Show PIPE EXPLODES j PANIC ENSUES Three Passengers Scalded in Accident on New York YorkI I Ferryboat SOME OME BECOME HYSTERICAL i Prompt Action on art lart of Crew Soon SoOt He Restored Order r mall S. S O Souls on ott Hoard Board 1 t TM Ad i ul of Iho tho explosion lot of a uJ steam 01 the th ferryboat Richmond l of of Iho ho l ut Ferry I line plying the battery buttery Manhattan and Slaten Island thin afternoon at af the tho passengers pa on board wen thrown known Into a u panic anti and three person were so badly scalded that bitt thc they y Worm WOK to the Hudson street hospital this his city Jt wh where ro their Injuries were wert dressed after aCter which they vero able tc U proceed to their homes There were vei-c about two hundred passengers pas Ilas- on tho the boat when she started stalled for oi New lew York on the trip and was wat veil on ott her wa way to tho ho Battery y o dock when the tho pipe which ran all underneath the thc mens men's cabin exploded with a roar rent that hint could he be heard for half halt a a. mile ind tulti Immediately the thc boat was wats filled with dense clouds of escaping m. lII Terror The terror stricken passengers ran Ian and thither in a wildly hyster hyster- hysterical ical cat manner mannet- while the cries of the tho burned persons added to tho the excite excite- ment nent Prompt action on Oil the tile part of the lie crew soon calmed the he panic and ant anthe the he passengers pa cn ers were reassured Steam was vas shut shul ore oft from the lie broken pipe julie and the he captain and a physician who happened happened hap hap- to bo be a passenger pass cared for lie Iho Injured as well as possible until the tho lock was reached rached when an ambulance was vas hurriedly summoned and the taken to a 0 hospital They were vere James LUJ an badly scalded about aboul the face William Ashley Ash Ash- Icy ley ey scalded about aboul the tile hands face and tech neck Michael Lysaght burned about aboul the lie arms alms taco face ace chest and neck While their heir Injuries were vet very painful they ire are not 1101 very serious and all nil will vill bo be o about soon oon The rite Richmond has been withdrawn s until repairs can be made |