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Show i i .. i. T i LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES. Aa App&tanttjr Ahandoaxl BoM Which urprtM4 Chilian Craw. Toward tho close of tho reeeni war between Chill and Peru, the Peruviana found thcmselvea qutto shut In from tho outsldo World by tho Chilian blook-adlng blook-adlng fleet that lay off tho harbor of Callao. With two- exceptions, tho Peruvian navy had all been captured or destroyed by tho enemy, and these two remaining ships, vessels of low speed and little power, were moored behind the breakwater, absolutely useless for purposes of war. With all their power of opposing tho enemy gono, tho Peruviana turned tholr attention at-tention toward destroying some of the hostile ships that lay a fow miles off, a constant inenaco to tho city of Callao. Frequent futile attcmpU wero inado to blow up tho Chilian cruisers with torpedoes, but tho Chilians were too alert, and succeeded In avoiding or do-stroylng do-stroylng tho deadly iulwllos. Ono forenoon, fore-noon, nays Harper's Youug People, tho picket vefcaol of tho Chilian fleet, a Hnall oleam (runboat, win cruising in-thore in-thore to tako u near look at tho town ind fortliicatlona. Whllo steaming low)y along a Itoat watt discovered drifting down with tho current. A near Inspection proved It to be a fine new whaloboat, with oars and salU and eomplote outfit. Tho commander of the Chilian steamed close up to tho boat and ordered tackle's rlggod for hoisting tho prlte on board. The tackles wero hooked, and the men walked away to, the pipe of the boat-wain's boat-wain's whistle, tiuddonly, as tho beat left tho wator, a torrlflo explosion took plaeo, tearing the boat to atoms and crushing In the gunboat's side at the water line, ao that alio filled and aank, leaving her startled crow struggling strug-gling In the water. Most ot them were rescued by boats from tha foreign men-of-war lying near but some were never seen again. The boat waa a cunningly-devised weapon, having hav-ing n double bottom filled with a powerful pow-erful explosive, with a fuse and detonator deton-ator connected to the bolts to which tho tackle hooked. When tho strain came on the bolts, as the boat rose from the water, tho fuse wit ignited and the explosion followed. |