New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1925, Page 1

/ (P —————————— e——————— A eek Endin, By, Associated Press gk Aug. 15th f 12,041 '““0‘9.“0 APV et e S e L a4 91}09UU0) ESTABLISHED 1870 amaqyp 98 A -2 AIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1925. -SIXTEEN PAGES. R DEATH TOLL MAY REACH 50 IN EXCURSION BOAT BLAST % POLAR FLIGHT ABANDONED ¢ Oy IBIAN BOARD 1ARB[T}G‘(L)\T{)%P?E‘EG%[&AYED! Main Boiler on Mackinac .Sk'ound,m 32 Dead and More Than 40 Others On Dan- BY WMILLAN'S EXPEDITION = TODEMANDRIGHTS .. ... Bursting Pipe aused Disaster| ger List Following Explosion on Steamer PRICE THREE CENTS —— Hembes Wil Rsgn O 1% 7 2 ™| Epanation of Newport s bmannt L Wy o Adverse Weather And/MRS, KOPF | Powers Ao Ignmed | s v aue 1 o son | General Manager of Steam- The 677 Passengers Trapped by Clouds of s il ———e wage agrecment of the trolley em- xcursion Tragedy The Death List Includes 9 . . rly Winter Compels B L S el : i S s S o, | Live Steam—Harrowing Scenes of Suffering. oL P MANSLAUGHTER COUNT uuromatow ONSIDERED L it s S S5 i Company Gives His o5t o o ot § Scenes of Suffering Change In Plans - 1 P e S : Bt SR S R T o P s Ocfated | Presg National Geographicfl\ndrezczyk Held Under |Messase To Government Will Be [the union as heir atbitrator, SEC, HOOVER CALLS Josephtne Valade, 107 sterry| Newport, R. I, Aug. 19.—Live steam that poured over 877 lay in arbitration of t i) | Mrov ¢ sent word today 3 {* Dratied AL Mesting of T Tl e el R FOR INVESTIGATION " ""?‘,‘“‘”"i' e excursionists aboard the steamer )Iackin.:«xc in Naliragansett Supports Explorer’s| SL000°Rend Fo JussCiil ged o o 8 08 L S0 Bl e e NVESTIGATION| Siike Baqum. 2 chors soeet, bay late yesterday afternoon todey had claimed the lves of 52 ST —\Wasl New York city, ) gy X | kowski's Death | slon on August Waskowltz | o ming here until next week. He 1 o ity S0 i 0 S (o R S i persons while 41 others were so badly scalded that fear was S*a"d Alld Navy Dept : % For Clialrman |did not give the S e i . Pawtucket, {felt for their lives, Many more were less seriously burned and g i d of artforc i 2 ¥ i in M. H ter, 360 Potter av-|one ers S as I 5 581 | The city plan commission, the » company and the | drum in the hottom of the boller of ) unier; |one persons was reported missing. Frank Andrezezyl | 4 1 enne, Pawtucket, s Also Cencurs. rank Andrez PR o e e e o L TR Al S e A (1 i | Enveloped In Steam . ) i ; Helena Janson, 100 Beeckwood av- . o = ot ATASEElat C: result of recent legislative action, | © S £ hird | o¢ the disaster yesterday which [enue, Pawtucket. , Groups of mvll')mak@lfl_fl on the steamer were startled by e mentito reorEniie A CRl| ! ; DOl g2 excurslonists at Newport| Olza Weckart, 86 Benefit street, @ hissing sound and a surging of the decks about 15 minutes nd will forward at once to the city I LIKELY TO MAKE : i Celoniot 1 scalided scores of others, George | Provid nr;l ) ;n‘trl‘r theylhnd put out from Newport for their return voyage pisseutd ungerford In poli this iEpe ey oy Kelley, general manager of the rnsstiEapkinsEt SRR aisitEdl toR Paytncketo S Intantinstant g TRY NEXT \I‘,A\R‘mur.um e Gl overnmient an ultimatum declar- URHFR WH‘NI‘SSE‘% S e k istant a cloud of steam enveloped the v LUULL o e vl (or[ing that either the commission must | mpany, owners of the vessel, an-| Anna Caldwell, 13 Darlingdale | Vessel, crowds rushed for the railing, many jumped overboard [in connection with the des nzust (he accorded its full charter rights | R e ||t St while almo_st all of those below d_ccks were believed to have T [7 of Alex Jurkowskl at the New |and powers or (he members will de- | T a ne | Boiler Was Strong | 1. Dondareff, address unknown. | lost their lives or to have been seriously burned. on ‘\, {r. The Mac- |Britain General hospi Mps, [cline to serve further, | "FS{;R“}I' b! AY;RS‘ Tnvestigation revealed, he said, no John Moffatt, 12 years, 240 York No Loud Explosion ngton, Aug. { o alac- ) H 3 > witz, | h. | ) & i Sianisaw: o e / ey Saul P, Waskowit " L ULARL woukness in the main boiler. He de- |avenue Mhere o e Aty ; Eene e s R i : S eempiet el e e e oy A A e R o B Tonn There was no loud report such as usually accompanies an doned hope of carrylng out its full {on the same churge, ( v, [0t of existence, 5 szid to he the Grant had reported slight repalrs to [son streat. Pawtueket explosion and the cause of the disaster remained a mystery explovation program over the polar [Judge Hungertord asving nimous chioice for the chairman- Thyee Who Saw Hance and |1he boiler necessary yesterday sall- | John MeCarthy, 126 Johnson | today. Conflicting reports said the ship’s boiler had burst and i ) hink it probable that At |8 f > new hoard. It w un- z was held up until all was pro- {strect, Pawtucket that stea i had be brok ioial i 2 : Beal s vear not think it probable that e m‘ o : [ i pRuadliall ey pig . MUE e e at steam pipes had been broken, An official investigation Curtailment of the expeditions| S12 PiAved i the r had any- [deF e M e Wife Shot Give Tm- i dafe, TS dolay amininted) || aridred \MeCarthy (28 Iohnen | o v activities was forced by adverse| Apdrosesyk and r | portant Evidence not permitted ahoard until| [, T. Brenner, 25 Biuff street, Most of the excursionists were from Pawtucket and Provi- weather, which has loc to the honse 0" Grove " slrentiQERItion itromiy tie e ;" | n hour after the secduled safl- | Riverside. dence, R. I, and from Attleboro, Mass. . northiand In ice and fog well ahead | Where Andrezezyk lives on the morn |10 the form of an appropriation fo | R ? time seph Levalley, Tedyard street, Investigation Under Way ing of August 5 alont 10 o'clock, [¢¥tend its work MG 3 e g Frederick Tavallee, 21 year old | cantral Falls, o : s 5 2 S et LR R L S hts, powers and | Munc! L ki vaiter: reported missing Jist nights| " miaen Shitaker, 12 Carnation The effort to determine the cause of the explosion which Y conmission have | motor car w ihis morning telephoned his mother | "4 fo (toicat, poured a cloud of live steam over the 677 excursionists aboard, Althougl he righ morning, apending the time there 21 MacMillan and his explorers will [drinking until the ecarly af yon | wen wer vague in the minds of | Middletown pike, ne holwouldlbethome tainy harlotte Tanders, 21 Em was started when State Boiler Inspectors Richard F. Bailey and y ¢ with city gov- | pre 1, however, to carry out other |when Jurkoweki is r to have Y Y Hance and hig wife wore be d - stroet, Attlehoro, Mass. John A. Brooke & 5 A : , objrets of tl dition including | become drunk 5 to deat Hoover Orders Probe adys Chayat, 17 CHE strect, At-[o It JooKe ind the .ifl{(t‘ m’\p.u“tm of hulls boarded ”.w' scientific Investigations from the |ordered ont of fhe house i, |us f 3 L 3 ; Wash onl AnEl 1900m= "Anin e vessel to ln,\pe_c( tjm shattered engine room. Later they will present base at Ltah, Greenland. |Kopeez, He re o and o |ranc ¢ Bl e ERNGEOLat 2 the government's |2/l 1R e pawtycket 1. question Captain Thomas McVey, who commanded the steamer, plang v tussle started betw \ i) et 7 o heconmry | “Dteh** Anderson E feambos nspcslionfehon ""d";';‘]‘ Teseph Jellison. 49 Healy or Hed-and surviving members of the crew. graphical Soc after it had been |ed to force him to leave o 1 assin ship Mackinac e e R R e Death Toll Grows Hourly | Mvery axl . r edvised by MacMillan that the proj- | Witnesses told the conrt that cretary Hoover personally -t 0o Fvery passing hour today swelled the death toll of the |session of superior 1,000 bonds by J Mitlan c expedition has aban- Gt recelved rec- | of the usnal winter season. Will Make Investigations At | Jnnect anties of the commission call ect of establishing an advanced base |two men were on the rear poreh of | e duties of th Coniunation | L aisis i o structed George Ubler, fnspector |FRTEACE0 0 yos arogin street, | disaster. At the naval hospital, at Newport naval training sta- on Cape Hubbard and flying from the house n, after there over the frozen northern sea | had heen struck, they gr was not feasible because of this other and piiched aver year's un nditions afling to the ground. After apancs Lot o ].',.'(,""",,fl,.L",‘j’::fil',"dv | Pastuekot g o {tion, where most of the eritically scalded were taken, physiciaus com- o all phases of the accldent and jts | Fimira Tergeron » Main i found wew deaths in. the mccident wards on almost every visit : "’:, ye sty ier | 16 Was stated by hospithl” officials that the number of dead The veter xplorer advised s0- on the evound, Andre AL e 5 The driver of the « as de the results of his inquiry. ,"\f ‘,"'\w,_ {would probably mount to almost 50, in view of alltg have k Jurkowski In an effe «d to reve ity fearing A | arra. Anna Morris, 98 Mnssford | = SR S e o L e endment el it s reensts Aellon Asks That Case . Tast providence, | Panic Is Averted g e impossible.” ! in after liftine S RRE s et s e ‘olice had thonght the machine of Reeme Be Dropped Arthur rorinston. 115 | ! Official Statement Nstance and findir publie work gislative bra in fact possible causes and to report back 3 R —— | @ chaotic state, ring on panic, at Toaded to Capacity anne. Pawtneket | first ¢ crowd on the ves-| Captain Thomas McVey, of P: \ et neon L ranheond av ) | = . S an shington. Ang 19 (P—Secre- | DPelma Jansen, 100 Peact 2 , but soon rescuers were seen put- | tucket, skipper of the stricken yes asked that prosecu- |enye, Pawtneket. | Fane, |UNE out from the naval training sta- | sel, sald the boat was traveling 1b iy ing on i ? ; Reeme at Kansas| Mrs, James O'Nefl, Centra {tion, which was only about a mile | knots an hour, its fullest speed and weather conditions which prevent i . 1d g : ground that he had threat- (g, T 3 at, |AWaY from the scene of the disaster. | was loaded to Its capacity. At the fiving, resulted in the announcement 3 1are, ) z g 2 dropped. Themas A, MeConnell, Pawtueket. Loy "o, cpon e many of them wo- | time of the accident he wi i lne , ; 1 . : : i (¥ cngers, r acclde as in the foduy b the National Crt : El st i 1| NEW STRUCTURE COLUAPSES dry crusader, charged | Amelia Palmer, Pawtucket s ol on, calmed and it |pilot house with Captain Ben e e . s T il e ; Now Atk A » e 0 Mellon with failure to en-| Reported missing are Annle Gar-| 1 expedition wonld proce s a4 summer snowstormg, fto the t L . and unprecedented L Twas was not long before a steady stream | Thomas, the pilot and Herbert ook Aoy i 1. PawtReRe! Lof survivors were being rushed to | Spenard, quartermaster and wireless officials sald he had;nq pavid Burns, a Pawtucket po-|ip.“noco) yospital and to a Red | operator, the latter two from Provi- leeman relief station in Washington 2 £ ae ar N 1y endeavoring to uphold the qav t1 A T square, the heart of Newport The a radio me from Mac) L S g - some, and thereubon |oc ¢ \ . ) v. They nmm‘ that Reeme : at t A pit N |death toll did not begin to mount | cic s shortly after the acci- siating he and the expedition mem- A7T0C ; . a | the common conneil may take action | Police s w al ! ed his original idea as to M. |ojang sald that several and perhARS | i1 atter midnight, but then there . Captain McVey sald “I was in Heiacw sfes | a0 cMu I Bt ; ) ‘ © premises.” « s T sesanl islioniy Rund nen s gy bnsed Wor «as scarcely an hour until noon o~ the pilot house with Pilot Thomas day when additional deaths were not | and Quartermaster Spenard when e ve heard a concussion aft. This was ] At | The Seriously Tnjured A number of children were amonz followed immedately by the hissing B T i NS Rt Middle West Ravaged By Fierce i i Bt WS L B barrier, A. G. Murray, Pawtucke ir to claim them < mist. Then the engines stopped L ” : s s prohibition, but since his ar- | c.qy Teechwond avenue, Pawtucket diately from Etah to . br € 3 T c ) sha ) 3 others suff inor i t troasury other objects of the expedition. f b e e : B A o 1 - T S tad laam 4 that the seeretary Is “This decision was made following ' T i S cec ndatig ali of thelr s may die. T of an advance statfon on Cape Hubh- N of pains i Al A s ) from that peint is not feasible i Sl r ; tements of political epponents [rese e he Newport hos- Commander g Trapped fn Engineroom denly &nd 1 gave the wheel a it ket (RIS Storms, Damage Fally a Million e nev |tk vt | ok S B sactetyato tollon Ealno e { aid screaming women and chil- V°r® ifs own momentum grounded e o= TR ‘L,M Forget Pawt ung over the rafls envelopeq 't SROFtly after. i ! 3 ; S SR S No Panic Oceu Rreet Joseph Levalley, 'a Passengers who described the apped In the englneroom SCCN® 8ald it was one of tremendous stantly. Whether gl CODfusion but no panic developed. A 10 jumped overboard haq 1iStress call was immediately sent : : ! . > could not be mscer. CUl by the wireless operator and tapids, Towa, | \sephine Valade 1 i winches from the 40 naval sh Crops — Murphyshboro, ; JI"8 strick & power p r, | at anchor in the cove rushed to th niatter and to procee explorations the s caused by storms in Towa. Pas- Minnie a Rock Island train| Mrs. Mary MG when windows wer \fargnerite Pow Hail Storms Size of Hen's Ezgs, Couple of Hurri- Thel ninn. i I s e el cane Line Winds, Raze ojareay 4 s Rayvaged ShySTornado;ii s Aount leesant adatorm S S R t a ngers the two lower . ‘ s B oD g Ales:e 5 tain. George W. McVay, who also | 4¢Cks were the victims, observers Also Suffers ”C.".\ll} N A i 5 ¢ nded the fll-fated Larchm espectally those amidship near Deady gy wud eneeng 8 artg Mol 'k off Wateh Hill light boiler room. Those on the top between 125 and 175 | deck for the most part, escaped s on board. He was ex. | With minor injur While the en- Pawtucl 1 on expert [ of all blame In that dis scen: was one of confusion North English, a 1 nee §t awt by Unlted States steamboat | there Was no panic and the com- . ' o west roved corn flelds in a 6 thie ( ell, Pa K rtora of. the New Lon 1 t the s were obeyed i/ 1 HAE . _ v e en C of the New London dis r yed AL TGULYIORYS nd e 1 damage o 00 " ence. od e those who came out un- breaking windows ar tuck EXPRFFSMEN‘S mgPhTr‘ Mre. Sarah Palmer Way, 70, of ._ : vl severe growing crops. s b o i 3 Sl : i S [ll:l\‘llifl‘r‘li;\( Rails Corn Crop Ruind R COUNET Branford, Found Dead Tn Front | rses thr ea S s e e s [ i e it o iTaMl danRsedion feciat \‘0“‘\""‘"“ il fi\;g:"‘n';‘: R COMING UP IN COUNCIL SRR oL GatrSiaoiOwn ] destruction of the eorn crop ames Jones, Provid ) tiiated ik S : ped overboard and were | v. Br 1 nories i ng boats. Others As cod at’ the out n reement Over Maintaining > s S toucdd 3 on Car Rails o 'r-v:x} ’! :i (r»'«m\“ “!1 :y‘dfi n\i ! stand on Commercial Street— {dead f is asphyiation in front ‘was predicted : ed n dry dock v- | Helping hands were lowered to aid ¢ 5 } toda o ' W ester- . hem in their rush to safety. Boats were lowered when It was thought ions south and west of tt he v injr the 3 1 up by pas Committee Visits Mayor. gear was tos s ey we ed In thel t | overboard with reckless abanden also registered Captain McVey sald that he heard e R in central Trio of Motor Thieves Who Have ses from t} ity h a report and that soon after the Terrorized Worcester District Held | it 1 Cross, Sistars-of the | pilc use was 80 enveloped by and the White Sisters. steam t could not see ar Naval hospital Is permitted to care | part of As soon as tb an patients only In an emer. | cloud cleared he said he headed the 1 it was repc 1 that as | Mack for the shore, where he v e survivors were able to | beached her to prevent sinking. : t s of win- . o e % ¢ € |be transferred they would be taken Suddenly Entrapped e N . s red i T ugust 20 (Standard Time) \ SELEe ) v h Many of the victims failed to hear Auto Bandit Steals Mail wir was| | At New London, 9:54 a. m.; gang of alleged automobils A et = ndit 1 t p X t the report and their warning Pouch Thown From Train 10:95:p. m. At New Maves; s another man reporte 1€ today. | Was the switt rush of de W l m z Anm lissouri with the of f n City an ev HIGH TIDE Aug. 19 (P—A Murphy<horo Damaged 11:14 & m; 11 . m. , 1 rt iy Near Shore which trapped th: e 5 s 5 = & h cident happened within a | Saw the disaster ashore described a from its g = 3 e s t row of the naval hospital, large burst of black smoke which yards ’ the steamer. This was e casualty lst would | fo by the steam which en« THE WEATHER n th 2 5 ‘ v en trebled, passengers on the ship to such a degree ~0- taxi ¢ ed t v y she could not be seen from Hartford, Aug. 19.—Forecast % ¢ 3 most of them |shore. As Captain McVey beached for New Britain and vicinity - iy | from Pawtucket and Providence, R.|the ship, the navy launch sent out Probably local thunder show- rs i ° i Tty o rning from a vacation | by the battieship Wyoming, the ers this afternoon or tonight t h t se E ® port. A patch on the | scout cruisers Denver and Raleigh. now are wast n n nen not ones rlo ten cont as mue Thursday generally fair and rawing away fi the | bo ch had been placed there | the tender Dobbin and scores eof impossible this season and homes and unle hey have a regu- | 84,00 The sher:ff at Wauk: i | somewhat cooler | |Grafton street hill. just before the departure of t torpedo boat destroyers swarsaed lar stand will be deprived of much | was notified and a search is Big Tosses in Towa | | | The taxi driver at $:30 had made | boat, gave way, exploding the boll. ‘Continued on Page Beven.) | busineas, they complained. | made for the the thief, Damage estimated at $450,000 o o 4 |no report to the police. er and throwing the passengers into (Continued on Page 18] ) i er t « stat