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22 DEAD, 51 32210252
BURNED WHEN BOILER BLOII
UP ON EXCURSION BOAT
Death List Is Expected to Reach 45—Navy’Aids
Rescues When Explosion Occurs Off New-
port Training Station—Pitiful Cases —-
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. Many Badly Scalded—Jump Into Water
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0. vacation vovage to Newport. A
patch on the ho‘iler. whlch had been
placed there just before the depart-
ure of the boat, gave way, explod-
Ing the boiler and throwing the pas.
sengers into a chaotic state.
Captain Thomas McVey of Paw-
tuckct, skipper of the stricken ves-
sel, said the boat was traveling 15
knots an hour, Its fullest speed and
was loaded to capacity.
The Victims.
Passengers on the. two lower decks
were. the victims, observers said, es-
pecially those amdlship near the
boiler room. Two men ai'e known
to have jumped overboard and were
picked up by passing boats. Others
climbed to the gunwalcs and 'at-
tempted to reach tho top deck.
Helping hands were lowered to aid
theim in their rush to safety. Boats
were lowered when it was thought
the craft was going to sink while
life mats and deck gear was tossed
overboard with reckless abandon.
Many of the victims failed to hear
the report and their first warning
was the swift rush of deadly steam
which trapped them. Those who
saw the disaster ashore described a
large burst of black smoke which
shot from the steamer. This was
followed by the steam which envel-
oped the ship to such a degree that
she could not be seen from shore.
As Captain Mc‘t’ey beached the ship.
the Navy launch sent out by the bat-
tleship Wyoming. the scout cruisers
Denver and Raleigh. the tender
Dobbin and scores of torpedo boat
destroyers swarmed about her.
The Navy rescue parties worked
feverishly to get the passengers off.
the more seriously injured being at-
tended first and, as soon as a boat
was filled, it sped to the Naval Hos—
pital landing.
Captain Charles E. Riggs. com-
manding officer at the hospital, had
summoned every available Navy phy-
sician, as well as priests and minis-
ters from the naval vessels in the
harbor.
The majority of these who died
at. the Naval Hospital were in such
shape. physicians said. that they
could only try to make their last
moments as painless as was medi-
cally possible.
Amid the moaning and screaming
victims walked clergyfifin of all do-
glving spiritual aid.
The more seriously injured were all
in a. separate room, and it was here
that the Catholic priests walked
from cot to cot giving the last rites
to some but seconds before death
came.
Patched Boiler.
The Mackinac left I’awtucket yes-
tcrday morning, bound for Newport.
The departure was delayed almost
an hour while steam fitters of the
company placed a. patch on the boil—
er. The excursionists arrived at
Newportshortly after 1 o’clock and
toured the town during the after-
noon. The departure was made
from Newport at 5:40 o'clock and 15
minutes later, when the first mile
had been covered, the explosion
happened.
The first of the survivors. those.
who jumped overboard, were picked
up by passing launches and landed
at government landings. This party
consisted of three men. one woman
and a child. All were badly scalded
and were rushed to the naval hos-
pital. Chief Torpedoman Frazier
of the U. S. S. Toucey took tempor-
ary charge of the relief work as
the stricken were landed. rushing
the more seriously injured to the
naval hospital, others to the New-
port Clty Hospital while those with
minor injuries were treated on the
spot. by a contingent of naval doc~
tors who arrived in response to a
call from Captain C. F. Riggs, com-
manding officer at the station. The
Newport Red Cross established a
temporary relief station In Wash-
ington Square in the center of New-
Those suffering from minor
injuries were cared for by a staff
of volunteer nurses. '
United States Senator Jesse H.
Metcalf was on his yacht Felicia.
within a short distance of the accl-
dent. He gave all possible assist-
ance and proceeded to Newport
when the navy rescue parties as-
sumed the relief work. On his ar-
rival in this city he. requested Su—
perintendent. H. A. Monahan of the
Old Colony Division of the New Ha-
ven Railroad to make up a special
train to carry the uninjured pas-
sengers to their homes.
Railroad Gives Aid.
The railroad official had a train of
nine cars ready when the first; of
the fleet of automobiles carrying
met-\than 500 of the fortunate pas-
sengers arrived at the station from
the docks. Several score of those
but slightly injured were also taken
to their homes aboard the special
train after their injuries were treat-
ed.
The night of horror presented
scores of pitiful sights A sir?
whose life is despaired of. cried ou
continually asking why she should
die. as heroic naval workers carried
her into the hospital.
In the first group of injured
landed at the government pier
which was in charge of the New.
port police was a ten year old girl.
As Patrolman Timothy Sullivan
rushed to her side she held up her
scalded arms and pleaded “Please
hlow‘on them. they burn so."
Many of the Mackinac’s crew
shared the fate of the unfortunate
passengers. Some 20 are injured,
sexcral seriously and a few are
dead.
The ships officers, with the ex-
ception of Chief Engineer John
(.irant of Providence. escaped in-
Jury.
The death list includes:
The Dead.
Catherine Cote, Pawtucket. R. 1.
Colin Shea, 53 Main street. Lone-
tlale. R. I.
Dolores Mulvey. 1! Myrtle street.
Held in Plot
Will K. l'tceme, rabid prolilbltlon- ,
ist, arrested in Kansas City. con-
fessed he is thci author of a threat-
ening letter received recently by
Andrew W. Mellon. secretary of thc
treasury. The letter threatened
lilellon's life for alleged laxity In
enforcing the prohibition amend-
ment. Itecme. says God ordered
him to kill Mellon.
HOOVER URGES
FIGHT ON HIGH
COFFEE PRICES
Also Says Consumer
Must Be Protected
On Rubber and Oth-
er Necessities
\VASHING'I‘ON. Aug. lit—(AP).
Counter-action in America against
the high prices resulting from for-
eign monopoly of rubber, coffee
potash. nitrate and other roducts
was urged yesterday by ecretary
Hoover. The most logical step at
the moment. he said. would be the
enactment of legislation permitting'
American importers of such com-
modities to combine to control the
market in the buyers‘ interest. This
permission would be similar to the
authority extended to Americans on-
tering export trade.
"I am not wedded to this method
of mcgting the situation " Secretary
Hoover said, "and if anybody has a
better ptogram I should like
knowiabout It. But certainly the
price trend demonstrates that the
American consumer is In need of
of protection.
“While we have the Sherman law
which operates in the United States
to preveiit combinations of produc-
ers from restraining trade. there is
nothing which prevents foreign pro-
ducers from combining to exact high
prices for their products in the Unit-
ed States."
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SIXTH SENSE.
LONDON, Aug. 18.——Doctors hc’re
are amazed at the ability of a. blind
rug maker to pick out almost any
color, or shade of color by the
sense of touch alone. The man
went blind ten years‘ ago. at the age
of 40.
Pawtuckct, II. I.
Josephine Valade. 107 Sterry
street, l’awtucket.
Mike Buquas, 02 Cherry street.
New York city,
Henry , Dickinson, 358 Weeden
street, Pawtucket.
John M. Hunter. 360 Potter ave-
nue, I’awtucket.
melons Jansen. 100 Beechwood ave-
nue, Pawtucket.
Olga chkart,
Providence.
‘Ernest Hopkins. 36 Sharon avenue.
Pawtucket. 9
Anna Caldwell, 13
street, Pawtucket.
1“."Dondareff. address unknown.
John Mot‘fatt. 12 years old. 240
York avenue. l’awtucket.
Mrs. James McCarthy, 126 John-
son Arcet, Paw.tuckct
John McCarthy, 126 Johnson street
Paw.tucket
E. T. Brenner, 25 Bluff street.
Riverside.
Joseph Levalley.
Central Falls.
8 6 Benefit street.
Darlingdale
Ledyard street;
Elmer Whitaker, 12 Carnation
street. Pawtucket. .
Charlotte Landers, 21 Emery
street, Attleboro. Mass. 9
Gladys Guyatt. 17 Cliff street. At-
tlehoro, Mass.
Joseph Jelllson, 49 Healy or Hedly
avenue, Central Falls. l
William F. Smith. 188 Cell avenue.
Pawtucket.
Ora Darigne,173 McGill street,
Pawtucket.
Elmira Bergcron. 597 1-2 Main
street, Pawtucket.
Winifred Hopwood. 44 Parker
street, Central Falls.
Mrs. Anna Morris. 99 Mossford. .
avenue, East Providence.
Arthur Partington.172 York ave-
nue. Pawtucket
Delma Janron,
avenue, Pawtucket.
Reported missing are Annie Gar-
ceau, Beechwood avenue, Pawtuckct.
and David Burns, a. Pawtucket po-
lieeman.
100 Beechwood
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best results.
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REAL ESTATE MAN DIES
liltIDGEPORT. August 19——-(AI‘)
Edwin W. Abbe. prominent In retail
circles in this city for more than 40
years. died yesterday at. his home.
10 Curtis street. at the age of 88.
tionary warriors.
his wife and a brother. Albert
Abbe. vice president of the Amer-
Hardware Corporation.
funeral will be held this afternoon
at 3 o’clock.
Ican
.It)ll!\'-~--I\Ty son failed In his ex-
ants and won’t. be promoted.
MIKE ——- Another grade-crossing
accident, eh’P—lfie.
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WIND, HAIL DO
BIG DAMAGE IN
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miles. Corn was beaten down by
the hall. thousands of windows were
shuttered In lilundsvlllo and Col-
cheater, and wire service was (It‘-
tnorulizcd. ‘.
lilurphysboro. barely ‘ recovering
front its elemental disaster of last.
rival of the early July heat wave
cent the mercury Ukyrocketlng to
record heiglls in parts of Kansas
and Missouri, severe wind and hail
storms ploughed destructive courses
through . southeastern Iowa. and
southern Illinois yesterday, bringing
the Abbe
H‘ liel ed to or anlzo H ' _
HHt-dwa’I'e Compu’igiy In 1882 and re- I! 2‘3"” ”’f’J‘Téeilof ”W tonnnlo Sm" March. suffered $20,000 dtnnage In
tired from the firm about ten years ' tr 0 I“ - arch. a. wind storm, ‘l'llIUIl strangely
ago. Mr. Abbe was born In Entield ' Looler weather was predicted to- started at the same hour as the
and was a descendant of ltevolu- day for the heat belt where yester- March tornado~3 p. m. The roof
of it school house was blown :00
yards and the sidewalls razed. The
city was without electric light ser-
Vit‘c last night. The spin: of St.
Mary's Catholic Church at Paris, ll-
linois. wasgurnck by lightning.
Damage estimated at $450,000
was caused by storms In Iowa.
Passengers on a llock Island train
were Injured when windows were
shattered as the train moved
day it was possible to fry eggs on
street car rails.
Damage to crops and property
estimated In the neighborhood of
81,000,000 was caused by rain. wind
and hall in Iowa and Illinois. At
illness the hall w as the size of lion's
8838,. The greatest. damage was in
western McDonough county, Illinois.
where the loss was estimated at
$500,000 to $800,000 over :00 square
lie is survived Illry LOSS Estimated at $1,-
000,000 in Iowa and
IIIinois——Heat
Scorches, Too
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-—-(AP.) The
weather has returned to the first
page in the middle west. While a
The
GOT HIM RIGHT. .
THE FAIR IIEP’
51- 53 SOUTH MAIN STREET ‘
lnnrk At. Topeka. whore
through the storm area near Brigh-
tt-n. .In Cedar ltapids, Iowa. light—
ning struck a power plant. causing
a. li' 0000 the.
At Mount Pleasant n'storm that
Hughes fried eggs on
car rails.
“RACER" ELEVEN?
the mere
uni-y reached tun, Colonel .l. \I’r‘jt‘,
the
I‘llllptll‘lit was the hot},
point In ’IIIO country with 106, will"~
’ 2 cm;
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Iovelletl corn lit-Ids. In‘oko windows, Newton also registered 105. Him
demolished concessions at a fair lompetnltncs pl"‘1t\n IttI In central
and kIIch litany bolts and sheep. Missouri with tho olt'IcIaI reading HT
damegonvas estimated at $150,000. .lcfteiaon City an own 100. «My,
Guernsey reported damage ng— ""“' ""”' ‘ ..‘,II
mpgumm $100,000. (‘liliMlCMi \VOIIIIH AHNIAZE.’W’"
At North English it hull storm ld\'i2:itl2:'l"i‘, ““5" m”;- 19 (ASCII;
destroyed corn fields In it. path six
miles 'idw. \ 2‘ i'l Id Iail and
“ ’ ‘ t 1’“ H l Maiden, Metlt'ortl.
wind caused damage of $150,000 .. ‘
breaking windows and lowering ’0’" “”’ ("”0" out ’0 llbht ‘1 55m
growing cm” ous lire whlth lnoko out yestorgfi
Washington reported an almost afternoon in ”W M’""’""“’ Chianti!)
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total destruction of the' corn crop in “ 0’ 1‘9 ””9“
sections south and west or the city.
A dozen cities In Kansas reported
main part. of the plant.
temperatures above the century
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‘REFUNDS
EXCHANGES
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
A Beautiful Assortment of
LACE TRIMMED“
BUREAU SCARFS
Values to $1.00.
GROUPED IN SEPARATE LOTS
200 PAIR CHILDREN’S ALL WOOL
. GOLF HosE
Regular Value 69c. .' FIRE SALE PRICE
Fire Sale Price
25¢ each
FANCY CROSS BAR
Jacquard Turkish ToWeIs
Regular value 350. Fire Sale Price
1 9¢ each
Sizes 7 to 14 yrs. in Regulation,
Children’s Serge Dresses
Reg. value $2.50.
150 PAIR LADIES’S CHAMOISETTE (all shades)
GAU‘NTLET GLOVES
Regular Value 96c. FIRE SALE PRICE
100 Fine Quality (all Sizes)
BOYS" BLOUSES
Values up to 890. FIRE SALE PRICE
125 SHADOW PROOF (all Sizes)
LADIES’ ‘ LINGETTE SLIPS
Regular Value $2.00. "
Fire Sale Price
50¢ each’
50 EMBROIDERED
INFANTS’ CASHMERE COATS
Values up to $4.50.
TO THE FIRST 400 CUSTOMERS
WE WILL OFFER SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BY SMOKE AND WATER,
5c pr.
1 05? pr.
25¢ ea.
.....50¢ ea.
9_ FIRE SALE PRICE$ 1 .00 ea. . ~
JUST THIN! !BOY’S AND GIRL’S All W001 COATS $ 1‘ ea.
HIGH GRADE LINEO
PIECE GOODS—LADIES, CHILDRENS and INFANTS WEAR
SLIGHTLY D AMAGED BY FIRE AND WATER
Sale Starts—Thorn” Aug. 20th ,;
EVERYTHING MUST GO AT 25c ON THEDOLLAR
All Sizes in Winter I
LADIES’ UNION SUITS
’Reg. value $1.49.
Fire Sale Price
50¢ each
Assorted Styles in fine Nainsook
INFANTS’ DRESSES .2”
Values to $1.49.
Fire Sale Price
50¢ each
All Sizes in 2
Misses’ Tweed Knickers
I Fire Sale Price
$ 1 .00 each
Reg. value ’$2.98
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36 Inch Fast Color Roman Stripe
SILK CREPE
Regular Value $1.25 Yard. FIRE SALE PRICE
50¢ yard
ASSORTED DESIGNS 1N
LADIES’ SPORT. SWEATERS
Regular Value $3. 00. - FIRE SALE PRICE
$1.00 each
ALLZ SHADES IN FINE QUALITY
LADIES’ SILK VESTS
Regular Value $1.25. 'FIRE SALE PRICE
69¢ each
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40 Inch Fast Color Monte Carlo "
FLOCK DOT VOILES
Regular Value 590- FIRE SALE PRICE
2 5¢ yard
ELSIE (Stop Run Tops) (Slight Mill Runs)
SILK HOSE All, Colors .
Regular Value $1.00. . FIRE SALE PRICE
50 ¢ pair
'1 Lot of INFANTS’ WEAR
Consisting of Silk Carriage Covers, Silk Jackets,
-. Knitted Capes, Bath Robes, etc.
Value: to $6.00 ‘ FIRE SALE PRICE
$ 1 .00. each ‘
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CHECKED GINGHAM
LADIES’ 'BUNGALOW APRONS.
Regular Value 890. FIRE SALE PRICE
50¢ each
0 ALL WOOL FAST COLOR PLAID
LADIES" SPORT HOSE
Regular Value $1.25. FIRE SALE PRICE
0
50¢ pair
1 LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CHILDREN’S
ROMPERS AND DRESSES
Values to $2.00.
50¢ each
~AII uvnlluhle iii-o lighting forefingm
this city. aided by apparatus Rm
Moiroso and HW
Three wooden store
sheds containing quantities of as!“
and chemicals were destioyed an
the fire. amending. threatened the #2
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