There is multiple pieces of evidence that supports this claim, which include shells which were unexploded, as well as the coal bunker that was stable for three months was checked regularly. Kauffman shares Carl Rundquists statement on the explosion entry point, “The pieces of armor plate also showed they were blown from the outside from the way they were bent” (7). Most witnesses reported hearing two explosions, the first which was caused by the mine, and the second as a result triggered a second explosion. This also goes along with the notion that the USS Marine could not have been a direct result of an on-board explosion. Others, mainly the Spanish naval commission, believe that the explosion was caused on-board. Kauffman put in that, “Many critics of the Maine theory maintained that the destruction of the Maine was more likely the result of a fire in a coal bunker, which set off an explosion in a nearby ammunition magazine” (9). This is supported by the fact that the coal room was last checked 12 hours before the Maine
There is multiple pieces of evidence that supports this claim, which include shells which were unexploded, as well as the coal bunker that was stable for three months was checked regularly. Kauffman shares Carl Rundquists statement on the explosion entry point, “The pieces of armor plate also showed they were blown from the outside from the way they were bent” (7). Most witnesses reported hearing two explosions, the first which was caused by the mine, and the second as a result triggered a second explosion. This also goes along with the notion that the USS Marine could not have been a direct result of an on-board explosion. Others, mainly the Spanish naval commission, believe that the explosion was caused on-board. Kauffman put in that, “Many critics of the Maine theory maintained that the destruction of the Maine was more likely the result of a fire in a coal bunker, which set off an explosion in a nearby ammunition magazine” (9). This is supported by the fact that the coal room was last checked 12 hours before the Maine