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Show Is Accidents Occur During as easily as a shuttlo into a sewing machine. The steel gates :istern the flagship then closed like great jaws and churning churn-ing water rose up from the viaducts in the bottom of the lock, while the Xew Mexico was lifted us easily and rapidly as a rowboat. The flagship was then lifted out of the next two locks in the same fashion, while crowds standing stand-ing on top of the concrete lock walls threw bananas and cocoanuta to the ship 's crew. Twenty destroyers went through the canal Thursday, passing through the locks in groups of ten. Captain Twi-ninrr, Twi-ninrr, chief of staff, said that the canal had proved its national value beyond a doubt, as dread noughts may be easily moved from the Atlantic to the Pa-cifie Pa-cifie with celerity ami without troublo, as shown by today's operation. The Pacific, Pa-cific, fleet will leave Panama for San Diego, Cal., Sunday night. Progress of Dread-naughts Dread-naughts to W estern Waters Via Big Canal. Two Others Killed in Plane Crash Near Entrance En-trance to Colon Harbor Har-bor During Voyage. (.M 1!OA;Jj THE U. S. S. NEW M K TOO, July 2f. ( By wireless and t.'olun.) Six men were killed today In a boiler explosion on the U. S. Melville, a naval tender attached to the Pacific fleet, Captain Twinlmj, tho chief of staff, , has been advised. I Word hnd been previously received that the Melville had been disabled at aea on i Friday ni-ht and that alio was in tow of tho collier Orion. The advices were that the two vessels would arrive at Colon on Monday. Airplanes Collide. I. ieii tenant Albert Ellis and Scrgreant Krnil von Her- were killed todav and three persons were injured in a collision between be-tween an army airplane and a naval seaplane sea-plane at the entrance to the Colon harbor. har-bor. The two machines wero wrecked. lieutenant Jame R. minora n and Machinist Ma-chinist Thomas were severely injured. Frisian Oat in was hurt less seriously. The collision occurred during an aerial (h inon.sirntion given to welcome the battleships bat-tleships of tho Pacific fleet. The army airplane struck the tail of a naval hydro-airplane. hydro-airplane. Both machines fell 200 feet into Limon bay. Lieutenant Ellis, who was in the naval machine and was killed. Jived at Pater-son, Pater-son, N. J. Serjeant von Berp, who was killed in the army airplane, lived at Oakland, Oak-land, C'al. Lieutenant Duggan was the most seriously seri-ously hurt of the three men Injured. The bodies of Lieutenant Kills and Serjeant von Berg- and the Injured men wore taken on board the battleship Mississippi. Mis-sissippi. -The Melville, the first ship especially de;uue.d as a destroyer tender and com-pleiLl com-pleiLl In ial5, was the first larpe, Ameri-ouji Ameri-ouji iiav:! vessel to cross the ocean after Inn '"I'nit cd States entered the war, ar-jv-i-n at QueeriMown. Ireland, May 22, lii'l l.-Zaoon after the first patrol of de-st:-uy'?rs. She immediately became the flagship of Admiral Sims, commanding the, American naval forces In European wivters, and flew his flag until she started Lack home in January, 1919. Commander John S. Irwin is the Mel-vllleV Mel-vllleV commanding officer. |
