News snippet: Birkenhead Dock accident 12th April 1929 Nine workmen were injured, two fatally when a dock boiler exploded at Cammell Lairds yesterday. Four of the men were blown into the dock, and several jumped to escape the scalding water from the boiler. The injured were rescued and taken to Birkenhead hospital The two men who died in hospital last night were named as Jack JONES aged 22 Peel street, Tranmere, who sustained serious scalds and Thomas MURPHY aged 51, Rock Park flats Rock Ferry who suffered from severe burns to the arms and body The injured were: John HUGHES aged 42 Canberry rd Rock Ferry suffering from shock. William JONES, Fearnside st Liverpool, shock. John BUCKLEY 58, Station rd Rock Ferry, injury to ribs, hand and shock. Joseph HUNTER 26, Albert Place Birkenhead, shock, immersion. Walter SMITH 30 Chapel place Birkenhead, immersion and shock. Albert SMITH, 23 (or could be 28) Westbourne rd Birkenhead, immersion and shock. John HINDS, 30 Queen's place Tranmere, immersion and shock The men were working in the pump house at the edge of the dock when the explosion occurred. One of the two boilers exploded with a terrific roar. Scalding water spurted in all directions. JONES and MURPHY were severely burned. The boiler was one of two used to supply steam for machinery, employed in pumping the water from the graving dock The explosion wrecked the boilerhouse in which four men were working but did littel damage to the pump chamber were there were five men. The steamer Valacia, which was lying in dock had her deck covered in debris and her paintwork damaged. HUNTER, W SMITH and A SMITH were painting the Valacia and were thrown from ashore. Caryl _www.old-liverpool.co.uk_ (http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk)