U.S. BATTLESHIP DISASTER.
TEN MEN jSUCCUHB. CAUSE OF THE EXHXJBION. Received 21st, 420 pjn. New York, July 20. The Board o( Examination which enquired into tile battleship Georgia disaster reports that a Bareback, caused by (hotting off an air blast too soon, while a light wind was blowing into the immle of a gun, ignited the powder which the loaders had in their arms, taming the explosion. Three more of those injured have succumbed, making ten deaths altogether.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 July 1907, Page 3
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78U.S. BATTLESHIP DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 July 1907, Page 3
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