The herald., 1898-02-17
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City Of washington and Knocked two holes
In the deck.
The chaplain Of the Maine. Rev. Mr..
Chadwick, went on board the Alphonso
XII in order to administer to the injured.
Captain Sigsbee informed the cores
pondent OF the Associated Press that he
could not make a statement regarding the
disaster until after an Investigation.
The Spanish naval officers says Captain
Sigsbee was the last man to abandon the
sinking ship, and that he remained along
side the wreck as long as 1t was possible
to rescue survivors of the disaster.
Captain General Blancos official cable
was filed at midnight.
Half an hour after midnight thirty-six of
the crew of the Maine h2d been carried to
the military hospital of San Ambrosio'
They were all most seriously wounded.
Five others of the crew were taken 10 the
Alfonso XIII hospital. On board the
Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII twenty-six
of the wounded were treated and thirty-six
were succored on board the City OF WASH
ington. George Cowles, an accountant OF
the Maine, is among the men seriously in
jured.
The crew of the steamer Colon saved two
wounded men.
The Maine. at the time of the explosion,
was at anchor about 500 yards from the ar
senal, and some 200 yards from the floating
dock.
The explosion put out the street lights
near the wharf and blew down telegraph
and telephone wires in the city.
Admiral Manterola and General Solano
put off to the Maine soon after the explo-
sion and offered their services to Captain
Sgsbee.
Vurnel Burkhardt William McGuinness,
j. II. Bronner, Alfred johnson, George
Bolsemet and Charles Begnan were sue
in
pital. and James Roure, Francis kehe',
Daniel Cronin and George Robert received
attention at sanitary headquarters.
The first explosion Is said to have been
caused by over 600 pounds of gun cotton,
and the subsequent explosion is alleged TO
have been caused by shells and cartridges.
Among the saved on board the City OF
Washington is Gustave G. Dressler Oh the
Maine who has lost both his eyes.
The passengers of the City of Washing
ton gave up their state rooms to the injured
men.
An iron truss from the Maine fell on the
pantry of the City of Washington, break
ing the table ware of the steamer.
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright OF
the Maine was half undressed at 9:45 p. m,
and was smoking in his cabin, next to
that of Captain Sigsbee. it is said, when the
explosion occurred, and put out the cleo
trio lights. Wainwright then lit match
and went to Captain Sigsbees cabin. The
captain, it appears, had been thrown from
his bed, but was uninjured. They both
went on deck and gave orders to flood $500
pounds of gun cotton, which was on board
The order was carried out, but the men
who fulfilled it never returned. Havana,
however, was saved from a still more ter
rible explosion. Four boats were lowered.
all manned by officers, and one of them
was lost. Captain Sigsbee went in his own
launch on board the Spanish cruiser Al
fonso XIII to thank her captain and Of
ficers. He afterwards went on board the
City of Washington, where General Lee,
DR.. w. T. Drummer, acting sanitary in
spector of Havana, and the correspondents
of American papers had already gathered.