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Sailors stoke boilers in the fire room of the cruiser USS Brooklyn.

A boiler on board the gunboat USS Bennington exploded in 1905. She is seen here sitting on the bottom in San Diego, her hull covered with soot.

A funeral service is held in San Diego for sailors killed in the massive boiler explosion on board the gunboat USS Bennington.
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