| Show ANOTHER MAIM IXILOSION < I Wa at ft 08 ii m To l yi Sow Las L-as Tliiiugli 207 Mc Were Lot Havana reb IGOn bord the ib111V1r11hb11A Ward line teomcr Ct or WORhlng ton one or the Officers OVIle Iuln Mid today that nt 8 ocock lot night I IdIthoeth AIe al I the magazines on bnttle ship Maine mere cloned anti the keys tu trned over to Captain Slgsbce her CA immander Tho explosion occurred at tl40 p m The officers then rustled on deck and assisted In lowerIng I lower-Ing a boat and In trying to rescue the men In the water Tho Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII which was anchored I OthlliI chored close to the Maine also lowemd tier boat and ad thlrtyen or the crew or the American wr ship Another omre sold I O sitting with two mor 01 the officers In the mess room whon a heavy explosion occurred 1 was so hoary a tNl Nl understood the ship wu lost We went on the upper deck and found tat she1had l uppr bol I Y wrecked ban b-an explosion and that site wain on fire Ir nnd sinking All efforts were direct Cd townl lowering the bonh and movIng mov-Ing lives The Maine settled tiulckls on the bottom of the harbor only her upper works remaining I ale the wter A number 01 boats from the Spanish warship Alfonso XII and boats from the Ward line steamer City of Washington came alongside and rendered olltance Twcntytonr men who were slightly wounded were carried on board the City 01 Wash Ington I and the ret or the Wounded were carried on board the Alphonpo XII from which place Ihey were Inken to other qunrlersand after receiving valuable Resistance trom the naval doctors pent to the military I hospitals This officer said the explosion oc Correct somewhere In the forward part of the omldahlp section of the battle hip Ilany or the crow 100 were below at the time of the explosion wire unalle to escape and those mho one ceeded In reaching the tipper dk saved their lives with great din culty with the assistance ot the Officer and men on watch At 2 oclork In the morln hle the correspondent of the Associated Press was going sohm e was another ther terrible explosion At thcjpame time Ionts rroln the Spanish tamer COllh and Mexico were taking the wounded men ashore after having taved them from the ate Up to 2 a m 57 men and 21 officers 1 had been accounted for I Paymaster Ray Mid that last Sunday Sun-day told there were 31 men on I his list all rleut Jenkins and Assist nnlner Meri are among these not ccounl1 lorLieu Lieu Blandlr on kiffillsit the time of the explosion Some of the reckige of the Maine fell on board ill e City of Washington and knocked two holes In tier deck The chaplain of the Maine Rev Mr Chas Wick cent on board the Al phonso XII In order to administer to the wounded Captain Slgsbee Informed the correspondent corres-pondent of the Associated Press that h could 1 make any statement regarding re-garding the disaster until after on In vesti gotten The Spanish naval ore sold Cap Join Slcsbee was the last man to abandon aban-don the sinking ship and that he retrained re-trained alongside ns long as It wa possible to do anything In the wy or rescue |
