Show THE VESUVIUS GUNS Testing the Pneumatic Guns of the New Wa Ship PORT ROYAL S C Feb 10The Vesuvius Ve-suvius resumed the teats of her pneumatic guns today The first shot fell fifty yards short of the target but was exactly inline in-line with the buoy which marked the 2000yard range The second shot fell but ten feet short the third fell a trifle short but practically on the buoy line the fourth fell on the buoy line but the fifth and last fell so close to the target that the spray thrown up by the projectile projec-tile obscured the target An instant later an explosion was heard and the water behind be-hind the target was disturbed as far as could be seen The last shell was the only one that exploded but members of the board said they heard the fourth After the third shot the gun cotton primers prim-ers were replaced by gunpowder primers the supposition being that the gun cotton had failed to detonate the powder |