THE WARSHIP DISASTER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 29 September 1911, Page 5

THE WARSHIP DISASTER.

DEFECTIVE POWDER. Paris,' September 27. Admiral Bellue has ordered for Ins squadron ammunition manufactured prior to 1902. He declares that ho had a right to be furnished with ammunition which was not an eternal menace and perpetual terror. The defects of the l 'B” powder were not unknown, because ho had been advised to exhaust his stock without delay. (Received 29, 8.40 a.m.) Paris, September 28. The latest official figures give 210 as the number killed and missing. The Liberto’s stock of powder was 125 tons. The explosion was preceded by an outbreak of lire, and several officers perished in attempting to ilood the magazines. The electrical machinery jammed. Admiral Jdellue emphasises the fact that there were nineteen minutes between the two first explosions—the same interval occurred in the Jena’s case. The first subscription on the Bourse for the victims’ families amounts to £4OOO. The French Press Association’ has opened a national relief fund.)..; - Sydney, September 29. The local French newspaper has started a fund to relieve the relatives of the victims of the explosion.