Show I AS SEEN BY PICKING One Hundred Shots Fired nnd tho Aqniduhan Not Damaged Washington Feb SThe following is ari extract from a letter from H F Picking January 12 1894 At 915 a m the Aquidaban was sighted coming I but not flying the admirals flag She was fired at by all the fortsand stood toward and anchored near Lamada returning the fire but only occasionally Qca I sionally with her large guns It was a remarkable sight to see this vessel coming I in before all the ports and batteries and retire seemingly without I any injury at alL I hear from a good source that she was struck twice but I without material injury Two men were slightly wounded sufficiently so to require being sent to the hospital I I As near as can be counted the shots fired at the Aquidaban aggregated 100 I in return to which the Aquidaban fired twentyfive times This is taken by naval experts to indicate that an I armored ship is practically exempt from harm from shore battery |