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Show tcnln theTlonn Cmc voo, July 12. Tonight another an-other terrific explosion occurred iu the big freight steamer, Tiga, thai was wrecked last evening bj" an unex lai ued concussion in the hold. Fire again broke out, and for a few moments It seemed as though the bi.r ve-Kc! and cargo were doomed The flte rteiJirtmeiit, however, was promptly oil tided -mi soon got the llauus under control. Tiro men were injured by tonight's explosion, Hans Christiansou and 1 bonus Johnson, members of a wrecking crew-. Both were taken out alive, seriously burned and bruised. Hie second disaster uLs out of the question all attcnil UM learn to a cerluuity the number 9 victims In ths fisep!'si u Up to night-tall night-tall thirteen titfrnsd os-l mangled corpses had been taken f-om the fatal hold, aud one of the vvouciled In the county hospital had died. Conservative estimates put tht pmbable falaUth.8 at a total of at least tw ent j . What cau-cd the explosions was late tonight still n dl-putcd que-Uon Ono theory was that a new sjupi ly of exj !c!c vajor had gathered in the hold. Captain PheIjwexrtHtd tb'e on'iilon, however, that Hit re-was re-was sornMfti?ij elo besides oil or its gases in the h"U, -it wlim lie w ould not v entu re to fay The coroner's Jurj adjourned until un-til next week. This was Captain Phelps' first trip on the vessel and there arc- rurrors of spite work tutting tut-ting a figure iu the terrible alT-Jr, but such gosip Is impossible of verification. |
