Show HAD BEEN DRINKING chief engineer turned on the steam and caused a terrible explosion new york dec 19 A dispatch to the new york herald from havana says A terrible explosion shook the little steamer fanata early sunday morning when some steam pipes in the boiler room blew out killing one man and fatally scalding three others the steamer was at anchor ready to go out in the morning three men were at work upon the machinery when chief engineer A E geer of tampa went into the boiler room had been drinking by mistake or accident he opened a stop cock turning the full pressure of steam into the pipes that had been found detective instantly there came a terrific explosion that wrecked the room instantly killing geer john wll sey assistant william green a fireman and peter walsh a machinist were BO scalded that they are all dying at the relna mercedes hospital the fanata is the steamer that left mobile last summer loaded with munitions of war ostensibly for gen gomez but really for san domingo fill buster ers who tried to effect a landing from the fanata at monte cristo and start a revolution there but were driven off |