BIG GUN.EXPLOSION.
By Telegrapli—Press Association—OopyriKht' -:' '■■'..l'- : ~-;;. ;-v..-v';•• v-:Melbourne, 'Jannary : ,l4.v;. 'The9.2-inch'gun'WhioK caused'the!'accident; at■< the,. Port, Phillip; Heads, ;: by- ; which .eleven men' were.'injnied^.thrbnght the preik'atnro 'explosion'of;'acharge,-;wassail old' one, and had ,been : in \the::fort'; for ; twenty, 'years.-' -^v;-.;; ',:;■?:'.:' '■''•■;■:■■ ';o:!'i : ) ■'■'..It is ■.suggested -.that:, the'.accident'■■ was caused'.• by 'the locKng; apparatus'•'.of ■!■ the .breech-blqclc- becoming;: defective ■ through "Wear;;.■'A ; board of officers.,has -been .apV. pointed 'to ] inquire,' : into, the ■;.Lord Kitchenerexpressed his"regret: at the disaster.. -The injured men.are'pro-. ; gressing; satisfactorily.''V ; J \ ;; ;'-' : ■:■■''
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 5
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76BIG GUN.EXPLOSION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 5
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