Show N THROWN TO A FURNACE were on a pull boat in mississippi river when they met a terrible fate one escaped to aels the story mobile ala dec 1 nine men composing the crew of a pull boat met a terrible fate early today all being burned to death in a fire that destroyed the boat sidney wheat the steward was the only survivor of ten men who lived on the craft wheat escaped death by being awake owing to illness the crackling ot burning timbers warned him in ume he making hla escape just as the vessel collapsed stewart and butt of mobile who own the craft say there has been no steam on the craft tor three days and they were at a loss to account for the burning of the vessel according to cheats story the nine men were dumped into a roaring furnace while some of them were asleep the pull or house boat upon which the men were engaging in getting logs out of narrow places for rafting purposes la constructed something similar to a dredge boat with a structure for sheltering the machinery and apartments in which the crew and employed emp loyes lived in this case those on the vessel occupied the second story of the structure the fire had evidently been burning gome time when wheat was awakened he ays he rushed in and yelled to the others to get out as fast as could as the boat was burning he does not know whether any of the men heard him anda and a moment leaped from the vessel into the he had no sooner struck the water than the house ot he peael collapsed precipitating the men into the blazing hull of the passengers la fatally hurt and their injuries consist mainly of slight bruises and contusions INJURED DOING NICELY bethlehem pa dec 1 jhc thc nine passengers who were injured in the wieck ot the scranton flyer on alio new jersey central railroad near penn haven junction jast night and who were brought to st lukes hospital ahls city are doing nicely none |