Show forty of the crew of a japanese war vessel are killed tokio forty of the crew were hilled and ired on board the jap anese battleship kashima by the ex of a twelve inch shell within the shield after target practice near kordat september 7 the fatalities included a lieutenant two cadets and one staff officer the explosion was terrific and the ship was badly dam aged the explosion an at tempt to remove an unexploded shell from fhe gun A majority of the by banders tan ders were fearfully mutilated |