Show EXPLOSION KILLS FOURTEEN MEN Thirty-One Thirty Others in Hospital and Several May Die CAUSE STILL A MYSTERY Terrible nl Dieter III in Hold of Steamer I Follo ed h by he Fire Liverpool Juno June 1 15 lt H t is announced at the tIme pier o of the tho American line that the till result the Investigation Into the time theca ca casualty on omm board time the steamer Haver- Haver ford COId caust caused by the mysterious explosion explosion ex ex- sun and fire 1110 In hm her cargo calgo Wednes day shows hows t that at ten eu men were vere killed outright on tho the steamer four died tIled In time ambulance to time the hospital while there thero arti aro ar thirty ono persons now no III in the tIme Ih Liverpool general hospital of or whom hom at least a dozen are expected to die ille 1 l rh Time The of time the cause explosion still re remaIns remains re- re mains a y Jl mystery tely although a searching Inquiry Is In progress The local authorities au nu- nu- nu and amid the time of or the tIme line himme are conducting separate Investigations In and auth It Is certain the maitre mattre will soon be cleared ill lip up Time The vessel essel which Is commanded b by 11 Capt NIelson a arrived rl here hIo yesterday from Philadelphia landed lauded her imer passengers pas ers and amid proceeded to dock docic carl early today In older oi-dei to unload The ilme stevedores to were In tho the act o of loosening time the steamers steamer's hatches when suddenly a most violent explosion oc occurred oC- oC It blew off ocr the time hatches rent remit time the docks s and hurled dead nun mil and wounded wound wound- ed men in all directions Severn Several bodies were dismembered ed smith and tho time deck resembled time the HoOl of a charnel l house Heard Sc Sever Se Ia Miles The Time explosion wHich was heard d for or many mills miles wa wi wah s followed b by the time omit- omit bieak eak ak of fire Th cargo consisting 01 of linseed oil cal cake c in ib h hold holtI No 2 and antI hold No 3 was soon SOOIl blazing fiercely Firemen and amid hurried to time the spot and the time injured were quickly taken taken tak tak- en to a n neighboring hospital while the time timework work of oC s searching further possible casualties with vigor Ii In iii spite spile of the time m jp Of t the fire which soon oon assumed alarming proportions owing to the time ablo nature of the tho cargo After Arter two hours hours' hard fight however time the f firemen obtained the tho mastery astel of the flames It U Is believed believe that a l number of the of-the the t 1 tn t h lr injuries s. s I Immediately h after aCter time the explosion a rumor was in iii circulation to tho hue effect that the disaster tel was as caused causell b by an aim In Infernal In- In fernal lInal machine hut but later hater it was vas said sali that It was apparently caused by hy the time explosion of a barrel burrei of naphtha Infernal Machine Suspected The TIme report that time the explosion on time the IIa was as due tine to an aim Infernal machine machine ma ma- chine arose lOse from coin time the of a wooden box lox a foot squat square in one omme of the tIme holds This box hox which was vas only emily partly part ly Iy shattered still contained pieces o osteel of oC steel machinery It was prominent marked For England The officials of or the time Navigation company have ha tal taken en charge of oC the tIme box but they thoy do not at attach attach at- at tach Importance to the time theory of foil Coul play and amid sa say that the tile presence senco of the time lOX box In iii time the hold was vas a mere melI accident The officials say they timey believe o time the ex explosion cx- cx was duo I tiC to ignition It Ion of oC if gas gien given i g en ofT off by naphtha soap Sent which forme formed form forum e ed part pail of oC time thc cargo Damage Damage- e Groat III Inside Outwardly little litHo harm has been boen done tione to the time vessel beyond time the rents Ii In iii Inthe the time deck hut but Inside time the damage Is extensive both by the explosion timid and the fire Manager Wll ll of oC the time International al nl line lino after aCtor making maling an of the time holds accompanied h by an nn anal analytical chemist said that at present pres pres- ent emit It was Impossible to state slate definitely definite definite- Iy ly the Ito cause of oC the time catastrophic catastrophe No explosives of or nn any kind were on oum board 1 so 51 far fur as known Several of or the tIme victims o of the time disaster are arc unrecognizable One bOll body was vas found lw headless and in ill less armless and another an aim- other case casc the time head was picked up but the time body had hail PI disappeared |