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Show LIEUTENANT BERHER KILLED Newport, R. I., Nov. 3. Lieutenant 1 Albert Berher cJ Fort Dodge, Kan., j ordnance officer of the battleship i Maine, fell from the forward turret to j the handling room, -a distance of forty ! feet, today and died an hour later-with- out regaining consciousness. ; At the time of the accident the bat- j tleship was off Gay Head, en route for ' Menemsha Bight, to engage in target ! practice. Lieutenant Berher was exam- ' inlng articles of ordnance, when he lost j his balance and pitched head foremost through the turret to the handling j room. His skull was fractured. News of the officer's death was com- ! municated to Admiral Chad wick by wireless telegraphy and the battleship ; returned to Newport. ! en ' I |