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Show A WEAPON OF DESTRUCTION. Is Cn rl-r) th r.ek Vrimir f Any War MKIp Afloat at Klx M.l, Sn Hoi.k, N. J , Sept 4. Ollicials of the I ni'.ed States government yesterday yes-terday tested another twelve-inch breech loading steel mortar. With a charge of litVy-one pounds of power, a four and one-haif inch solid steel plate set into the sand al an angle of 05 degrees, de-grees, P'.j tent from the mortar, was smashed into fragments. The pro- ' jectivo which wa made at the Betulo-hem, Betulo-hem, l'a.. works, lor tho purpose of testing its piercing qualities, weighed ii-,M ponudd, anil was split almost in half. The point was smashed Hat. The; test proves that a shell from the mortar could penetrale the deck armor of any wsr vessel alloat at six miles. The velocity of the projectile lirad was H" feet a second. The mortars are manufactured at the W'alorvliet (Vt.) Arsenal. |