“FiQlitiiifl Dob” Evans Graphically Describes the Annihilation of Cervera’s i Proud fleet. ' I • < ‘ > f A ft) r • 1 The battleship Iowa was the Aral | •hip to see the Spanish fleet coming out of the harbor on the morning of i July J. Somebody on the 'bridge shouted: “What's that black thing coming out of the harbor?” A mo ment later the Iowa was at general quarters and th" signal was hoisted I that the enemy’ ships were coming out A gun was flrpd to attract the atten tion of the fleet at 9:i;il a. m. "Fight ing Bob" lCvans, the commander of the | Iowa, was sitting In his cabin, talking to hta son, a caiirt on the Massachu- I setts, who. luckily, bad bren left be hind In a picket Isiuich when the Mas sachusetts went tu Onantnrnrao t j coal at dawn. ('•pi. Krsna' Klnry. tlapt. Kvans' account of the battle as told In the cabin of the Iowa to a correspondent of the Associated Press, Is intensely Interesting. He said: “At the time 'general quarters' was rounded the engine hell rang full spec 1 j ahead, and I put the helm to starboard and the Iowa crossed the bows of the j Infanta Maria Teresa, the flr.it ehl;i j ru-t As the .Spanish 3ilmJr.il swung to the westward the ltl-ln< h shells from the forward turret of the Iowa seemed to strike him fjiir In the how. aril lb - : fight was a spectacle. As the squadron came out In column, the ships beauti fully spaced an to distance and grad ually Increasing their speed to thirteen knots, It was uupefb. The Iowa from this moment kept up a steady fire from her heavy guns, heading all the time to keep the Infanta Marla Teresa on her starboard bow and hoping lo ram one of the leading ships. In the meantime the Oregon. Indiana, Brooklyn and Texas were doing excel lent work with their heavy guns. In a very short space of time the enemy's uhlps were all dear of the harbor mouth, and It became evidently Impos sible for the Iowa to ram either the first or the second ship on account of tbelr speed. ,, , Fighting «t 2,000 Varda. ‘’The range at this time was 2,000 yards from the leading ship. The Iowa's helm was Immediately put hard to the starboard and the entire starboard broadside was pouicd into the Infants Marla Teresa. The helm was ther. quickly shifted to port and the ship went across the stern of the Teresa in an effort to head off the Oquendo. All the time the engines were driving it i full speed ahead. A perfect torrent of j shells from the pnomy passed over the j smokestacks and superstructure of the ) ship, but none struck her. The Cristo bal Colon, being much faster than the rest of the Spanish ships, passed rap idly to the front in an effort to escape. In passing the Iowa the Colon placed two C-Inch shells fairly on our star lioard how. One passed through tne cofferdam and dispensary, wrecking I the latter and bursting on the berth j deck, doing considerable damage. The | other passed through the side at tne j water line within the cofferdam, where | It still remains. Tli* Dual with the Oquendo. *'As it was now obviously impossible to ram any of the Spanish ships On ac count of their superior speed, the Iowa's helm was put to the starbuarl ’ nud she tan on a course parallel with ' the enemy Being thru abreast of the Almirante Oqueqdo, ut u distance of I 1,100 yards, the Iowa's entire battery, including the rapid-fire guns, was op ened on Oquendo. The punishment was terrific. Many 12 and 8 Inch shells were seen t» explode inside of her and smoke came out through her hatches. Twelve-inch sheila from the Iowa pierced the Alrolrsnte Oquendo at the same moment, one forward and the other aft. The Oquendo seemed to stop her engines for a moment and lost headway, but she Immediately resumed her speed and gradually drew ahead of the Iowa end came under tbs terrific lire of the Oregou and Texas. Torpedo IlngU Migtitnl. “At this moment the alarm of ‘tor pedo boats' was sounded, and two tor pedo boat destroyers wero discovers! In (be starboard quarter at a distance of 4,OOP yards. Fire was at once op ened on them with the after battery and a 12-Inch shell cut the stern of one destroyer cquarely off. As the shell struck a small torp"do boat fired ba<-k at the battleship, sending a shell with in a few feet of my head. I said to Executive Officer Rogers: “That little ( hap has got a lot of cheek." Rogers shouted back: "She shoots very well, a I the same." Dario* of ttio (Doacoatar. “Well up among the advancing cruis ers, spitting shots at one and tben an other. was the little Gloucester, shoot ing first, at a cruiser and tben at a tor pedo boat, and hitting a head wherever also saw It. The marvpl was that she was not destroyed by the rain of bhella In the meantime the Vlxcaya was slow ly drawing abeem of the Iowa, and for [he space of fifteen minutes It was five and take between tho two ships. The Vizcaya tired rapidly but wildly, not one shpt taking effect o:i the Iowa, while the shells from the lov/a were loaiing great rants In the sides of the Vizcaya, As the latter passed ahead of the low.t she came under the mur derous fire of the Oregon. At this time the Infanta Maria Tereija and the A'.mirante Oquendo, leading the ene my's column, were seen to he heading for the beach and In flames. Th» Texas. Oregon, and Iowa pounc ed tlmm unmercifully. They ceased to reply to the Are and In a few moments the Spanish cruisers were a mass of flames and on the rock* with their colors down, the Teresa flying a white flag at the fore. ICuewy's Crews .lump Overboard. "The crews of the enemy’s ships stripped themselves and began Jump ing overboard, and one of the smaller magazines began to explode. Mean time the Brooklyn and the Cristobal Colon were exchanging compliments In lively fashion at apparently long range, and the Oregon, with her loco motive speed, was hanging well on the Colon, also paying attention to the Viz caya. The Teresa and the Oquendo were in flames on the beach Just twen ty minutes after the first shot was fired. Fifty minutes after the first shot was fired the Vizcaya put her helm to po-t with, a great burst of flame from the afterpart of the ship, and headed slow ly for the rocks at Accoradores. where she found her last resting place. A3 It was apparent that the Iowa could not possibly catch the Cristobal Colon, and that the Oregon and Brooklyn un doubtedly would, and as the fast New York was also in her trail, I decided that the calls of humanity should be answered and attention given to the twelve or fifteen hundred Spanish offi cers and men who had struck their col ors to the American squadron com manded by Admiral Sampson. Saving the Iteaten *p tnlnr.lv. "I therefore headed for the wreck of the Vizcaya, now burning furiously fore and aft. When 1 was in as far as the depth of water would admit I low ered all my boats and sent them at once to the assistance of the unfortun ate men, who were being drowned by dozens or roasted on the decks. I soon discovered that the inaurgi tit Cubans from the shore were shooting on .Men who were struggling In the water after having surrendered to ua. I lot me this iattumhic Oiately put a step to this, but I could r.ot put a stop to the mutilation of many bodies by the sharks inside the reef. These creatures had become excit ed by the blood from the wounded mix ing In the water. My boat's crew work ed manfully and succeeded In saving many of the wounded from the burn ing ship. One man. who will be rec ommended for promotion, clambered up the side of the Vlzraya and saved ihrre men from burning to death. The smaller magazines of the Vizcaya were exploding with magnificent cloud ef fects. The boats were coming along side In a steady string and willing hands were helping the lacerated Span ish officers and sailors onto the Iowa's quarter-deck. All the Spaniards were absolutely without clothes. Some had their legs torn oft by fragments of shells. Others were mutilated In ev ery conceivable way. Itloori In Hi* "The bottoms of the boats held two or three Inches of blood In many car, cs dead men were lying la the blood. Five poor chaps died on the way to the ship. They were afterward burled with military honors from the Iowa. Som" examples of heroism, or more properly devotion to discipline and duty, could r.evrr be surpassed. One man on the lost Vizcaya had his left arm almost shot off Just below tho shoulder. The fragments were hanging by a small | piece of skin. But lie climbed unaj elated over the aide and saluted as If on a visit of ceremony. Immediately after him came a strong-hearted sailor whose left leg had teen shot off above the knee. He was hoisted on board the Iowa with a tackle, but never a whim per came from him. (Iradually the mangled bodies and naked well men accumulated until It would have bee.l almost difficult to recognize the Iowa as a United States battleship. Illood was all over her usually white quarter deck. and 272 naked men were being supplied with water and fooil by those who a few minutes before had been us ■ ing a rapid-fire battery on them. Receiving t’apt. Kiilutf. "Finally came the boats with Capt. Eulate, commander of the Vizcaya, for whom a chair was lowered over the tide, as ho was evidently wounded. The captain's guard of marines was drawn up on the quarterdeck to salute him, aud I stood waiting to welcome him. As the chair was placed on the deck the marines presented arms. Capt. Eula'e slowly raided himself In the chatr, sa luted me with grave dignity, unbuckled his Hwordhelt and. holding the hilt of the sword beforb him, kissed It rever ently, with tears In his eyes, and then surrendered It to me. Of course 1 de clined to receive his sword, and as the crew of the Iowa saw this they cheered like wllil men. As I started to tak Capt. Eulate Into the cabin to let the doctors examine his wounds the maga zines on board the Vlxcays exploded with a tremendous hurst of flame. Capt. Eulate. extending his bands, sail -j f 'Adios, Vizcaya. There goes niv beau tiful ship, captain!' And so we pass".! j on to the cabin, where the doctors dressed his three wounds. In the moan- | time thirty officers of the Vizcaya had been picked up, beside 272 of her crew. Our wardroom and steerage officers gave up their staterooms and furnished food, clothing and tobacco to those naked officers from the Vizcaya. The paymaster Issued uniforms to the nak ed sailors, and each was given all the corned beef, coffee and hardtack he could cat. The war had assumed an other aspect. t'ound Corvorn on tho aloursotor. “As 1 knew the crews of the first two ships wrecked had not been visited by nny cf our vessels, I ran down to them. I found the Gloucester, with Admiral Cervcra and a number of his officers aboard, and also a large number of wounded, some In a frightfully man gled condition. Many prisoners had been killed on shore by the fire of the Cubans. The Harvard came off and I requested Capt. Cotton to go in and take off tile crev/s of tho Infanta Maria Terms and the Almlrante Oquendo and by midnight the Harvard had 970 pris oners aboard, a great number of them wounded. Kor couragp and dash thee Is no parallel In history to the action of the Spanish admiral. He came, ns he knew, to absolute destruction. He he knew, to absolute destruction. There was cne single hope—that was thut the Cristobal Colon would steam faster j than the Brooklyn. The spectacle of \ two torpedo boat destroyers, paper shells at best, deliberately steaming out In broad daylight In the face of the Are of a battleship can be described In one way—It was .Spanish, and It was ordered by Blanco. The same must be said of the entire movemen'. In con trast to this Spanish fashion was the cool, deliberate Yankee work. The American squadron was without senti ment. apparently. The ships went at their Spanish opponents and literally tore them to piece*. Blit the moment the Spanish flag came down it must have been evident that the sentim-'nt was among the Americans, not amoni the Spaniards. High PraUe for t*vrr«ra. “I took Admiral Cervera aboard the Iowa from the Gloucester, which/had rescued him from the dead, and receiv ed him with a full admiral's guard. The crew of the Iowa crowded aft over the turrets, half-naked and black with powder, as Cervera stepped over the side bare-headed. Over his undershirt he wore a thin suit of flannel, borrow ed from Lieutenant-Commander Wain wrlght of the Gloucester. The crew cheered .vociferously. Cervera is every inch an admiral, even If he had not any hat. He submitted to the fortunes of war with a grace that proclaimed him a thoroughbred." (‘apt. Evans Is intensely promt of his ship anti her men The Iowa tired thir ty-one 12-Inch, forty-eight H-inch. 27') 4-tnrh. l.Otii), 0 pmmJ. and 120 1-pound j shots. Fearful lluroc >«„ iliu Vlseayg. The officers of the Vtacaya said they (Imply could not hold tbelr crews at the guns on account of the rapid fir- ! , poured upon them The de< k* were i flooded with water from the ft-e hose , , and blood from the wounded made this a dark red Krsgiud.lt of bodies float 1 ed in this along the gun de. k Mvorv instant the crack of eaplodlng sheila , ‘ told of new havoc, til# at the 12-1n< h •hell# ti >n« the low# exploded a tor pedn In the VIgfjya a bow. blowing twenty-one men against the deck above ! and drop, ing them dead and mantl'd ; Inis the Are which at on*»' started b# lew The turps do re ar Blisses was avnl by the flagship to the help of the Iowa to the »e>> ire of the Yis ayn't , crew. H< r torn siw a terrible sight. I he flames t< vying out from '.he hag- , 1 ih. t h'lea to the \ iScyy s's sldea |Uk*l i I t n ill# »lv Mi lav I • *h of tM , [ «**» kNt 19 *wf^#4h4 lM4<* I ■ *»*• # 4*U« k son’s fleet. The Pluton and Terror, they gay, kept guard every night insido the harbor. The Indiana was hit only twice. She flred no armor-piercing shells except from the smokelets powder slx-pound ers. The Oregon was hit three times, twice by fragments of shells. The Iowa was struck nine times. WONDERFUL ORE SPECIMEN. Contains Tan rounds of Hold and Is Worth •*4.160. The finest specimen of quartz gold ore ever sent to the State Bureau of Mines, the finest specimen ever seen In Colorado, and probably the finest speci men In existence for that kind of ore was received from the Smtiggler-lfnlon mine, Tellurlde, San Miguel county, last week, it was Immediately sent to the lapidary's, from where It emerg ed neatly cut In two sections, says the Denver Times. 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