Show BARGE WENT DOWN captain and his wife and two others were drowned boston dec 1 tha foundering of the new steel barge De lewanna and the loss ot four persons on board including captain john B munsey and hla wife was reported here today by the tug scranton which had been towing the De lewanna from new york the barge went down la a heavy sea at last night about eight miles east by donth sonth from light the lost were captain john H sirs his wife engineer of the barge cook of the barge one of the crew of the De lewanna was saved so quickly did the barge founder after the snapping of the haw sers that the crew of the tug bad absolutely no time to assist the tow which disappeared almost before the scranton could put about the ole was found clinging to a fragment of a broken boat he said tho lewanna De was thrown on her bow ends by a terrific sea and the water flooded into the hold the scranton with the De lewanna in tow left new york monday the barge carrying 1136 tons of anthracite coal consigned to boston |