Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1905 — BLAST ON A SUBMARINE [ARTICLE]

BLAST ON A SUBMARINE

Aueideet ea a BrltUh Beat Which Cod* Fear Urw aad Weaad* Foartaaa Other Mea. v Queenstown, Feb. 17.—Four daen killed and fourteen Injured, of whom three are In a critical condition, was the result of two explosion* on board the British submarine boat “A-5” In the harbor here/ Tttie killed Included Engineer Artificer Chaffee, a leading stoker and a stoker. Lieutenant H. G. Good, comiflander of the vessel, was blinded. His condition is critical. Lieutenant Skinner, an officer of the submarine boat, subsequently died of his injuries. Only one man of the entire crew escaped uninjured. The first explosion is believed to have occurred while the crew were engaged in tilling the gasoline tanks preparatory to proceeding outside the harbor, but how no one knows. The “A-5” was a new boat, and had been tried extensively and satisfactorily, and was brought here to let military men see how she worked. The vessel suffered little damage.