The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-02-26

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OF the wounded nd.intermenI OF the:
dead, the department officials felt that
there is little to do, and it remains fer
the. investigation to be completed be-
fore further actionscould he taken.
Wrecking ships arrived at Hayann
last evening. They are with
diving apparatus, and every warship's
company includes several expert div
ers, SO there will be no lack of men to
make the necessary search. These
mel can be depended upon to report
the exact facts.
Members OF the Court of Inquiry
Washington, Feb. 17.--Admiral ST.
card, commanding the North Atlantic
squadron has notified the navy depart
ment that he has detailed Captain
Sampson, commander of the battleship
Iown; Captain Chadwick, commander
of the New York, Lieutenant Com
mander Schroeder, Massachusetts;
lieutenant Commander Mark, Ver-
mont, as a court of inquiry to i%nvesti-
gate the Maine disaster.
The Associated Press dispatch from
Key West to the effect that divers had.
discovered a hole in the bottom of the
Maine, was the first intelligence of any
character that reached the white house
this morning. The president read the
dispatch with great interest, but had.
nothing to say beyond the remark that
it was the first news received of the
kind.
Word From Sigsbce.
While with the president Secretary
Long received the following from
Captain Sigsbee:
advise sending a wrecking vessel
Mt once. The Maine is submerged sN-
cept the debris. 1t is mostly the work
for divers now. Jenkins and Merritt
are still missing. There is little hope
for their safety. Those known to be
saved are: Officers, 81; uninjured
crew, IS; wounded now on board the
Ward line steamer and in city hospi-
tai and at the hotel So, SO far as known.
All others went down on board or near
the Maine. The total loss or missing
is 253. With several exceptions no Off
Ger or man has more than a part of a
suit Of clothing, and that is wet with
harbor water. The Ward leaves for
Mexico at. 2 o'clock this afternoon with
the officers saved and uninjured. The
damage was in the compartments of
The crew. / am preparing a telegraph
list of the wounded and saved. The
| Oliver leaves for Key West at / p. IN.
| Will send by her to Key West the Off
GERS saved, except Wainright, Holman,
Henneberger, Ray and Holden, and
will turn over the three uninjured
boats to the captain of the port with
a request for safe keeping. Will see
all wounded to the hospital at Ha-
yana. Sigsbec."
May Lead to Trouble.
The Maine incident formed the prin-
cipal topic of consideration by the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations at
u meeting today. The affair is not Of
ficially before the committee, but was
nevertheless allowed to displace almost
all other business. An opinion is gen
orally expressed by members of the
committee in conference to the effect
that the occurrence is one of very seri-
Gus Importance and may result in
grave complications unless Spain can
make it very plain that no Spaniard
was in any way responsible for it. A
prominent member of the committee
said after the close of the meeting that
Spain would be expected to make ex-
plnnations that would entirely clear up
the mystery, and if she did not this
country would have a right to demand
such explanation. Most of the men,
bers of the committee refused after
the conference to express any opin-
ion concerning the occurrence. ut is
too serious to talk about at present"
said Lodge, while Cullom said: Il
can't see how the explosion could have
been the result of an accident, ] think
the time is rapidly approaching when
this country mnss do something
Senator Clark would only say: ut is
singular that such an accidents happen
at such opportune times"
Fought the Fire.
New York, Feb. 16.-A Telegram's
special from Havana says: Captain
SiEsbee was on deck when the explo-
sion came. 1t was in the bow. The
sentry stationed there was unhurt. lie
had seen nothing suspicious. W.
Here are n few names of the survi-
vors brought ashore: Lostus, private
marine; Shea, Gartner, C. A. Smith,
Load, Durkee, Kane. McNair, Ruske,
Bronan, I have talked with some of
the officers and seamen. One of the
officers said, When l got on deck a fire
had started forward. There was a
good strong breeze. a call for all
hands On deck was promptly obeyed
and the men and officers were perfect
ly cool. All possible efforts were made
to check the flames, but without avail.
The flames spread rapidly until seve-
eral explosions occurred The maya
zines we're burst open and explosives
were thrown overheard. In half an
hour it was apparent that nothing
could save the ship"
The Only Parallel.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The only par
allel to the Maine horror in the histo-
ry of the United States nav wa the
great Samoan disaster in March, 1880,
when four officers and forty-six men OF
the Pacific coast squadron, lost their
lives in u hurricane which swept the
harbor of Apia, Samoa, and surround
ing waters, March IS, and 10. When
this hurricane started there was in
the harbor of Apia the following men
of war: United States ships Trenton,
Nandalia and Nihsis; the British ship,
Calliope; the German vessels, Adlor,
olga and Eber, and few merchant ships
and small craft. Admiral Kimberly,
commanding the naval forces made the
department a long report on the disas-
ter in which he showed that notwith-
standing the utmost efforts OF the Of
ticers and men and the display of the
most expert seamanship the Nandaiit
and Nihsis were wrecked on the reef.
The Vandalia lost four officers and
thirty-nine men; the Nihsis seven
men and Trenton one man whose head
was smashed by an accident aboard
/ ship. The admiral's report showed the
Adler had been thrown high upon the
reef and careened on her side. that
the Olga was beached in good position.
He said the Eber was nowhere to be
seen and reported the Calliope as hav-
ing successfully run cut of the har-
Dor during the beginning of the storm
returned showing signs of having eN-
perienccd heavy weather. In report
ing on the disaster Admiral Kimberly
said: During the entire time Captain
Farqnellar showed great care and good
Judgment in handling the ship
through this terrific gale and never
left the bridge. He was ably second
ed by his executive and navigating Of
ficers who. did all in his power TO save
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