EXPLOSION ON WARSHIPS
RESULT OF ENQUIRY IN FRAJNCE
NOT DUE TO DEFECTIVE KOWDER.
(Received Jiily 8, 8.10 a.m.)'
PARIS, July 7,
The commission set up to report on the cause of the recent fatal'explosion on thp cruiser Ju!<>:s Michelet, by which four sailors were killed and a number injured through a cartridge exploding while battle practice was being indulged in, states that it was not due to defective powder or spontaneous combustion.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10682, 9 July 1912, Page 5
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72EXPLOSION ON WARSHIPS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10682, 9 July 1912, Page 5
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