The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-21
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| SUNK OFF THE HIGHLANDS
THREE MEN KILLED NJ 4 TU0 B0AI
BOILER EXPLOSION.
The Engineer and the Fireman Rescued amer
Having been Drawn Under Waier bv the
euction Of the WI Wreck-A Lenkv Boiler.

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Having been Drawn Under wa,er bv the
euction Of the Wreck-A Ienkv Boiler.
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Ihe Doicr OF the tuSDoht JhcoD ".
Neane expioded when of the Highlands OF
Nevars,nL at ,h,ut a N ,,clocL ,as,art,v uoor,-
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ing. The vessel W - completely shattered, ana
the can't ain Thomas H. CooIeyD the deck hand
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senl were killed. Peter G. Brown. the engineer,
and Jonn o. Cater his aremap were rescued.
Tha No,a,I.,, ,his ali, On vo,d,v N, Tuea-
ine Neane leit tnis o''y on ho"uT. "" iues-
dav night she was near the Scotland Li1htship.
At o'clock yesterday morning the fires were
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"Ru'eu, anu ssarcu WIS 'na'e 'o' 'o"' ""o"
tain saw snip, and the tug was he aded for her.
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Another tug however got tue start Oh oet' ano
the Neans was put OF TO the bark Abby BacOn,
which 80 In si,,, ma csn,,t, WA IN thu
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pilOt house with the deck hand, Ihomas Clarks
| the steward was forward In tho kitchen, the
srauan 800 .,, an ,,,' 'on,io, r,o,, .nd ,he an.
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gneer had gone down Into the nro room TO
omen the doors OF tho furnace. when half a
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mlle uls'ant from the DARK the tuR soWeu up'
| without any warning the boi er exploded.
tI,,rv an Ara, na,a 90 s,.ndi,g a, ,hs
he"i, "''' MS, "a'e' was s'a"u'"N y" VI.
AOby bacon looking toward tue tuZ' ne says
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ne''u sHk"' iop''', a"u '"o 'u- "a' o"'o,
shrouded In clouds Of steam. When tnis cleared
aw,y he saw that the tug had sunk. Part of
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the upper uecA noateu' ""u v" '"'' "''' wv
| men. Gill and four seamen pulled IN their bnM
to the wreck anu tOok tue engineer Ir,lh ths
hoating deck, aud the fireman from the ne boat
| of the tug. lhe brennan was lying ~ the bot.
tom Of the boat. which was stove III ana hali
! fun Of water Tue two men were black AS soOt
aud suffering from the cold. They we're taken
| on board the A0Dy Bacon. Search was made fOt
| II an hour Tor this bodies OF the men WHO were
| killed, but they could not be fOund.
| Cotter W. sseve, ely scalded. HIS clothes were
cut on and his bouy iaNed with 9'ive oh. brnwn
was burned about the face, and was cut abOut
| his head. thighs, and legs. Nhen khe ADuy
| Bacon arrived at Pier II, East river, COtter was
| sent to the Chambers rect Hospital. Brown
went to his home at JjB Font street. lie sUd
| To "A sun reporter: ~ mad lust opened tue FUR
n ice door, aud climbing the ladder from
| the 1re room to the engine room, wnen the ex-
| ploslon occurred. I suddenly felt crushing
| SENSATION as " everything had coil psed about
me. The water was up 10 my waist. l rushed
| up the ladder but as fast as / climbed the boat
| sank beneath me. L then found myself SWIM
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