The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . lstole in towards the coast, heading eastward, while inthe rear followed a steam launch from the New York,manned by Cadet J. W. Powell and four men, ready topick up any member of the Merrimacs crew who shouldescape. From the deck of the New York nothing could beseen of the collier after she passed under the shadow ofthe hills. All eyes were anxiously peering into thegloom and all ears were alert for a sound, but for a timesilence and darkness prevailed. Then the gloom wasbroken by a flash from Morro
The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . lstole in towards the coast, heading eastward, while inthe rear followed a steam launch from the New York,manned by Cadet J. W. Powell and four men, ready topick up any member of the Merrimacs crew who shouldescape. From the deck of the New York nothing could beseen of the collier after she passed under the shadow ofthe hills. All eyes were anxiously peering into thegloom and all ears were alert for a sound, but for a timesilence and darkness prevailed. Then the gloom wasbroken by a flash from Morro Castle, and the sound of adistant gun boomed across the waves. Other flashesfollowed from the battery opposite, and for about twentyminutes flash succeeded flash rapidly in the narrowspace. The Merrimac was meeting her doom. At Powell and the launch returned, followed by spite-ful but ill-aimed shots from the Spanish guns. Thebrave cadet had gone directly under the batteries in thehope of picking up some of the Merrimacs men, butreturned disappointed. Hobson and his brave crew had. Copyright, 1898, by Arkell Publishing Company LIEUTENANT HOBSON ON THE MERRIMAC THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 203 gone to the depths in their sinking ship or were prison-ers in Spanish hands. The launch had followed theMerrimac until it had seen her headed squarely in forthe harbor, the first shot being fired when the collierwas about two hundred yards from the entrance. Afterthat the firing rapidly increased, and the smoke, whichhung heavily, hid the vessel from view. Then came theexplosion of the torpedoes. Powell waited till full dayunder the cliffs, and before leaving saw a spar of theMerrimac rising out of the water of the channel. Thesinking had been a success, whatever the fate of themen. For the rest of the story we must turn to LieutenantHobsons narrative, given a month later. His purposehad been to take the Merrimac into the channel past theEstrella battery and sink her in the narrowest par
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