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Show SHIP HAD A I BAD CARGO I 1 Mineral Waters and Me- E tallic Sodium Explode and Sink Steamer I l London, Feb. 8. The story of tho j 'demon cargo of the steamship Hardy was w ritten Into the records of r the king's bench yesterdaj throne. i the testimony of her captain On a t voyage from Tropert with a large I cargo of mineral waters, consigned Io f a London firm water reached a qunn- V' tity of metallic sodium, which a I also a part of the cargo, setting it P afire The captain, not being aware of the L nature of the sodium, played the hose E on It, with the result that two tons of j li were set afire and there was a se- i1 ties of explosions Nonplussed, the f captain ordered all of the cases of lithe li-the sodium heaved Into the sea When c i his was done the force of the explo- F sion of the sodium In contact w ith 'ho t water caused several of the case h to jump hack again aboard the ship t and the vessel itself caught fire. I '1 here was another explosion in the f 0 which caused the vessel io break amidships and sink. The mato I was drowned, but the captain and tho i' crew were saved The story came out in an action for I damages against the steamship com- L pany for the loss of the mineral va- ti r Tho court awarded the plaintiff I $5000 damages. with costs and remarked remark-ed to the captain that he seemed to I have bad the devil among the tailor I when the water got in. I nn F |