Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-02-25
ONLY NlNETY-sIx SAVED.
scenes In Havana at the Time OF the
Mnino's Explosion.


Hall an hour after midnight 80 of the
crew Of the Maine had been carried to
the military hospital Of San Ambrose.
They were ali seriously wounded.
Five others OF the crew were taken to
the Alfonso XIII hospital. On board
the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII 26 of
the wounded were treated, and SO
were enccored on board the City Of
Washington. s@'A-t
George Cowler, an accountant of the
Maine, is among the men seriously
wounded.
The crew of the steamer Colon saved
two wounded men.
The Maine, at the time Of the explo-
sion, was at anchor about 500 yards
from the arsenal, and some 200 yards
from the floating dock. The explo-
sion put out the street lights near the
wharf and blew down telegraph and
telephone wires in the city. Admiral
Manterola and General salona put off
to the Maine soon after the explosion
and offered their services to Captain
Sigsbee.
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.
The passengers Of the City Of Wash
ington gave up their staterooms to the
injured men.
An iron truss from the Maine fell
on the pantry Of the City Of Washing
ton, breaking the tableware OF the
steamer.
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright,
OF the Maine, was half undressed at
9:45 p. NJ, and was smoking in his
cabin next to that of Captaia Sigsbee,
1t is said, when the explosion occurred
and put out the electric lights. Vain.
wright then lit match and went to
Captain Sigsbee's cabin. The captain,
IL appears. had been thrown from his
bed, but was uninjured. They both
went on deck and gave orders to food
$500 pounds Of gun-cotton which wai
on board. The demand was carried
out, but the men who fulfilled it never
returned. Havana, however, was
saved from still more terrible explo
sion.
Four boats were lowered, all manned
by officers, and one of them was lost
Captain Sigsbee went in his OWL
launch on board the Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XIII to thank her captain ant
officers. He afterwari went on board
the City of Washington, where Lieu
tenant General w. 7. Drummer, acting
sanitary inspector OF Havana, and th'
correspondents of American papers haC
already gathered.
Captain Sigsbee, interviewed thi
evening by correspondent with refer
ence to the cause of the explosion, said
II cannot determine the cause bu
competent investigators will decid,
whether the explosion was produces
from an interior or exterior cause.
cannot say anything until after sucl
an investigation has been made.
will not and cannot conscientiousl.
anticipate the decision, nor do ! wisl
to make ans unjust estimate of th'
reason for the disaster"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
believes the explosion was due to tn
short-circuiting Of the dynamo.
One Of the officers OF the Maine sal
today that at o'clock last night al
the magazines on board the battle-shi
| Maine were closed, and the keys turne
over to Captain Sigsbee. the com
! mander.
The mutilated bodies of ID me-
were washed ashore at Regia and Cas-
Blanco, opposite Havana. Seve
bodies were identified by Chaplai
Chadwick as those of Graham, MC
Donald. Kayand, Nero, Kinsma
Dierking and Brown. The other
have not yet been identified. The
have been taken to the morgue an
will be buried tomorrow at 2 p. NJ.
A monument will be erected by sui
scriptions, headed by the America
newspaper correspondents.
"A.