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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ir, he said, and in five seconds was dead. OHearn is thirty-five years of age, and has served eighteen years in theUnited States navy. He went on the Winslow last January, and had pre-viously served on the Piuntan., the Katahdin, Texas and other vessels of thenavy. While on the Puritan in the Brooklyn Navy Yard last July, he pre-vented a catastrophe by saving the ship from being blown up when the boilerwas on fire. For this act of bravery he was given a medal, which he nowwears. He will return to some place in the navy after a few weeks rest inBrooklyn. A Sailors Letter to His Mother. James C. Darcy, of New York City, a first-class fireman on the gunboatWilmington^ gives a graphic account of the fight at Cardenas in a letter tohis mother, written the day after the battle occurred. The letter is as follows: t/. S. S. Wilmington, off Cardenas, May, 1898. Dearest Mother:Although I do not know when this will reach you, I am going to write, at CUTTING CABLES AT CARDENAS AND CIENFUEGOS. 361
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any rate, and I suppose whenthis does get to you the paperswill be full of the gunboatWibningtoii. We have fought aboutthe first battle of the war onthe Atlantic side of the house;that is, if it can be called abattle. The morning of the12th of May was a bright,sunshiny day. We had beenout from Key West two daysand had aboard three Cubanofficers, and had proceededhere, when we met the gun-boat Machias^ which had beenblockading this port. Whenour captain asked him abouthis intention of going intoCardenas, the Machias captainsaid: I am most too heavy,owing to the depth of waterI draw, and I do not think Icould get in. Then our captain said:Im going if I get blown toh—1. Captain Todd is a Ken-tuckian, and all the crew an-swered with a wild cheer. So,with the torpedo boat Witislowand the gunboat Hudson^which is a gunboat now, wewent in by another channeland got right into the harborwithout any trouble. The Dons ran up Span-ish colors and fired a solidshot at us, but it fell short.We load

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