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Last week the Naval Court of Inquiry, headed by Admiral Robert E. Coontz, reported the results of its investigation into the causes of the recent explosions in the Naval ammunition depot at Lake Denmark, N. J. (TIME, July...
...location of the depot, the type, number, location and protection of magazines and the manner of storage of explosives therein were all in accordance with approved practice for governmental depots...
...seven months after he had flown for the first time, he set a world's altitude record: 6,750 ft. As a wartime aviator he dropped over a ton of bombs upon the German ammunition depot at Bruges, Belgium. He ia now a partner in the London brokerage firm of William P. Bonbright...
...site and thought to have found one in Flagler Fjord. They left some fuel and oil, flew back to camp for more, returned and found a grinding field of ice had taken possession. More hunting in and out of that dangerous, glacier-hung shore and they put down another depot in Sawyer Bay. Same result. After deciding to give up the Cape Hubbard flight and turn to other objectives of the expedition...
...water called Flagler's Fjord. It was only a third of the way to Cape Hubbard, but an admirable landing spot. The next days were spent, when weather permitted, plying to and from Etah with stores of oil, gasoline, food, many trips being necessary to stock the depot adequately...