Show 11F NITIN4 STOIIV Tells of Ih T Epllitall d I the spIyslIIg 1 or il311 No w York 1 ald to erirrki i Ilia Iter st jr bi n am a Lleist John lldln Who is Officer 01 the watch ar the time I Ih I 10 Inn give I thin Hrslon whi JI I no or x J rle rices and of there tvh < j eam motor his Immediate obotervatloss I uent 01 match at a < oIcl rcllev Inr Lieut Blow At twenty minutes i to 10 clock while on the port Bide I ur the 1 1mlo quarterdeck nn explosion n nrM seemingly on the port side forward followed fol-lowed Immediately by aniiul I one I was tuck nn the head b J > a Hying I piece of wreckage but not stunned I climbed on the poop deck vvhre I femd the rxicullvconlccts ami several I others The barge and gift wen lowered 1 1 nnd manned they being the only oats I left VVo picked up all the won led that could be found and put them Into the boats The Spanish ship Alfonso T XII had sent four or fivol r promptly to our aid Rod rare 01 our wounded wr sent to the Ilolu Ont 01 our boatol pulled nruni the Maine and picked up ell mn ho bell hpen town Into I tho water The executive officers wn I Intrard is mell II the 11 could be put olt unit found It wni useless to try an One nn > tiling to save the chip a 5 Bhelwns a total wIeck I I IThe captain then gnvif the order tn nbandon the ship and molt of us went II the Isiats 01 the Cl tar l Washington Washing-ton of thp Word line M h era up wen most < ollal received anti l cordially treated Thp ctiptaln was the lat to I leave ti v hhoI1 |