AMERICAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 270, 20 August 1925, Page 9

AMERICAN NEWS

SHIPPING DISASTER STEAMER’S BOILERS EXPLODE MANY PEOPLE SCALDED By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright (Rec. August 19, 7.30 p.m.) New York, August 18. A telegram from Newport, Rhode Island, says three men are missing, a dozen are in a dangerous condition, and a hundred more are injured, as a re- ■ suit of an explosion on the steamer i Mackinac, bound from Newport to Pawtucket. The boilers of the vessel, which carried 677 excursionists, burst. Three firemen are missing, and are believed to have been killed. The explosion tore the entire middle section of the boat apart, and scalded passengers and officers who were near the engine-room. The fear-crazed crowd became frantic. Many jumped into the water. An unverified report says that five are dead. A distress call was sent to all battleships and destroyers in harbour,, and the naval hospitals, where the injured were taken, re--1 sembled a shambles.—Reuter. DEATH ROLL INCREASING (Rec. August 19, 10.85 p.m.) New York, August 18. In the Mackinac disaster the death list has increased to twenty-three. Physicians at the naval hospital said that ten more would die before daybreak. —Reuter. STATE TERRORISED ESCAPED CONVICTS IN OREGON SHOOTINGS, THEFTS AND KIDNAPPINGS New York, August 18. The entire State of Oregon is terrorised by wild shootings and kidnappings by three desperadoes, Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelly, and James Willos, convicted murderers and highwaymen, who I broke from the Salem penitentiary, [ after killing two guards, a fortnight I ago Since then hundreds of sheriffs and their deputies have been hunting I the men all over the State. The ban- | dits dodge here, and there, stealing I money, ammunition, and food | Four friends were p'.'aying cards m the village of Monitor at 2 o’clock on ' ’ondav morning, when the bandits kidnapped them, put them into two motorcars, and forced them to drive towards Portland. Daylight found them close to the suburbs of the city. They approached a farmhouse, and the bandits took possession, and forced the family and the card-plavers to remain in the house all day. Late that night they took the automobiles and drove towards the citv. The chief of the three is Murray, who dictated a statement expressing regret for the killings, “so my mother mav know the truth.” He said lie had left a fingerprint at the. farmhouse so th it the police would recognise it as genuine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PACIFIC COAST TO HAWAII FLIGHT PLANS FOR REGULAR SERVICE (Rec. August 19, 7.30 p.m.) New York, August 19. A San Diego message states that if the naval airplane flight from the Pacific coast to Hawaii . is successful, I Hawaiian capitalists and sugar plant- • ers plan a two-million-dollar commerI cial living company to make regular i flights' to' the United States. In the meanwhile destroyers have been ordered out to patrol the route of the flight, which is scheduled for September 2. Amateur radioists are asked to co-operate in the effort to make new distance records and communuflte to the Navy Department news of the 'planes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BASEBALL COMPETITIONS LATEST RESULTS (Rec. August 19, 9.20 p.m.) New York, August 18. The following are the latest baseball results:— American League. I Washington beat Cleveland, 7to 4. I St. Louis beat Philadelphia, 7to 6. New York beat Detroit, 5 to 2. I Chicago beat Boston, 4 to 2. How the Teams Stand.

National League. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia in the first game, 7 to 5. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia in the second game, 11 to 10. New York beat Chicago, 7 to 1. PittsTn V beat Brooklyn, 11 to 4. Boston beat St. Louis in the first game, 6 to 2. Boston beat St. Louis in the second game, 5 to 2. How the Teams Stand.

Won. Lost. Percentage. Philadelphia .. .... 69 36 .655 Washington 68 38 .643 Chicago .... 59 fj i 2 .544 St. Louis 51 55 .496 Detroit ... . 54 57 .487 51 63 .444 New York .... 47 60 .432 Boston .... 33 76 .304

Per1 Pittsburg Won. Lost, centage. ... . 65 60 .606 New York 62 46 .574 Cincinnati 58 48 .545 St. Louis 52 57 .487 Brooklyn 50 52 .477 I Philadelphia -18 58 .455 Chicago 48 61 .437 Boston 46 64 .422