The Maine explosion

Item Information

• Description
  News extra "Special to the [Wilmington?] Messenger about the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long was directed by President McKinley to send condolences to Captain Sigsbee, on behalf of the officers and crew. "A cablegram from General Blanco to the Spanish legation states that the explosion was an accident" but U.S. Naval officers doubt the explosion was accidental; "the London papers hint at treachery", and "...all realize the full import of the occurrence should it transpire that the loss of the battleship was due to Spanish or Cuban treachery."

• Item ID
  bdsnc061810
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Cuba
  Spain
  England
  North Carolina
  New Hanover County (N.C.)
  Havana (Cuba)
  London (England)
  Washington (D.C.)
  Wilmington (N.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  The Maine explosion
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1898-02-16
• Folder
  NC6
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
• Subject
  Military campaigns
  Politics and government
  Manners and customs

• Copyright & Usage
  None