Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-25

Forced Upward-In Investigation Closed
at Havana Maine Will Not
Be Raised.
New York, Feb. 25.--The Mail an
Express prints the following, dated Ha
vana today:
"The United States naval inquir
continued today, taking the testimon
of the divers, who have been working
on the wreck Of the Maine. Those sen
here from the battleship Iowa AM
cruiser New York were examined.
II am informed on the highest au
thority that the evidence of Diver Nor
gan, as to the condition of the Maine
shows almost beyond the possibility of ;
doubt, in the opinion Of my informant
that the Maine was blown up by an out
side agency. Furthermore, Morgan
report Is verified by other American
divers who descended today.
1.-The court will finish It's work hert
tomorrow and proceed at once to Key
West to take the testimony of the sur
vivors there. It has also been decided
not to return to Havana, all information
as to the cause of the disaster having
already been secured. 1t is believed
that decision has been practically
reached The witnesses yet to be ex
amined will hardly change the verdict
"The court decided against any at.
tempt to raise the ruined battleship.
The members are convinced that il
would be useless, as she could never be
kept afloat, and the Spanish authorities
here will be informed that if they wish
the wreck removed from the harbor they
must attend to the work themselves.
This decision gives better idea Of the
terrible havoc wrought in the Maine
than columns of description could.
"The Merritt Wrecking company, it
was announced today, wanted 81, 200, 900
to raise the wreck. The company's rep
resentatives made this demand after
viewing the ship.
''The wreckers today turned their at
tention to saving the great guns. These,
at least, can be recovered in a sufficient
Twenty unknown bodies of the crew
were recovered from the wreck by divers
today. The bodies were frightfully
burned and mangled and it may be i'm
possible ever to Identify them.
'Holzer, who made such brave fight,
died in the hospital today. All the
wounded will leave here on Sunday on
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More Evidence That Explosion Came From
without.
New York Feb. o5--A disnatch to
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Is no longer any, reason to doubt that
the explosion which wrecked the Maine
came from underneath the vessel. Her
magazines had nothing to DO with the
smaller part in the great disaster than
at first supposed.
"The evidence that convinced the board
was obtained by Ensign Powellson, an
officer attached to the Fern. Ensign
Powellson discovered that the forward
part of the keel of the Maine, with ribs
and plates, was stove upward SO far
that the parts shattered the double bot
tom; these show out of the water, and
In places sections of the green painted
outer hull are visible.
"Corroborative evidence as given by
Ensign Powellson is the result of close
by divers. What they
found indicates that the explosion came
from point beneath the keel. A plumb
line dropped from point Just forward
Of the coming tower would have laid
the lead exactly on the spot where the
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