The New York Journal and the New York World were the two rival newspapers that claimed Spain was responsible for the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. The sensationalized coverage in these newspapers helped fuel anti-Spanish sentiment that contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War.
The Newspapers in an effort to get the war started.
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The Maine was a U.S. Battleship that blew up in Havana harbor. Most of the U.S. newspapers at the time blamed the explosion on the Spanish, who controlled Cuba at the time. The explosion of the Maine was one of the main triggers for the Spanish-American war that followed. Carefull modern investigation indicated that the suspicion that the Spanish blew up the Maine was almost certainly wrong and that it was likely due to some kind of accident on the Maine itself.
The explosion is that in 1917, in Helifax.
The United States government claimed that the USS Maine was sunk by a Spanish mine in Havana Harbor in Cuba. However, evidence points to an explosion in a powder magazine. This lead to the sinking of the ship and the US and Spain going to war.
Americans blamed Spain for the sinking of the Maine, although that is quite unlikely. It was a cause of the Spanish-American War.
The explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine started the Spanish American War.
newspapers in the u.s used the event to further turn public opinion against spain.
The battleship sent to Havana to protect Americans and their property; an explosion sank it; killing 260 men. Newspapers said the ship was blown up by Spain and it became a Ralling call for war.
Washington city is the city that did harbor the mysterious explosion that destroyed the America's battlership maine.
The city of Washington is the city that did harbor a mysterious explosion that destroyed the America's battlership maine.
Nobody for sure knows who or why the USS Maine exploded. Witness reports say that she blew up out of no where. The U.S & Cuba blamed Spain as the responsible one for destroying the battleship.Possible reasons for the explosion a the sinking of the USS Maine is a mechanical error or a fire in one of the coal bunkers. There was an error in the engine room the set of an explosion on the ship which led to a chain reaction and it continued until the front of the ship was dismantled.