Show t 1 i r BOAT l tS LAST KILLS 7 1 1 W RIVER S. S C. C May 1 19 a t even even persons died and 1 14 l iI ts rs were injured when an exe exon ext ex ex- b- b e t the an on n shattered excursIon J JIe Ie t Nightingale 12 miles at se seA sea day ay A fire that followed 1 tit 4 ed the boat to the waters water's e. t nine t of a soft tin the I company Y were on their anI an an- I r f ishin g outing when the blast bias ripping off the top deck dec s tai erred red I l l. l r wrecking passenger seats i iare in l v are area of the engine room ou Belts Destroyed y of the life preservers were ed but those that were left V veral rafts were quickly fe Ld ed by those who jumped into et ea levelling swelling velling seas of the Atlantic i 5 Curry rry Krider of Salisbury N. N C. C s witness eyewitness witness ee said most of those S jo o perished had hesitated to jump l ithe boat until forced off by 1 j. j el flames Then he said the they theyo Y Yere o S we ere unable to reach a raft Thirty- Thirty passengers and the crew of ei i rescued by two other boats Soon Soar oon after the explosion the thet t dies ies of T T. W V. Cothran and G. G A. A irk irber her ber both bath of Salisbury N. N C. C i i. i t r re recovered revered H if St t Other Bodies f The Th Se coast guard searched wella well vell Ol to the night for the bodies of ofT oft a T ey ep Barber Jr and Jerry Barber ly t f others sons of G. G A. A Barber t-j t J d Shelton Lesler of Salisbury 1 salt A Alfew Afew few hours after the tragedy al aik ue roner John Dix summoned a arand rand started an investigation lilL h hn Mintz engineer on the Night- Night f gale ale told the jury he was feed- feed 1 I ii iiD I into an ailing carretor car- car if D just before the blast sound- sound He expressed the opinion that r fuel was ignited ra fall I- I MB |