BLOWN UP BY WIRELESS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2478, 3 June 1915, Page 5

BLOWN UP BY WIRELESS

FHEORY OF THE PRINCESS IRENE . MYSTERY. (Rec. June 2, 8.35 p.m.) London, June 2. Mr. F. T. Jane, the well-known naval writer, suggests that tie Princess Irene was blown ip by a German wireless device. He points out that H.M.S. Bulwark was blown to atoms at the _ same place—a curious coincidence •Italian experiments have proved that it is possible to explode a properly attunsd charge by wireless.

ITie idea of discharging explosives at i distance by means of ignition without wires is not new. Some time ago Siguor Ulivi, an Italian, claimed to nave discovered a means of projecting ultraviolet (heat) rays in a given direction with sufficient- inherent energy to blow up anything containing explosives, such as warships. Nothing definite however, has been heard of the idea, although it was reported that Ulivi was in treaty with certain Governments for the sale of Jiis device. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION IN AMERICA. DYNAMITE SCOW BLOWN UP. (Rec. June 2, 8.1-5 p.m.) New York, Juno 1. People in Seattle were much alarmed ay the mysterious explosion of fifteen '.ons of dynamite in a scow in the liarlour. The shock caused damage estimated at £20,000. Almost all tho winlows in the town were shattered.

The dynamite was the property of the Russian Government. The public couple this explosion with recent plottings to destroy Japanese steamers, and see in 'it the menace of Gorman fanaticism. This is the first material damage within the bounds of the United States.