Show intal implosion louisville july 20 the tugboat convoy blew up 26 miles above here this morning seven men were lolled the explosion of the steam pipa b caused from bhoj of themen ane time the victims were m page wm harrington robert jones win bigley chas iduster geo mccann dmd wm kelley all belong or cear by cities ahen the boat reached everything according to the first mates story waa running smoothly when they were two miles above westport suddenly there was an explosion the boat becoming enveloped in steam and the machinery stopped captain erichardson ichardson JR dressed called the survivors about him and made preparations to land after the boat had been towed ashore the captain proceeded to the after cabin where the explosion occurred near the door the blood rushing from his mouth and ears and the flesh scalded off his body mccann and harrington were in their berths the death of each must have been instantaneous for they lay in tho same position as when they re tired abnes was on the floor and barely aliye he was horribly and lived but fifteen minutes dying with his cifes name on his lips bigley was also still alive when found but died in ten minutes luster was discovered outside of the cabin lying on his face he was not dead and told them that he had run out there as soon as he could recover from the shock of the explosion he was almost baked his skin was parched and little jets of blood stood out from the pores of his body in two hours he was dead kelley was pulled out from under bis bunk and was alive but ho was horribly burned charles chambers the only other man who slept in the cabin was blown out of the door and had a miraculous escape ho was unscathed as were also mat JK erwins pilot bono and engineer carr all the others aboard perished the officers of the boat can give no explanation of the accident and claim the machinery was inspected last february and was then in excellent condition |