Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-03-01 | Page 1 | Motor Ship Blast Kills 3, Hurts 7

Motor Ship Blast Kills 3 Hurls Hurts 7 1 I NEW V ORLEANS March l 1 UP Shipping officials Saturday investigated in investigated in- in in-I in d the cause of a Diesel I engi engine e explosion ion aboard the motor ship Ben Froemming that killed three persons and injured seven Friday night du during a trial rundown run rundown rundown down the Mississippi river dver The explosion wrecked the engine engine engine en- en en en- gine room and b buckled dec deck plates but the Ule main force of the blast alast went straight upward preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting more extensive damage The ship did not spring a a leak I and was towed safely to a repair berth by five tugs sent to the scene 18 miles from New Orleans II Dead included two Americans Joel W. W Moore who represented the BushS Bush SUlzer Engine Co of St. St L Louis uiS m mU manufacturer ri l. l of the thc ships ship's power plant was the he only person who could have given expert advice advice advice ad ad- vice on the cause of the blast But Buthe Buthe Buthe he was fatally injured along with witha a Mr Chatfield and Luis Luls Perez of Colombia third engineer