Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-06-12 | Page 4 | Explosion on the Tennessee

explosion on the tennessee sin pedro cai A terrible accident occurred on board the united states cruiser tennessee friday morning anile the ship mas ft as steaming at nineteen knot on a speed eprea trial oft off point huelene Hue Ilu nene enone cal a steam pipe in the starboard engine room bursting killing four men and injuring ten others all of the wen men in the corn com apartment part ment at the time the explosion the cause of which la Is unknown oc burred only a few minutes after ad r maral u fral uriel Sel sice captain F r D B ilov aid and chief engineer hid h left the engine room on a tour of in ill spec lon tion