The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-21
THE WOUNDED MEN
raOsic AZ KEY WEST ARE Pro-
ssREsssNG FINELY.
Many Relate Bairbrcsdth Escapes
from Dcath--No sesrchisght Was
Tbrown on The Wreck.

Jacksonville, Fla. February 2o.--A
special TO the Times Union and Citizen
| from Key West. Fla. says:
The following arc the wounded In tho
marine hospital here:
G.. ID. Dresser OF Now York city: ftac-
| turcd Jaw. fractured knee cap. wound ~
breast and back.
George Fox, Grand Rapids, Mich; cut
| on head. right arm burned, foot and hand
cut.
Robert fiutchins tcolored). Now York;
arms md face badly burned
n. q. Thompson, Austin, III; disiocntcd
ankle. arm cut. brtisc on side
Carl Christensen. Sweden. right arm aud
| leg bruised and burned, arms and head
bruised and badly shaken up.
william II. Thompson, New York city;
back hurt, side bruised and both hal'js
burned.
George worth. Brooklyn; BRUISED ou leg
and neck
Patrick Foley, Mount Vernon. ". Y.;ept
on nose. eyes and mouth; he is the most
seriously hurt and is in great paia.
gidIllil WAR III sbh
hospital when ihe explosion took place;
he has had continued fever. but Is Law
convaiescent,
The marine hospital mon arc The tnost
seriously hurt. but none are N dap61r OF
dying They ate cheerful and keeping up
good spirits.
The following men are In TIE Ulited
States barracks; thu wounded ~ the hos
pital could not be seen. but tho command
Ing officer stated that none Were danger
oousiy hurt, though some are gifaring ain
from their wounds. Among thoSe bpen
were VIM. McNair OF pittsburg. who rs
slightly injured, and George iluvid. Island
Of Malta. slightly injured In tho back and
hip
Thomas Melville OF Brooklyn is unln-
iured. He was on tho quarter deck and
felt che shock, followed by an explosion
and was thrown eight feet In the air md
forty feet from the ship In the water. lie
swan TO the ship and climbed aboard again.
He then saved the men boating In The
water.
Henry Mccain OF Brooklyn has n strained
back. He was thrown overheard by the
shock from the quarter deck, and swan
back 10 the ship and attempted to get the
wbaieboat out With the help of Melville
a oomrade Many Of tho men on the quar-
| ter deck who had lost their presence oil
mind we're thrown overheard by Mccain
| and Melville, who afterwards succeeded II
manning the whaleboat which sank from
| the suction OF the ship going down. They
| then were rescued by the Gig and were
afterwards compimented by the navigator
and officers Tor bravery,
| Martin Riordan. we'll known diver Of
Key West, who was serving on the Maine
was saved. He has been called to Havana
4 by Consul General Lee and Captain Sigs
bee TO complete the Investigation and div'
| under the ship to ascertain the true caus,
Of the disaster, which Will be evidence II
| tho Investigation.
| Tho remainder OF the men al the bar
/ racks and at the hospital could not b,
4 seen nor their condition nsccrlained III,
| aioAgtins 0ql Al piol sodnoss qlpnaLQIIeI
are almost miraculous, Men who wer,
between decks fought for their lives Xix,
demons Ia reach the decks. The wounded
/ who could not get out met their dentl
| brevely MS the waters rushed Into the ship
end'lertes vi the wounded men could h
henrl calling for aid. In few minutes
| their doom was scaled,
A search light WIS not thrown on the
| terrible scone.
! II Is not known why, but gentleman
| form this city, then ct Havana, says that
| fifteen minutes after the explosion he was
| looking toward the wreck and waiting for
u search light 10 he thrown upon the
| shin, but none appeared and the work OF
| iescuing had to be GOr-w In the dark