Show urn u. Sm S. Battleship Sinks at Brooklyn Navy Yard NEW YORK March Much 6 mys- mys t tar r tor tonight surrounded the tho near Mar sinkIng sink sink- big Ing today of the ba Maine Malno atthe at atthe atthe the Brooklyn navy yard ard The vessel esRel whIch which i la Is used being Ing used a as a receiving aa aa lying bing in shallow water Just off ort l Its its' s' s dock today Xa wh When n part t or ot it hold suddenly Hud Bud denly filed n d with th water 1 The Tho bl big war vessel ank only a a. abort aa u as' it bottom and jested there Th The docks were not submerged Two reasons for Cor tho the water flooding tho the hold wore were given tonight A semi semi- semiofficial official announcement by navy yard lard of of- of stated that 8 a water w pipe had burst burnt In the engine room blowing a n. ahole ahole hole holo In the Uie hulk around the th yards had it that th the sea valves on th the Maine had been boen left open The Tho sea wea e valves ar are 1 in discharging torpedo tubes tubos |