EXPLOSION ON A CRUISER.
United Press Association.-—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. San Francisco, June 6. Through the bursting of a boiler tube on the United States crniser Tennessee, when off San Pedro, California, four men were killed and ten injured. , Received June 8, 8.43 a. in. New York, June 7. t Stoker Wood, of the Tennessee, made a gallant effort at rescue hut scalding steam overcame him and he succumbed.
Rear-Admiral Sebree narrowly escaped, having left the stokehole SO seconds earlier.
Tne accident is exciting peculiar interest owing to the abortive trial in November, 1906, of Shelby Tube Company on a charge of tricking the Government Tube Inspectors.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9165, 8 June 1908, Page 5
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106EXPLOSION ON A CRUISER. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9165, 8 June 1908, Page 5
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