BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP.
FIRE IN AMMUNITION HOLD. FRENCH VESSEL BREAKS IN HALF. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] (Received Sept. 26, 12.50 a.m.) PARIS, Sept. 25. A fire in the ammunition hold of the French battleship Liberte, at Marseilles, resulted in a series of terrible explosions. It is feared 500 have perished. The first explosion occurred at five o’clock in the morning, and the second and third an hour later. About 100 sprang into the water, and most _of them were rescued. The last explosion broke the Liberte in halves, and the vessel sank in nineteen minutes.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3332, 26 September 1911, Page 5
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94BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3332, 26 September 1911, Page 5
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