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Show r.cknowledged that more damage was done than they anticipated. Did Not Kill the Cat. Tho first explosion cracked the eide I late of tho turret which was eight inches thick and forced It inward about eight Inches. A cat and two chickens placed inside in the same positions that the gunners and sighter voulj occupy wore not killed. Tho second explosion bent in so l adly tho 10-inch 6ide plate of the voh-rol, voh-rol, thereby opening a big holo below tho waterllue, that tho rear end of the boat sank to the bottom In less than two minutes after the explosion. Was In Shallow Water. A6 ihe Puritan draws 18 feet and pas only In 19 feet of water, she did not disappear below the surface. Hut in a few minutes at least one of the b:& compartments was almost filled with water, which vras pouring up from below decks and over the stern. I Until the vessel Is dry docked it wJll be impossible to detejmlnc the exact extent of the damage below the water line or how much the lower part of the vessel was flooded. It w'as not 1 believed, however, that the armor plate was cracked, although It waa bont and ttove in. Water Pours In Through Holes. The water was pouring In, It was thought, through holes below the armor ar-mor belt, which extended P 1-2 feet under water or through ao?ms caused by the tearing apart of the plates. At the point where the second test was mude, the vessel's plate was 10 Inches thick. Of the two explosions, the second was the more severe, tho hdroglycer-lne hdroglycer-lne causing the monitor o shake a3 if fhe had been. struck by a uiall earthquake, earth-quake, and it was even felt slightly by other vessels lying 500 yards away. Captain Fires the Shot. ' i Captain Austin M. Knight, president of the special naval ordnance board, who remained on the Funtan to discharge dis-charge the explosive, said the shocks v. ere severe. While it was not showu positively that the new explosive, the invention of Willard S. Ham, is more destruc- I tue than tho present form which does its work from the inside rather than from the outside, it was practically rcknowledged that serious consideration considera-tion must bo given it. NEW EXPLOSIVE A DANGEROUS ONE i FORT MONROE, VA., Nov. 16. I High explosive tests on the monitor Puritan, anchored iu Hamilton roads, today damaged Hie vessel so seriously that It was necessary to send a hurry call to the Norfolk navy yard to have togs sent up at once to tow the battered bat-tered warship to drydock. The tests were required b a provision in tho o: dnance appropriation bill passed by the last session of congivss. Two explosions wero made, each v'th I'OO pounds of nitroglycerine gela tine, unconnued except as to a thin coerlng of sheet Iron In the first test, the high explosive was placed ogainst the silo of the after turret of 1 1 e monitor; in the seconi against the side of the vessel just Above the water line. Naval oflicers and experts present |