Show r BOMB UNDERA SHIP ATTEMPT MADE TO BLOW UP BRITISH I TRANSPORT Vessel Was Moored at Stock Land Vesse ing New Orleans When tho Explosion Ex-plosion Occurred I New Orleans Aug1 10 What is i regarded re-garded as an atlfcmpt of a Boefi sympathizer sympa-thizer to blow upa British transport occurred at the stock landing where the Harrison steamer Mechanician i is moored The Mechanician is to carry mules to South Africa Most of the crew of the ship were asleep but the explosion brought them quickly from their berths to the deck An examination showed a large dint on the starboard 6f the ship Two plates at the waters edge hud been sprung and considerable water was let sprun to the ship The pumps were Immediately Im-mediately put to Vork and when daylight day-light came it wajkfpuntl 1tat the yes sel1 was in no danger of Sinking and that the damage done was not serioug The crew of the vessel denied that there are any explosives on board and there seems little doubt according to the statements of those who examined the ship that the explosion was from the outside and that some sort of bomb or torpedo had been used Neither 01 toryedo the agent of the ship nor any of the officers were willing to express a theory with regaid to who was responsible re-sponsible for the explosion |