SERIOUS ACCIDENT
OH A BATUESHIP BREACH-BLOCK BLOWN OFF. (Received September 19, 8..'30 a.m.) LONDON, September IS. At Colonsay, Hebrides, a serious accident occurred on board the battleship King dwEard Vll., 16,350 tons displacement. While gun practice was being carried out, the breechlock of one of the guns was blown ofF. It fell on a number-of men, 'killing one, and injuring several. The latter are in a critical condition.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10714, 20 September 1912, Page 5
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68SERIOUS ACCIDENT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10714, 20 September 1912, Page 5
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