BURSTING OF A GUN.
ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. [PEESS ASSOCIATION.] London, October 6. News has has been received that while shell practice was being engaged in on board H.M. s. Caroline, stationed in the Pacific, one of her guns became jammed, and a terrific explosion followed. The ship was much damaged, and a sailor was killed, and many severely wounded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9180, 9 October 1888, Page 5
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