Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — BLAST ON NORTH CAROLINA [ARTICLE]

BLAST ON NORTH CAROLINA

Ensign Aiken Killed by an Explosion on the Cruiser. Washington, July 18.—Enelgn Hugh K. Aiken of the n»yy died aboard the

armored cruiser North Carolina at Naples from injuries resulting from a coal gas explosion, attributed to the generation of gas in the bunkers. He was born in New Orleans in 1884 and entered the naval service in 1902.