Show MAINE WRECK D U I 1 I 1 L V I 1 I 1 alf FROM fri THE INSIDE LOSS OF battleship CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF HER THREE MAGAZINES SAYS BIXBY chief of engineers Engi neef declares there are arc numerous conditions of the hulk which prove that explosions occurred inside the ship washington 1 ahe I he loss of 0 the bat maine aas as caused by bi the tion of 0 her bar three magazines no such effect as that produced upon ohp ves nes set fiel could have hae been caused by b an ex hoakon from without t such to la th opinion of V if ham flam if nixb chief ot of IT ir S A who A ho has hag returned froni rom a P pr r nork todal oual of the work of rii ing the maine the colsson built the in leaana harbor has met cei e pec tation of its designers in the ion of general hib ife he explained explain epla inid cd that hat dellys in ID the work nork were nere because it was nas that the wreck be ap cd by br is stages more time thin had been 1 e I eclea acted wis n expended after the first pumping in clearing away avay debris and mud general bixby said bald that i t I 1 of the air deck eh ON oer er the ma maizee azine N was as blown aloin upward and pill backi iid and there were ivere numerous conditions of tile the hulk hulf which proved that no explosion from the outside said general bixby bib could have causee the same result what the primia cgue of tile the ex e was vas said baid general never will nill be learned general bixl li does not believe the lodics of 0 those who iio lost their lives will ill be found in the maine ile he says they are arc probably burled feet or more from the areck in the mud while inspecting the work general nixby prodded around the b bow ov of the vossel ile H found by his soundings that at least to thirds of the bow boa as wis absolutely absolute the sides had been practically blown blonn wai and were buried in the mud this he said showed conclusively that the wreck of the adric was vas caused b by an explosion within the vessel |