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interested that "It has been and could be a whole lot worse."—— FETO RBJ)fiREJSfiES- V^A. *+ - The U.S.S. Peto, first submarine built on the Great Lakes during this war, has passed through St. Louis en route to the ocean. It was in a drydock which it entered at Lockport, 111., and which will carry it to the Gulf of Mexico for final outfitting for sea service. The Peto is in protective custody of the coast guard en route, a cutter escorting the craft all of the way. All bridges are cleared of traffic before the drydock floats underneath. TRAINING SHIP BOILER BURSTS 2 MEN KILLED Third ing Is Hurt—Were Leav-Engine Room Duties on Boat Chartered by Transport Department Ottawa, Jan. 5—Two men were killed and another injured when a boiler explosion occurred at Prescott, Ont., aboard the steamship Joseph Dubrule, training ship for the Marine Engineering Instructional School, the Transport Department announced last night. The dead are: William M. Power, 26. of Mulgrave, N.S. Ewart David George Booth, 19, Verdun, Que. The third victim, whose condition is "not serious." is William L. Churchill. 30, of Winnipeg. Word of the accident was received here by Arthur Randies, Director of Merchant Seamen. The young men were enrolled as trainees in the Engineering Instructional School at Prescott, operated by the Merchant Seamen Branch of the Canadian Department of Transpoart. The steam ferry Joseph Dubrule had been chartered to provide practical training in the actual duties in the engine room of vessels of the merchant navy. Transport Minister Michaud wired his condolence to the next-of-kin and ordered an immediate preliminary investigation as to the cause of the disaster. Experts have been sent from Ottawa to the scene of the explosion, freighter Launched An East Coast Canadian Port, Jan. 7. — (CP) — Another steel freighter, the Camp Aldershot, was launched here yesterday in a brief ceremony. Inland Jaunt New Orleans, Jan. 8. — (AP) — The submarine U.S.S. Peto arrived here to-day in a drydock after a 13-day 1,500-mile trip of inland waterways. It will be outfitted here for active service, w Wooden Vessel Burns Halifax, Jan. 18.—The last four-masted ship on Canada's east coast, the Cape Forchu, was damaged by fire Saturday while the big wooden vessel was swinging at anchor in Bedford Basin. Cause of the fire that gutted the deck house and destroyed one of the four towering masts was not known. Tug And 10 Men Missing Off Gaspe After Storm Capt. A .C. Clarry, Native of Toronto, in Charge of Vessel — Got Separated From Another Montreal, Jan. 16—The Montreal-owned tug Eureka is missing and presumed lost wTth her crew of ten in the lower St. Lawrence area while en route to Newfoundland. Officials of the Sincennes-Mc-Naughton Line confirmed that the little ship had been missing since Dec. 17 and released the names of the men believed lost. All were from Quebec Province, under command of Capt. A. C. Clarry of Verdun and a native of Toronto. The vessel was last reported that day off the Gaspe Peninsula coast. She and another outward bound tug became separated. The crew list as released by the company; Capt. Clarry, Mate Henry Lachance, Montreal; Chief Engineer Maurice Carpentier, Champlain, Que.; Second Engineer Roser Therrien, Tadoussac, Que.; Deck Hand Buddy Dice. Montreal; Deck Hand Ronald Gendreau, Matane; Fireman Maurice Bellefeuille, Champlain; Fireman Gilles Chartier, Champlain; Fireman Adrien Bourett, Sorel, Que.; Cook Anthony Parkwood, Montreal. COVERED WITH ICE Armand Petit, crew member of the tug Felicia, said that his vessel and the Eureka were towing a " barge along the Gaspe coast during a heavy storm when the Eureka disappeared. Petit said members of his vessel thought the Eureka, which was coated with ice and was having trouble with her engines, had left to find shelter in Gaspe. She never was seen again. Capt. Clarry was well known in Great Lakes shipping circles. A son of Harvey Edwin Clarry of Toronto, he began his marine career at the Toronto-Owned Tug in Winter Quarters Rimouski, Que., Jan. 19.—-(CP) —The Toronto-owned tug Guardian is wintering at Rimouskl wharf, a mile from this lower St. Lawrence town, it was learned yesterday. (Marine circles in Toronto said that the tug had been icebound in the Gaspe district.) The Guardian arrived here December 8 and has not left the wharf since. age of 13. .obtaining summer sailing jobs which he continued each year until he finished high school. SERVED AS FLYER . He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the first Great War, eventually becoming a member of the old Royal Flying Corps. When he returned to Canada he again turned to his marine career. His wife said he had left his own ship to take the tug out on what she called a "special assignment." Ma.i. William Clarry of Toronto, is a brother and Mrs. J. W. Benson of Toronto, Mrs. Fred Simpson of Tim-mins, and Mrs. J. L. Harris of Bear River, Minn., are sisters.