Show ITALIAN BATTLESHIP BLOWS UP DROWN PARIS Aug The 15 15 The Italian dr Leonardo Da Vinci caught Fire and blew up in the harbor of Taranto Italy and of her crew were drowned says says a Turin dispatch to the Petit Journal The date of the disaster is given only as a day in August The fire says the dispatch was discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered in the kitchen and spread rapidly The rhe captain immediately Immediately immediately Im im- mediately ordered the magazines flooded and tried to beach the battleship battleship battleship battle battle- ship but one magazine exploded before this could be bo done The ve vessel sel was turned over on her side and a large number of the crew were thrown into the sea It Is believed that the battleship can be ae righted and The Leonardo Da Vinci was a sister ship of the Conte Canto Di Cavour and of the Giulio Cesare and was launched in October 1911 1011 Her tier displacement was tons and she was feet long 91 feet beam and e curried carried a total of men Her main battery consisted of thirteen twelve-inch twelve guns and her secondary battery to stand off torpedo attack was composed of eighteen inch guns Her engines were of horse power designed to develop a speed of knots I |