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“...out to sea, accumulated to such
an extent as to prove a serious menace to health. So
foul indeed was the mud that captains of vessels preferred
to make fast to buoys instead of dropping their anchors
into it. In recent years, however, much improvement
has been effected by dredging, and the provision of a
sewerage system, and the adoption of sanitary improve-
ments have rendered Havana quite healthy.
It was in the harbour of Havana that the Spanish
treasure fleets, known as the Galleons and the Flota, used
to collect before their departure for Europe, and it ll
was in this harbour, too, that the United States cruiser 1
Maine (Captain Sigsbee) was blown up at 9.40 a.m. on It
February 15th, 1898, an event which was the immediate 11
cause of the outbreak of war between the United States ;
and Spain. Two hundred and seventy men and two
officers were killed, and it was claimed that the disaster
was due to the explosion of a mine by the Spanish.
Whether this was really the case or not has been the...”
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