The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-18

received at the United States marine
hospital, where they will be we'll cared
for.
DISPATCHES BY TORPEDO BOATS
The torpedo boat Cushing left at
noon for the feet. with dispatches for
Admiral Sicard, from Captain Sigsbee.
The first despatch announced the dis
aster and the second said that General
Blanco and his stan had called on
Captain Sigsbee n xpress "a their
deepest sympathy and offered the Use
of the hospitals at Havana, to hlch
the most seriously, WOUNDED had been
taken.
Dispatches are now here from Wash
ington addressed to Admiral Sicard,
but Captain Forsythe has no. way to
send them. The Gushing. the Ericsson.
the Fern and the Mangrove have been
sent on duty today, and the Bache Is
with the fleet at Tortugas.
LATF1R.-The Ericsson has Just re-
turned from the T~ortugas. She had
carried dispatches to Admiral Sicard
and brought back his reply for Wash
ington. She will return immediately
to the fleet with later Washington tel
egrams for the admiral These were
not opened here, so that nothing is
known of their contents, but 1t ia
thought likely that Admiral Sicard
will come to Key West with one ship
to care for the survivors and that the
rest of the fleet will remain at tho
Tortugas unless otherwise ordered
from Washington.
THE WOUNDED SAILORS.
New York. February 16.-A special
cable to The Evening World. from Ha-
Vana, SayS:
Il have just seen twenty-nine sail
.nrc .af yla AEa;,- Ia.,l -nl,,rg,. .l~
torture caused by powder skinned
faces and bodies. broken bones and
mangled flesh. They are being cared
for in the military hospital at San
Ambrosio here. The less severely in
jured men are yet on the steamship
City OF Washington. THE severely
wounded men will have the best OF at
tention also from the men and women
of the American colony. All the in
jured
MEN SHOW GREAT GRIT.
You cannot hear a whimper from one
of the t~Wenty-nine swathed forms in
San Ambrosio hospital, nor from those
any where else.
APPEARANCE OF THE WRECK.
THE heavy rain fall which immedi-
ately followed last nights horror still
continues in a drvary, dismal driZZle.
" VA In 49, NO wv ANNN ~ Aah-
once pround Maine. Her steel upper
deck forward has been completely lift
ed and turned over on her cardboard
side. None Of the big guns in the tur-
rets are visible. The Maine is slightly
listed to port. and all forward OF tho
massive cranes for unloading ships
boats have completely disappeared. The
big tunnels lie fiat upon the twisted
and gnarled iron braces and pieces OF
steel deck. From the unnels aft the
ship seems to be intact. She has set
tied until the water has covered the
top Of her superstructure, and the
stern s~earchlight and the rapid fire
guns look over the water just below
them.
Most, If not all, the bodies will be
recovered.
Two bodies were recovered this at
ternoon. The authorities say they are
those Of Lieutenant Jenkins and As
sistant Engineer Merritt. A vigilant
lockout is being kept for bodies. Out
Of fifty-nine injured not over four are
likely to die"
The following sailors are In San
Brosioko. All but three will live. one
man could not give his name:
Dan Cronin, New York, William Nc
Ginnis. Boston, John Soney, Boston.
A. Hallen, Brooklyn, James Rol, New
York, Francesca Cahill, Massachusetts,,
joe kOS1a, Boston,, fTeu bTeth, -~<N-
ark, ". j., Charles A. Smith. jeremiah
Shea, Alfred Helms. Norway, j. III.
Boomer, Portland, All. Johnson. Swe-
den, Edwand Matson. Sweden, George
Fox, Grand Rapids. Mich. Il. K. VII
burg. 4. Ericsson, Sweden John r..
White, Brooklyn, John Heffron, Brook
iyn, Fred G. Holzer. New York. VIII
J liam Matteson. Bay City, Mich, H.
! Judson. st. Louis. w. Allen. Brooklyn.
JOE WHEELER READY TO FIGHT
| Washington, February 16.-General.
Jos. Wheeler. the ex-~confederate cav
! airy commander. now a member OF the
house from Alabama, sent the follow
| ing message to the president this af-
| ernCon:
TO the Honorable. the President:
In case CT any trouble with SPAIN.
remember that my tender Of services
Is on file at the war department.
Tsignedl JOSEPH WHEELER"
EFFECTS OFT HE NEWS IN
MADRID.
Madrid. february 16.-The following
| s~emi-official note has been issued:
THE news of the dfsaster Of The
| Maine has caused a painful impression
| in Madrid. j. was at first { AIRED that
| there had been some act Cf imprudence
to which the catastrophe was attrfbu-
| table. Afterward, "a the details arriv-
! ed the fears dispelled took the form OF
| feelings OF sympathy and sorrow for
| the misfortune which has occurred.
The captain general, the commando
( ant of the arsenal. the sailors of the
| cruiser Alfonso XIII, the crews OF the
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