Show ED U IDE THE INSIDE LOSS OF battleship CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF HER THREE MAGAZINES SAYS BIXBY chief of engineers declare declares there arc are numerous condition conditions of the hulk which prove that explosions occurred inside the ah S p washington the loss of the bat maine was vas caused by the capio ion of her three magazines no such effect as that produced upon the ves yes lei el could have been caused by an ex from without such Is of gerneral Gee nil 11 ilam II 11 bixby chief of engI engineer neero U S 8 A who has returned from a per lonal inspection st tha the work of rale rals ing the maine the caisson built around the wreck lieck in alayan L harbor has met ever ex pec tation of its designers in the ion of general bixby he lie explained that delays delayo in the work were because it as necessary act that the wreck be exposed by easy stages more time ban than had been expected as expended after the farst pumping in clearing away debris and mud general bixby said that a portion of 0 the deck otar ait oit r the danzine mag alne waa was blown blovin upward and laid backward nad thero there were ere numerous conditions of the hulk which proved that no explosion from the outside slid wild general bixby could hao hake caused the same result hat the primary cause of the ex wodon was mas I 1 said general bixby never will be learned general bixby doce does not believe the bodies of those who lost their lives aill be found in the maine lie says they are probably pro babi burlet feet or more from the wreck in the mud while inspecting the ork general hoxby prodded around the bo bow of the I 1 easel lessel he ile found by hie his soundings that at least two thirds of tho the bow bo ae as absolutely absolute wrecked the sides had been practically blown away and were ere burled buried in the mini mild this he said showed shoed conclusively that the arck rf ck of the maine waa ans mused caused by au an explosion athin the vessel |