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Show OCATH ON A bTEAMBrt. all I m I Klllr.l an I I iMru Injurril Near hlutsluii. tallfi rnla Stockton, Cat., Sov M Tho luott illtaitrotit neeltlcnl in tho hlttory of Htokton (Hturred neir I'ourteell Mllo I Slough, w hen n part of one of Iho boiler boil-er of the rive r atcann r I' C. W olkcr wa blown out, billing six nud danger-uu danger-uu sly wounding ilivtn persons, whlto probably llftetiior twenty oilier wcro mora or Ut Imdly hurt I'lio'l C Walker I uwnetl by tlie California Navigation .1 Improvement etimpany, mid ran between ban I rmultcu and StiKktnn Tlio majority nf tho pauenger wcro In lied when tlio explosion occurred, mid were nwnkencd by the report, which wat nt loud n n oannon roar I'coplo rusheel from their roouia In their night clothe, and found tha wholo forwnnl Hirtlonof tlio steamer upper work 1 limn away Iho electric light had 1 ceil put out, and tho cm aping alewioi cnvi loped the front portion of tlio boat until It wa liupoMlhla lo no how inueli of tho bout had lctu carried car-ried away Captain John lulnn wat blown from hi beil ngnliisl tho door uf hi atnte-room, atnte-room, receiving Injuries whlih pro vented him from moving, nut ho wa , literally tumIcxI to death where he lay Chief I nglnrer Henry and hi wife wrro blown through tliu rout nnd died a abort time af ti rward, I oth aulTorlng horribly W A llliint, n imsseiigcr, wailtiataully killed while Jerry Dally, the tlrimnn w a so sen rely acaldotlby atcam thai lie dletl n few hour later Undirnentli the luwirdetk, whero tho deck hamla slept, groant nnd urcima wire hi arlreiidlng Ihe iinfortunato Imprlsoneil men rrcelveil tho full effect of tin tleaiii nt it eiiinc from the ImiII-irt ImiII-irt H ghl of them wire almost rouited ullro lliofce who were iihlu initio their way tu tho deck nt licit they could while the more nrloiislj In. I J il red wrre tiuiible tu get out 1uu urina nnd fuc of those near tho main entrance wire frightfully h aided What caiitetlth,cxplolon will probably prob-ably nevtr lw known Ihe steam drum bunt with terrible violence. It hn 1 upllt ooiii btely nurot the upper iKirtiou nud the whole sheet turned outward 1 he four wullt of tlie i nglno rotim were tie iiKillshed by tlie force of tho explosion 1 lie lower deek hurrl-cull hurrl-cull deck aud lexaa deck wire recked lu the portion directly over thai engine room Ihe direction of tho thing debrl was upward aud outward to w.inl the laiw If It ha I been tho other way tliu lot of llfu would be much greater |