The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-07
DECK
| NOW VISIBLE
| 49, level Has Been Lowered
ss,.so feet Within CaisSons
'IplOR|NG HAS BEGUN
..,,ss Found in Captains Cabin.
,,, If Unfortunate Crew are Be
ias Slowly Recovered

s,frst two fatnollis vi ""', WI,
!. ~ srsred the wreck of the Maine il
s,.'s hsrbor since '9S like a protect
' 'S,and has been lifted and a pee
n, s remains is allowed TO all VIII,
~ n visit the scene. Crowd of PEG
a, .,rh day visit the work to look up
"A. horrible phantasy of wrerkag'
An was once a staunch and beautiful
n So great has become the GROVE
,f;,itOrs that hours had to be liSeC
!. ,ssm. and now they are only allow
.athe caissons between the hours o
1,M p noon and from 5 to & in The
s.moOu. at which time the workmer
! If the job. Visitors at any other
~ are not allowed. None are per
rta to 60 over from the calssons to
\ Ueek on the long gangway con
ryted to facilitate the work, eN
NJ visitors of distinction accompanied
Me Of the officers in charge. anC
4, are few and far between. At al
ts great vigilance is exercised
mist the pirating of souvenirs
While cleaning the main deck md
ins dsmounted four FOUNDER, one
dlhs guns forming the armament OF
\ Ap, was found where it had been
tvsn from its mount, and attached to
| iw the swivel on which it worked.
Re mount had disappeared entirely.
iAeslewqrd's st0rerOOm, in the md E
do section, a number Of articles per-
snng to such stores were found, to-
| nlhsf with some rubber boots, IA pair
| ahse hide boots, two cutlaSSeS and
| Earbine In continuing the removal
1.-THE mud in another part of this mid
Zip section portion of the vcrtebra,
iH nbs broken from same, Il thigh
Ine and an upper arm bone was found.
hsx are believed to be portions of the
nnans Of John X, Bell, the cabin
fxad. The work of cleaning off the
vi was suspended at this juncture.
The rear cabin which was used by
lpsin Sigsbee, is now exposed to
Iss and is being cleared Of the five
ut Of mud which was silted into it by
" sbbing and flooding tide. Many
rtees have been found in this section
dhe ship: two rifles, one loaded re-
AaVa, couple of marine glasses, a
nlsl compass enclosed in a wooden
us sword belonging to the navigat =
EoHicer, Captain Sigsbee's saber, a
hiking cane with Sigsbee's monogram
alli head, the epaulets from Captain
Sspee's uniform, an assortment of
tls and table cutlery, a portion of a
msen swivel chair. a briar wood pipe,
ilall bottle Of bay rum, some empty
tlts, some rubber foot mats, rubber
sas and several packages OF rubber
n@, and on the starboard deck oppo-
ae The rear turret a shoe containing
y @nes Of human foot wa found.
&gun metal scabbards of the swords
Meinavery advanced stage Of de-
y; The silver handles of some If the
aRywas all that remained in some
!. s'sh'es; the wooden compass box was
y VOlmeaten, but the rubber articles
.ae The best preserved Of all, and
,aeS good as on the day OF the ex.
tson more than thirteen years ago.
'N rubber bands used for fastening
spe = together in packages, retained
unelr elasticity. The remains of
y 4 1901 were turned over to MIR. Jen-
A. y. me official undertaken, who is
- 10 take charge of all romains
II! ne effect Of the two explosions
s saka destroyed the ship Wa some
s s',y marvellous, and cannot be- appre-
10y OF understood unless seen. 1t
sn na seem incredible that q power-
~ ~! constructed shin could br torn
y n.y. y nke so much fimsy cardboard,
y such was the case with the Maine.
IL H. principal explosion occurryi under
4 4 rnge, a short distance in front of
! y onward smokestack, and originated
y. We port side of the vessel, for the
-, was heaved upward and back
~. n.y.; 'oe forward turret on the star.
S,.s s s'oe weighing $50 tons, being
~ s !. overheard. The wreck of this
M I \, 'ne ship is piled 40 feet higher
N.Y.. W. original position and doubled
4 nu 10 feet. Just forward of
l,M av .' and beneath the two for
\. u ~. on the starboard side there
\ Ss. I'aer explosion which tore up
EN-. . u a similar manner but on a
NJ !. Tale, throwing it over to port
n.y. s;saward. In connection with the
H. s ''; II Is curious to note that one
.,dins as between two steel doors,
N ss. VI The main deck into the mid
M ~, with its glass airport, re-
IA, ~.set having been within Is feet
= ss.. .eIr'oIe blast which tore the
n dr ss and carried away the two
uos,a...s 'ef was lowered Is feet in the
M y, some days ago, but has been
eav - resume level about l3 feet
nj h.mal, BECAUSE at the lower
Nm ". was too much of the Shiny,
~ s.sisckage left bare to the sun.
vorsmsn ara engaged in