The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29

and sorrow for the accident The repre-
sentatives of General Blanco and OF adj
miral Of the station were among the
Spanish officials who rendered their re-
spects.
About eighty-four or eighty-fve men
were found that night who survived. IN
reply TO the direct question Of whether
any of the magazines or she'll rooms were
blown up. the Captain said 1t was eX-
tremelv difficult to come TO any conclu-
sion. The centre of the explosion was
beneath and a little forward Of the con-
ming tower on the port side. In the re-
zion of the centre or axis or the expo
sion was the 6-inch reserve magazine
which contained very little powder, ABOUT
three hundred pounds. The l0-lncn mag
azine was i'm the same general region but
on the starboard side. over the lO-inch
magazine is the loading room OF the tur-
ret and in the adjoining passage num-
ber of 1O-inch shells were permanently
placed. ..,,
According TO Captain Sgsbee 1t would
be difficult to conceive that the eNploslou
involved the 10-inch magazine because
of the location of the explosion ana that
no reports show that any lo-inch shei's
were hurled into the air because OIL 'he
explosion. 1900.
lie said the discipline Of the ship was
excellent. In the engineers department
the vessel was always ready and always
RESPONSIVE He paid a tribute 10 the crew
and said that a quieter better natuIeu
LOT of men. he had nevr known on DoaId
any vessel I'm which he had served
THE TEMPERATURES.
on his examination by the court a"-
tain Sgsbee said that the nlshest ''
perature he could remember was ~ ~
that was In the after-magazine. the tenn
nerat,ire I'm the forword magazines Delhs
considerably lower. There was LOT OF
novyder kent I'm the magazine. All the
coa1 bunkers were ventilated through AR
tubes examined weekly by the chlel en-
gineer and were connected elecltlCa"s
with the annunciator over his caoih u ooi'
The forward coal bunker ON me poIl s'ue
was full The forward coal bunker OF
the starboard side was hah III" anu -
was being used at the time OF inc "a
plosion st.. o,,,,or that
~ the coal bunker 4 16 had been so not as
20 no dangerous to the siN-inch reserve
ynogazine that this condition would nave
,,oen shown on three sides where the
h,nl,er was exposed. and that men con-
stantlv passing 10 and FRO by IL Wou'u
have necessarily noticed the undue neat
Cantain Slgsbee was examined as 10 tne
ammunition on board the Name re
stated that there were no high explosives
o,in cotton. detOnators OF other material
in magazines or shell room when the
regulations prohibited. He testihed '"'i'
no war heads had been placed on torpe-
does since he had command OF lne snip
POWELsON'S TESTIMONY.
Ensign W. V. y. Powelson was cdlieu
the third day Of the court. He testiled
that he had been present on the Maine
every dav from the arrival OF the ferh
and during a great deal Of the diVlns'
In replv TO a question 10 tell the court
all about the condition of the wreck ne
said the forward part Of the ship forward
OF the after smokestack had been 10 All
appearance completely destroyed. Inc
fixtures were completely wrecked. while
6xtures I'm the same position on the star
hoard side were in some cases almost IN
tact The port bulkhead between tie
main and berth decks at the coming low
or support had been blown aft on botn
sides but a great deal more on tho port
than on the starboard side. The protec-
tive deck under the coming tower sup
ports was bent in two directions the
mates on the port side being bent up
and on the starboard side bent down.
Just forward Of the coming tower I'M
derneath the main deck. two beams met
at right angles: one beam was broken and
pushed from port TO stsrboard graf
ing was found on the poop awning Just
forward Of the after searchlight. a piece
OF the side plating just abaft OF the star