EXPLOSION ON A BATTLESHIP.
FOUR SEAMEN INJURED
Received August 2, 8.30 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 1. During tho firing of tho royal salute at tho review of tho fleet in tbc Solent yesterday in honor of the Imporial Detcnco Conference delegates the backfire of ouo of tho four-inch cjuickfiriug guns on tho Dreadnought battleship Tenieruiro which was completed in May last ignited tho second charge beforo the breccll could bo closed. An explosion occurred, injuring three seamen severely aud ono lightly.
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Mataura Ensign, 2 August 1909, Page 3
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