The French Navy.
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THE LIBERTE CATASTPOPHK [BT KLKCI.-'TC TKLKGRAPII—COI'TRIOIJT. 1 [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.J (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) PARIS, October 21. While the battle-hip Snffern was .about to leave Toulon the magazine ■bulkhead was found to lie heated. .Investigation proved that there was fire in the coal hunker. The magazine and hunker were flooded, and the fire was extinguished. The Liberie Commission has reported that the catastrophe to the battleship was attributable to the ignition of powder in the eai\ndge magazine. There was no proof that it Avas due to malevolence. All regulations were carried out with the greatest care, and the officers were absolved.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1911, Page 3
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109The French Navy. Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1911, Page 3
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