A WARSHIP'S PLIGHT.
ACCIDENT TO THE IRRESISTIBLE, VESSEL HALE sniMERGED. CHANNEL FLEET TO THE KESC'I'E. Received June HI, midnight, London, .tune 10. the Kingston valve forming the blow, oil pipe of a marine engine was bloivji of! the battleship Irresistible while the warship was lying in the Portland Roads. The vessel Iwgan to (ill rapidly, and listed dangerously to starboard.' The engines are submerged. The big gums were trained to restore an even keel. The Channel fleet sent divers to assist in placing collision mats in position. Other accounts state that the valves used for flooding the magazines refused lo close after testing exercise,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 146, 11 June 1908, Page 2
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104A WARSHIP'S PLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 146, 11 June 1908, Page 2
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