The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-03-19

Dor today plunged with her colOrs
flying, to her everlasting rest, 600
fathoms deep in the waters of me
gulf. The sinking of the bulk was
carried out precisely as planned,
marking the end of the work begun
more than a year and q half ago.
After the imposing ceremonies in
the morning, which ended with the
formal transfer of the custody of the
bodies of the dead by the mayor OF
Havana, Julio de Carenas, to Briga-
der General w. II. Bixby, chief of
the engineer corps, United States
army, as the representative OF the
United States, the collins were taken
aboard the armored cruiser North
Carolina, where they were deposited
on the quarterback, covered by
great mound of floral tributes, under
guard of honor composed OF
marines. Minute guns were fired
by the North Carolina and the scout
cruiser Birmingham and the batteries
of Cabanas fortress until the ships
cleared the harbor.
Soon after o'clock the heavy tug
Osceola, aboard of which were the
United States minister, Arthur IL.
Beaupre, and the staff of the legation,
Brigadier.G General Bixby, Colonel
Mason M. Patrick and Major Harley
b. Ferguson, constituted the Maine
commission passed lines to the stern
end of the wedge-shaped wreck and
started seward. Two thanking tugs
attached lines to either end OF the
bulkhead, which then became tue
afterhead of the hulk, for the Dur-
pose Of steadying and steering her.
Her deck covered deep with flowers
and palms and an American ensign
floating from the jury mast, where
the mainmast formerly stood, the
Maine put to sea on her last voyage.
On deck stood Captain John O'Brien'
famous as Dynamite Johnny" skip
per of the filbustering steamers
Dauntless and Three Friends, acting
as the Names last pilot.
Marines Salute Wreck.
AS the wreck passed the American
squadron, the crews manned the
rails, the marines presented arms, the
bandsmen on the quarterback played
the national anthem, while minute
guns doomed a requiem.
Progress necessarily was slow.
Half an hour later the North CiTo-
lima and Birmingham got under way
followed by the Cuban gunboats
Hatuey, Yara, Enrique Villadundes
and villa Octobure, the United Stat
es engineers steam dregde Bernard
carrying all the men who had worked
on the cofferdam, a steamer with the
Havana camp of Spanish-Americar
War Veterans aboard. Commodore
Carbonell's yacht Gypsy, with the
Havana chapter, ID. A. R.. and fleet
of tugs and chartered vessels.
Passing out Of the harbor no IA
lutes were fired. the flotilla. headed
by the Maine, proceeding in silence
with flags at half mast The course
was almost due north, so as to keeI
the wreck head-on to the heavy sea
and thus avoid the danger of fal"uf
into a trough.
At 3:45 o'clock three-whistie
blast from the North Carolina, foi
lowed by one gun, announced that the
three-mile limit has been crossed
Half an hour was given laggards o.
the fleet to arrive. Then the Amer
can cruisers took up position to th'
eastward Of the wreck, the CubaI
warships moved to the westward ant
the accompanying vessels wer'
grouped to the north and south.
Meanwhile the wrecking crew wen
aboard the hulk and made ready u
carry out the arrangements for th'
sinking, which consisted OF opening
numerous valves in the bottom, oper
ated from the deck, the large sluice
ways in the bulkhead and all tn
doors in the two permanent bulk
heads remaining in the ship.
Death kneli Sounded.
Precisely at o'clock another wills
tie sounded from the North Carolini
and another gun was fired. The crey
threw open the valves and with Car
tain O'Brien, jumped aboard III
alongside, which steamed a little dis
lance away. Then all eyes In tn
great fleet we're fixed on the wreck