Show PLOT WAS discovered attempt to blow up a ship in mid ocean san francisco aug aan attempt to blow up a ship in mid ocean has been reported by captain C cousee of the french ship which has arrived here from swansea england loaded with coal he left that port in january six weeks later when far out at sea a dozen capped fuses such as are used by miners to explode charges of dynamite were discovered in the hold of tho ship among the coal had one of tho fuses become ignited by a shock in a part of abo hold whong coal gas had accumulated the ship would undoubtedly have been blown to atoms two or three of them had exploded but fortunately at points where there was no gaa and consequently no damage was done aba presence of the fuses among the coal was discovered only by accident where during somo weather men were sent down into the hold to level tho coal and found the belongs to the dea longs Cour riera francala of paris |