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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1898
Page
2
Officials report the department is close to a budget agreement and may sign contracts tomorrow. Captain Lemly plans to accelerate work by having two companies combine their forces.
Naval officers study wreck photos and plan to raise the Maine to recover or remove its two ten inch gun turrets and heavy armor. The task faces mass weight of turrets and enclosing steel, uncertain bolt heads, and limited interior access under water.
Spain confirms Sobral was removed as naval attache by royal decree gazetted last month and notes his successor is Lieutenant Ramon Carraza y Reguera. Du Bosc says Sobral, now in New York, remains a private citizen. The War Department explains the Miles Merritt orders to reinforce coast defenses align with long standing plans.
Widespread telegrams describe wounded sailors in Havana hospitals with varying conditions. Divers and equipment shortages hinder recovery while U S consuls dispute aid distribution and seek direct American State Department relief for their districts. The Mangrove prepares to depart Tortugas with diving gear and Captain Taylor aboard.
They are made from purely vegetable ingredients and claim to cure liver troubles biliousness headache and indigestion. The ad notes a price of 25 cents.
Havana February 20. The Maine disaster yields details of survivors. William Maguiness awoke in his hammock believing the ship had been struck by shots from Spanish forts and spent two days immersed in that fear.
The Boston Dental Institute at 174 Mann er Street promises free extraction cleaning and all work by skilled dentists with only cost of materials. Full artificial teeth 2.75, gold crowns 25 to 40, fillings from 20 cents. Fifty patients treated daily. no students. Open 8 AM to 7 30 PM weekdays, Saturdays 9 PM, Sundays 10 AM to 4 PM.
The article recalls Captain Sigsbee and an orderly reporting the ship's explosion as it sank. On board were three naval cats Old Tom a veteran sailor, Tabby a young tom and Young Tom newly bought for the voyage. Old Tom survived found alive among wreckage. Tabby and Young Tom perished.
The sailor has been taken on board the Fern where crew members provide the best care and the man resumes his former role as senior cat in the United States Navy. Peggy the pug belonging to Captain Igsbee accompanied the crew, surviving a mishap while pursuing him on the top bridge ladder.
Captain Sigsbee mourns papers and orders lost on the Maine while survivors describe scarce clothing and personal effects. A singer recalls facing anti American hostility in Madrid yet gains favor after a dramatic Ophelia scene and performanc es of Hamlet Romeo and Juliette Carmen and Robert le Diable.
A Times Union dispatch from Key West lists wounded sailors after the Maine explosion. Names include G J Dressler New York City and George Fox Grand Rapids with serious injuries. Edward McKay Boston uninjured. Divers work to uncover the disaster’s cause as rescuers recall miraculous escapes.
Reports claim the War Department is moving troops to forts and mortar batteries on the Atlantic and Pacific to man new guns. A San Francisco dispatch says General Shatler is to double guards at Fort Point Lime Point and dynamite batteries. Rail shipments to Mobile, Alabama were also reported. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn said the movement has no relation to the Maine affair.
American opera singer Marie Engle, returning to New York from Madrid after nine weeks in grand opera, faced jeers and hisses due to nationality. She recalled a tense first performances with Lohengrin and Hamlet amid strained US Spain relations.
At Norfolk Navy Yard nearly a hundred extra men toil on the cruiser Newark as $250,000 in repairs proceed toward a six month target. The Terror monitor crew was sent to San Francisco then ordered back to active duty, while the Puritan monitor nears duty. Fort Monroe and a new mortar battery strengthen coastal defense.
In Havana at the San Jose Spanish military hospital the Maine’s wounded sailors receive care after rescue. Of the initial group, thirty three died and were buried with those given public funerals. Remaining patients, under a skilled English nurse, will be moved to Key West as capacity allows.
In Boston churches ministers addressed the Maine explosion in Havana at morning services. They mourned the loss of life and urged patience on the cause, with Father McCarthy and Rev Lorimer noting prayers for the dead and caution in judging Spain US tensions. Navy yard chaplain Tribon avoided discussion as the flag flew at full mast.
The Havana report says divers at the Maine wreck could not progress because of a missing diver's lamp. The water is muddy and dark. A Spanish menu item named Polle a la Maine draws mockery, while some Americans threaten to mob the area. Many locals send families to Key West.
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