Show MEN KILLED explosion on missouri play plays havoc with crew A special from pensacola fla says bays dy by the explosion of 2000 pounds of powder in the after 12 inch turret and the handling room of the battleship missouri captain william 2 udwick commanding twenty twentynine nine men were instantly 1 1110 tl lo and five injured of whom two will die the missouri was on tho the target range with the texas and brooklyn Dro oklyn at practice about noon wednesday when a charge of at powder in the twelve inch left hand gun ignited from gases exploded and dropping below ignited four charges of powder la in the handling room and all exploded only one man of the tho entire turret and handling crew survived but for the prompt and efficient action of captain captala cawles in flooding the handling room and magazine with water one of the mag raines would have exploded and the ship conid have been dez destroyed troyed |