FOUR MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Up Tetegrhtfi, — Pri'ii.Aiacdaiton. — Copyright. ; Received August 17, 12.20 a.m.
Noumka, August 16. fearful accident happened to-day. A number of artillery officers and men went out in two boats in a small bay two miles from the town for the purpose of destroying several bombs loaded with melinite.,
.During the operations of fixing the electric current & bomb erplpded and Wow up the boat containing, nine iheri. Three artillery artificers and a KauakA We.r© literally blown to atoms. The remaining five were badly injured. A Kanaka in the second beat was alee injured. The other boat rescued the wounded.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3207, 17 August 1897, Page 3
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102FOUR MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3207, 17 August 1897, Page 3
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