Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-07
BURST HER BOILER.
,rrAn Iua .xrLusIuN ON LaKs ERiE.
ibres Won EInwn Into Etcruity aud Three
Utners wounded more or Less scr-
ibutly-utncr Accidents

ibrss Won Hiown Into Etcruiy aud Three
Utn.r, woundeo more or Lcss scr-
ibusly-utncr Accidents
News " terrible boiler explosion on
Lake Erie reached Cleveland at noon on
SUNDAY. A lake tug with tow of barECs
hound ror Toledo burst her boiler near
Ncr"'i'lon. The details OF the catastro-
phc are these
Between aud o'clock Sunday night
the tug Peter Smith left on her first trip Of
the season. She was bound for Toledo
and bad in tow two barges, both lighters,
belonging 10 Patrick Smith, wcll-known
vessel owner of Cleveland and also owner
Of the tug. The tug was manned by
double crew Of six men, consisting OF
Captain John HObson. Assistant Captain
Tom Daweyer, First Engineer John Pc
row, Second ENginccr James katom, and
Dennis aud John Sullivan, deck hands.
Captain Smitt, who is tho master Of the
| schooner sherman accompanied the crew
to aid them IN plotting their craft safely
| up the Mlumeo river and into the harbor
| of Toledo.
The lake vas rather inclined to be heavy
| and a strong breeze was blowing from the
| suuthwcs', which sent tho lighters along
| smoothly. About midnight when the
| tug aud her tow reached point six miles
|
| river, her c1giues began working badly
| aud her boilers were evidently suffering
| from some undiscovered injury. Toe first
| crew, cons sting Of Percw, Katom aud
| Captain Smith, were Ou duty, whilo the
| other four men were asleep on the forward
| deck. The tuy from this time onward
| proceeded slow Y aud by daylight had al
| vanced but few miles. A. o'clock she
| reached Black river and headed towards
| VermilNNn, whcrr landing was 20 be
made. Shortly after this terrible cSplo
| sion was heard bv the residents Cf Black
| River and Ncrm ION. 4 cloud Of black
| smoke could b. seen on the lake, about
three miles Out, aud with this rs au obiec
tive point tho Ta!aphoue, which was lying
at the Ncrm.llion decks steamed out into
| the lake
The two blrCcs were met drifting
| towards the shore ard shortly afterwards
what remained Of the tug =. Smith was
reached Ga the wreck were discovered
| four men. three Of them injured They
were taken aboard the Telephone by her
crew. The other three meu were either
killed outright or drowned aud their bodies
could not be found. The names OF the lost
and injured are
Kiled-JOhn Perew. first engineer, Of
| Cleveland. He was thirty SIX years of age,
| married and leaves wife and one child ;
| Captain Smith, who acted as pilot, former
| ly of Buffalo, fifty years OF age, s'ug.s {;
james Katom, second engineer, Of Give
land, aged twanty two and single.
| InjurCd-Clptan Tom Deweyer D4Ily
bruised and scalded Dennis Sullivan, Of
Cleveland, slightly hurt John Sullivan, Of
| Cleveland, slightly scalded.
The =. Smith was one of a half dozen
| tuIs owned by Pa,ii,k Smith. of Cleveland
She was valued a. eight Thousand dollars
and was rebuilt aud new boilers placed il
Der only last summer, at cost Of three
thousand dollars. She was equipped with
double engines and was pronounced one
OF the safest tugs in the service. Another
of Smiths tugs was sent 20 the scene OF
the dsa7ter at one o'clock sunday after
uOOn and returned late in tho night
bringing back the injured, all OF whom
will recover. Smith, the owner Of thI
vessel, will provide for the family Of JOIN
Perew, who live in Cleveland
Uthsr FatsI Accident.
An Old shaft OF the Albright mine a
Braidwood, Illinois, was flooded Oa Sltu-
day while tFo hundred men were in tn,
mine. All escaped except five Italians
who worked IN = remote part OF the mine
and are supposed 30 be drowned.
| Three boys, aged from - 70 IA years
sons Of c. w. MAckelfresh, J. Hopple an,
John .. Moore, were struck and killed by
q train while driving across the railroad al
Spring Grove cemetery, near Cinciuua:i, on
| Saturday afternoon.
west bound Texas Pacific passenger
train was derailrd eleven miles west OF
| Baird, Texas, Saturday morning, and o
| baggage car aud three coaches ran down
an embankment fourteen feet in height,
making a fearful wreck. Twenty i've
persons we're injured, six very seriously,
aOd one has since died.