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ian steamer Solveig, and was nearly

destroyed by fire at Newport News in

1690. She was built at Newcastle,

Eng., in 1804, was 330 feet long, 44 feet

beam and had a net register of 2,103

tens. The Merrimac left Norfolk

where she was fitted for government

purposes about a month age.

CAr-K Haitien, Haiti, June 4. A sec

ond dispatch from Santiage de Cuba

states that it is believed that the Mer

rimac was sent into the neck of the

harbor by Sampson for the purpose of

closing the pert and thus prevent

the escape of the Spanish squad

ron. Frem information conveyed by

the prisoners it is believed they volun

teered for this dangerous work and

that none perished. They were pre

pared for the explosion when It oc

curred. New Yehk, June 4. A Washington

dispatch te the New Yerk Herald

says:

Ne official information has been re

ceived at the navy department of the

report that the collier Merrimac had

been sunk in the entrance te Santiage

harbor. The officials of the navy de

partment however, are of the opinion

that the cablegram from Perte

Rice is correct, and that Adm.

Sampsem has taken effective

means te prevent the Spanish fleet

from giving him the slip and running

out under cover of a dark and rainy

night before the land forces can reach

Santiage and co-operate with him in

the contemplated land and sea opera

tions. It is thought probable

that he engaged the shore bat

teries with the guns of his fleet

and during the engagement ran the

Merrimac into the narrow entrance of

the harbor and opened her sea valves,

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Daily public ledger. (1898). Maysville, Ky., 1898-06-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86069117/1898-06-04/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily public ledger, 1898-06-04.