Show r I S Boiler Burst DETBOIT November 2mu h2 rr Frank Moffat groupded too early this morning because of thick weather at the wharf in Sombro opposite Marine City A line was taken ashore being made fact when the boiler of the tug exploded without tign of warning atd with a terrific report The cause is unknown un-known but it is supposed to be the lack of water The explosion carried away the uppei works and a large portion of the deck planking besides shattering the hull from stem to stern At the time John Ward first engineer William Miller Second engineer James Wigbe and Walter Fisher firemen were at their posts and all were killed Captain Cap-tain ThOS Currey had a leg broken and was other rrisc bruised Frank Furtah wheelsman and Andrew Reed deckhands j hands were badly scalded Maud Bennett Ben-nett the cook who was in the after cabin at the lime of the explosion was blown into the river but was rescued uninjured Robert Goodwin the ma > who was ashore handling the line wus I I blown over a wood pile and had his side injured The bodies sank in the river and have not been recovered The i I scalded men are at Bombra under care of physicians I |