The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-01

the wreck removed from the harbor they
must attend to the work themselves. rms
decision gives a better idea Of the terri
bic havoc wrought in the Maine than
columns of description could do.
The Merritt Wrecking Company, IL
was announced to-day wanted S2,UUO.-
w to raise the wreck. The company
representatives made this demand after
viewing the condition of the ship.
The wreckers to-day turned their at
tention to salying the great guns These,
ut least. can be recovered in sufficiently
good condition to warrant the effort.
Twenty unknown bodies of he crew
were recovered from the wreck by the
divers at noon to-day. The bodies We're
frightfully burned and mangled and 1t
may be impossible to identify some of
them.
Holzer. who made such a brave fight,
died in the hospital to-day.
All the wounded will leave here II
day on the Bache for Key West. Tho
physicians consider it safe to move them
now
THE VIZCAYA UNDER WAY.
New York. Feb. 25.-Tlle Spanish
Sruiser Nizcaya got under way from her
anchorage off Tomkinsville at 1:2J p. m.
to-day and proceeded down the bay,
passing quarantine at 1:37 p. m, bound
for Havana. The Navy Yard tug Nina.
on guard off Tomkinsyille, was salute,
by the cruiser with three blasts Of the
whistle, which the tug returned. The
Nina and the Police boat patrol accom-
panied the cruiser down the bay. Th"
national standard Of Spain fioated at
half mast from a small gaff on the main
mast Of the cruiser. The Vizcaya did
not salute the forts at the narrOws as
she passed out.
1t is said at the office of the Spanish
Consul General that the Nizcaya Will
proceed to Havana without stopping en-
route.
pAYMASTER'S SAFE TAKEN OUT.
Late to-day the ~paymaster's safe,
with $4,000 and his papers. was taken
from the wreck. Beyond this no state
ment is mad as TO the value and ma
ture of the contents, but Il large guam
tity Of water ran out when the safe
was raised above the surface.
Thc complaint is still made that the
electric lamps are of little use to the
divers. as the light is faint and uncer-
tain, and to hold them takes one of the
divers hands. SO far as reports made
public go. the wOrkmen on the tug Right
Arm. With the assistance of the naval
divers. are labOring hard to recover the
bodies under the hatch, which led to
fire room platforms. Snoring with
tlmberS was necessary and the divers
had to wait for the lumber to-day.
The Havana papers print long extracts
from the American dailies. but. of
course. only of delayed news. All the
Americans are anNiously awaiting the
arrival Of tO-mOrrOW'S mail.
Consul General Lee a he has re-
cCiyed ITO news OF Importance from the
State Department to-day nor been no
titled to expect the arrival Of any one
of prominence. 1t is believed here that
i any American Of national reputation
comes to Havana now it will be to study
the situation for himself and not as
an official commissioner.
Vt six o'clock this evening. when this
despatch is sent. HOlzer is still sleeping
| under the influence Of an opiatc. He is
no worse than he was this morning, but
is very low. Including him. there are
six wounded left here. five Of whom are
reasonably certain of recovery. Some
difficulty will arise in removing them to
posed to contagious fevers and the quar-
antine lewS forbid their being taken
direct to Key West These regulations
We're disregarded in the case Of the first
lot taken there on the Olivette the day
after the explosion, bnt only because of
the extreme eXigencieS of the case.