Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-10
HOW THE MAINE:
Was BURIED

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II,vANi Crh, March 4 I.rJ,r
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ling sea the Old ha'iieshiD Maine" res.
directed after fourteen vcars' hu."ol
in Havana harbor. plunged Saurda.
afternoon. with her colors flying ru
her everlasting rest coo Ta'hOmg deep
In the waters Of the Gulf. The sink.
ing of the hulk was carried out pro.
cisoly as planned. marking the end of
the great work begun more than
year and a half ago.
After imposing ceremonies I'm the
morning. which ended with the formal
transfer Of the custody Of the bodies
Of the heroic dead by the Mayor ui
Havana. Julio d" Card"uas. TO Brig.
Gen. ". II. BiNby, chief of the Euli.
nccr Corps, T.. :. A.. and 'ho repro
sentative Of the United States. the cot.
fins were taken aboard the armU"od
cruiser NOrth Carolina, where they
were deposited on the quarter deck
covered by great mound of floral
tributes under q guard Of honor com.
posed Of marines.
Minute guns woro fired hy tho
North Carolina and tho scout cruiser
birmingham and tho batteries Of CO.
banas fortress until the ships cleared
/ the harhOr.
soon after ? o'clock the Nnvy tug
7 Oscoola. aboard Of which were 'no
I tinted States Minister Arthur H.
/ Vcauprc and the staff or Tho legation.
Brig. Gen. RiXhv, Col. William VI.
Back Lieut.. col Mason NJ. Pa'ri,k
and Mai Harley u. Ferguson. cgnstf.
tumg tho Maine commission. uas,od
! limos to tho stern end Of tho wod"o.
SHAPED wreck and started seward.
/ Twn nankfng lines were attached to
either end of the buIkhoad. which
! tlcr hrromc tho after mart Of the
hulk. for the uuruosc Of stcadying and
gtccrlug her.
Her docks were covered deep with
flowers and palms. and a great Amer.
lean ensign floating from tho Jury
mast, whore the mainmayt formerly
stood tho Maine pui 10 sea on her
last VOYAGE. On deck stood Capt.
: John O'Bricn. famous as "Dynamirc
i Jununy." skinner Of the GlihuNcriuv
steamers Daun,lcss and Tnroc
81 Friends. acting as tho Mainc'a last nj.
lot.
As the wreck paescd the American
4 squadron the crews manned the rails.
! the marines presented arms. the grar-
lcrcuarrd baudsmcn on the quarter
dock playod III" national anthem and
., minute guns doomed n requiem.
The progress was necessarily slow.
Half an hour later the Norrh Carolina
and birmingham got under way down
, tile channel. followed by the Cuban
To- gunbohts lIatncy. Nara, Enrique VII.
, mcudas and % dc Oclobrc, IN" United
f States engineers steam drodrc, Ear
: nard. CARRYING all the mon who had
. worked on the Golfer dam. steamer
u with the Havana camp. Spanish-Amrr
/ lean War Veterans aboard, CommO
j. dorc Carbunel's Yacht. the Gypsy, with
the Havana Chapter, .. 4. A., and a
great fleet of tugs and chartered yrs
sells
, Passing ont Of IN" harhor no sa
p, lutrs were fired, he hOlilla. headed
| by tho Maine, proceeding In silence
. with all nans AT halfmasD. TIL" course
- was almost due north, 50 rs 10 Keep
the wreck hcal-ou to the heavy sea
and thus avoid the danger Of fallimg
into the trough.
p At i:%I o'clock hrco-whisrl,
o. blast from the North Carolina, follow
2. ed by one gun announced InaI IN,
thrcc-miIo limit had been crossed
Hall an hour was permitted 10 oIapso
ito await the laggards Of the fleet.
ThCu tho. American cruisers tool