Show 3 FIRE STARTS NEAR r mt POWDER MAGAZINE f OF iBA BATTLESHIP The The battler battle battle- j TOULON OUlON France Fiance July 6 US' US r i f ship hiP Hoche has had a narrow escape escape from gf destruction Fire broke out during last las lasty i y nIght near he her powder magazine and in inh h order to prevent pre the spread of the flames the thes battleship w was sunk in a slip adjoin adjoin- d C J 1 nt Ings the l one in which I the battleship i Jena was wrecked by an e with great Joss jose of life March 12 last The cause of last nights night's fire Is 15 a mys- mys leO Flames broke out in the I I 1 x r French as Rs did i torpedo the ed fire r Ch which Algeciras destroyed h heie the on November 25 25 1906 resulting in the loss of three lives This is the third conflagration to break breakout breakout breakout out on board ships at Toulon within a month A rigid inquiry Is being The Hoche was completed in 1899 1809 has hasti hasI ti I a abelt belt of ot compound armor 14 to 18 iS Inches 1 wick thick and carries Arries a j. crew numbering about officers and men mn |