Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-26
HUNDREDS SLAIN IN
AWFUL DISASTER ON
FRENCH WAR Vessel.
Nearly Five Hundred Officers
and Men Are Hurled Into
Eternity When BattIsship
Liberte Is Blown to Atoms

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and men OF the battleship Liberto.
counted one Of the finest vessels in the
French navy. followed fire and explo-
sions which wrecked the great ship
today.
: The fire was discovered at o'clock
1t first did not appear to be serious.
but somehow or other 1t gained q quick
advantage over the squad OF sailors
sent to extinguish 1t and suddenly WITH
out warning it reached the naagazine.
which had not been flooded On account
of the apparently trifling nature OF
the blaze
The force of the explosions Was ter
rifle. They shoos the vessel fore ana
aft. each one seemingly stronger than
that preceding. opening up great fis-e
sures in the armor ana framework OF
the vessel.
The vessel Immediately became q
mass OF fire and smoke and soon, al
most demolished by the Nerrific ttstona-
lions. sank TO the bottom OF fTouIon
harbor.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.
At an early hour unofficial estimates
of the number Of dead ran as high as
.gg -. .,ss- ~ nasa1 men varied
ioss - Is<s 80 -s- - ~ - Tue
Of seamen died In their berths. A few
dozen saved themselves by jumping
overheard Many OF those injured lean
ed into the water and were drowned be-
fore the boats from the ether ships ia
the roadstead could reach them
Two hundred OF the crew escaped
death OWNS 20 the TACT fnal tney we're
asno1e On .easo' Sv1LnaAaer Iahfee,
Drotner or me soclailst deputy was
not on board
The carnage IN the explosions was
worse than could ever have occurred In
an actual naval engagement Ths first
crash came when the crew was for the
most part dispersed In various sections
OF the vessel Iney were without
warning or their danger. Scores OF
bodies were hurled high into the air
accompanied BY great fragments Of
framework, armcr, bursting shels ana
the Dhnoing' sahocaung smoke Pr the
power.
Men below. who had not yet been
awakened were killed IN their sleep.
others awakened py the explosion START
ed TO jump overheard ana were caught
by the second detonation The crew
was panic-stricken ana rushed Wllaiy
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