Show accident Is said W have ame 7 s ALL THE TIME NV ME J HE united states battleship maine THE T d destroyed es troyed in havana harbor in february 1898 with a loss of many lives was blown up by an internal explosion and when the ship is ia raised it will be shown that the spaniards in cuba had absolutely nothing to do with th the 0 destruction of the vessel this Is the opinion of officials of the war department based upon information conveyed to them by army officers engaged in the work of raising the shattered hull persons who have arrived in wash ington recently and have an intimate knowledge of the work of raising tho the ION battleship it Is learned agree that the yao 4 destruction of the maine was due to vl I 1 the explosion of one of the airtight air tight tl compartments used for the storage of 3 E amm ammunition this theory Is borne out it Is claimed by tho the evidences at al ready developed it has been found that in the mud and silt surrounding y the hull of the maine there Is a great quantity of coal human bones bone hava hav s also been picked up outside the hull an internal explosion naturally would force outward a large part ot of the contents of the vessels hull this condition has been found the report was prevalent in havana and in the united states shortly after tho the work of raising the maine was begun that wires had been found close to the hull V of the ship which communicated with i the shore but this report was found to be false the r alres were those in J use between havana and casa blanca |