Show EXPLOSION WAS EXTERNAL accumulating cosnow thai that was the tile gate case witti wit filho pie maine new now york march 7 A dispatch to the tribune from says not many daya days will be needed for captain sampson barn peon and bie his to conclude ibe investigations j b a wrecking wreck lne com panic are making progress in clearing a way through the superstructure daring the absence of the board the nava I 1 department livers divers have been able to extend their examination of the plates ol 01 the hull they found these platea plates twisted as if from outside explosion E everything previously learned regarding the forward magazine being intact and the existence ot large aban titles of unexploded ammunition has been confirmed con finned and without going into minutia it may be eaid said the naval department divers hare have secured much technical evidence from the tile condition of the bull hull and keel and the interior of the wreck that the maine explosion was due to foul play As to whether by a torpedo or a submarine mine minel doubts may be left not much proof can be gathered by the naval board concerning the persons who were in the conspiracy the spanish authorities are ina in a better position to determine the matter the spanish divers have been working slowly they have been giving more attention to the coal bunkers hunters apparently ban than to any other portion of the wreck they have made nothing more than a superficial examination of the bull it seems to be understood that the spanish admiralty board in its official investigation is finding little evidence to give plausible support to the theory of accident this distinction from positive proof of an external explosion it chy may notte not be able to ignore there ia is clearly lesa less confidence in official circles than during the period when the declarations of accident were made by gen bianco blanco |