The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04
No DANGEROUS Stores.


scene of explosion
No Dangerous Stores.
mo dangerous stores of any kind were
stored below IN any of the other store
rooms The coal bunlters We're inspected
daily OF those bunkerS adjacent TO inc
forward magazines and shell rooms TOUT
were empty. namely, I} g. B T. Il D. u
G. "A Is had been in use that day ana
"A 16' was full OF new river coal rms
coal had been carefully inspected before
receiving il on board. The bunker III Which
il was stored was accessible on three SIDES
at all times and the fourth side at inns
time on account Of the bunkers - and -
G. being, empty This bunker, A 49, had
been inspected that day by the engineer
on duty. The fire alarms in the bunkers
were in working order and there had never
been a case of spontaneous combustion of
coal on board the Maine The Two alter
boilers of the ship were in use at the time
of the disaster, but for auxiliary purposes
only with a comparatively low pressure
of steam and being tended by u reliable
watch Tho four forward boilers have
since been found by the divers ano are in
| fair condition.
ION the night of the destruction of the
Maine everything had been reported Sc
cure for the night at p. m. by reliable
persons, through the proper aulhoTltleS'
TO the commanding officer. AT the time
',,,io .,,a therefore least liable TO accident
caused by movements from those on board.
80 The destruction of the Maine occurred
at $40 D. m. on the 18th day of February,
1898, in the harbor of Havana, CUBA, Sho
p'i'is at 'I0 ,N - b., ,,.,,, be, ,r
to which she had been taken upon her ar
rival.
.;.3, 5iera,,,,,4 aharartar with a very
short but distinct interval between them,
ana an '''e Ioi M'i" ina time of
800 ~, -
the hrSt eAPIo9Ioi'' ~ :. aha,
Inc hfSt fNPlo9i'!i va f ,r.
nature OIL a report M ',''' ,,,,,n ,7,a,
while the second eAplo9lV" We ,rb;,
prolonged ana Oh 6i9"te' -
second explosion was, !" , 'r 'nxnlnsion
iFe uo"i 1ro ~ JJbn foTwayd rnagazines
az No NIainn
rxr;da,co of n;verS
~ i>'0A''00 Nil. ,.,,i,e
4. i ne eFluF''Cc - '' i'.s' j;, 3ia nnt
pfh!cipdlly op'''ii'' IN 1+i,,i,o CON
enable the court 10 W. ~ 41 ...,l,
tluSlon as 10 inc '"iWi I +h art,r
although IT was eSt"o"7ne" tt'''I i,t.,rt
part "l tiIe 8itH "'' ,ii+ia - ,n,,,, fovr
and sank in mat coll"''loi " VIZ co.
minutes AFTER t"e "e"'h ~ ''''' VI
ward part 49, l,
Ihe following Idt'S III - e. ,,,,,,,a.
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| ana over L" i''' =, ,. t,a,,.,, az,
| frame % 10 "D'"' t.t,(a,.l f,}lo,,,
| AT anu 9i'@"lS W. - 49,, - ~, sinner.
! >hS lh' i'' W." 20 cox ~ tho .ftar
STRUCTURE wv
| pall. imitation, . +l, ,,,,,,t
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! cause" nN Wv i .i' 1,,,t,,,. ~ tho
| more Oh 'i0 '0' "'''
| Malhe. ,.u - +ho
| .. Al frame II VIC '"'S' LJe s+
| SNIP from d punt '''F'u en- , 49,
| from 'll' n"u"i0 ~ ~. ,,nrr,,1
| leet ABOVE 'll$ h'ei w. 80 ~ a.
| position, mas peeh force" UP !" w nv
| about four feet above the surface OF lile
| water so as to be visible thlrty-lour leel
! ahovn where # would have been had the
| ; t,maI
| SIM, SUM ut'iJ' w. T. ,,,4 ,,+,
| '1he OUTSIDE pottoth Plali'iR - >" ~
| a reversed shape, the after WlnS Oh "hISh
| about fifteen feet broad and thirty-tWo feet
| in 1anpth (from frame II to frame 30 is
7r,,I.lod hack ,,no,, itself against the con-
| Nou"lG" "'IN rl'' ~, 7i'+ ..,,7f,o
| uhualioh Oh llc S"llle Pi"'i'i7' N>'l''''9