| Show THEY WERE SCALDED TO DEATH passengers and crew of a river steamer in an explosion cries of the dying greet the ears of the rescuers many vere were roasted alive boilers of the steamer supposed to have exploded stockton CAI NOT nor 27 the most disastrous accident in the history of stockton occurred this mornine at 4 80 crar rear fourteen mile when a part cf of ono one of the boilers of 0 the river steamer T 0 walker which left san francsco Franc eco tco at 6 let last was blown out tilling killing eix six and dangerously wounding eleven persons while probably fifteen filie enor or twenty others were more or leas leis badly bait the T C wilker walker ie Is owned by the california navigation A improvement company and ran between san francisco and Stock toi tou the dead john tulan captain of the T TC C walker W A blunt the agent in charge of shipp shipping Dg of sugar aeeti from the moss tract to tho the crockett factory watton henry of stockton Stoc klon engineer of iha T TC C walker mrs watson henry wife of the chiel chief engineer jerry dalley dailey fireman ferdinand Ferd luand lowe passenger wounded george P smith a native ot of deck hand burned about the face and body james corcoran deck bind hand will probably die jack dolberg olberg 11 known as jack sperry watchman injured in head bead and scalded over entire upper part of body coratti dominic deck hand scalded about hands and face abid beck boji eil john barn barns deck hail hair 1 I barned about head 0 fopma buo of bin sin francisco passenger injured in the face and breast elward paul joae stevedore ecil led abbat taco face aul handa hands martin frey of ofSan san francico franciaco deck band hand burn ed about the head and body lonis louis Brizz brizzalara alana of sin francisco cioe un merchant erchant badly injured john figoni of B Sok tou do de k baud haj cut and back hurt the majority 0 of the passengers were in bed when the on occurred and were awakened by the report which was as loud as s a cannons roar people from fram their rooms in their night clothes and found the whole forward portion of the th learners upper work works bown mown away the electric lighta lights had bad been put out and steam en the treat portion of the boat till it waa was impossible to see ee bow much of the boat bad had ben bain carried away the screams of the men who were locked in their rooms near the pilot r house were captain colsia I 1 tulau hal bal been bown from his bi bed against the door ot of the nd co to tediously injured that be could not more the door could not ba be forced ar av he be was jammed up against it one of he employee of the boat secured an ax find and cut the upper part ot the tile roon away and finally lw hin but not nut until be bo was virtually roasted roa teil aliv when palled oat out the flesh dropped from his bones in larzo large piece e end and although alt Lonch be he vaa was suffering excruciatingly be hare it bravely and not a groan et him as bo he was taken out of if bit beam araton 11 II henry the chief englof ene oer fr and his wife were in their room near tho the pilot ilot house when the ei eion on oc car carreal sirs mrs henry was blown blow u through tho the fla fl crins cring was blown upwards upward and end she was burled with great delenco ve lenco a distance die tanco of fully twenty feet towards the bow ol 01 the t boat oat slie she was horribly hi crabbed crushed by the force of the explosion and aleo alto badly scalded wah with caping ef beani her injuries proved atal at 1230 this afternoon she be re W timed ned until a few me 0 o ments before her deith death her suffering erine was to 10 begged the elan clan in attendance to end her life but all that could be dona done was to deaden the pain bv br tte me use EC of narcotics mr henry was terribly scalded H was thrown come distanlo dis di stanco awny away but dinst ai at far for as was hi his wife lie ile did 6 shortly atter after being brought ta to this city WA blunt wa was instantly killel he ile waa was standing on the brwer deck dek as be 0 intended making a landine a it chert d di 9 tance aboto the place abare tho explosion occurred jorry dailey the fireman was in the aro bole hole of the boat bast whan the accident occurred the tb escaping team completely enveloped him scarcely a portion of his file body the vapor he ile lied at the receiving Loi Lot pital at 1245 this afternoon iia he has been in the employ of the ornia navigation Navi gaion improvement pro company for about fourteen jeara ears underneath the lower deck where the deck hands slept groans and screams wore were heartrending the unfortunate imprisoned men were receiving rec rece eivins ivino the nil full effect effet of the steam as so it cama cams from the boilers tsueo who able made their wy way to the deck as best they could while tho the laore more sori seri oady onely injured were unable to get out the exposed portions portio nr of their bodies buffered eufie euffe red the ant st tie arms aud tux fes of those near the main ez trance were rightfully scalded coratti iti who was on the lowe lowel deck was blown into th water and bad to atin swim ashore attar after his back was horribly scalded loaia louis Brizz brizzolara olana in company with chabej and wile wife were standing near the pilot pilothouse house the force threw him to one side but not until he wa was badly burned about the body fortunately mr maggio and lit his wife escaped without so much ai as a scratch though both were thrown down by the on the lower deck the injured ero em cloyes of the boat wee we wc e located meine means and screamed which could not ba be repressed ismuel from the bruised and blistered mea men everything every thing pos bobble ble was vias done to relieve the their r ter ribe ribo agony the four walla walls cl of the engine acom were demolished by the force of the explosion the lower deck and texas deck were wrecked in the portion directly oter over the engine room the direction of the lying debris was upward and outward toward the bow it if it hid had been the other way the loss loes of life would be much greater |
