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Show EXPERTS TO STUD . WSEffiOF- MAINE WASHINGTON. July 7. A board at naval officers, azparU In axploalvM. la being aalactad by the navy depart man t to study the hull of the battleihlp Maine in Havana harbor aa the water 1 pumped from the cofferdam now surround sur-round In the wreck. Because of the necessarily slow progress prog-ress of the work, weeks probably will lapse before the experts will " be able to Inspect the keel of the former war ship, but the board will go to Havana as soon as Its personnel is made known and will remain wltn the work until U Is finished. The navy department officers are confident con-fident that the examination will prove the correct nras of the Sampson board, , which decided that the explosion which sank the Maine was caused by torpedo or mine, and that the explosion of the ship's roacastnes followed. In view of the renewed Interest attaching at-taching to the actual cause of the destruction de-struction of the Maine. General W. H. Blaby. chiaf of ancmeara, whb hu Jumt ratum from Havana, today laaiwd til. followtna alaiMd atatamant: "Th. work of unwaterlnff the Malna ao far prov.a nothlns aa to tha oiicln of th. upkMhrn of tha maaaatnaa. but al , nady ahowa auoh axUnalva daatructlon I of tha forward part of th. boat that It la quit, probabla that fulKr unwatartna will fail to civ. any proof a, aithar way, aa to th. orlsln of auob axploaloa. I hava ao far mada no r. porta or atat.-"ai.nta atat.-"ai.nta aa to tha origin of th. axploaloa." |