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Show Tl.lnk a, Mint lflml lha Slain. Havana, March fl. Most of the naval officers hero and nt Key Witt Incline to tho opinion that tho court will And that the disaster to the Malno wat caused by the explosion of a floating lubmarlutt mine under the port aide of tho thlp forward Opinions differ at to whether the mine was made of high explosives, tuch as wet and dry gun cotton, or ordinary gun ponder. Opinions agree, not onlj at to tho existence ot mines In tho harbor, but alto that thlt one wat laid purposely near tho bouy where foreign votselt were directed to moor, and wat fired from an electric battery on shore, It It bellvrd barely possible that the explosion wat tho retult of carelessness or Ignorauce of Npanlsh olllcers In charge of the ml jo station keys when letting tho circuit, but tho latter supposition sup-position It felt to bo probable It It further regarded at settled by the vl lenrei befoie the court that the port tldo of tho hull forward wat completely complete-ly blown to pieces, and that tha only explosion on tho Maine, except of Isolated cases of fixed ammunition, was that of 2,000 pouudt of saluting powder, stored forward, and of which uo trace can bo found |
