GUN ACCIDENT.
ARMORER DECAPITATED. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, Nov. 13. The fatal explosion on board H.M.S. Royal Sovereign was duo to the misfire of a 6-ineh gun. The armorer opened the breech to withdraw the cartridge. lie was decapitated. Thero were many hairbreadth escapes.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 263, 15 November 1901, Page 2
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44GUN ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 263, 15 November 1901, Page 2
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