Show EXPLOSION IN MIDOCEAN Eighty Cases of Dynamite Wreck a Vessel London May 2The British steamier steam-ier Nessmore Captain Hargreaves I from Boston has arrived at Graves end having on board the crew of the German ship Cleopatra Captain Meis I mbyer from Bremen March 21 bound for New York The Cleopatra was abandoned on April 22 in latitude 41 north longitude 50 west The Cleopatra when sighted j was enveloped in flames The Ness i more bore down upon her and when I within three miles of her a terrible explosion ex-plosion was heard At dawn the crew of the steamer discovered a small dingy which contained twentyfive of the crew of the Cleopatra They were rescued The captain of the Cleopatra said there was an explosion of eighty cases of dynamite on board The life boats were burned before they could be launched and the crew barely escaped |