Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-16 | Page 3 | Reproduce the Maine Explosion with Model

1 REPRODUCE THE MAINE EXPLOSION WITH MODEL a Washington lashington DC Dec 15 President 1 President Taft and his cabinet ere given today a ad d i o of how the battleship battle Maine was blown up in ht Havana harbor Rear Hear Admiral 1 tl Vit-cland Vit and Chief Constructor Con strut tu tor Watt VaU of or tho the nav na members of the Maine Investigating board stale stag staged d ht- ht show A model of the Maine con constructed In Havana and brought b here h re was placed i on the mahogany table in to the tho cabinet room and arid Hi- Hi Taft Tnt and his advie w witched w closely whilo the tho two naval I officers explained I First the Maine was teas shown riding at anchor In Havana ana harbor Suddenly Sudden Sudden- I ly Admiral Vreeland pulled a n string or two and the model battleship was wasa a ruin In n exact reproduction of oC the Maine as us she in lay ay on tho the bottom after the explosion