Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-17
Under Lowering SKY and IN
Heavy Sea the Resurrected
Ship Takes Last Voyage
areWeII,
IMPOSING CEREMONIES
MARX LAST RITES
Decks Covered With Palms
and Flowers and Minute
Guns Fire SaIutes from Forts
and Ships,
N, MonInr lenrnnl speelaI Ieasea wIfe.I

my Morning fournnl Special leased wire.l
llaVana. March ! ld,~~l mder lowering
skies aud la heavy Soa, the hun ~
tho battleship Maine, rosurreeted az
ter fourteen years htlriAl n Havana
haihor. today plunged with her colors
FIXING 10 her everlasting rest, six nun
dred fathoins dcup, in the waters ot
the pur 1'hc sinking OF the hulk
was carried out precisely ns planned,
marking tho end of the work hegun
more than "A Noar ana q hnu aso.
After imposing ceremonies IA the
morning, which ended with the formni
transfer OF the custody OF the bodies
OF the dead 0f The Maine, hy the
mayor ot iinyana, julio De thldenaA,
TO Grigadler GcncrNl w, ~. RiNhN,
chief OF the engineer rorps, tinted
states army as the representative of
the United States, the coffins were
taken aboard the arniorcd cruiser
North Carolina Who're they were de-
posted on the nuarter deck, covered
hN mound Of floral tributes, under
IA guard OF honor composed oi ma
rines, Minute guns We're Tired tiN the
North C'aralma and the srpnt cruiser
Rirmingham. ana The batteries Of
cUhanas 'fottress,
Soon after oclbek tho tug Glsreola,
ahuard OF which Wprc the United
states minister Arthur leanpre, and
members of thr legation ana military
represuutatiVts constituting the Mnine
commission, passed linos "a the stern
ana of the welR~ -ehnpe& wrerk, ANA
started scaMard Two Thanking tugs
attached lines to either end ~ the
bulkhend
lier.derks. covered deep with flow
cre and palms and an American en-
sign Floating from the Jury mast,
where the manmast Formerly stood.
the Maine, put to sea on hrt last ,oy-
age ON deck stood captain John
OIirien. famous as Dynamite John
ny skipper Of the rtihusterlng
steamers bauntless nnd Three Friends,
acting ns the Names last pilot
As ire wreck passed the American
squadron the crows manned the rails
the marines presented arms the
Lnndsmcn on the quarter decks played
the national anihenl while minute
guns hoomrd requiem
Hair an huur Inter the North caro-.
lima ana birmingham got under way
followed by the cuban gunb"htS Yarn.
llatncy. Enrique Nillundas and De
Octnhre. the enginecrs steam dredge
Hernard carrying nll the men whe
had worked on the cofferdam: 4
steamer with the Havana camp span
ish American war Veterans aboard
Commodore Carbonills yacht GYPSY.
with the Havana chapttr u. \. r., and
"a lleet of tugs and chartered vessels
lnssug out OF the harhur no snlutes
Wcre Tired. tho iiailla headed by the
Maine, proceeding IN silence with flagH
at hnlr mast The o"drse was almost
due nurlh.
st Atg5 three whistle blast from
The North Carolina followed bs one
gun. announced that the three mile
limit had been crossed llalf an hour
WAS given ngehrds OF the fleet 10 nr-
rive Thon the cruisers TOOK up "A
position tn the eastward of the wreck;
;the Cuhan Warships moved To the
westward and the accompanying Nes-
sells wore grouped 10 the north ana
south
Meanwhile tho wrccRing Grew went
aboard the hulk aud made ready to
nrrf ont the arrangements tor the
sinking. which consisted of opening
numerous valves in the bottom, ope-
intcd fro the deck, the large sluice-
Ways I'm the hulhcnd and all the doors
ln ihe two permanent hulkhends re-
iu the ship.
st O'Clock another whistle sounded
from the Nurth Carolina aud another
gun was fired Tie crews threw open
ihr ttltrs and ruptain pBrien Jumped
uhonrd % tuu alongside, which steamed
ID llttle distance away Then an eyes
in the great fleet were fixed ON the
wreck
For ten minutes no change was VS.
ihlp in tho battered haih. which
pitched heavily as the rollers struck
t.f. fh-ir ~h~ mr- seen t0 he sinking
ai the huikhnad and soon the waves
hcrHu To- wash over her deck. The
STERN wns seen go rise aud ia a few
3, ronds tht hulk was almost vertical.
showing fifsi the proprllers and then
the fui keel The next moment there
was % flash of hiu. and white as the
ensign %, ins from the mast struck
the waves and disappeared. Simui-
tanrousif the decks were blow upward
hr tho air pressure aud the Maine
plunged down. leaving flowers over
the surface nf the .sta.
Whistle blasts from the Whole tect
was thr only signal.
Ten minutes later the cuban fiaR
shin H4tuoy fired farewell national
salute to thr squadron 90 whith both
, ruisers replied. then shaped theh
course tu Norfolk