GUN ACCIDENT.
-t— BREECH-BLOCK BLOWS OUT. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. New York, July 21. At Fort Monroe,"the breech-block of a twelve-inch gun, belonging to the shore battery, blew out. • Ten men were killed and seven, injured—two critically. The explosion was- due to the .premature ignition of a charge in the gun.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 876, 23 July 1910, Page 5
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51GUN ACCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 876, 23 July 1910, Page 5
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