THE JENA DISASTER.
. Received August 30, 12.17 a.m. PARIS, August 29. The Commission appointed by the Senate to enquire into the explosion on the battleship Jena, on March 12th last, has scathingly denounced the lack of co-ordination amongst the various branches of the naval service, and goes on to say that the constructors were unaware of the composition or nature of the powd<r stored. In some instances warshipb' magazines were placed next to a compartment where the temperature was always high.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8524, 30 August 1907, Page 5
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81THE JENA DISASTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8524, 30 August 1907, Page 5
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