Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-22
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VI. Patrick and MAJOR farley 3. FUR
gusun. cuns5i u ing me Maine Com-
nIssicr,. 1asseI Ines u me Stern
snt; ii ne veGge- shaped wreck inn
star1eG seavar,i.
Ter decks euvered ieep Win lowers
and palms anu IN American ensign
iuaaing from she Jury mast. where
the naInmas5 formerly scuuG. the
Name gut 20 sea On her asst voyage.
On deck stuud Captain Tuhn Q Brien.
famous Is DYNAMITE Johnny, skip
per Of the filibuster,ng steamers
Dauntless and Three Friends, acted
Is the Maine asst pilot.
As the wreck passed me American
squadron the crews nanneu the rails.
the marines presented arms. the
oandsInen ID the quarter decs played
she National anthem. while the min
ure guns Doomed a rsguiem.
Hall IN hour later the Worth Core
lima and BIRMINGHAM got under way J.
iuiluweU by the Cuban gtrnhOasS Eat
1ey. YarA, Enrique Villundas and
DeOcsunre. sae United States En-
gineers steam Gredyer Bernard. car-
ryirg All the men Who had worked
CT the ecfertarn. q steamer with the
Havana Camp Spauiso-Auerican War
Veterans aboarJ. Commodore Car
boneU's yacht Gypsy, with the Ea'
vana Chapter, D. 4 e. and feet OF
tugs and chartered vessels.
Passing out Of the harocr. the dc-
tilla headed by the Maine proceeded
In silence with flags at hskf-mast.
When the .hree-mile limit had been
crossed the American cruisers took
up q position to the eastward If the
wreck The Cuban warships moved
70 the westward and the accompany
ing vessels were grouped to the north
and south.
The arrangements for the sinking
consisting Of numerous valves in the
bottom Of the hulk and large sluice-
ways in the hulkhead which with all
the d00rs IN TIM two permanent bulk
heads remaining in ship. were opaned
at 5 o'clock.
For 10 minutes NO chauga was
visible in the, bassarei hulk. which
pitEiled heavily as the rollers struck
har. Then she began Striking at the
huikheaf The stern roae. and in al
law seconds thu hulk was almost var>
ticI showing first the propeller and
then the full keeI. The naxt m0ment
there wan fash Of hiua and wnite,
a. the ensign flying rum tina mast
struck tina wayes and disappeared
simultaneously tina decks were blown
up by air pressure and the Maine
plunged d0wn. leaving ti0wers On tina
surface Of the sea-
Whistle blasts from the whole iaat
was the only SRluta..
Ten minutes latar ttla CEhan dag>
ship Hatsiey fired q fareweil National
salnta to tho squadron to which both
cruisers repiisd, then shaped their
course for Norfurk.
Precisely 40 minutes escaped from
the opening Of tina valves until the
vessel Disappeared. This was exactly
as PLANNED. The depth where the
Maine piungai is aetimated to De not
less 900 fatfoms and On account Of
this and velocity Of the Gulf Stream.
it is believed she did not reach tho
hattom until carried many miles to
the north and eastward.