The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-20
Naval Experts Believe She May Be FIOated and Re-
Paired in the Course Of a Year.
THE DISASTER WILL Be Investigated WITHOUT SPAWS ASSISTANCE
Difficulties Cleared Away-The Ship Be Repaired Here
Submarine Mine Theory Strengthened
Captain Sigsbee's Impressions

views in favor Of the proposition to re-
build the Maine. Even suppose this
costs $1.GO0,000." said he, "a new ship
gqual to the Maine would cost nearly
| %o,oVU.e0o. The repairs could be made
ana the ship put in service again in
year at the farthcst. To build q,
| new ship like her would take ut least
tnrcc years. With regard TO the pirrc-
| ticability of raising the Vessel ii is 10
be remarked that larger vessels have
been raised which were at sea, whcr.
they We're exposed 10 the waves. whila
lnS Maine is in n perfectly quiet har-
Dor, one end resting i'll the mud and
part Of the other end above the water
Tile Mninc i; in Il shallow spot, aa
protected as = mill pond, and she is
Vnlr six thousand ton ship. The
British armOr-clad Howe. of over ten
thousand tons. WAS raised off ferrpl,
Spain, i'll the open ocean, ana II. NJ. s.
sultan Of over nine thousand tons. was
raised and saved utter She sank In the
| Comino Channel"
Orders have been issued for the en-
ii.lMcnt OF 900 men for the navy 10 fill
The vacancies caused by the destruc
ton OF the battle ship Maine and to
complete the legal quotu. The new
men VIII be sent 10 receiving ships,
from where they will be sent to ships
i'll commission wherever needed
COMMUNICATIVE Chief Street, OF the
Union Veterans Union. has offered to
the President the services of TO- 900 men
Of his order for the defense of the
country. They could he ready for ac-
tion in fortye!ght hours.
y dispatch was received to-day from
Admiral Sicard dated Key West last
night. speaking of the assembling of the
cour. OF inquiry:
The message, was as follows
"SGcrptlrS of thn Nlrv--1,arb,
| from Key West for Havana with the
divers and stores for the Maine. The
Iowa comes to Key West on tho 10Th
| ana the Spanish court of inquiry on
the Inc assemblies. on the arrival here
! Of Mark. The Massachusetts and In
diana al rortugaS. Fifteen officers and
fociy-sevcn men from the Maine have
been distributed Mt Key West marine
| hospital and the army barracks. More
are due here on the 18th by The Man
grove. | shall hold all at Key IVES,
pending the court of inquiry. No one
Of the twcnty-une apprentices that the
TcNlS took from New York City for
the Maine was on board that ship"
LISTS OF TEE INJURED
Captain Sgshcr forwarded another
and revised list of shc injured ana the
dead - far identified this morning as
follows: "One hundred ana twenty cof-
fins. containing l25 dead bodies now
""ris"' hihe fcHdE Tor hn!12I io-!noE-
/. row
f"HoWIh% iHJuF,h H.e III hospitals
a. havana:
f@ll"Wing injured ar" III hospitals az
iiaNaha: y. Z. Ho'|eF, ordinary S!a-
''l"h' - W. oSn!cr' apireh,i zee iirSl
class J"hn IL sHfoh. oEd!HiiN seaman:
y. -. Cahili' iandSnah; James W. Nj
ien' mess AiichdAnt; Jeremiah Sh,,', Goa!
l'aSseF, ii''iIi Natisph. "inihAry sea
man l. a. "'tfS lam"SMah' ". v.
W t',"ef, Idha*ih2h; IA"has Mack,
"Ihsh''n'
fS.""!HS lh!"rHh sent lc NeE West
ny ManSrnFt, !iSH' mouse steamer. TO-
W3S - - H"uE' coNSWaih; a. r..
me- aiiuS!''a', ~ SEoI'ih' i'NaSnah'
1oh'l &Ii",e' lrlE@. marine; j. IL
''loo.''et' ia'uS'i'ah' y. v leEheSs, gun
~. lnhtS' |H,Iu .iaSS' james koWc'
SH'Pa S"nM: u. lt'rh"f' ordinary sea
Ii','h' W 'iii'ih .ht''"'hSSS' private ma
iflc'
THE DEAD SO FAR AS KNOWN
f"iinW!h% are nj! the bodies that have
, ,'?yu ''lsht UP 70 'alS; i. II. loiar-
h'n!,, ut",m'''gT' j., y. "FAh3m' chief
Gt"ii''ii, W. II. llhSlhah. iahdsman;
j. i. EroWh' ser%eamt marines: f.. H..
aero chiat ihach!niSi; H. j. Keys, or
"'h''F seaman; William c"SGrove lire
man second class; Joseph Se"ry fire
man hE"l cil5S; D. II. Roberts private
hliHit' y. j. S:nith, apprentice. FIRST