The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-11-02
1UGBoAT BOILER EXPLODES
Fatal Accident on the Chicago
River This Morning,
Ono I "a Killed. one Missing and nelf /.
Dozen Injured-lugs Morford and
o. II. Green Wrecked
The Victims.

Chicago, Oct. 26.-The tug Morrord ex.
pfoded her golfers at 1906 o'clock this
morning in the river, near Seventeenth
street. The tug O.. B. Green was also
wrecked. Following is a list Of the
Killed. missing and injured:
The dead
John Erickson, fireman of tug Nor.
ford.
Missing
John Ferguson, captain of tug O. E
Green; blown up with pilot house; sup
posed to be dead.
The injured
Daniel McRea, l!neman; ankle hurt.
Captain John Cullinan; rescued from
the river in a half drowned condition:
will probably survive.
Charles DIX. engineer of tug Morford;
blown to the deck OF the Ionia; cannot
recover.
William Lynnett, engineer of tug o.
B. Green; not badly hurt.
Joseph Donnelly. fireman of o. B.
Green; Slightly injured.
Joseph Moffat, l.neman OF o. b. Green,
Slightly injured.
THE Morford was towing the steamer
Ionia from pier A ait the mouth Of the
river to her docks at Twenty-second
street. The shock came without warn.
ing. Captain John Cuilinan was in the
pilot house. There was a trembling OF
the t.mbers of the tug and then came a
sheet OF steam that enNeloped the tug
and q report that aroused the neighbor.
hood. Captain C%ull!nan was thrown
with the wreck OF the pilot house into
the river toward the east Shore. The
boiler sailed through the air. The tug
Q. B. Green was assisting in the tow.
h was pulling the line to the west.
The flying iron and pieces Of tn.
wrecked hull raked the deck OF thu
Green, carrying off her pilot house anc
taking a portion of her crew. In the pi.
lot house Of the O.. B. Green was Captain
John Ferguson. He is among the mis-.
sing, and it is supposed was carried int
the river with the wreck. Fireman
Joseph Moffat was swept into the w-ate'
with he cloud of splintered pranks
glass and iron. Engineer VIM. Lynnet'
and Fireman Joseph Donnelly ran -ur
the steps as the Green listed over ant
either fell or jumped into the river
Engineer Charles DIX of the Morforo
was sitting in his chair at the time o,
the explosion. He was lifted with the
woodwork of the boat, blown through
ttmbers OF the deck and landed on the
deck OF h Ionia.
Fireman John Erickson was standing
beside Dix and fell with him and s
bunch OF broken boards barely inside
the rail of the Ionia.
The police stations were notified by
telephone and patrol wagons and ambu
lances were hurried to the scene.
In the river all was confusion. TIL.
crew of the Ionia let down the yawl
and put out to rescue any person they
might find floating. Captain Cullinar
was found, almost dead, clinglng to s
piece of the wrecked pilot house.
Lynnett, Donelly and Moffat were
picked up by the yawlboat. The police
patroled the water In boats and used
graphing irons in hopes of recovering
some Of the bodies.
With the exception of floating debris,
there was nothing On the top OF the
water to indicate the whereabouts OF
the tug Morford. The Morford was onq
of the largest tugs on the river, and
with the o. B. Green was of the Dun.
ham fleet.
The Morford was valued at $40, 900 and
was built about ten years ago for ser.
vice In the Chicago harbor.
The body OF John Ferguson, the miss
Ing captain of the tug o. B.. Green, wa,
taken from the river by the police at Ii
O'clock.