Iwas enclosing my letter in its envelope when the explosion came. it was a bursting, rending, and crashing sound or roar of immense volume, largely metallic in character. . the electric lights, of which there were eight in the cabin where i was sitting, went out. then there was intense blackness and smoke. read captain charles d. sigsbee’s account of the sinking of the uss maine, given in 1899. this is a reliable source mainly because