Wheeling register

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0? 'he sunken vessel can be

Been.

here is great excitement in the

A part of the population as

W' fd in the fighting on the

';£ri"s. Everybody is astounded

ut ’he audacity of the American

Vessel.

American squad wn was

cruising all the while in the off

ing.

Lit will be noted that there is a:i

important discrepancy as to the

time at which the bombardment

is said to have begun this morn

ing between the dispatches from

Cape Haytien and Port An Prince,

the former saying 3 o'clock and

the 1 Sitter 8. It is possible that

this arises from a confusion be

tween the figures 3 and 8.J

Baltimore, Md., June 4.—The

Merrimas was purchased by the

government from the Lone Star

Steamship Company. The transfer

was made in this city early in Aipril.

She was formerly the Norwegian

steamer Solveig. and was nearly

destroyed by fire at Newport News

in 189t>. She was built at New Cas

tle, England, in 1894, was 330 feet

long, 44 feet beam and had a net

register of 2.193 tons. The Merri

mac left Norfolk, where she was

fitted for government purposes,

about a month ago.

Cape Haytien. June 3.—10:25 p.

m.—A dispatch from Santiago

says that the vessel sunk is un

ilerstocd to be the Merrimac.

Only the extremities of her funnel

and two masts are visible above

the water.

[The Santiago advices to Capo

Haytien, in referring to the sunken

vessel as an auxiliary cruiser,

probably mistakes her character.

The Merrimac is a sollier and al

ways has been a collier.]

Washington, June 4.—The Navy

Department up to an early hour

this morning had received no ad

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Wheeling register. (1898). Wheeling, W. Va., 1898-06-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86092518/1898-06-04/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Wheeling register, 1898-06-04.