| Show explosion on board the sophio sophie Lane Full particulars we to fuld find the following full dc ta tails ils of the explosion of the boiler of tho the sophie mclane in the so ano suisun Bm sun Ir herald erald of the tile the sophie mclane came up tip from froin san sail Fra francisco misco in ill J place of the princess princes winch which had bad been drawn off for repairs on tuesday in ill consequence of sonie some accident to orle one of her boilers after she left benicia t the lie connection between betwee ii the two was cut off ff and she came to suisun using but one boiler during the night the damage was repaired and in ill the morning steam was got up and freight was being received preparatory par atory to leaving at the usual hour or of 8 at a quarter bafo before re 8 and while some of the officers were at breakfast I 1 in n the after cabin and just as captain Elul burt and mr jacob blum who happened to be wi on ardon beardon bo business ness were walking aft to io the breakfast brealie ast room the larboard board boiler exploded with a terrific concussion which shook the town as by an earthquake and tore t the lie steamer into a thousand fragments A portion of the exploded boiler passed out over tile the starboard boiler and paddle limox staving the former and capsizing i 1 lie he fia latter t t e T while tile the larboard aarbo ard paddle box and the hull amidships down to the waters edge together witt with the docks decks between the forward and acker gan ways a and t thep h e n p por pc r works oaks were shivered into innumerable splinters and shreds the de af N alic boat was vas total 1 and iid complete there av bein b ein ing nothing I 1 r ig left which win will axy t the hc cost removal 1 cs of I 1 the of life ac limb is scarcely C rosy terribly el of tilt tile ch eighteen 0 litdell persons Perti who were on oil board at the time foier only escaped C ape d and aj them escape seems almost a mirable mi radle lare arc dead eight are seriously i ir if not ty injured and abid avi two 0 have not yet been found buina being y pru y buried in blie ruins i t ii ns the pilot olger who was at break bre fast was taken out dead the ad engineer Z I 1 charles A gage died soon so oil after accident the porter Will william iain N lawler a few hours later arid and captain IL 11 I 1 1 L 11 1 1 I died at abent 6 S p m on oil thursday tile the injured ones are nearly all in a critical condition old only y two mr F 0 st staples ap I 1 Cs and a i ld thomas oliver olivcr both alboth of whom had just stepped on oil board to speak to the ste steward ivard being behig regarded bregarde d as out of dan danger daner 0 er the following follow ilIg list comprises all who were on oil the boat at the moment of tile explosion H P hulburt cal ca p pt t dead george folger pilot taken out of oi the dining room dead george geore geor C e R dip dipley dingley ley chief engineer badly hurt but may recover clias A gage ad engineer killed john wainer Trainer ste Steward ward severely bruised in guised and cut probably inar tally william N lawler dead henry gleason waiter badly b bruised r uis C d and scalded coup C r cook colow colored tho chos lakin 2 dak lawi thrown 1 upon apoll the wharf without a scratch thomas jacb jackson son deck han imn d I 1 thrown into the water forty feet forward of the boat un i tu ed jiani J hackell Ha akell amk nand inbur acs ics acs ics provably pt fatal matt nugent nuge nt eirew am waa wa in ins his befefi fomai and ofa out without injury orne one fi Hrc tn suppo supposed sed to have been in tile the boiler room and th tho night wat watchman climan who had just re 0 tired to his berth whose il name we have been unable to learn have not yet been found F P 0 St staples Ples S agent of thee the 0 S N co badly bruised and I 1 leg dislocated but will ILI recover COVer eg thomas guiver laborer sey severe ly but not dangerously cut and bruised james e s ka kagee 0 g e e ue beer e r ina man n sen bously and it is thou thought fatt fatally lily ia aured j u red C jacob blum merchant at vaca bille very badly hurt the last four were only casually ed en the boat captain HIll hulburt burt and mr blum were taken of the debris some thirty or forty feet astern of the boat mr OH 1 var ver mr kagee the steward and abild the porter f from OM the rubbish S h be 11 tween the wharf and the remnant of the boat and th alie 0 e engineer who decd died and otle one of th the hands land q wil who 0 escaped wre were thrown upon tile the w wharf harf mr st staples aples was rolind found isi 1 sitting on off tha b gangplank plank y sinz singular 5 gilhar to relate remained in its position everybody repaired at once to th alie scene escene and every assistance possible was rendered to them the sufi suffering foring fering victims the living were tenderly cared for the bodies of t lie dead encoff ined captain folger was bied buried on lly and ahn bodies of charles A gadem wm N lawler were ere gent to san Fran francisco cism via benicia on thursday and that of captain I 1 on oil friday those alive are at the city hotel where every attention 01 1 ns is paid by the citizens t to 0 tal their air wants v |
