THE DESTRUCTION COMPLETE.
TEN BIG GUNS RUINED. PARIS, March 14. Naval experts at Paris are amazed at the completeness of the destruction caused by the fixe on the Jena. Ten of her big guns are ruined, only the bow pair being unharmed. Admiral Benthelot considers that the fall of a shell or a torpedo, or any violent shock, would suffice to explode the powder.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 64, 15 March 1907, Page 5
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64THE DESTRUCTION COMPLETE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 64, 15 March 1907, Page 5
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