FATALITY ON A STEAMER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8132, 30 November 1904, Page 2

FATALITY ON A STEAMER.

A STEAM P|PB. BURSTS. INDIANS BOILEI> TO DEATH. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received November, 30, 9.46 a.m.) FREMANTLE, November 30. The Orizaba has arrived and reports that an acident occurred at 7 o'clock on Friday morning. There was a terrible rush of steam which enveloped the vesoel, and sfce gradually slackened speed and -stopped. -The second engineer, who. had just come o*h deck, made a report and the chief engineer, who guessed what had happened, rushed forward to, tho stokehold, whence » volume of steam was ifsujng.. After about 10 minutes, and 1 before the steam; had properly cleared, the engineer, and, the white greasers descended the, ito^e/ hold and saw a terrible sight. The branch steam-pipe, eight inches in diameter, leading from the main pipe to the port forward boiler, had burst, and of eight Indians employed' in tho vicinity not one escaped uninjured: The greasers proceeded' to draw the firei and the engineers removed 1 the men to, the deck. Four dead and two bo badly w.onnded that they died the same day. One was seriously injured, and will be landed at Colombo, and an eighth was slightly hurt. The men killed were literally oooKett, the hair on the oodles beinfc blown off , The steam pressure was 1601bs. at the time of the explosion. The second engineer had »' narrow, e§?; cape, as he examined the pipe $wo°«ila** utea before the explosion, and weht on 1 deck to report to his chief that ttfktjft wap escaping.