NAVAL DISASTER.
JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP. report of two hundred deaths. SUNK BY AN EXPLOSION. <IT- TELr.GP.AI'II —Pae.SS ASSOCIATION — COPYRIGHT?. (Eec. May 1, 1 a.m.) Toklo, April 30. An explosion sank tho training cruiser Matsushima, qff tho Pescadores Islands, in Formosa Channel. . It is feared that two hundred persons perished with tho cruiser. The cruiser Matsushima was completed at La Seyno in 1892, and was credited with being a 17.5-knot'_boat. Her complement was 350. Her dimensions were: length, 295 ft.; beam, 50Jft.;-draught, 21} ft.; displacement, 4277 tons; indicated horse power, 5400. Her armament was oiie 12.5 in. gun, eloven 4.7 in., live 6 pounders, eleven* 3 pounders.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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106NAVAL DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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