Show 10 FROM THE INSIDE LOSS OF battleship CAUSED DY BY EXPLOSION OF HER THREE MAGAZINES SAYS BIXBY chief of engineers declares there are Nume numerous roue conditions of the hulk which prove that explosions occurred inside the ship washington the loss of the 0 bat maine was caused by the explosion of her three magazines no such effect as that produced upon the vessel could havo have been caused by an explosion from without such to Is the opinion of ace ham 11 II bixby chief ot of engineers U 8 A who has returned from a per honal bonal inspection of the work or rals ing the he maine the caisson built around the wreck lit in havana harbor has met every expectation pec tation of its ita designers tn in the opinion OE general bixby ile ho explained t tn tb lue e work were because H W el a r t f e time 1 l expended x affef ft th the first pumping ln in e learing clearing away wa debris hild and mud general bixby said that a portion of the ack over the magazine was blown upward and laid backward and there were numerous conditions ot of the hulk which proved that no explosion from the qun tilde 1 ade sail said general bixby could have caused tho the same result what wham the primary cause of the ex pasion was said gen general eral bixby 4 never will be learned gen general ral bixby does not bellve believe the bodies of thouc who lost their lives will bo be found in the maine te le says they aby are probably buried isoo 00 feet or more from ha the wreck in uie the mud while inspecting the work general baxby prodded around the bow of the vessel tro ho found by his hia soundings that at least two thirds of the how bow was waa absolutely abail u tely wrecked wreck ed tho the sides had been beca practically blown away and were burled buried in the mud this he bo said showed conclusively that the wreck of the maine was waa eau caused el by an enil explosion oslon within the he |