Show I INO L NO FOR CRUISERS CRUISER'S ACCIDENT Washington Aug i. i The Thc The official report of th the bourd that Investigated the accident nt on tint the tho crul cruiser e Colorado In hi which the muzzle was wa blown off of one inch eight gun sun and ant an another another an- an other was vas cracked has haM been 11 received at th the nav navy department but lut falls fals to toi give i any reasons for the accident accident Th The evidence before the board hoard showed shoved that all al the due dun precautions were taken that there thre was wa nothing abnormal abnormal abnor abnor- alnor- alnor mal about the charge that the guns had been ben fl often oten before wih the theme same cinie me po powder poder 1 l r etc In fuel these two guns hn had recently been e tired 18 48 times with lh a record of or orr 41 45 r hits hit There l Is a 0 n theory theor that In firing fring the of the charge powder the two sections thE did dit not Hash Hah out nut simultaneously Im and that thai there inn may mar be he for or that reason an extraordinary pressure at the tho muzzle after alt the Hrs l Impact Impact H Rear ar Admiral Dayton Daylon er however who vrn sent ent this re report T- T port 1011 says ay he lu does not tint favor avor that theory theor It I I Is shown by hy the tine testimony that a n fragment of or the gun who whose muzzle blow off struck the other inch eight gun and that thai th the latter later suf- suf nf- nf fared feied n n z fracture It I Is I not demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- however that the fragment produced th the fracture and It I ll perhaps might have hC c been ben existent tent before the hi blowing owing out of the other gun Th The guns and und specimens of oC the powder will wi be b examined critically in iii II this U country The Colorado reported with the three thre other oU Er armored armorel cruisers at wih Cavite today where they will wi take lake on Oil supplies and start thereafter for San an Francisco |