The Portland daily press., 1898-03-29

er submarine explosions that L have
heard,l except that it was on larger
, scale. 1 called to the rest: We have
| been torpedoed. Get up on deck.
Lieut.. Holman who had testified on
the second day, followed Chief Engineer
Howell on the third day.
GUNNER'S MATE OLSEN.
| Chief Gunner's Mate Olsen ON his re.
examination, stated that the ram plates
which he could feel was fastened on the
bow of the ship and extending from
the ship about 10 or IL inches convex on
the outside land extending fore and aft.
| He said that he could feel the bottom
of the ship forward for ten frame
spaces, but at frame 81 he found her &c
be cut off entirely. This was as far as
he could walk in the mud. He then went
back to the point of beginning and count
ed six frame spaces forward or about
| So, and from there forward he found the
| frames blown up and open to starboard,
At frame 81, Olsen found the bilRe
keel and followed the break in amidshlps
as far as he could. At the port bow he
found a hawse-pipe, but could not feel
the chain. Underneath the keel he found
scroll work on the bow Of the ship and
over the hawse-pipe alluded to, but the
chain was still missing. The appearance
of the edge of the ships bottom from
frame Al to frame 35.according to Olsen g
tesuim ony is ragged, goingsforward be-
tween the frames, but no ragged points
tending in or out.
From frame 81 to frame 35. the ragged
edgs slopes in toward the keel. The ap-
pearance of things at frame 81 would
indicate that the ships keel commenced
to be lifted at that point. He testlfed
that he WAS able to get underneath the
bottom of the ship forward at frame 80.
Technical details were then given by
the chief gunners mate as to the plating
which is left on the keel at the frames
above mentioned and it only interesting
to students of mathematics. Olse stated
that tho steel part of the keel hilge was
broken off, showing rough edges and the
wooden part extended forward of 1T
ragged and torn in splinters. He found
the bow of the ship on the starboard side
and the ship was lying on the starboard
side. The depth over the break of the
keel at frame IS was found to be six
feet and was plumbed Mt the point
where the keel plates are broken away
from the bottom angle irons of the verti-
cal keel.
No wreckags was found on the port
side.
GUNNER's MATE RUNDQUIsT.
On the fifth day, Gunner's Mate Carl
went down in the after part of the 10
inch magazine and found lot of empty
l0-iDch tanks-dozens of them with
pieces in all directions.
ION the 18th day Gunner's Mate Rund-
quist being recalled. testified to the pro-
gress of his exploration, he went down
March 1st on the port side and found
the berth deck sloping aft to starboard.
There was coal several feet deep just
forward of the crane. None of it had
been blown out ofethe ship on that side.
Rundquist was recalled on the 18th day
and stated that he had been diving the
day before ana found big square hole
that looked something like big shell or
compartment. He thought it might have
been a boiler blown in.
PRIVATE ANTHONY.
Private William Anthony, marine
corps, whose calmness at the time of the
explosion in reporting to Capt. Sigsbee
has become the theme of admiration
witness. In response to questions he told
his story:
cat the first shock the ship instantly
that is the quarterback where l was
standing-dipped forward and to port
just like that (indicated.) 1t apparent
ly broke in the middle like that (indi-
cating), and surged forward and then
went over to port.
WOODFORD CONFERS WITH Gull
LON.
Madrid. March 2s, idnight-Unlted
States Minister Woodford had an import
ant conference this evening with Senior
Gullon the foreign minister and COM
municated to him an extract of the
American board of inquiry into the Maine
disaster. Tomorrow General Woodford
will confer with the Premier, Senior Sa-
gasta and Seniors Gullon and Moret, the
foreign and colonial ministers.
The latest election returns show that
1872 Mlnisterialists. 46 Conservatives, z
Romerists, Is Republicans and 3 Carlists
have been elected. Advices from Havana
show that four autonomists and two con-
servatives have been returned.