. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . ck watch. Presently a sharp report like anexplosion under the water somewhere forward was heard. It was followed by alifting of the vast hulk of the battleship and a deafening roar which shook everybuilding in the city and startled the thousands of people. Several passengers who were sitting on the deck of the Ci
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . ck watch. Presently a sharp report like anexplosion under the water somewhere forward was heard. It was followed by alifting of the vast hulk of the battleship and a deafening roar which shook everybuilding in the city and startled the thousands of people. Several passengers who were sitting on the deck of the City of Washington werethrown from their chairs by the shock, and then they were subjected to a rain offalling debris which had been hurled hundreds of feet in the air by the first they thought the Maine was going to be lifted clear out of the water for-ward, but she settled back with a heavy plunge and began to fill and go down bythe head immediately. Captain Sigsbee and all his crew were left in inky darkness, for at the secondexplosion every light in the ship went out. The captain hurried on deck as soon aspossible. In the passage leading to the open part of the deck he ran mto a man whowas coming toward the cabin entrance. It was Private William Anthony, orderly. — 347 — at the cabin door. He stammered an apology and reported: The Maine has blownup, sir, and we are sinking. The two groped their way to the outer deck and looked about them in a dazedsort of way. What time is it, Anthony? inquired Captain Sigsbee. The explosion took place at 9:40, sir, replied Anthony. Lieutenant-Commander Wainright, hearing voices, made his way to the captainsside and other officers gathered about them. The most perfect discipline subordinates waited for orders, apparently as calmly as if the incident had beenexpected. The awnings were bagged with debris that had fallen after the explosionand a fire was burning forward. Put that fire out at once, ordered the capta
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