18 May 1898
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1898
Page
1
Pi Sampson, Schley and Watson report Spaniards prepared to fight or surrender as strange warships off Saint Lucia appeared waiting for Oregon.
Victorian dispatches describe Mr. Gladstone’s decline with hourly bulletins from Hawarden. The Queen and Princess of Wales sent messages of sympathy while family members keep vigil at the bedside. Doctors warn the end may come within hours as his condition worsens and breathing becomes labored.
Early yesterday ships sighted near Morant Point Jamaica believed to be Sampson’s squadron. A large Spanish squadron off Santa Lucia coast awaited battleship Oregon and others, with Minneap olis seen near Turk’s Island. Washington reports promise battle in Caribbean and imminent Cuba invasion. The battleship Alabama to be launched today. exercises to be private.
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