Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-03-31
I'D. MISS. THURSDAY. MARCH 81, 1898.

arrived r 'se h.rsw e Hassaa s-~sa - ne
t~en'y -rf'a cay - Jsrss-y is~ aea sa- taz@s
- eaoy NJ "a frpn avr ssa halt - sls
faiheas> = rat-f b ~ r~x'si~ rsvsrams4'
Riiat
Tac vait~,i ~tas~s ga .ai sca<ral o. H.vsas
BAL - inst fhe aafh1rites a. ga, plac~ tn
prvsiazs ersaiur II fhe iaisn.sei arrival ., sA-
Nafn-
2 m ssai~ - stssipilns - nsara ~ Main.
80 ese-4as@t All al ariess Aui r~xulasiozs IA
/ r~sarf - ~ carr AL safety q tk- ship ~cr~
strietly earFi~f eat
All aaunualtien -as ssaw-si away IN aec.sr,i.
49, STA insirurtteas. ani pruVer carr uas
seksn whsurs~r AuBunisioa 49, han.ils-f
Ne'h NJ "a sto~esi "a any ene q th~ una<s-
fires - shsa ra-anus whlch uas nos eruiittcs
- B. saawssl thrrs.
rhe HnaraEises All ss~il-r.cuas sew as-av.
ssseke.i a'trr havinr t-ea op~nsi AMI after she
dc-tr'iaihsn q m Main~ Ia ksys .rrr faana IN
,h~ir rrul--r Fiacs ia ,Ae captain /. rAbia every.
thinx hafinE teeu rrpostcsl seeur~ that evening
aisp
Ts~ ienperAtarcs u she magazine. and .n.il.
rs-anas ~srr taken daily aad r~r-ers~a The cni,
nArarlnr uhieh hsd an unlue aHs,sut q hea,
~As thr after ten-inch magazine And that sd
nos eHP'eir a. III ti@e tn Maine -as DE-
struyci
1h- torp~io varh-sis w~rv ali sso--.i In the
after par, u the ship un'-r The sArf r,osn .na
4
kASs ~ ~ Aeaens---~ ~--=~--~s @-------'
| Is% " ssa cotton rrsrssrr- s=a a-fc-aser-
srre ~so~ci N tho cabin aft. sad rrfnoie from
The seene of thc erpio-lun
The saste -as carefully lock-si after % hoard
the Maine 10 ohxiate dagger Special as,iof. In
rsxArd 70 this hal t-va riv-n By the cournaasi-
iax ofHs-r
| Nasnishes- dryers. aicobnl AMI other eo-n-
bu-,ibi-s - this nature wrr- s,o-ra on =,
above tae main deck And csaia not have raj
ANYTHING 70 do vitA the destruction % the
Nain~.
Ths meatcal stor-S w-rr .ts--.i as, us,.r IN.
sari rssn. AMI remote from the ~e-ue os the
~Kpis.isn.
Ne dAnr~rcus starss q any kird we're .tow~i
| teiow IN any ~ the other sssre rpons
| fh~ coal hsinker~ .~r~ iasF-cts-f OF thcs~
n1nser~ siioiniSg th= for~sri masaainss aasi
( shrh rerrnz. foSr ~erv empty namely IA ia
a. IA
/ AZ hal hrrn Ia u-s that dsy anf Ais uas
/ fau % Scw River cu@l This coal had ben
carefully nsr~rtri before receiving t % tsaar,s
fhr banker In shirh lf w2s stosesi sax .rs~~.i-
nle ca thr~~ ssies 81 al times ami the fourth
sise st this ,lrne. on accuuat ~ sankcrs BI cal
- being elpty- This bunker Ala had b~~n
in-p-etssi that day By the engineer ornc-r on
asty
Ths sre alarms IN the bankers w~r- ia xork.
lar order, ansi th~re hsf never ben a ea~, of
/ sp'atan-nus eoueas,ioa u eoAi on board the
M.is~
rh~t~o after boilers os the ship yer, in usc
Al 'ae time q ihs disaster eui for auxiliary
/ parpo>e- onlv. with a comparatively los pr,s-
-'Hr- 81 steam. ami being tendesi By reliable
Nstrh
rA->e boilers could not have caused IN. s.-
piasinH q ths ship. The four forward bailerS
have sines been f0and br the div-rs. and arr IA
fair c.a..iifioa
| ga The utzht - the dr~srurtina % the Maiu-
everything hal e<~n r-rortsi s--cprr Tor the
niFht asp N. BY reliable p~r~eu- thrvarh
| the prut~f Authorities. n The enunanfinr on
Z e-r Al The time the hsine destroyed the
l -hia va gat@t aai. th-r~for~ least Liable to
seriisnt cassei - movements frln those ga
a-.art
Ta~ d-<sructiea q ths Naln- ocsurr~~f Al
- p "a On the nft~eafs day q F-hruarv
] f~~ IN ta~ hArber af Havass rssha h-iar AZ the
'i1e us'rc.i Al tn sssse eu-sT - shixh IN hal
| sTea ttz.u apsa her arrirs.
i rnere Here tsn r1plasluns - /. sisffn-,ir
si-~rraf chararter wita . rerv sh..rt b..f a.
tsaaet lasersai hrs.--u taeua Aad tn far.ari
1zart q NJ ship wss lftssi - q msrkel degree -
~ tlu1s u ~ ara sspta.i.sa
- nFsi - pissiea zsare "a IA natu~~ 81
repsast i&s thst q Eaas -hil. sA< sseaai
/ sxrts~.asn sas naars nps.. p-ssiaaFe.t All n
| ssrsaasr Fafsrus This VA eHPia-<i.sa .as IA
- ef,taica q the orsrt. eAs--f ~ m rartt.l
espasaen q tsp - Har~ u ~ foru4na mage
kins=z = n aAine
Il as~nfrtoS - THE ~HErE
4 Ths evisienee heartaE % tbls b-lu prir-
eipafiv ohsstnssi fruua divers dsi al ssatle m
l es'iri - faru 4 aeHnfe ea-cIaSlsn q. u n.
ss.saiitis,n = th~ sree<. althauwa u 49, estah-
tlshei thst tn after Eart II tae Shlp a. fr.r-
tlcaliE lntact auf ~ank in that e.easiitisu yrry
| fr~ uaiuutes after Ia se.frusfioa q the for
| sari part
Tas teiis~iss facts lz regard 70 the faraas.i
F@rt q the ship arr haEetrr. rsiasiishei -
| ths ts-tiu1Huy
Th- F-1rtioa q thr port II r. q th~ prosseilv.
| diesx. saieh cxtensis fram ahsat franz - .,
about fFaupe q. So bipsa up AFT and asr- 20
| port The ElAln siscs frasrn abs1t franz NJ 10
ahous frsms a. 80 hlera % afr. All sliratiF
over u siarp.sar,t ioiiiaE the farszri part q
| the miid.s -4pefstfa-tars over AMI "a top q
| The after part
This ~as 10 the ePiaiaa u the e,art. eauss
D. tAe partial etP.ssira y tse or IN ~ q m
iSr~ari uias4sines 0f tn isain-
Al frame q the eaicr sasii e th- sAip
| from p'int eies.n and enss- haif teet -rasu ta-
mhldlr ln- of tae n . Gn1 IA tset .i.sse ~
ks~i. shea IN ~ nornM pssit4sa has h-ssa
| fore.si up - b. Ahpaf four fe~t 1sssss
fhs surface u the uatcr. therefore 4f-aus th8r-
| ty-fsur fs.t above Nhere Il Noukf B. h4f "A =.
Ship sunk uaiaiaret rne @ufshas isasslasn
| piAtfnE i b-nt ints q rsx~r~at I shag.- ta-r
after sing q shich, ahsat rftesn fs--f brsAs
Aaat tAtrtt -AAn tFst n tEnftA ttrHml fT41F u
franz -. j. deubie1l lax upsa if-sgf zszsr.ss
thr rnafinaation of tae s.aae fslAflhs eHtsa.slzs
| forward
Al franz Z. the vertical k~~i i hrgs~a lu f-a
| and th- nat keel n~af into sn azzile slrnlAr -
the aE@ir fsrm-Si by The oufsi t-sttuu .saslzy
Thr break = aoN about "a fret h~ioz -. ssr-
txe~ % The water aai 4hezs thirty fret .2s5se
H. noralal p.1sition.
| In tn opinfsn % the eassrt thlx e-ess est
have beea produced oaly ~ 10 eHpssslos ef !.
mlse situated under th- hnEtosn e th- ain a.
about frame y. ant sona@wh4t ta~ p.art sat~
% the ~hip.
a The court Ends that the is~~ % tHs M4ia~
GA the occssiau nauesi rot Ia 2ay r~sFrra
due - fault ~ nexli<cace oa tse part q aag q
the oficers members Of th~ er~s ef sAad Fws-
seL
:. Ia the opinion Of the eogrt the Main zNx
destroyed by the explosion of a Sabn4rine y ne
which caused the partial eTpioSaoa of too OF
| more of her forward magaxineS
| : The court has been unable IN onsafn eyl :
dence fixing the responsibility Tor the eeStra--
tion Of the asise upon any perSoa OF psrs1ns
| W T SAMPSON
| Captain u >. " Pre~laea1
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