Show SEVEN HURT HURTIN IN EXPLOSION oN DESTROYER Two May Die Boiler Tube on KopKins Lets G Go G. SA SAY SAN DIEGO Cal Feb H. H H.- H. Seven Seven e en enmen men were badly two perhaps fa fatally by the explosion of Oti ofa a a tube in the tIle forward of the torpedo for tor T redo do boat loat destroyer Hopkins at o o'clock clock this morning l Al of the injured now are are- areat at a hospital in this city Three of the m men men n were lur burned ed in a heroic effort to rescue their streaming reaming companions in the The Injured R. R E. E Taylor first class fireman J J. F. F Hunt enie chief water tender E. E A. A Clary water tender S W. W A. A first cass class fireman G. G B. B first class fire fireman an T. T J J. Brown roa coal passer B B. B A. A second class fireman Taylor and may not sur vi vive vh The rhe explosion took place half balf an hour before the torpedo fleet was t to t put to tosea tosea tosea sea on a speed peed trip to San Pedro ledro Desperate but futile attempts to to toen enter enter en en- ter the room h before forc the steam ste-am cleared w were ro ms made e. e Finally R R. E. E Bonney Bonne chief ebler water tender was held hed head hear downward on the port ort side ide by two sailors sail sail- ors era and was able to start the blowers A similar feat was Tas performed on the starboard side by hy S. S L. L J. J Almon machinists machinists machinists' machinists machinists' ma ma- mate It mean death to either to breathe the steam A eo court rt of inqui will be le held at al alSan San P Pedro this afternoon to investigate the disaster E. E F. F Fredericks m o. The i including u ing th the Hopkins left for San Pedro later in the day dav |