Show SERIOUS ACCIDENT A El When Muzzle Oil iV i din flood Good Discipline Ii Is Shown Sh Hay nil Mardi March 11 2 t via sla Ia IT U S R flagship Connecticut TO Ui SMI togo I fo April 1 Tho fIrst occurrence approach approaching 1 ing hiI 11 it serious accident tho the pies pres present out cut target practIse of ot timo Atlantic began took on OIL titus the battleship Mis Missouri At nt iSO 80 title this afternoon The mu ot at a n gun on th tip starboard hide was blown completely off ort the tue first discharge amid RII I pieces of It hurled 1 with force oval 11 tha ship but html fortunately no ono one was struck and no other dono 1010 About 11 feet fAtt of ot the of or the tha big iulg f gun un won blown away a The Tho of ot the tho explosion aba sion was W H tOil ilK but thoro there no excitement on nit board lioard tho not even I tutu lilt crew treW ere of ot tiltS the gun gait which hail had explode NAVE XAV I NE An 1 Instant after lifter It hind luul occurred 1111 Ih th gin gutu II i captain saluted his superior time thu division l Sir Str titus tha of the Is blown off art he said quietly as mis ho brought hits hit hI right hand to salute Them Thero rhe was vaa no tie truce 0 ot of t III In his hili hiI toned Silence How Howard ard It WOK IWI tile the simple usual wont ot oC cull call to the gun guIlt to note hole that an nit Inti lund had occurred Cease Evilly man of it th lime crew clew remained silently at hla t 11 time ship steadily across th lange at itt tile regulation speed ip o l another shot clue hove to toon on Ill titus ihn trip till un examination thou s i us in Win I It vUK V its that th ill and mul of the Ills aim wore AI A in II feet of time the muzzle nt ef long weighing a iou 1 but th tile it lv ct it wIts wua Time Tho onil had broken off lift In uI irregular jagged On was hurled atul A over liver time thu tacks and amid a ii and anul larger r place was thrown across tho dualIst dock If It any of the lie of I had struck tho u er Urn time ton con Immune havo been benn Tha gao which exploded ox I wua of oh tIme thu ordin ordinary ord him ary si loris Inch sort on Iho and amid rue Tho piece pieres hud hind boon beam In and tip tho dent In lit as Its yet 0 h IJ 13 first win winI I li Aa Was by of the tha gun thin tho lit lie l I tunable to for forthe the tIiu It was hIs first thought that hue tho or 01 hail left In tho I lie but bu I this was t foUnd not hot tn to have been the tue 1 |