AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT
' Italian vessel nearly torpedoed in England. London, May 9. Dr. Macnamara, Parliamentary Seo- . ' retary to the Admiralty, in the House of Commons, admitted that a gunner ibad fired a torpedo from a destroyer anchored in Newport, Monmouthshire, .while explaining the mechanism to a ,Jady visitor. The man had not noticed tthat the firing charge had not been reamoved. Disciplinary, measures had libeen. taken. i The torpedo narrowly missed an steamer, and struck the dock;side.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2458, 11 May 1915, Page 6
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81AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2458, 11 May 1915, Page 6
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