Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-01-11 | Page 1 | Destroyer Shaken by Gas Explosion

DESTROYER SHAKEN SHAHEN BY G GAS GS S EXPLOSION NEW S Jan 11 A A flare nare ba tec bac k from tho boiler of ot the tho United States tea t torpedo rp do boat beat destroyer Roe anchored at this port hist night shook th the the- little craft from rein stem to stern and only the Chic tact fact that the force of or the explosion was spent in the Ute stocks prevented a Q s sIous Ious accident It I is 18 believed oil III wa was waa fed ted Into tho the boiler h by lii mistake creating creating- sufficient ga gas gaa to lo c cause u e the explosion