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HOWRNSUob' GlLi.i -
Leaped Into The Se.t. Captured a. Torpeu
And Rendei’f. d 4; Ha ( rales;-.
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The torpedo involved in t’ s
story was origimdly inttm > 1-4 >
sink an American ship in Sa- ti
ago harbor. It came from' Ad
miral Cervera’s torn' do squ u
ron.
‘The hero of the war thus fa
is Ensign Irving Van Gordon
(Tiflis, wftocaptiTred ihorhw'TT
er bj plunging overboard lr 11
the deck of the torpedo boat I’m
ter, thus saving it from dost rue
tion. He came from .New 'i ori
state.
The story of the torpedo-aim
the ensign furui.-ims good read
inc and shows the America!
people what kind of boys wt
have in our navy. It s'h«ws tin
world that on our shipsXherc tin
heroes on every deck. But iff
principal object is to tell t. t
thrilling tale of how the bo;
from the Empire state tpok dei
perate chances and saved th<
officers and crew of the torped'
boat Porter from an explosion
that would have sent the n t(
Davy Jones.
Ot this act of courage tin
world will continue tu tain here
after.
IHo let it be known that Samp
I v son h»d bottled Cervera’s li*et
tightly in the harbor of Santiago
| and that there was no saL- wa;
for them to get out. In . s< mi
circle around the enframe ■ to th
bottle hovered the Am'-rcai
ships, dull and stolid by day ;
black and towering by ni/it Or.
Hie bosom of the Carribtmi tin
monsters los-ed and rolled to tin
swell, and Cervera chaffed :th
io the confines that had beer,
mapped out for him.
One night the torped) tub;
of the Pluton opened and si.- «‘v.; a
Schwartz-Kopf torpedoes, with
thfir war ncses on, started foi
the entrance of the haibnr. There
was a strong ebb tide running,
and Cervera figured that tin ;
would pass through the charnel
out to sea, and. guided by th
Providence that Spain always
has consideretl among ; ts protec
tors, run into some of the Aim r
ic-an ships and destroy them.
THE TOIU’EPO PISCoVEREU.
It was not fated, however,
that this sort of assassmatioi
-should occur, after exhausting
their motive power, the misplac
sd emissaries of destruction
ceased their direct action and
floated helplessly around in the
trough of the sea, passing
» through the channel cf the har
bor out into the open.
Ths gray streaks of the morn
ing were beginning co break it
the Oast, the coxswains’ whittles
sounded across the lazy soft and
the crews rose from their sleep
on the white decks of the Amt r
lean fleet. From the crags and
cliffs the shore birds mounted
skyward, and the sea gulls’
wings touched the lighting top*
of our ships as they swept by.
The big, silent throated guns
j trained on the batteries of Morri
and along the fortifications
seemed to yawn their awak--nim}
and the tints of morning splash
•d along tli£ ocean and mingled
with the yellow brass that trim
med our vessels. There were no
signs of war.
Capt. Fremont, of the Porter,
with his glass in hand and En
sign Gillis by his side, st. p u d
in the gunwales of his bout from
the main companionway am
scanned the scene. Shoreward,
from the staff of the Mo ro an I
along the batteries of Spain,
floated the Hag of Alphonso,
1 while 110 -iud .h’wn the coast las
'-i^S'a n 1 ps<m, Hying the
A mei liran color- and Waiting for I
smnet hi; g to turn' up.
Indeed, some'mug pvas to oc
-,ur in a few minutes —sonaethii-. 1
that wo’dd-t'irill tlnf officers am!
men of Hie Porter—for in a verv
(W moments/FFemon
detect* il something coming to
vard the -hip on the swell of
rhe tide. Il glistened aft am
sas I>l ck and pm-pm-.dike for
ward. He did not require hi
glass t > detect h Schwartzkopi
torpedo ff >aCuig' along toward
the Porter. It was pot moving
rapidly, but it seemed to corm
-mt of the gray mists of the
morning as though for some
thing to destroy.
Ensign Gillis saw it, too. In a
moment, he had tossed bis ofli
;.er’s c on .the d<-ck ami had
slipped his canva’- shoes. With
his hands on the rail he leaned
forward and watched the terri
ble instrument coming toward
the ship, rifiitg ami falling ami
st-ill .'ippro.-i<-l ? iig, mist! on, witu.
each - w.dl of Hie sea.
toil s clutched the rail. lii*m!y ‘
and prepared to make the jump.
•• i --In’S, du it, Gillis ;sb ’s got
her war nos** on I” exclaimed
Fremon , reaching for his
Ensign.
•‘l’ll fix that, sir,” replied
oiiii a ,»L >pi.. into the s-.i before
ms super! >r officer could rc
train him With a eouole oi
str<.ng strokes he reached th--'
ado of the Sell .- artzk-ipf ami
drcleti the no .a with his arm.
F.mn the dm-k of the. Porter
Fremont gazed breathlessly, at
die daring Uoy t -ing about in
die xx 1 'u: .di bi,n.
Gillis quickly turned the uosi
• f the w ap >n away fro ?. tin
Porter, ser.-w d dm bring pin up
'.ighily, so tli. t h could not - op
iate,, ami then swam back to
ihe 'side of ih ) torpedo boat,,
ailling bis pi-'z - at his side. Lift
ing bis dripping hand from the
water, Im saluted bis Captain
.nd waited with his arm around
he now harmless torpedoy for
urther orders.
tie was quickly hauled-aboard
iml the prize, was stowed for
ward. »,
There is no ostentation about
lil is and he took the honors
eaped upon him calmly.
No more daring deed has been
X f .
lono during this w.ir, and Rear
k.dmiral b uiipsiii yompliuieiit
i d the boy highly f r his brav
cy. II )is a grandson of Rear
Vdmiral Gillis, retired.
’ JITY uF LTVTV 1 SKWLE I’ON S
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’ -rAßvixn bai <; .1:, Tin; n.; Fam
ine-. rf'riiicK.ix bA.xtiago.
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, Santiago (b; Ciiira, July 20. —
'ue > -I o'clock tins nmrning 11
tr rm of skeleton refi’geeß has
s ff-e,u m tiling into th ? cry, s )in
• ilukml, and u’i Ihn .gry mi l to >t-
T -are. Mmy h?.d fallen by the way
-0 -ide.
-, ihe town of Santiago * p-eseii!r
j- 1 id Binai sight). Most of tlm houses
j. | have b-ft.-n sacked, and the BtoieS
j . ii.iVu ah been lu >’ei, imJ n fth’iig
Jyj e.. l -cat) Ln had fur love .o.
I money.
0 I .
I lu the str ets of the jity this
luuruiiu, at tiie entrenchments,
’ ut the br. a-tw-uks and at even
1 htiicJ o d Je -t or so nt ilm oarbed
d I Aire fei.ci s were die living skele
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I’ -Out ioday Co- "f.'Bsm-’n John
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1 ’.V. M.iddox after a week’s illueaa
» j was abla to be out a short while
h this morning.
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