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Show I "tSr An External Explosion i& '" Blew liji die Maine. : hHL ' So the Court of .Inquiry leporls, J IBk ( Tho Mnino court of inquiry have Bub- W " spitted a report ol their findings, to JB& .t; President McKinley of which the folt- M v owing ia an abstract. llr v The report ia made up of eight parts dE?' First Tho court finds that at tho time WL .of the explosion tho battleship Maine ChP waa lying in live and one-halt to six T$w r .fathoms of water. f'oflteS 1 Second The discipline aboard the v. ' '' .ship was excellent; everything was u stored according to orders ani'iiunition, ' 2$L .guns, atores, etc Temperature of the ' y$ JS" " 1 magazine at 8 p. m. wa normal except J K &Jf.f iu the after ten-inch magazine and that w - - ' lid not explode. ffift. Third The explosion occurred at 0 : 10 W... ' o'clock on tlie evening of February 16. B,' " There wcie two exploiions, with a, veiy j:', ' """ short interval between them, the ship ', lifted on the first explosion. r Fourth Tho court can form no definite opinion of tlie condition of the wreck from tho clivers' evidence. i Fifth Tho technical details of tho wreckage, from whicli the court deduces ,, that a mine was exploded under the snip W on the port side. f ' Sixth Tho explosion was due to no h . fault of those on board, i 4 Seventh Opinion of the court, stating jt i .that tho explosion of tho mine caused ' ,. .tlie explosion of the two magazines. L Eighth The court declares that it l .cannot And evidence to fix rospousibili- l Jmkm. . lPm. s''tMm. ---- .ii. --. .dm-.. - ..i. . - - - -- - "to t |