EXPLOSION ON BRITISH CRUISER.
CABLE NEWS.
EIGHT MEN INJURED
United Press Association— Copyright,
(Received October 27, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, October 27
While the cruiser Hogue was refitting at Devonport an explosion of coal gas in the stokehold badly burned eight stokers. A sudden sheet of flame from the bunker enveloped the men.
[The Hogue is a first-class cruiser of 12,000 tons, 21,000 horsepower, 21 knot speed, and 14 guns, launched in 1900.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2644, 28 October 1909, Page 5
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72EXPLOSION ON BRITISH CRUISER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2644, 28 October 1909, Page 5
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