THE GEORGIA EXPLOSION.
NEW YORK, Saturday. [ The Board of Examination which inquired into the battleship Georgia disasI tier reports that flareback caused by the j shifting of the air blast too soon while a light wind was blowing into the muzj zle of the gun, ignited the powder which ! the loaders held in their arms, causing the explosion. Three more of those injured have sue climbed, making 10 deaths already.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 July 1907, Page 4
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70THE GEORGIA EXPLOSION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 July 1907, Page 4
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