Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — MAINE ABOUT UNCOVERED [ARTICLE]

MAINE ABOUT UNCOVERED

Examination Strengthens Belief in Outside Explosion. Havana, Nov. 3. —Work of uncovering the Maine is nearly completed, the excavation inside the boat now extending forty feet from the apex of the heaved up tottom, with thirty feet more to go inside the ship towards the «tem. The removal of the boiler has been delayed by the inefficiency of the derricks, it being necessary to get stronger appliances. Within three weeks the bottom of the vessel will be entirely revealed. Evidence of an cutside explosion is ever strengthened.