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Show OFFICERS INJURED BY JEN-INCH GUN NEWPORT. R. I., Dec. 8. The perma-ture perma-ture discharge of a 10-inch gun at Fort Wetherell, one of the defense works of Narraeansett bay, demolished the gun carriage and platform and hurled to the ground the entire gun detachment. Including In-cluding Lieut.-Col. J. 11. Willard, of the engineers, and Lieut. Frank W. 4awls-ton, 4awls-ton, of the coast artillery. These two officers offi-cers had their eyes and ears temporarily affected and Lieut. Hawlston sustained severe cnt on the fare, bnt none of the |