New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 17

E%#-W——————— SURVWUR filllNli Rig ait ?’lash{nlle College | T0 BlG REUNION [ Rear Adninl Claverins Was on B4 » Il-Fated Maine Nerfolk, Va., Oct. 2 UP—Rear Ad- niral Watt Tyler Cluverius, com- | dant of the Norfolk navy yard. paring to depart for the Havana vention of the Spanish-American ar Veterans, lives again the terri- ile scenes that surrounded the blast- | ing of the battleship Maine of which | was a survivor. went to my quarters and after ing a letter home,” he remin- ces,” was preparing to turn in for e night. There was a muffled ex- iiosion forward and a terrific blast. | A moment later the 10-inch maga- zine forward exploded. The ship was plunged into complete darkness. ... It began settling quickly.” He recalls how he groped his way through floating furniture aboard the Maine after the explosion that started the Spanish-American war. When the battleship Texas steamns to Havana harbor October 7, Ad- | iral Cluverius will be aboard along h Commander-in-Chief John J. Garrity and other veterans of the Spanish-American war bound for 4 the annual encampment. As they «ross the very spot where the Maine was sunk February 15, 1895, a sa- lute from the big guns of the Texas | ' o, Will boom solemly in honor of those who went down on the ship. “The evening of Febi ‘dmiral Cluverius says, ind warm. ‘Tension: was high be- tween the United States and Spain nd the watches aboard the Maine 1 been doubled. The Maine had n detached from the Atlantic 't and ordered to Havana at the (uest of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, U. 8. nsul general at Havana. I had nished my watch, leaving the deck v'clock. Many of the men were tiring for the night s I passed | rough the crew's sleeping quar- rs. Then came the explosion. Wa- v came pouring into the port holes. zroped my way out of my quarters | 1l was moving through the float- = furniture of the ward room here T heard Midshipman Bronson now Capt. Amos Bronson) calling - «at “Come this way, men!” I joined A sion eclosed portholes and doors. A {pers will be the compensation from o ) l'ronson and reveral others. Finally vie managed to make our way out- ide the vessel. We swam around to the poop which was by this time the | vily part of the vessel above water. “'Scores of men, not otherwise in- jured by the blast, were trapped i side their quarters when the explo- ary 15" | as clear | was folded back. sealing a |compartment of the vessel and dooming the men inside. Rescue boats from merchantmen and Span- ish war ships in the harbor began to arrive alnost fmmediately and started taking us off. Passengers aboard the merchant vessels wers: very kind to us. They furnished clothes to the men.” Admiral Cluverius was one of the two midshipmen detailed to investi- gate the disuster. He was present throughout the inquiry. 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