Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-20
rescuing from death, hundreds OF
men, women and children.
Pavtucket Police Force Hit

Pawtucket Police Force Hit
The disaster has practically crippled
the Pawtucket police force. Seventeen
policemen were aboard enjoying
days outing as guests of the company.
OF this number Patrolmen Henry
Dickensen and Elmer Whitaker are
dead and David Burns is missing. His
fellow officers are positive that he
sank when he jumped overheard. as he
was unable to swim.
Seven other policemen are In hospi-
tails suffering from severe burns. All,
however, are expected to recover. The
policemen Sergeant Harold E. How
land said, were on the upper deck and
thus escaped the full blow Of the
scalding blast.
When the Mackinac was docked at
Sullivan's Wharf in pawtucket by a
navy tug, two guards were placed on
board to keep everyone off the vessel
pending the federal investigation.
Efforts to confirm the report that
the Maekinacs departure from Paw
tucket was delayed yesterday while
repairs were made on her boiler failed
today. Ship repairing plants here said
that no repairs were made here. One
firm, however, stated that some of it's
employees had been sent to the steamer
to repair the anchor cable. They were
not called upon to work on the boil
erS
Entire Family Wiped Out
The outstanding tragedies incident
to the explosion are the fate OF the
entire Mccarthy family of Pawtucket
and the deaths of two young college
students who were working as MEM
bers OF the Mackinac's crew during
vacation. Mrs. ]. J. Mccarthy, the
mother, and two Of her children died,
and the father, son of the chief of po-
lice of Central Falls, and two-year-
old daughter are seriously burned.
The college students were Ernest
! Hopkinson of Pawtucket, who attends
the Rhode Island State College, and
John NJ Hunter of Providence,
Brown sophomore. Young Hopkinson
started work as an oiler on the vessel
on the day of the disaster. Hunter
, had been on the Mackinac week.
Boiler Inspector Richard F. Bailey
said today that the Mackinac's boilers
we're last inspected in New York.
Maritime firms in Newport say there
is nothing unusual in this, especially
since the vessel was in service be-
tween Pawtucket and New York in the
past and probably often had repairs
made there.
The Mackinac. built in 1909. is 162
feet in length, 2s.2 feet of beam and
draws IL feet of water. The hull is
| of steel with superstructure of wood.
! The crew of 81, carried when the YES
sci was in freight service, had been
augmented for the excursion trips.
Neither General Manager Kelly of
! the Blackstone Valley Transportation
| Co. nor any of it's officials would dis
cuss the explosion or confirm reports
| that the Mackinac's boiler was repair
| ed before she started on her trip of
| death.
Late tonight the parents of Alfred
| Breault of Pawtucket. believed to have
been aboard the Mackinac during the
explosion, arrived here to search for
him. The youth has not been seen
he jumped overheard and was
| drowned.
Injured list at Naval Hospital
! Miss Mary Aivernez, Attleboro, Mass.
Eva Alvernez, Attleboro, Mass; Peter
| Borsair, Pawtucket; Albert, r. Collin
! son. Pawtucket; Monica Dickinson,
Central Falls, r. l.; Edward Donovan.
i Pawtucket; James Henderson, Paw
| tucllet; Francena Holt, Providence;
! Charles Koeford, New York; Edward
Lephan, Pawtucket: Jean Mccarthy,
Pawtucket; Mrs. Mary McGtSrk, Paw
| tucket; George c. Mullin, Pawtucket;
! Bessie Mullin, Pawtucket; Alexander
G. Murray, Pawtucket; Kathleen V.
O.Gonnell, Pawtucket; Mrs. J. +.
O'Conncll, Pawtucket; Margaret Pow
ers, Central Falls; Sarah Powers, Cen
| tral Falls; William Robinson, Paw
| tucket; Harold Sherman, Pawtucket;
| Pauline stephen, Darlington. r. l.;
| Catherine Stiniele, Pawtucket; Mrs.
Madeline Wildenhain, Pawtucket.
At Newport Hospital-Mrs. Sarah
Bacon, 43. Pawtucket; Earl Barry. 20,
Pawtucket; Walter Brindle. AZ, Paw.
tucket; William Carlin, As, Pawtucket:
Louis Cooper, 81, Pawtucket: Michael
]. Gilligan, As, Pawtucket; James Nc
Duff, Pawtucket: Mary Grace Widen
hahn, Z, Pawtucket; Donald Winden-
| hahn, 5. Pawtucket; John Wildenhain;
Mrs. Emily Troeger, 36, Attleboro,
Mass; Virginia Troeger, s, Attleboro,
Mass