Exploding boiler sinks boat amid wreck and survival tale
Eyewitness accounts describe a steamer Arthur disaster with six boilers exploding, a fireball tearing the deck, and passengers and crew drifting ashore on cotton bales. Survivors recount heroic efforts, injuries, and a grim search for the missing as authorities investigate causes and recover bodies.
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