The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20
sToRIES OF THE DISASTER.
-,rsrrye FAors TOLD M THE
NTbh snpTJyIvG SAILORS.

,.uouber yothtuE Absut the
eeTe .,-One Man. Bi"wn ante the Air'
Esp'Os., neck and peEan Locking Ter
Csme .,-Thc Pus.y Cats asa PeEry.
roh ,o-Her arc some interesting
HANANn. IN, Maine disaster: Many OF tho
incifen.' ..ilors, especially those who were
sur,l'I" do not recollect anything OF the
BABY axcent that they found themselves In
eXpIoSo ord some OF them do not even ro-
the WA'.,' "a tney wore picked up uncon-
nemoot' INC N their senses in their cots at
the hospital .nots vesterday could
-, realIye what day OF the wees u ~.
yvfliam Maguiness. who was hurieu Irv% nis
.,,,nook. awokc, believing the snap nsu oo.n
'.",.h bv shots fred from the spanish ior.s'
T.,, id,r 40 occupied his mind ina our'nh.the
- d.vs he was at the hospitai ne "seoon-
u,,v talking fight. Yesterday no was put On
,o.ra tho Mangrove.
W., Gartrell, a fireman, was three c~ecNs oo"h
sw,s blown through them without eunerine
-..,.tch. He WAS the only one from tne ioWer
~, ~ the ship who was saved. First-ciase
psn,,r Bullock, seeking a cool place 10 Sleep
w.. icing in the after turret. when the oxpio-
w. occurrcd he found himself astride the ole
$50, which had shifted to one eioe' NOT
..arino how to escape. he finally squeezed
49,, throuob the gunport, which was quito .
.%s,I, undertaking, as tho hole was hardly
NJ snoueh TO admit the passage OF his BODY.
".uh Iutz A marine. was blown from his
U,ao. and went with the flying debris into
A.. afr. He landed again on deck. began hunt
!. st,r hs shoes and trousers, and then Jumped
overheard. .ns
- d,sn,ayed by William Anthony is very
.mmo,dsble. Anthony is q private In the
-,rines He was stationed as orderly at tho
- ~ Tho CAPTAINS quarters. At the moment
I'm. .,n,osion the Captain was writing q letter
.ohis wife. All the lights were Immediately
.,tnuuisbed. The Captain arose and attempted
= maze his way through the long passage lead
-, n the deck, and as the ship was topping to
; aide and sinking fast Capt. Sigsbeo
.roned his way with difficulty. He finally
s,mnad against q man who proved to DO Orderly
Anthony. The orderly first begged tho Cap
,.in,s pardon and then very coolly said:
"sir I have come to report 10 you that the
,A;n has been blown up and she 10 fast sinking"
Cant. sigsbee says that any ordinary man
vonld at that time have thought how to save
himself. rather than 20 inside n dark passage OF
..intinp vessel, not knowing II he would ever
come out again.
On board were three cats, Q young tabby and
two toms. Tho older tom was born on board a
monitor Mt the Brooklyn Navy Yard thirteen
wears ago. He was a tar by birth. and had served
ali hin life In the United States Navy.
The officers, seeing his disregard for Tabby,
bouRht, on shore, only two days before the &C
cident A Young Cuban tom. who. to distinguish
him from Old Tom. was named Young Tom. He
and Tabby persisted with the ship. Old Tom,
who was three decks below. was also thought
To have been lost, but was discovered yestere
day BY Commander Wainwright crouched and
meovinz pitifully on a pile of wreckaRe on deck.
He has been taken on board the Fern. whore
the sailors are giving him the best Of care, and
where he has assumed again his old post Of the
senior cat in the United States Navy.
Peggy, the little pug dog ofCapt. Sigsbee. who
never abandoned his side while on board and
who once fell and broke her leg while trying to
was at the Captains side when he took to the
boat. She was trembling with fright. but tax
ing in consideration that she is only q young
pug and that the explosion was tremendous.
Capt. sigsbee says she is excusable.
Al Inc burNlNoEb VI LILO nibluc lObt oNOT lining
they had. Many landed with hardly any CLOTH
ing, and all are to-day lamenting tho loss Of
some valuable personal effects which money
cannot replace. Capt. Sigsbee says that the
personal loss he feels most keenly is the collec-
ton Of papers, orders. appointments. and letters
Reorganization which he received from tho
Government from the first day he Joined the
nAvy.
Father Chadwick. the chaplain, grieves over
the loss Of a gold chalice which the crew of
the Maine gave him and which he says was the
worldly belonging which he most priced.
Sailor i. c. Holzer. who is dying at San Am
brosiO. has been constantly asking for the last
three days when the divers are going to begin
work, as he lost a Nicholas Amati violin. which
had been a family heirloom. and which he re-
eeiVed from his mother. All lovers of old
ViolinS can understand his grief.