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Show HE KILLED U ILERSBfPLODE Six Others Injured; Towboat Alice Now Lies at Bottom of Ohio River. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 30.Nino persons lost their lives and six wero injured when the boilers of tho towhoat Alice exploded at an oarly hour today. to-day. Two of tho dead havo been found and efforts aro being made to recover tho bodies of the remainder. Lato today the body of Mrs. Kate Mills, stewardess, was found floating near tho dam at Corapolis, Pa , whore tho accident took placo. A diver recov orod tho body of Grant McCormick fireman. u' Names of others who lost their lives follow: Captain Thomas Flaherty, senior of-ficor, of-ficor, Pittsburg; Captain Harry Don-aldson, Don-aldson, pilot, Bices Landing, Pa. Har-ry Har-ry Mayse, first mate, Midland,' Pa Robert Davids, chief onginoor, Knox-i Knox-i lo?.P; PoJEiry BobbinD, flroman, EHz-?S.6thi EHz-?S.6thi a'kCyr-"3 G,51l"er. watchman, Elizabeth, Pa.; Joseph Mills, son of tlio stewardess. The injured were taken to the marine hospital hero. They aro reported to he improving and it is thought thoir con-dition con-dition is not serious. Tho towboat Alice was proceeding up tho Ohio river with a tow of six floats loadod with sand gravel and had -just left lock No. 2 near Corapolig when' the explosion occurred. Tho Rodgors Sand company, owners of the boat, expoct to have the wrecked craft lloatod if all tho bodies aro not soon recovered. |