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Show i CAUSE OF EXPLOSION NEVER WILL BE KNOWN PENSACOLA, Fla., April 15. Tho court of Inquiry to examlno into the causo of tho explosion on the battleship Missouri Wednesday, in wliich thirty-two officers and men lost tholr lives, reconvened on the battleship today, after an adjournment adjourn-ment yedterday" to attend tho 'funeral sor-viocsv sor-viocsv Admiral Cotfhlan of the Caribbean squadron Is president of the court, and the members of tho court havo been selected se-lected aa far as ppsBlblo from vessels of other nauadrons. Tho lost of tho thiryt-two bodies were shipped to their respective homes tonight. Twelvo went out today at noon, and tho train carryuig tbo bodies was decorated from end to ond hi mourning. Thero are no developments today, except ex-cept that bringing to light the disappearance disappear-ance of A. W. Bonghard, a seaman, who was In the turrot. Two seamen who were on tbo after deck say they saw a. man's body blown through the hole of tho turrot and In the gulf. In the excitement of the moment they made no effort to recover tho body, but rusted lo fire quarters when ther were sounded. Tho real cauno of the explosion probably proba-bly never -will bo known. |