Show NO CONfiRMATION oi Of ACCIDENT TO TilE TUE GUNBOAT Was Last Heard From on Tuesday in the Latitude of Charleston NEW YORK Jan Tan 26 No No confirma- confirma ion tion t tf f reports current during the early hours 1 that an explosion had occurred on board the tho United States gunboat Wheeling en cn route from Now York to Guantanamo Cuba could b be had from any source this morning Inquiry at ataU atall ill all the th-e wireless stations in this neighborhood neigh neigh- showed that no messages containing con con- taini g even a hint bint of an accident of any sort Batt to to the Wheeling had had been picked up and rep reports from stations up and ind down the coast were equally lack lack- in lug ng in confirmatory tidings s. s At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the collier comor Leonidas si sighted the Wheeling and exchanged fi signals 18 with her in th the latitude of Charleston S. S C. C or approximately approximately ap proximately miles south of New York This is nearl nearly half balf of tho the distance dis dis- tanco tance anco from New York to The Wheeling at that timo time did diLl not report ro- ro port any trouble This is tho the last word received by bv the navy department from tho ho gunboat t since she left New York |