Brief report on the premature explosion of a new lot of shells, and bursting of guns. States that Lt. Talcott is confident that the bursting is the fault of the shell, not of the gun.
Transcriptionsand is liable to be introduced into the bore of the gun-1st in [????] 2nd with the Cartridge 3rd with the Shell 4th by [????] 5th by the wind [????]. It is easy to understand that if a [????] of [????] sand (which is harder than steel) were introduced in the guns that the [????] of the bore [????] projectile [????] very tight as it does [????] greatly [????] as its parrapet out of the gun. It is very [????] for gunners to "sand" the rails of the chassis in order [????] the recoil.
LocationsCharleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.77657,-79.93092)
