Show WERE TWO explosions investigation board finds maine was destroyed by external explosion wash washington I 1 agton prest president dent taft on thursday sent to congress a brief formal message transmitting the full text of the report of the investigating board which fou found nd th that the battleship maine was blown up in havana harbor by an external explosion the board was headed by admiral vreeland odthe of the navy and included colonel william M black of the corps of en an ginders of the arm army y it began work on the exposed wreck et at havana on november 20 and found that the injuries to the bottom of the maine blaine were caused by the explosion of a charge of a low form of explosive exterior to the ship between frames 28 and 31 on the port side bide this re ra bulted in ignition and explosion of the r content 9 of the six inch reserve magazine TL the hie inore more 0 or kai e explosion slon of the contents of the nw forward ward magazines foll follower followed owea |