| Show A HARROW r 1 ESCAPE Thirty Utn Nearly Scaldd lo Death Oa Board a Hoolor r STCASl FILLS 111U llUIItU 11110ff The Frtuo of Mind lit > One of the lion Ir tcnla a Grout lhMlcr I NEW Yom July 2 Thirty mco narrowly uacapud doathi lu tho boiler room ol Ibe Monitor Puritan That they wero not Bcalded lo death Is I due lathe presence of mind lof one 01 the craw Orders hal been given 10 atarI the Ore under the boilers and get up slew or both that the engines and holmes and the Improvementi could be given a thorough test ai tin vessel bal I been ordered go lo eea for targtt piactlce The onglnoeri wire la the engine room giving InstructIons several ol abe crew who were stationed there Hndaenljr was a elicit hltslng eound 01 escaping nIacIn i tbe room but the men continued I loSvott Thou a Bbarp repoit sod n lloeJ of hot 1 water and Bto m from one of the boilers elected < them to their feet lu an In alnnt tbe room was Oiled with steam that wai BO denie the men coull tcircely sou When Inc Ilrjt burst of steam came from the trailer Auguit Wllsjn tho boiler maker lu oourgr ordered Ibo men to gel out of Ice room They gropoJ through the vapoc aud as they eouired Ibe mpiulon way helped each other 10 roioh hoe ladders lead UK I 1 ° the upper deck VVIIsou was the last one to go out 01 the room and while be was trying to bind the entrance t9 the uglne room Chief Koglncer Cowls ol the Puritan who br lIon rporl ollh eopbcioo ruthed Into thu room Wlliou who was slightly burned by Ion uicaplug I steam Bielug tue danger that Cowle would encounter refused to get out of the doorway leadlne 10 the lire room from Ibo engIne ojmpartment and would not allow any of tbe engineers tu put Uuglneer Cowl made several sever-al t nltempta to get at Ibe valve but was held back by Wilson Wbuu tbe steiin had nearly exhausted Itself the valves wero clonsd out not until Engineer En-gineer Cowlo had beeu elightly burutd abut the hood aud nrcR ihe lu lured men were attended lo by the nip Burgeon Tnecause of Ibo accident was found lobe Ibo blowing out of the crown bt ID I 000 01 ton holIsm all the Ion ward starboard side of the vesiel 1 It wai found that the aneii bad burst and there woe nn upeuto In It seven luohti long and one Inon wide It It a mlraclr the itarliani oBlcera say hal none of tIle mod were killed or greater damage done Ij the vessel 1 Ai It 1 Is I the monitor will hove tu remain re-main at the navy yard for aoma time In older that the boilers can be put In trim |
