The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-06-19
4 BIG SHIP BLOWN !
up BF 4 TORPEDO
Wafiks Experiment Of, the Monitor
Florida.
DAMAGE SERIOUS, BUT NOT VITAL.

Charge Of Guncotton and Fired DO
ns.t.r.. 20 FAM ryu,,Sr.A Fat Taaya
-. = $3.50 ~,
dig Mole IN sn0NElorf0@ Saue sn0
Does Other Minor Damage.
Fort Monroe. Va. Especially. -
p;arced WITH on Amarican White
...--.. 1880, -
neau ouipeuo iyne
gun cotton which tore big hole In
! her, side, the United States monitor
Florida now rests in the drv dock at
q, N1e.ea,,. ~, va ,,,o.;r, ~
ene MoIio,R MasS ar - tas+ M WI.
mI fuana 1880 s+tocr of
n na4 aDi ~. t,,,,,,soags Tha w.+er
ma. a. .ls a.,,o hniS rivas bar ,;st
~ 1 ~ ;eS. - starhoard
nv tos4 81, ~ r osoo ~ pine Reach
lne . ~ 'ogn paaso ~ Exros;t;on
.." ,hara an ,,onitor was
oSauaS -, Tx foat ~ water the
saunt oeso;als whila adn,;tting that
tha daranaa dona - tha ressa, is
s sa u Sec,oro That a. ;s not vital
~ ga ,o ~, ~ ~ tast ~ so+;sSsctorv
'A Th s~y a $50 +h.t hattlosh;n en,,in.
- n,;tS h,,;,,haods s,raiIor ~ that
testod cn,id cantinne fiohtine if IN
800 ~ ~ sar,a axto,t unIess SOW.
araI oo,,na roants on tba same side
,nera s;,,e;i &c riw nvnc+,,rad and tha
weatber nnndifions we've had Thor
o,,ert i,,1aSt;ao+ ;nn viii he necessary
6asoro eli tha aotuoi doTnoge to the
b,,i,,ho.d .nd coIiotarei ;ninr;os SUI
ssred oan he sort sinad and tbe Of
feot e +ha +ornodo ohorgo ,,royserlv
~ 40 s - AZ p
AbOoSOAO
20 o@o,.,s i,,oI,,d;n~ Sooroto rios
1890 NJ rdr.n ~ oesoS,., ~ +ha
N Ny - au : ~, MI oah;uat ofsoars
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a athom m R;oh fua.,, O. Mash; n
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anu 9sse ~. Ia nna ah oau az ~, 49, ~
is eno pou 'e a. ,,;a,,
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sno .oApSuo m"a n.op@eSne1' 'ne
was 5. eaus LII ~ Tn mU.N o,. fro,
Deo. .o ~ oon S'o III. .o III
S en- s,n,.ta. 49, I;o,,tont d.
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ieves wnion sSnt .no ~ peuo -. ..,;.,
pa 1851 DeloN .ne waIei on ies us
sion y ueS.s uC.lon io"i
p"n IN, ny eApiosiun .r
ine spG ,, wnicn loiioweu Mas
s , 4ne sra. mass y wa &C.
enIowu nv ing 81 oass n M,. ~,
oonlo uiStanSo 1iuunu. ooi :
eAce9ueo N neignt me nisn mas. VI
.ne rioliua Alnose sl .ll p..,
sneIe was q snowel VI plecss " seeei
lragme1ls OF proAen torpeoo, ACCOM-,
panleu Dy me u"st, when scaelereu
LOT Iully tnlru ol Miie aIouIu.
Inere was scainper lor sneltef ~
persons on haA uozen Vessels III
Tue yiclnlly.
dummy ASuie ol man Hau peen
erected on piiuse OF the riorlua,
anu aItnousa ~ was oU IeeI ifUin
tne point ~ torpedo impact, Tue
SHOCK knocheu IL over. Inc uolen
OF more onlcials anu crew insloe tne
superstructure ol Tue sessel Wal.eu
Ior a rev Moments DeIofe veturins
OUT on the deck 10 ascertain the DAM
age;
Lney round that on ana above inc
oeck me damage gone was connne sa
~ psnuins sun;c u .no ldniewoih No
~ nien suspo .su an. Ing pooHs n ~ In.
~ .oa I". nt ~ ens oiaShs 81 49,
era pra.es' Ine nleaAi 4h u lrun
s s i1 tpa;, e. st D~ns , enino JULIE
,,aod 81. ,.@et;r ~ etn.+ 20
re hui 49, ;n+e the sec pI Wyhe N