SHIP BLOWN UP

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1930, Page 5

SHIP BLOWN UP

TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST

DYNAMITE EXPLODES

'United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

OTTAWA, June 26

A message from Hroekville, Ontario. states that twenty-five to thirty lives are believed to have been lost on Thuj-isdny, afternoon, when lightning struck the drill boat “I. B. King,” carrying dynamite, while she wais working in the Broekville Narrows of the St. Lawrence River. Many of her crew were asleep in the bunks at the time, and the boat was blown to kindling wood.

A number of survivors were picked np, who were not seriously injured. A search its proceeding for the bodies. OTTAWA, June 27.

The death list of Thursdays explosion of dynamite on the drill scow. J. B. King, when it was struck by lightning, stood at thirty on Friday. The dead were asleep below the waterline. The bodies are believed to be tangled in tlie wreckage of the hull. One body has been recovered. There were twelve survivors. It is not known whether there was any considerable amount of dynamite aboard the J. B. King. It ic believed lightning struck the ship and ran along the drill rod into the roof, where dynamite had been set for blasting.