Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-11-18 | Page 2 | Blast Wrecks Coast Vessel; Strikes down Many Workers

BLAST WRECKS COAST VESSEL STRIKES DOWN MANY MANS WORKERS I II I I teamer John Lucken Lucken- Luckenbach bath bach Is Scene of Dis Dis- Disi 1 i I Baltimore t N ROCKS RECENTLY Every cry Ambulance in City I Rushed to Docks for Injured BALTIMORE Md Nov No By 18 the A terrIfic ex- ex tore the steamer John Lucks Luck bach to pieces today killing one scan injuring four others and blowing t least leut one man overboard The explosion occurred on the first deck eck of the vessel where here workmen ere saId to hue have been eng engaged with an acetylene torch near a fuel tank EVERT ERl AMBULANCE Every ambulance In the city was summoned to the ilio yards of the UnIon company at Fairfield on the he southern edge of town to where here the ship had put In for tor repaIrs ThIrty five men were at work on onboard onboard board the ClEe vessel and police had reports re- re ports porta ot of a large number of Injured Witnesses told of seeIng pieces of the pie ship falling In every direction The Luckenbach was are an oil burn bum lpg freighter which went on the rocks pear ear San Francisco some time ago Ind was wa's was to towed ed here for scrappIng B BLAST ST DESCRIBED Front From a hospItal operating table bore here he a awaited alted treatment for his Injuries urles Raymond Carson said the blast shook the ship like a terrier shakes a rate From the way that boat rocked I dont don't ue see how any of us got away Carson said Ild