AMERICAN CITIES LIABLE TO BOMBARDMENT.
"With the Spanish battleship Viscaya off tbe Twenty-third street anchorago, New __ork," said an American naval officer, " bhs vould be able to bombard the city w hout molestation until the dep ir ment were able to get a ship to engage her in combat. It would not be possible to fire at the Viscaya from either Sandy Hook or G:> v. trior's Island, because shells from these points would do a great deal of damage to the city. " What is true of New York is true of New Orleans. An enemy* ship lying off that port would be able to inflict a great deal of damage before she could be destroyed. There are no coast defence guns at that port which could be safely turned against the attacking vessel, and the people of New Orleans would have to await the arrival of some of the cruisers of the North Atlantic pquad '•on before relief could be had.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1898, Page 2
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162AMERICAN CITIES LIABLE TO BOMBARDMENT. Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1898, Page 2
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