Show EXPLOSION OF BOILERS WRECKS A BOAT WITH FATAL RESULTS pittsburg ritts burg feb 3 by alio explosion of the boilers on tho tow boat john W adilea owned by the hh cr consolidated coal and boko co at tah morning ono man waa killed outright four probably fatally injured and several arc still missing sif others were rescued from alie icy waters THE alm wm deck hand of pa taik INJURED edward anale badly barned and inhaled llames will die marii walker cook of pittsburg leg broken and badly injured about head and body jaine billiams yi lliams fireman ley broken and seriously huit about lidid and body hooker null second engineer neverly W va weaver wolf deck hand middleport Midd leport 0 jolin coelln watchman Fredprick ston md jolin pilot alyde gilb chief vm no trace whatever of these men lias been found bi the boat blew up and 11 is thought have been drowned those were captain W I 1 shaw commander of the boat john Pi ankin deck hand glasswort glassport Glas sport PA david mcbryde dork hand middleport Midd leport olibo deuben watts negro deck liand mid Jle port ohio aliria walker and jame williams there was a crew of fourteen all told the captain with chief engineer still fireman campbell anil cook maria walker had just gone off duty and tho new wat ch was mado up of burk hull williams perry aad wolf they biad passed the homestead steel works and acro hearing the city willi seven hats of coal when one of the boil ra let go with a mighty roar and ter lifie foiw the explosion communicate ill to alic other boilers and then all went into the river or into tho air the boat immediately took fire and burned go rapidly that all who able were forced to take to the river in a few minutia alic towboat vulcan wa on scene a crew of men and nearly all were rescued the ip j ared ocic brought to and seven of hem arc now at mercy hoa pital fouron cheso arc reported to lo 10 in a condition and may not recover the ailes wn s completely destroyed rhe loss is placed at the boat was considered one of the best owned by ino coal coi nuino and its boilers had been bait a few daiya aya the surviving nym bers of the crew claim that they were not carrying n greater of than the government allawa |