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Show 111 lijAs III - 1 What Is Left of the .Bat-S - j;- I tleship to Rest in the Y " LA Deep L i 11 "Washington, March 9. With ' the i jH opening In the gTe.at cofferdani in , , J l Havana harbor niofb "than-half "coa&SJf&pa jH jiletcd. army engineers hero bclievo i that, barring mishaps, what remains H of tho old battleship tMaino will be H floated out next Saturday, March 16. As soon as it 1b clear of the dam, H tho hull, under the convoy of the H cruisers North Carolina and Binning- ; H ham, will be towed far out into tho H Gulf of Mexico and there, with ap- m propriatc ceremonies, consigned to its IH final resting place in tho deep. H All engineers composing tho board H which has had charge of the raising H of tho Maine, and probably Brig. Gen. ! H Blxby of tho array engineer corpe, J H will bo present whon the vessel is H taken from the dam. ' H |