| Show TWO WARSHIPS SUNK IN SHAM SIAM ATTACK ON NEW YORK New cew York June 15 The little b hll Connecticut and aud Alabama under com cant m nd ot of Rear Hear Admiral J oble D 0 Ev tills inn nn ver wel 3 U bl destroyed while passing tJ through h the tuc arrows on ott their th lr way vay n from the exposition to the thc Now New York Admiral Evans who 11 evidently haJ hai not lint been apprised ut lit the War ivar game which has hu been going on 01 at the tho Nar Narrows ar rows for a U week pest Past was a 11 much amazed man mart at ut the roar NilL of or the suns guns at Fort Hamilton and Fort Wads Wada worth He lIe rushed to the tha bridge of oC the and gazed atone at t one noisy lort lurt and aud then at the tho othor Then Thon one ot or othis his enlightened him about tile the sham war Ivar between the tile forts carLa manned mannel by b regular coast artilleryman mcl and na pa national guardsmen anti and small boats manned by b regulars representing u n hoe hos hostile Ito tile fleet fiet the purpose of which was waa to test tile tho of or the guardians of the sea approach to ew York City Tho The at Forte Forto Hamilton ond Wadsworth learned from Fort Furt HancocK at Sandy Sand Hook that two real battle battlo battleships ships were passing In the Hook Book It was ras Jointly decided to destroy them und anti the forts torts gunners turned out accord The tog fog was dense and l the tho Ala Alabama Alabama bama got within 2000 yards of at Fort Port b tore being seen Tha Thu First lI the tho two forts tOtts mortars wera torn tern First the two forts tarts mortars were tired llred at the two battleships Presently It was vas announced at the tho fort that the warships had been sunk unk less the hit 12 11 1 und and Ginch guns suns were used rind tho the result was double destruction Hastily the thc suppositious suppositions mines In tn tho than narrows harrows row were exploded und for tor tho tha third time lime the Connecticut and Ala Ma bama were annihilated The rhe war game Is It now ended and New lew eu York was saved sayed from capture But Bui ul Fort Wadsworth was crippled and ren ron dered tiered useless according to the tho rules be because because cause of or a it landing party part of or 10 regulars from Fort Hancock led by b R 11 H II Jordan made niacIn Its way wn through the thc Nar Narrows rows and landed at Stapleton stole In to the fort rort reservation seized seined the pow flOW power flOWer er or house and turned oft off the th lights This meant tile the fort was put putout out mit of at action there was no IiO current to tire lire the tho guns guilt Jordan Is Js the th hero of or the tho tb two weeks fighting Inasmuch as ns he lie proved what might be lone dono to the th defense in real war |
