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Show Boat Blows Up a x I 1 naTaraBBBaneraaan. mmi-mmm-atmmm-m IN. COHNILtUf VANDIRIILT I Alenaet L Vht. I 18ESCAPEWHEII BIAS! 18 SHIP Deck of . Vnderbilt't Yacht Hurled in Air by Explosion NIW YORK, April ts (Unltad Praaa) Canaral Carnal lu Vndr kltt's ylit, the Wlnahaaaar, wal Sadly dan by a -la(ant ap. ln a It At naKa lit. ska taat river a ma 400 taat aff th Naw Yarn YaM dub's plar durlnf the noan hawr today. Klfhlaan maa at th rrw wr board lln lunch whan tha ploalon acrurrad. All war abl t aaae thamaalvaa and none waa In Jurad. Tha blaat I ara a hoi In tha dark, blaw aff part af lha uppar atruot.ra nd rarrlad away tha dark aanlnga. r lama ahot up through lha hoi In th dark, fir adding la th dam aga. It waa hallaaad that lha aiplo. Ion origlnatrd In a faaohne tank In tha hold. NOT ASOAftO YACHT tlanarat Yandarhllt hlma-lf waa not on Ih jarht at tna lima, Tha Wlnrhaatar had arrlvad In Naw Tork harbor taat waab from Naw. port and waa anchorad off lha yacht rluh, among iha yacht of alh'r socially so-cially promlnant paraona. Thara aaa no aarnlng that any. thine waa wrong and th flrat known of tha accidant waa whan lha anal alda In lha ylrlnlly of Twant v-alith atraat waa ahaban by a vlolant a hock. A'alchara aaw llmhrra and hurnlne amhara hurlad high In lha air from tha Aandarhllt rraft, window twanty blocka'sway ara ahakan. Haliarua hoaplial, with III hun-drada hun-drada of pallania, waa wllhln i. taw blnrka of lha ya hl club dock. Ita wlndowa war ralllad and th pa -tlrnla barant airltrd. Homa could aaa Ih plualon from wlndowa of Ihalr room. Nuraa want through th ward Informing patlrnla what had happanad. Hmoka and flamaa war laaulng from lha yacht Immadlalaly atlar Iho .tploalon. bul In a faw mlnulra lha tug Helen Moran approarhad. followad h a flrapoat. Tan mln-utaa mln-utaa later tha fira waa brought un. drr rnnlrol. bul In hour alter Ilia aiploaion nona tould board tha ( onlinaed on aaga T ) IB ESCAPE WHEN BLAST HITS SHIP fonllnued from page 1.) yacht, due to Iho beat of the decVs and tha dangerous condition of tha hull. TU0 GO AL0NGSI0C About S p. m. two fuga went atonvstdo and put llnea on the .icht, preparatory to towing It to e-ima favnrahle spt fnr rssmlna-lion, rssmlna-lion, t'nlll aurh an asamlnailnn la made tha etact ettcnt of tha dam -are cannot bo determined. Tha )a-ht was ona nf tha finest sfloat. It was built In Itit at Hatha, Me, for P. W. Hour's and during Ihe war eerved aa an au-IHary au-IHary vessel in tha neiy. Aftrr the war It passed to lha ownership of Vincent Astor, then to Rueaet Alger of Detroit and two months aga was purchased by Vandcrblll, Tha boat wsa noted for Ita speed. Its Usurious appolntmenta and Its unusual ronstructlon, tha hull having hav-ing been built on torpedo boat llnea It carried normally a crew af twanty-twa and waa : feet long. |