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Show UU Cause of the Wreck of the Battleship May Be Known Havana, June 27.- The work on the wreck of tho Battleship Maine Is still confined to bnlancing the contents of the cylinders, caulking and dumping Into the cofferdam broken Htones. Some npprohenslon was felt today becase of the report from the weather observator of an approaching cyclone. All precautions were taken While a blow doubtless would Imperil tho dam, much depends on the direction from which the wind come it wluld bo most serious from the north. Surprise has been expressed bore by the opinions, all attributed to (Jen-oral (Jen-oral Blxby, chief of the engineers In chargo of the work of raising the Maine, who, upon hl6 arrival at Tampa, Tam-pa, was quoted as saying that he did not expect that the secret of the Maine's destruction would be revealed re-vealed or that bodies would bo recovered. re-covered. Tho engineers hre feel that tho first belief is not fully Justified in ad vance of the exposure of tho ship's bottom. The also have strong oxpectaUons of discovering the 'boneB of many sailors sail-ors when the berth dock, and tho section below, is reached. |