Deseret Evening News | 1897-03-25 | Page 3 | Explosion on a Cruiser

EXPLOSION n A clluncn Thlrl7 S1n aorluly hJIOU 00 IolaUT NEW Yomc March 25A dli patch lo tbe Ilerald from Malta pay JAn J-An explosion which would have buu fearlul consequence lilt had happen ed In the Interior ol the veseel occurred oc-curred to the British first clsss cruller Thetus while practicing outside the harbor with torpedoes which exploded ai they were being thrown to Ibo shIps launch Injuring thirty men The Thesus returned and landed the Injured at the naval hospital Two men bad Ibelr legs carried oil Mir aculousesespeasto reported one lIIn having bid gsrmonts blown away without being hurl Of the Injured succumbed loJny II M 0 Tboouo is a first cleat cruller ol 7350 tons and was blllil a i Illinkwell Eng lu 1882 ata con a J3t7G77