The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-11
F|vE SAILORS DEAD
A BOILER ON THE CRUISER TEN NESSEE ExPLoDES WHILE
 AT SEA.
EIGHT OTHER SAILORS FATALLY INJURED
Vessel Was On the Way From Santa Barbara to Los Angeles With Other Members of the Fleet-Rear Ad- miraI Sebree Had Just Left the Fire Pit.

Los Angeles, Cal, June Hive men were killed and ten injured on board the armored cruiser Tennessee at sea at eleven o'clock Friday when boiler tube broke, hurling fragments of iron about the engine room and fill ing it with scalding steam. The ac- cident happened an hour after the cruiser left Santa Barabara on her way with six other of the Pacific fleet to Los Angeles ports. What meager details have been learned were gleaned from official wireless dispatches being transmitted from the squadron to the wireless stations at San Francisco. The cruiser was steaming at full speed when the explosion occurred.
 E. J, Burns, a coal passer, New York city, succumbed to his injuries after night of terrible suffering.
 Six of the dangerously injured men were brought off in a ships barge, and sent to Los Angeles on special electric car in charge of Dr. Coffman of the Tennessee. The men were car ried tenderly on stretchers by their comrades from the decks.
 Those removed to Los Angeles are Walter s. Burns, passer. New York; R. w. Watson, fireman, second class, East St Louis, H.; A. Harris, water tender. Brooklyn, N. Y: H. Fittz- patrick, fireman, first class, Brooklyn, N. r.; s. Stamates, fireman. first class, Norfolk, Va; F. S. Maxfeld, fireman, second class, Toughena, Pa.
 Maxfield is not expected to live and several others will probably die from inhaling gas and steam. The injuries of R. F. Rutledge, a coal passer of Athens, Pa, and of G. N. Corns, fire man second class, Hartford, Conn, are much less grave and these men were not removed from the ship.
 The bodies of E. ]. Burns, New York; E. c. Boggs, of Woodland, Ala; c. w. Meek, Skidmore, Kan; George Wood. Scranton, Pa, and A Reinhold, Germany, will be brought ashore and will be buried with military honors in Harbor View cemetery. overlooking the bay.
 Rear Admiral Sebree himself es- capped death or serious injury in the fated fire pit by a mere moments time. He had left the room where the explosion occurred not 50 seconds be- fore the fatal blast The admiral stood in the engine room adjoining the fire room with Chief Engineer Robertson and Capt. Howard. His first intimation of the tragedy was as he mounted the ladder and half naked fireman leaped past him suffer ing from severe scalds.
 The force of the explosion was ter rible and many of the injured are fatally hurt it is believed, Orders were flashed to Dr. W. A. Weldon, local marine surgeon at San Pedro. directing him to prepare for the car ing of the Injured sailors. According to the wireless dispatches, no officers were injured. The damage to the ship is not known at this time but it is likely that the boiler rooms of the ship have suffered seriously.
 The Tennessee Is Admiral Sebree's flagship. commanding the second di- vision of the Pacific fleet The other vessels accompanying the Tennessee are the California. Washington, West Virginia. Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland. comprising the first divis- ion commanded by Admiral Dayton.