Blame Lamp Tower for Sinking Boat

That the Milwaukee No. 95, the Racine Boat Manufacturing company $65,0000 lightship which sank in the Racine west slip Tuesday night, went down because of the tremendous excess weight in its lamp tower, as compared with its draught is only about six feet, is the growing opinion of Muskegon marine men.

Those who saw the boat on its trial trip last Friday assert that it had a heavy list at that time and wabbled [sic] about on the lake. The upper works of the vessel, especially the heavy lamp tower, marine men declare, were altogether too much for a boat of such small draught as the Milwaukee. That the wind bowled it over is very likely, they assert.

The Racine company cannot be plamed [sic] for this, as it followed the specifications provided for the vessel by the government in building the craft.