New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-18
NEwYOhK FRIDAY FEBRU AIRY 49, $685. SIXTEEN PAGES.
GERS and two companies OF marines and In

GERS. and two companies OF marines and In
fantry
The funeral music was furnished by the bands
OF the Ysabel la Catollca and Porto Rico Battai-
ions. which accompanied the bodies
The funeral procession started from the prin-
olpal entrance of the City Hall IN Weyler-st.
then turned to the right on Mercadores-st then
up O'Reilly-st along the right side Of Central
Park and finally to the right along San Rafael
St to the cemetery.
The popullti IN that lined the route gave every
indication of the profoundest respect
Elaborate preparations had been made for
the burial Of the Names dead. Twenty-Five
bodies had been brought to the City Hall.
where they rested in collins covered with
beautiful crowns OF silk ribbons with ap-
proprate inscriptions. The crown from the
City Council bore the inscription, The People
of Havana to the Victims OF the Maine. There
was a handsome crown. of silk ribbons III the
Spanish national colors with the inscriptioh'
The Navy Department at Havana TO the VIC
tins of the Maine" Among other tokens were
one from Lawton Childs. with the inscription
ITO Our Brave Dead Sailors" emblem from
the Havana Yacht Club. and floral or other trlo-
utes from NJ. Carranza- Sonora Emilia Mas
Lucia Lacoste. Mrs. T. Gonzalez, Miss Catalina
Casa, Charles and George Barnett. and crown
from the Salmon brothers. with the inscription
ITO the Victims of the Maine"
The correspondent Of the Associated Press
visited the Hospitals Of San Ambrosia ana the
Alfonso XII yesterday and again to-day ana
met Miss Clara Barton and John ElwelL OF me
Red Cross Society The scene was heartrendins.
and the dressing Of the wounds of the Victims
was a pitiable spectacle. Some Of them. how
oil hiatt nd
carefully attended by Or. Bernardo Mas. whose
treatment is kindness itself Two are near deatn'
! Carl A. Smith, whose leg and jaw were broken
and who is badly burned and A. Anderson
who has burns all his body Both have
received the sacraments
l. OFFICEPS WHO REMAIN IN HAVANA.
All the officers Of the Maine returned to Key
West by the steamer Olivette except Captain
sgsbee and Lieutenant Commander VAIN
/ wright, Surgeon Heneberger Chief Engineer
Howell. Paymaster Ray and Naval Cadets Hol-
den and Chiverins The officers who remain
here with the gunner's mate. Bullock. and a
seaman named Anthony. are at the Hotel In
! gleterra.
! FLAGS AT HALF-MAST IN HAVANA.
The flags over all the public buildings and
ships are half-masted out of respect for the
dead
| The night OF the disaster to the Maine O light
| wind from the southwest was blowing. apd her
| head pointed in a southeasterly direction. She
! was moored in about twelve metres OF water
! forward and drew about thirteen metres art
| The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII was about
| two hundred metres from the American battle
| ship.
The correspondent Of the Associated Press
was in the cable office fling a message when
! the explosion occurred. He saw from the WIN
| dow of that office great column of fire shoot
| ing upward like a big blaze of fireworks, and
| he hurried to the wharf and 10 the quarters OF
Admiral Manteroa. BY that time the CORE
spondent could see flames extending over the
whole ship and few moments later the Maine
| sank
The explosion dsjointed and twisted the
| hattle-ship that her remains now appear like a
pile of wreckage. All the upper deck structure
! turrets and guns, are i'm heap. ana one Dohei
has been blown out OF its place. and at CLOCK
| Yesterday afternoon was still smoking on deck
! The foremast and bow of the Maine nave col
! lapsed and now only the end of her mainmas'
! remains above water. 49,,
Tho boats Of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso MI
have picked up a quantity Of wreckage. includ-
! Ing boats and a flag. and to-day ten more BODIES
were found I'm the harbor and were taken 10 the
morgue. L is impossible 10 identity them
CAPTAIN Sigsbee went on board the Altonsc
! XII Yesterday and thanked the Spanish com
| mandar Captain Manuel Elias for the services
the Spanish sailors had rendered upon the oc'
! cason Of the great disaster.
Contrary 10 the reports current here yester
day the divers have not vet made any inNesu'
! CATION Of the wreck. and the general Opinion
| expressed in Spanish circles is that the ex'
ploson occurred inside the Maine.