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Show NEW BATTLESHIP MEETS ACCIDENT Washington. Mar. ".Rear Admiral f'.adgei, n command of the Atlantic j fl?-et today reported that the new-battleship. new-battleship. Wyoming, ha,j met with la slight accident. During nrget prac-I prac-I tice a few days ago. the cap square 00 the trunlon block of one of the big ' forward turret guns was split. No onn was injured and in spite of the damage to the gun. It was said it COUlll have again been fired without the le.tst danger The Wyoming is on 1 hei acceptance trials and is proceed-j proceed-j Ing toward Norfolk Rear Admiral Badger has trans-ferred trans-ferred his flag temporarily to the Connecticut. |