destructive guu gun invented wayne me april 4 burson maxim a brother of hiram maxim the inventor of the famous maxim rapid fire pun gun has just invented a gun that in its awful destructive force goes far beyond hirama ni Hi rams it is called the tha I 1 maxim ariel torpedo and is designed for coast defense and naval work AJ AJ its name implies the torpedo is fire fired into the air instead of being shot alona alon the surface of the water in fac fact t it 19 Is used the tha same as aa any cannon or mortar t ar the gun from which it is fired has a bore of twenty six inches it will throw a ton of dynamite a distance of five miles and if the torpedo strikes within a distance di stance of feet of a warship it will shiver it to atoms mr maxim has also invented a smokeless powder to use with the torpedo