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Show 00 Structure Around the Maine Is Without Precedent Washington, May 31 Without precedent pre-cedent in engineering practice and projecting only a foot or two above the high tide level, the coffer dam built around the wreck of the battleship bat-tleship Maine In Havana harbor Is assured as-sured of success in tho opinion of army officers. The landlocked harbor har-bor Is not disturbed by high waves and engineers say that If the dam should ever be threatened with flooding flood-ing from the top Its height could be easily augmented. Pumping out of the water probably will begin about Juno 15. It has been delated because some of the steel rails, driven to interlock the tubes that make the wall, were bent, permitting water to pass through. Limited facilities handicap strengthening these rails. It is believed be-lieved that some leakG will bo developed develop-ed when the water Is lowered but that Is true of all large dams and the leaks can be controlled. |