The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-02-24

diving apparatus and as every war.
ships company includes at least sever
al expert divers there will be no lack of
men to make the necessary search.
These men can be depended upon to re-
port the exact facts. They moreover
will be subject to orders of the court
of inquiry in every particular and as
they are familiar with the bottom of
warship of the type of the Maine,
they are not likely to be led into the
mistake of supposing the outlet hole
or pipe from the interior to be torpe-
do hole.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The navy de-
partment has compiled the following
summary showing the total results of
the Maine disaster, from all available
official information up to the close of
the department Friday night.
''Total officers and men on board the
Maine, 800; total officers, 90; total men,
S29; total officers saved, "a; total men
saved. 76: total officers lost, 2; total
men lost, 246; total officers injured, 0;
total men injured, 81; doubtful (men), Z.
THE seven men appearing as doubt
full probably represent that number or
less. whose lives have been saved, but
who can not be identified at present on
account of errors in the transmission
of kilograms
''The 81 appearing as injured are in
cluded in the 76 appearing as saved.
Ten men reported as having died
in hospital are included in the total
of 246 appearing above as having been
lost
Late in the day Capt. Sigsbee tele-
graphcd rs follows:
So far l25 have been buried Identi-
fcation very difficult. Will wire names
of identified later. In regard to tele-
gram (of inquiry of Friday, can not
furnish further information. Names
read: A. Hallon, William Anderson,
A. johnson, Henry Williams, who was
cabin cook and James Moriniere.
Senetal's name wired by mistake.
SIGsBEE.
HAVANA, Feb. 19.-At o'clock Fri
day evening 135 bodies had been re.
covered. Among those identified, whose
names have not been already cabled
are those of Carlton Jencks, Flynn
(Michael or Patricll), Francis Phillips,
Noble L. Mudd. Thos. j. Jones, Frances
J. McNiece, Barry (John p. or Lewis
L.), Charles Curran, Patrick Hughes,
VIM. Donoughey, Frank Sutton, Dan
iel Price, Henry Gross. Chas. f. just,
Daniel j. Boyle. VIM. j. Horn, Jos Soul
ly, JAS T. League, Trubic Finch, Thos.
j. Harty. Walter Sellers, Chas. FRANKIE,
Fisher Drank or A. J.).
Alfred j. Holland died at the mil
itary hospital Friday. There remains
at the San Ambrosio VIM. Mattison,
Francis ID. Cahill, Frederick c. Hober
and Jas. w. Allen, still in a serious
condition but better than they were
Thursday George w. Koebeler, John
-atfron and Jeremiah Shea a~e some-
what improved. DR.. Mas does not
despair of saving them all.
Up to the present time 11O bodies
have been taken from the ruins.
Havana still mourns with the Ameri-
can people. Since the funeral cere-
monies of Thursday the city has re.
moved the outward signs of grief, but
the work of succoring the living and
caring for the dead, whose bodies
are recovered proceeds tenderly and
unremittingly. Every care is shown
the survivors.
Capt. Gen. Blanco and the officials
continue to cooperate with Capt. Sigs-
bee and Consul General Lee. The mes
sages received from Spain and the
United States showing that the action
of the Havana authorities is appreci-
ated give satisfaction to the officers,
who are making further efforts to
ameliorate the condition of the sur
vivors
The feeling Of the community is that
social functions would be out of place
at time of such mourning and these
will be suspended for the present.
Statements from Madrid and Wash
ington published here to the effect that
many people in the United States be-
lieve the explosion was accidental CO.
incide with the opinion held by the
Spanish officials and the excitement
which followed the disaster has sub
sided into quiet waiting.
The Nangrove sailed Friday evening
for Key West, with Edward Mattson,
b. Il. WILDER, J. c. White, Daniel
Cronin. John Coffee, j. II. Blower, AL
fred Hernes. James Rowe, Charles Pill
ker and william McGuinness. Two
more of the wounded sailors died Fri
day. Up to the hour at which this
dispatch is sent, 2:3O p. m, 13O bodies
have been recovered. Each is placed
in coffin and carried to the Colon
cemetery, where Chaplain Chadwick,
of the Maine, conducts funeral serv-
ices.
Adm. Manterola refuses to allow the
divers sent here by American news
papers to make any investigation near
the wreck, at least until Capt. Sigsbee
shall have finished his official investi-
CATION. Friday morning Lieut. Com
mander Wainwright, Lieut. Holman
and Chief Engineer Howell went with
divers to search for the bodies of Lieut.
jenkins and Assistant Engineer Mer-
ritt, but the guards would not allow
them to make the search and they
returned to the consulate and LODGED a