NAVAL DISASTER.
BRAZILIAN IRONCLADS MAGAZINE BLOWS UP.
300 PEOPLE PERISH.
HM-I FOUR REAR-ADMIRALS DROWNED
VESSEL SINKS IN THREE
MINUTES,
By 'telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Received 9.3 p.m , Jan. 23.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 23 At midnight on Bunday the powder magazine of tbo Brtzilian ironclad Aquidaband blew up at Jacaicpagca, whilo the vessel was escorting a Ministerial party abca-.d the oruiser Barroso on a tour of inspection of tbo Bites for a naval yard. The Aquiduband sank in three minutes. It is reported that three hundred people perished. One officer was eaved. Tbo drowned included four rearadmirals, a number of naval officers, and Government offioials who were guests of tbo Aquidaband.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1656, 24 January 1906, Page 2
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110NAVAL DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1656, 24 January 1906, Page 2
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