A WARSHIP BLOWN UP.
POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.
THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
VESSEL SINKS IN THREE MINUTES.
[press association.] (Received January 23, 9.20 p.m.)
RIO DE JANIERO, January 23
The Brazilian ironclad Aquidaband's powder magazine blew up at midnight on Sunday at Jacace- Pagna, while escorting a Ministerial party aboard the cruiser B»rroso, on a tour of inspection of the sites for a naval yard. The Aquidaband sank in three; minutes. It is reported that 30*0 perished, only one officer being saved.
The drowned included four Rear-Ad-mirals, a number of naval officers, and Government officials, who were guests aboard the Aquidaband.
LATER DETAILS
A HEAVY CASUALTY LIST.
(Received -January 24, 8.33 a.m.) RIO DE JANEIRO, January 23. Ninety-eight of the Aquidaband were saved, and 212 lost.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 9000, 24 January 1906, Page 5
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125A WARSHIP BLOWN UP. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 9000, 24 January 1906, Page 5
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