Show MEN PROVE AFTER EXPLOSION ON STEAMER IGNORE THE WOMEN AND FIGHT FOR BOATS ship scene of wild frenzy panic S trl acken emigrants doing being beaten back by crew who rescue the helpless Hel press dover england an explosion early thursday morning on the british steamer oft Dung oness wrecked tho the quarters killing one child and injuring a number of women and children the steamer caught fire and a paule panic ensued in which men fought for the possession of the boats and had bad to be beaten back by the crew to allow the women to be taken off first A large number of passengers were landed here bore thursday evening many of them in an exhausted condition in all twenty were seriously injured and not less than fifty were slightly injured by the explosion and in the panic that followed ther the sailed on wednesday front from london landon for portland suid maine II alno she he carried passengers pas for the most part emigrants and a general cargo A number of women omen with children in their arms we were sitting on a hatch when a violent explosion hurled them to all parts of the deck some of them were shockingly gly injured and one child was was killed the hatch batch was mown blown to fragments A terrific panic ensued the emigrants mostly russians running up and down screaming and wringing their hands their terror was increased by the volumes of smoke that poured from the burning head the captain and officers cerp made ineffectual efforts to calm them and then signals of distress were sent up in the meantime another explosion occurred in the engine room injuring several of the engineers the kanawha and upland steamed up tip quickly and the captain decided to transfer all the passengers this was accomplish ed speedily but was accompanied by scandalous scenes scenes |