An officer of the American Navy has kindly furnished us with further particulars concerning the terrible explosion which occurred on board the American armoured cruiser Maine whilst anchored in Havana harbour. The particulars were wired by the American Admiralty in response to a telegram sent by the officers of the American warships now in Hongkong harbour. The two officers killed were Lieutenant Jenkins and Engineer Merritt. Two hundred and forty men lost their lives, fifty-one were injured, and only nineteen of the crew of three hundred and ten souls escaped uninjured. Divers are now engaged in examining the wreck with 'a view of ascertaining the real cause of the explosion,—Hongkong Daily Press,
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