Show SllUTS H AND SlltbS HRIEKED L O1II1 D L Y An Attempt at War in the Bay at Rio POWDER AND LEAD BOTH THROWN AWAY Four NonCombatants Were Killed on Land Three Hundred Shots Large and Small Were Fired at the Apuiila ban and Yet She Steamed Away Practically Uninjured ° Not I I Single Shot from Her Batteries Jingle Struck One of the Government Govern-ment Forts Merely a Kindergarten Kindergar-ten Rio Janiero Jan Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated PressThe comparative com-parative quiet which has prevailed here for ten days was interrupted yesterday by an encounter between the Aquidaban and the forts followed by an attack by the rebel fleet and the batteries upon the shore in defense of the city Later in the day another fight took place at Santa Anna and Porta da Areia All the fighting however only resulted re-sulted in killing four men and mortally mor-tally wounding the fifth The loss the rebels sustained is not known The arrival of the Aquidaban was something some-thing of a surprise to all Under the cover of a fog the Aquidaban approached approach-ed and was almost under the shadow of Fort Santa Cruz before she was seen This was at 420 a m Instantly I firing began from Fort Santa Cruz and a moment later Fort St John joined in the fight Little Fort Lage further i inside the bay also sent her quota to increase the hail of missiles which rattled rat-tled around the Aquidaban At that range however not a shot reached its mark and without deigning to reply the big black ship passed silently on into the narrow channel between the I fortresses further on Fort Santa Cruz that was not three hundred yards away from the Aquidaban worked her guns furiously sending a plunging fire down I upon the decks of the warship The St John a mile away sent the heaviest projectile against the rebel ships broadside broad-side while Fort Lage swept her decks with a raking fire The ship could hardly be subjected to a more severe test and the Aquidaban was apparently uninjured For half an hour the fight continued until the Aquidaban dropped anchor alongside the Tamandaco out I of range of all the hostile batteries Perhaps 300 shots had been fired at ranges of 600 yards to two miles with guns of from nine calibre down to six pounders yet there was absolutely no damage done The Aquidaban though struck heavily several times was practically prac-tically unhurt while not a single shot either from her batteries or from Fort Yillegaignon struck any one of the government forts Later the Guana bara one of the rebel torpedo cruisers I opened fire at 535 a m on the shore batteries erected to protect the cus tom house Later Cobras Island and the cruiser Trajano joined the Guana bara and still later the LIbertad with Da Gamas flag flying also came into action The latter however contented herself with firing three heavy projectiles projec-tiles which passed over the shore defenses de-fenses and buried themselves in the heart of the city The oTily fatalities reported were caused by the explosion in the city of a heavy shell fired by the Guanabara which killed four men namely Pedre Mainetti policeman Manuel DeJesus Gadarela a shoemaker Americo Duarte Du-arte an apothecary Manuel Gonzalez DeSIlvama a medical student The fire ceased after a while only to be renewed at 3 p m against Santa renewe Ports da Areia where it batteries there was replied to by the wa and at Madama and Donvelho The eton was desultory little damage being done Later in the evening a few more shots were fired into the city and an unknown man was badly injured Contre Admiral Julio de Novouha has assumed command of the governments naval forces here and elsewhere |