 The shells ... bore their way even to the stokehold . The coal in the bunkers was set on fire . Since the bunkers were half empty , the fire burned merrily . In the engine room a shell licked up the oil and sprayed it around in flames of blue and green ... The terrific air pressure resulting from [ an ] explosion in a confined space ... roar [ ed ] through every opening and [ tore ] its way through every weak spot ... Men were picked up by that terrific air pressure and tossed to a horrible death among the machinery . 
