NAVAL MISHAPS.
- ♦ FIRE ON A BATTLESHIP.
By TclcKraiilx- Tress Association.- -Copyright London, Monday. A fire occurred on the battleship Caesar at Devonport yesterday, a leaky oilfuel tank causing the blaze. Desperate efforts to prevent the flames reaching the magazine were made. The burning oil clung 1o everything, but was beaten out Willi great difficulty. A party stood in readiness to flood the magazines, but_this course did not prove necessary.
BATTLESHIPS COLLIDE. London, Monday. A .strong tide at Portsmouth drove the battleship Revenge, 14.3 5U tone, against the port quarter of the superDreadnought Orion, thd greatest battleship afloat. The Orion is apparently undamaged. The Revenge is leaking slightly.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 429, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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107NAVAL MISHAPS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 429, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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