Show GAR GO OF ARMY SHElLS EXPLODES Brooklyn I Is S Subjected to CC Heavy eavy Bombar Bombardment e t J E i W YORK YORE D Dec G. G Huh G-Huh-ar Huh Huh reds s of ofin homes homes' in the Fort Hamilton section of Brook Brooklyn n vi virtually were we were e under under heavy heavy artillery bombardment Sunday result result- resultIng resulting Ing from int Intermittent explosions of of six-Inch six and ten-inch ten shells on on on a steam lighter which caught fire while moored to the army reservation wharf Gathering together their belongings in a belief that the naval arsenal at Ft Lafayette a small island near near Ft Hamilton was ablaze terrified scores fled their homes for safer zones zones driven to frenzied haste by the series I of detonations which were heard for 4 miles around 1 An official statement ent from Ft Ff I Hamilton said no lives had been lost and that only four p persons had b been en I slightly injured One of the terrifying incidents of the barrage was the yard flight of a ten-inch ten shell clear over over the tho reservation reser reservation reser- reser and into t a house ahouse in Ft Hamilton Hamil ton Parkway The The projectile tore a huge hole hole in In the roof of the dwelling passed through two floors and buried itself in the cellar The bouse oc by the family of August Gal Cal tern all of whom escaped injury was shaken with the violence of an earthquake earth earth- quake The lighter which was with with shells for shipment to Boston was torn from Its moorings by the violence vio violence lence of the first explosion Two men were on board but they escaped The naval tug Samoset commanded by Ensign Benjamin soon soon reached the scene and in a desperate effort to pr prevent vent the flame spreading to the wharf the commanding officer deliberately headed his craft for the blazing lighter lighter- and its exploding cargo He He stuck her nose against the side of the Ugh lighter ter and pushed her away to a sand bar in imminent peril of his own craft blown from the water The naval tug had scarcely withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn when a heavy explosion oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc which which tore tore the lighter apart |