Show A DEFECTIVE CRUISER the kebort of captain of the new york new yorla april 20 A special to the world from washington say the report of captain john the united states cruiser new york relating to defects in the construction said to have developed daring the trip to do janeiro has just been received at the naval department when captain phillips ct to sea the report abe for was alid and could not be tamed eitnier to port or while the aft turret could be moved only ten degree at a time ensign who ie an expert naval constructor was get to work on the engines used to turn abe turrets and by certain altera eions succeeded in working them very slowly but not quickly enough lor brilliant work in action aben the discovery was made that the ammunition were also defective during target practice an attempt was made to a big debt inch shell to the forward turret guns the basket which is said to be too email caught the drum at the top of the lift and the big shell was thrown out and plunged down the shafts on top of the waiting projectiles the men shut their eves in horror nothing but a miracle it seemed could save them and the great ship from being blown to smithereens by a violent explosion but the lower bell had shifted slightly by the ship and stood in such a position that the of the steel tubes came in contact just before the percussion capi met in their deadly kisa and the ship was saved later the reports say the magazine of the eight inch guns it was found threat enad the destruction of the ship theoph of the deck was about to move a quantity of mok elees powder from the general magazine into those reservoirs when he fondd that they were heated to a temperature of degrees captain philllp and lieutenant mason were to council abo two magazines were placed right up against the boles of the and thus rendered useless |