Salt Lake Herald | 1908-09-23 | Page 7 | Explosion on Board Warship

EXPLOSION ON UN BOARD Thirteen Men Killed in After Af r Turret of French Cruiser by Bursting of Gun GUli Toulon France Sept 22 During gunnery drill today tod y one nUb of the big tur tut turret ret guns on the French armored cruiser r rL La L Touch Treville exploded d With Wih ter terrific terrific rifle violence iolen e completely wrecking the after acer turret and n killing kUling outright the en eh entire entre tire tre gun crew cr W of or thirteen en men mOn menA mOnA menA A number n of men werd ver seriously injured Ih in some s me of r them probably fatally The accident was wan wa similar to that aboard the gunnery g Cou Couronne couronne CoUronne ronne oft of LOs Les Ls Aug 12 last when by the bursting bl of the breech brech of one of o the guns six men were killed and eighteen en gns injured r The drill dri today had been proceeding for a considerable time when without warn wain warning ing the whole turret t seemed se m to blow blowout b bout blowout out Dismembered bodies were thrown I In all al directions is and several severa of them were hufled Into the sea a through the great breach breah caused c used by the explosion The spectacle was horrible the dead and wounded w tini together tog ther with ith shattered arms and av legs littering the decks A Acal call cal to quarters was sounded and as speedily speed y as possible e the wounded were cared card for fon The gun that tha exploded d was 76 Inches bore of f which the crul cruiser cruiser ser carried two hv Happening so soon s on after the accident on oh the C the explosion today has has caused a sensa sens sensation sens tion ton in naval circles and doubtless will In lead led to a most rigid Investigation The La L Touche Touche Trevelle Treel carried a complement of t mOn men m n