The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-02-24

~. Inc seven men appearing as doubt
- ui Proo%bly represent that number u,
lesS' whose lives have been saved bu,
a. VINO can not be identified at present mn
9, account Of errors in the traps,niss;oa
E. of kilograms.
Y. me 81 appearing as injured are in.
=. Guided IN the 20 appearing as saved
len men reported as having died
a IN hospital are included in the total
j. OF 240 appearing above as having been
lost" ''oN
, Late in the day Capt Sigsbee tele.
= graphed as follows:
/. so far l25 have been buried. Identi.
ncation very difficult Will wire names
Oh identified later. In regard TO tele.
gram lot inquiry of Friday. can not
lurnsh 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. l9.-At s o'clock Fri.
DAY evening 1S5 bodies had been re.
covered. Among those identified. whose
names have not been already cabled
are those of Carlton Jencks. FLYNN
tMlchael or Patrick, Francis Phillins
NoDIe / Mudd. Thos. J. Jones. Frances
>. McNiece, Barry John 2. or Lewis !
~ Charles Curran, Patrick Hughes.
VIM. Donoughey, Frank sutton. Dan.
lei Price Henry Gross. Chas. f. inst
Danlel }. Boyle, VIM. j. Horn. JOS Scul-
~, Jas. I. League, Trubic Finch. Thos.
>. Harty, Walter Sellers, Chas. FRANKIE.
FISHER Frank or A. J.)
Alfred j. Holland died at the mil.
ltary hospital Friday. There remains
at the san Ambrosio VIM. Matti,on.
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
-affron and Jeremiah Shea a~e some.
what improved. Dr. Mas does not ,
despair Of saving them ALL :
up to the present time ll0 bodies =
nave been taken from the ruins
havana still mOurns with the Amcri- =
can people. Since the funeral crre- :,
monies OF Thursday the city has re.
moved the outward signs of grief. but !
the work Of succoring the living and
'aring for the dead whose bodies ,
ire recovered proceeds tenderly and
lnremittingly. Every care is shown g..
he survivors. ,,
capt. Ger. Blanco and the officials l.,
continue to cooperate with Capt. Sig,- In
zee and Consul General Lee The m,s- >,
ages received from Spain and the a
nlted States showing that the action II
] the Havana authorities is appreci- -.
ted give satisfaction to the officers. ;o
'ho are making further efforts to
meliorate the condition of the sur oo
ivors. ~
1he feeling of the community is that -,
)cial functions would be out Of place -.
time OF such mourning and these III,
i'll be suspended for the pres mt. 80,
Statements from Madrid and WASH
lgton published here TO the effect that do
any people in the United States be. -,
eve the explosion was accidental co.. y,o
eide with the opinion held by the ,yL
Danish officials and the excitement mr.,
hich followed the disaster has sub In
ded into quiet waiting. !
The MangrOve sailed Friday evening f,.l
n Key West with Edward Mattson. ron
L. Wilber, j. C. White. Daniel ma,
onin, John Coffee, j. H. Blower. Al IN.
ed licrncs, James Rowe, Charles Pil. ,va,
r and William McGuinncss. Two Sna
)re OF the wounded sailors died Fri ri;
y. Up TO the hour at which this IN,
'patch is sent, 2:3O p. IN 1870 bodies r.
We been recovered. Each is placed tior
collin and carried to the Colon fro,
netery, where Chaplain Chadwick. inv.
the Maine, conducts funeral scry- nro,
sula
Adm. Manterola refuses TO allow the orn,
ers sent here by American news acti
oers to make any investigation near una
wreck, at least until Capt Sigs bee sibiI
II have finished his official investi. ver,
ion. Friday morning Lieut.. Com, Sna,
nder Wainwright. Lieut.. Holman conr
Chief Engineer Howell went with kl
ers TO search for the bodies Of Lieut.. q. .iv
kins and Assistant Engineer Mcr- fect
, but the guards would not allow vrr,
III 10 make the search ana they foul
lrned to the consulate and lodged Can't
nal complaint with Gen. Lee. reno
EY WEST, Fla, Feb. l9.--Rr. Adm. thar
rd is preparing a precept, or adj the /
,e order, for assembling tine court disco
inquiry here into the loss of the play.
ne. The war ships Iowa, Indiana II
Massachusetts arr expected Satur, soure
night or Sunday morning Their the d
erS and those of the cruiser New Unit,
< will probably compos, a majority Of IN,
he court. The court may proceed repor
to Havana. \ room in the feder- that
urt here will most likely DC secur. sion
r the sittings tact
regards the story tha, one of the differ
OF the Maine saw small object exnlo
ting smoke approaching the war struct
just before the explosion. cor reach
'ndent has interviewed the man the m
c hospital who was said to have | decid,
iated the report aud has had from and b.
IN absolute denial. Lieut.. Bland instea
iiccr of the deck at the time Of the UA,
SION ana Lieut. Iood' VINO was er Bai
him, both positively deny that said :,
a story could have any founda- .yo
unless il was the smoke of the 81,
If Washington that misled some ha, -
Feb. 10 The president d;I ~
lowed this statement TO be made: =,