the pur-| oap0 the men responded with a jump. upon which the fire of the ships had | Pose of grappling for the cable in order | yjeutenant Winslow of the Nashville been centered. A four-inch shell from | to cut it. The warships lay to about | took command of the Nashville's boats. the Windom tore the structure to |1000 yards or more off the harbor. | The shore surrounding the entrance of piece i ving others| It was observed that the Spanish | the harbor was first shelled and the | in the known | troops had assembled ashore, but it | Poats proceeded in. The cable was ve been v to b firing hundrec vy, the warships | | n Maguire of the Window be- | of the six badly | wounded men who were brought to Key | West this morning on the Windom can- not recover. { Following is the list of killed and | badly wounded: | Killed: | PATRICK REGAN, seaman of the | Marblehead. i Badly wounded: | JOHN DAVIS of New York. JOHN J. DORAN of Fall Ma: lieves that several River, ST SUNTENIC. HERMAN W. KUCHNEISTER. HARRY HENDRICKSON, all of the | Marblehead. | ADVERTISEMENTS. The Roman mother who with her mantle de- fended the body of her child from the ravenous birds of prey is a perfect type of motherhood in all times and among all peo- le. To protect er offspring from barm is the overwhelming instinct of moth- erhood. Modern moth. ers are coming to understand thal the best protec. tion they can give their chil dren against the preying acci- dents of life is to transmit to them an abundance of natural heaith and hardihood. 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Was si but a short time snd has a 1c pound daughter | | [ been shelled. } | North Carolina, of the { 1y and for more than an hour worked ville was quick to follow suit, and the little Windom cut loose with her four- pounders. In the meanwhile Spanish bullets fell in every direction around the small boats. Though the attack had come suddenly and fiercely, the blue-jackets were not dismayed, and protected by the terrific return fire of the warships work was continued and the cable cut. When the boats returned to the ships Reagan, who was in one of the Marble- head’s boats, of which there were two, was found to have been killed. Six men were badly wounded. The Spaniards had by this time suf- fered severe loss. Their shots from the lighthouse struck the warships several times, and, although they did not do much damage, the fire aroused the de- termination of the American officers to exterminate the fort. Thereafter, for the while, the fire of the warships was concentrated upon the lighthouse, and the improvized fort was blown to pieces. As there were great numbers of Spaniards in and behind the fort at the time, there is no doubt that many of them were killed. The Marblehead and the Nashville used their heaviest guns, as well as their small rapid-firing guns, and hun- dreds of shots were thrown into the Spanish troops. On board the ships a number of men were slightly wounded. Commander Washburn Maymnard of ors and Span- d Shell. The Engagement Off Cienfuegos on Wednesday Which Attended the Cutting of the Cable by a De- tachment From the Nashville and Marblehead. COMMANDER WASHBURN MAYNARD, U. S.N., WHO WOUNDED IN THE CIENFUEGOS AFFAIR. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@O@@@@@@@@ AMERICAN LOSS AT CIENFUEGOS WASHINGTON, May 14—The following telegram came to the Navy Department this afternoon from Commodore Remey at Key West: KEY WEST, May 14. To the Secretary of the Navy: The Windom arrived this morning with the following named men dead or wounded: PATRICK REGAN, private marine, dead. HERMAN W. KUCHMEISTER, private marine, shot through the jaw, probably fatal. : HARRY HENDRICKSON, seaman, shot through the liver, ably fatal. 5 ERNEST SUNTENIC, apprentice, first class, fracture of right leg. JOHN J. DORAU, boatswain's mate, second class, gunshot wound ® ® ® oJo) [C = prob- O@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@é@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ in right buttock. ® JOHN DAVIS, gunners’ mate, third class, wound in right leg. ® WILLIAM LEVOY, apprentice, first class, wound in left leg, very @ slight. ® g ROBERT VOLTZ, seaman on Nashville, severely wounded. . © ! LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WINSLOW, slight wounds in @ | the hands. ® | The casualties occurred in cutting the cable at Cienfuegos. ® { The following is a summary of Commander McCalla’s report: “Lieu- © tenant Winslow placed in command of steam and sailing launches © N of Nashville, Lieutenant Anderson second in command. Boats were to drag and cut cables under the protection of the guns of the Marble- head and Nashville. Succeeded in cutting cables leading south and west, but not third cable in shore. under the fire of infantry on shore with Maxim guns. Lighthouse destroyed when enemy took shelter there. The officers and men performed their work with the utmost cool- ness and intrepidity under trying circumstances. McCalla’s report mailed.” 3 REMEY. fororcrcleleeeloleelelclofoolololofolofololoololofolofololofofololo] day previous. He sald that at the time he left the lake a bulletin was posted on the board maintained at the hotel for the purpose of bulletining such meager news as reaches the inside con- cerning the war, to the effect that the reported drowning had been confirmed. This notice gave the victims as Swift- water Bill, Dr. Wolf and two of the girls who accompanied the party. Another<report which has not been verified gave the name of one of the girls as Miss Nellie La Moore, Gates’ sister-in-law. The Dr. Wolf who.was with - the party when it left Skaguay is Dr. J. H. M. Wolf of Salt Lake City. J. C. Wilson of Seattle and J. M. ‘West of Tacoma, on their way out from Dawson, left Lake Bennett at an early hour on Monday morning, reach- ing Skaguay the following day over the Dyea trall. They say the story was being denied by the Canadian police at both Bennett and the summit. They, however, did not meet the party on their way up to the lake, nor did they see the bulletin that was posted at Bennett at noon. Messrs. Wilson and West left Daw- son on April 17, making the trip out in twenty-two days, with $10,000 in gold. They report no later gold ex- citement than that at Monte Cristo Island. At Walsh Creek every one is building boats preparatory to going down the river. The river from the foot of Labarge to below the mouth of the Hootalinqua or for a distance of seventy miles is already open but full of running ice. They report sufficlent provisions in Dawson to last till the river opens. BISHOP NEWMAN IMPROVING. NEW YORK, May l4.—According to a | dispatch from San Francisco, Bishop J. P. Newman of the Methodist Episco- pal church was about to retire on account of ill-health, and was to be succeeded by Bishop Hurst. This dispatch, received to- day by a friend of Bishop Newman, whe | is now in Saratoga, refutes rumors: “Resting here and improving. No resig- | nation, to best of my knowledge.” \: RN W A\ \ R @ (O] ® @® ® (O] O] ® ® “BILL” GATES RACE IS RUN Reported Drowning “Swiftwater” on Lake Tagish. WAS of | Party of Four Persons Said to Have Perished in Alaska. Dr. Wolf of Salt Lake and Nellie La Moore Numbered Among the Vietims. Special Dispatch to The Call SEATTLE, May 14—The steamer Farallon arrived in port to-day from the north, bringing the news of the re- ported drowning of “Swiftwater Bill” Gates and three others of his party in Lake Tagish. Later information was recelved to-night on the steamship Amur. The drowning is said to have occurred at Skaguay on May 10. The story is both confirmed and denied by persons arriving from Lake Bennett, and there is as yet an apparent uncer- | tainty about the matter. A young man named Moore arrived in Skaguay on Tuesday over the White trail, having left Bennett at noon the o Bt ROBERT VOLTZ, Caster (‘Oun[}’.‘ shville. | Soon after the arrival of the warships a spent bullet. When the commanders of the Marble- | head and the Nashville called for vol- deep in the channel and was found with difficulty. One of the relays of the ca- ble had been cut when the Spaniards opened fire. The marines in the boats replied at once and a machine gun from the for- ward launch sent in a stream of bullets, while heavy shells from the warships | drove the Spaniards from the rifle pit J‘aL the shore, many of them seeking just as the work was about complet- | refuge in the lighthouse fort, which ed, the shore battery fired a shell at | was afterward torn to pieces by a shell the boats. It was followed by others, \ from the Windom. and the Spanish infantry opened fire With desperate courage the American - sailors stuck to their posts and suc- hien pikl thelg e e ceeded in dragging up the second relay Then, like a flash, the Marbl@head‘ was not known that heavy guns had been placed in a masked battery, and that the old lighthouse, far out on a neck of land, had been transformed into a formidable fort. The small boats proceeded cautious- unmolested on the cable. Suddenly, of the cable and severing it. Seven men sent a shell inland and followed it With | badly wounded was the cost, and one a perfect shower of shot. The Nash- Jof them, Reagan, died while on the way LIEUT. FRANK E. NEWCOMB, COMMANDING U. S.S. HUDSON. It was Lieutenant Newcomb’s undaunted courage and timely action in towing the torpedo-boat Winslow out of the range and heavy fire of the Spanish gunboats and shore batteries of Cardenas that prevented her, together with his own vessel, from falling into the hands of the enemy. He was appointed a third lieutenant in the Revenue Cutter Service in 1873 from Massachusetts; promoted to second lieutenant in 1882, and advanced to first lieutenant, his present rank, in 1891, at which time he was assigned to the Rush at this port. In 1892 he serve&a; executive officer on the Corwin and in 1894, upon his expiration of duty on the Pacific, was assigned as inspector of life-saving stations on the New England ks good, o oL dlong el e e Footerieh | coast. He was ordered to the command of the Hudson at New York in % well, A June last. FS the Nashville was slightly wounded by | back to the ship. Lieutenant Winslow | was shot in the hand and a number of others were more or less Injured. | On the Nashvilla Captain Maynard was standing forward with an ensign when a Spanish bullet passed through | the ensign’s shoulder and struck May- | nard on the chest, wounding him nnly’ | slightly. The Marblehead was struck scores of times by bullets from machine | guns, and the Nashville suffered toi about the same extent. The Windom | also had many marks of the fray. Her shell blowing up the lighthouse and scattering the Spaniards in all direc- | tions ended the battle. | Boltz and Hendricks, who with four | others of the wounded are at the naval | hospital here, are expected to die. The | remains of Reagan were buried at sea. WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Navy Department has received a dispatch from Commodore Remey at Key West confirming the report of a severe en- gagement at Cienfuegos last Wednes- day. He transmits the report of Cap- tain McCall of the Marblehead, show- ing that one man was killed, Herman Reagan, a marine on the Marblehead, and several injured. Several losses were inflicted upon the Spaniards and the object of the attack, which was to cut the cable, was accomplished. NEW YORK, May 14.—A special dis- patch from Key West reports that in the fight at Cienfuegos Commander Washburn Maynard and Lieutenant Cameron A. Winslow, both of the gun- boat Nashville, were slightly wounded. The dispatch adds that the Spanish loss is estimated at 400, and that of the United States fleet is four killed and four wounded. The lighthouse was demolished, it is reported, the arsenal destroyed and the batteries on shore silenced. The town was set on fire by shells from the Amer- ican fleet. LONDON, May 14.—The Spanish Em- bassies in Europe are circulating an of- ficial dispatch, saying the attempted landing at Cardenas and Cienfuegos have been repulsed with loss to the Americans. WASHINGTON, May 14—Patrick Regan, who was killed on the boat Marblehead, was in the marine corps and his next of kin lives in Sligo, Ire- land. Robert Voltz, a seaman on the Nash- ville, who was severely wounded, was born in San Francisco. His next of kin is Emma Voltz. his mother, of Wild- wood, Cal. Voltz had been in the ser- vice a year and a half. ‘William Levoy, who was slightly wounded in the leg, was an apprentice of the first class on the Marblehead. He is a native of Philadelphia. Harry Hendrickson, seaman, was born in Finland. Ernest Suntenic, apprentice, first class, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. John Davis, punner's mate, third class, was born in Germany. John J. Doran, boatswain’s mate, second class, was born in Boston and has been in the navy about ten years. Goddard and Maher Matched. PHILADELPHIA, May 4.--John M. 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