Show LOOKING I 1 FOR MELLO 1 I 1 officers and crew of the Nich theroy all ready for a scrap in tho the AssIgnment to Figh fighting tino quarters the press will handle a gun mello hoard heard front from st thomas nov 27 copyright 1893 by associated press it had been intended tended to send the Nich theroy to barbadoes for coal but the opening of the sealed orders showed tho the destination was Y as changed to st thomas A bright lookout was maintained last night for hello mello though it is not believed he ho is as far north as this the assignments io to fighting quarters have been made in action captain baker assisted by navigator evelyn will sail the ship lieutenant dilill hill executive officer will fight her craven ordnance officer fight fights i the spar deck battery brinley has charge of the dynamite gun conway has the forward and sparling ep arling after gun deck battery lowe commands the tile powder division van engineer assisted by assistant engineers Sten alien allen and crowley lcy will control the engines and valves of the dynamite gun officers marriott and fontaine the associated press and world correspondents r respectively enze ively will manage the tile ra ranee a finder de big fee 4 7 inch rifle at the stern captained by junior boatswain gilroy the oilier other gun captains are all old men of war men well the tile ship was inspected yesterday by captain and arid executive officers friday afternoon one of tho tile one pound guna gund on the tile afterdeck house was discharged accidentally probably the tile strong wind blew the edge of the cari canvass vats covering against the tr trigger T I 1 or As the gunwal gun was pointed bealar ee award no damage was done the america disabled new york dec C G the herald lias has the following the brazilian cruiser america which I 1 i sailed from new york for rio on tho tile I 1 night light of november is lying at bri bridgetown d geto wit barbados so seriously disabled ed by the act of an ail unknown traitor a among mong lier her crew that she will probably bo be unable to continue the voyage for several weeks A cable message a received ece ived by flint and company P announcing that one of the vessels valves had been purposely broken by some unknown member of 0 the tile crew nn annu d the vessel had been so seri serl r ensly injured that a long delay must occur before she could continue lier her voyage in view of this tile cruiser Nich theroy which left st thomas with the america for ilio janeiro last sunday night had to continue her voyage alon alone mellos shit ship undergoing repairs ReDal rs new york dec 0 A Il IIer eralda alde special from its montevideo correspondent at ilio janeiro sends bends word the tile war abl paipa a A Aqui daban and republica lle are both arzora anchored at illia grande a quarantine station st aion not far from ilio rio jane janeiro ro acil is a flagship flag ship is undergoing repairs for ir arimes iries suf feted while running the gauntlet of tho the forts at the tile entrance to ilio 1110 MELLO SOUTHWARD its pillages the of ehla grande N a ar rio janeiro washington dec det 0 A dispa teb fr from minister Thomp thompson dated petropolis brazil 1 informs th tilt state department of the arrival of mello at the quarantine lino elation station at ilila grande on the coast south of rio 1110 ailo pillaged the town and then sailed away towards the south atila grando grande is only I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a few miles from rio being I 1 tae the quarantine station for that ilia port outside ts ade of R kio 30 ba bay X sn and I 1 just south it ibi thought h 0 gilt the I 1 incident n dent occurred while mello woe was first on his ilia way south and is not interpreted to show that he lie has returned nort northward bward again I 1 COMMODORE STA aron I 1 gives a vivid description ortho 11 harbor 0 of f blode rio le janeiro washington dec 6 commodora S stanton tanton ebent several everal ts hours at the navy department at secretary Iler herberts borts request I 1 he lie will submit his report in w writing the commodore talked a about ut the e present situation in rio harbor riving giving a vivid description of the tile fore foreign n w war vessels and their character he ile described mello as quiet in manner but giving givin evidence of travel and culture and an dg a bravo brave officer according to description tho city of ilio rio shows allows few mark marks i of the bombardment bat but the town of 0 Nic theroy is almost wholly destroyed and abandoned by the residents I 1 r |