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Show Fearful Explosion of a Tug fiSoat Boiler. Dethoit, November 1. The tug "Frank Moffatt" rounded too'early this morning because be-cause of thick weather, at the wharf in Sombra, opposite Marine City. A line was taken ashore und was being made fast when the boiler of the tug exploded without a sign of warning and with a terrific report. The cause is unknown, but it is supposed to be a lack of water. The explosion carried away the upper works and a large portion of the deck planking, besides shattering the hull from stem to stern. At the time John Ward, first engineer, William Miller, second engineer, en-gineer, James Wylie and Walter Fisher, firemen, were at their posts, and all were killed. Captain Thomas Currey had a leg broken and was otherwise bruised. Frank Furtah, wheelsman, and Andrew Reed, deck hand, were badly scalded. Maud Bennett, Ben-nett, the cook, who was in the after cabin at the time of the explosion, was blown into the river, but was rescued uninjured. Robert Goodwin, the mate, who was ashore handling hand-ling the line, was blown over a wood pile and had his side injured. The bodies sank in the river and have not been recovered. The scalded men are at Sombra under care of physicians. - |