Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — EIGHT DIE ON WARSHIP [ARTICLE]

EIGHT DIE ON WARSHIP

Mysterious Explosion Occurs on the Delaware. Kight persons were killed on the United States battleship Delaware in a mysterious explosion. The disaster occurred while the bat tieship was en route from Guan tana mo, Cuba, to Hampton roads. A wireless dispatch received by the navy department said the victims were burned by steam. It was added that details of the accident would be telegraphed as soon as the vessel arrived at Norfolk, Va.