People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1895 — PLAYS HAVOC AT AT SEA. [ARTICLE]

PLAYS HAVOC AT AT SEA.

Explosion Damages a Vessel and Uhls Two Passengers. March 14.— t: 0 I Tench steamer Armenia, which >c "t Marseilles Feb. 27, has arrived h, The Armenia had on board 166 jars of sulphuric acid, which was stored in the deck saloon. While rounding Caue Matapan during a gale the Armenia was struck by a heavy sea, which swept over her decks and broke ni.no 1 seven of the jars of acid. A frightful explosion followed, demolishing :ho deck house. The cabins were filled with tl>e fumes of the acid and two passengers died from suffocation. Four others were seriously injured.