EXPLOSION OF A STEAMER LADEN WITH TORPEDOES.
The steamer Neucnfelde, with a cargo of torpedoes, lying in this harbour (Cuxhaven), has been destroyed. Some of the Landwehr officers quartered here went on board to look at the torpedoes. In showing them it appears that the necessary caution was not observed, and the torpedoes exploded, the ship being blown to pieces. Nothing but the funnel can be seen above water. Only the engineer, boatswain, and apprentice were saved. The captain, four of the crew, and four Landwehr officers werekT'ed.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 301, 28 December 1870, Page 2
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88EXPLOSION OF A STEAMER LADEN WITH TORPEDOES. Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 301, 28 December 1870, Page 2
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