New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-29
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION-LOS OF LIFE
EINE pERSONS KILLED.

FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
We are Indebted 70 Mr. Swift, of Swift & Co S Ex-
press for the particulars OF TIE explosion wch took
Iace about 10 o'clock Yesterday morning on board
the Bay steamer Georgins, plying between tbs city
and Petauma.
The acoicert occurred while the boa. was lying at
tie landing al Petaluma, and about tn inmates pre-
yious to tie beur of her departure. She had already
given tie first signal for st'riing, he'd got up futl
cad Of steam, and it il supposed, with scarcity OF
water in the boilers
The explosion occurred after several passengers had
gone ABOARD and so violent the shock that the
boiler was thrown entirely out of the bost, and fell IN
the middle of tue sire tm The whole a part OF the
vessel, Including the cabin, was completely swept
Five persons are reported killed and sevea serious
" wounded The names Of the killed wero not a7cer-
taired except tbst Of Mr. Funk. One OF the ire
men was amo1g the killed. The engineer Sai dan
gerously scaded and of his less was torn OIL IL
is not probable that be can recover. One account
represents the captain among the missing, while
Cher s aS R sss be- 'e Wounded We're Properly
cared for h 5 5hs . Gi. 81 s sr5e accident is the
result OF csrelessnefs.
The Georeina vas one Of the smallest if not ne
smsllest steamer running on he Bay. She has long
teen e. gagged IL the Poa'una trade and has been re
gaded az srauuch little boat, and quite as safe as
msny larger once.
TIE pssscrcers and frsigh Of the Georgina were
trausf rred to toe Kate Hayes and brought to this
city last evening.
Several conflicting rurnors were sfoat last evening
concerning this unfortunate affair, ami the above is
Alta California Nov. ~
We are indebted TO Capt. Webster, Of the steamer
Reindeer for futror particulars Of the teri BILE expo-
OF board the GeoTgino at Petaluma, on Friday
morning.
The accident seem. TO have resulted from The most
Ger surabe caeessness ard want OF suitable persons
to marage tie vessel. DuflDg the LIST three trips
there had been 10 engineer on ooard-a common nre-
man haviI been promoted to this important and re-
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her LETT be ause be thought her unsafe and remarked
to Capt Wakelee, that he left her because they
wanted lin 10 carry too much steam for the wster
used He had only been in the employ of the oEnes
for two trips-long enough 10 satisfy himself OF the
Two OF he wounded men we're brought down to this
city the Render last evening" to be sent TO the
Hospital
be boat was owned by some parties in SonOma, and
had on been on this route about two months. From
The facts that have been elcted tince the casualty 1t
appears that this steamer has been running upon the
wa'ers Of The bay in violation OF lay and IN most
con mon ussges Of seambOstlng. She was without
certificate fren the INSPECTORS, a0d destitute oil COM
petent engineer.
The Petai4ms JOurHal fr which we are indebted
to Wes Fargo & Co., gives the folio wing incidents
o. the issster.
Yesterday our town wss the scene of one OF those
hesrtrending casmi,es for which Csluornls has be-
come Loted-steamboat dltasters. 80 Tar as we nave
been able TO gather the particulars, they are as FOL
lows:
About i've minutes past 10 o'clock a. m. ye.ter-
dsy as the steam GeOrsiDa was lay log at her land
In few rods below our office, taking on freight and
pssse ugers her boiler l9ded doing terrible wofk
of dea.h sLd destruction. How many were instahuy
killed unknown but it is yery probable there were
several. OfthOse known TO have been wouhdeo VI
missing we give the following let:
" Voundtd-GeOrge Funk, passenger, received
81 we're confusion over the ett eye and snosr on lne
left aru-wss slso severely scalded. hr. r. Is pro-
pfietcr Of The Osk Grove House. ABOUT ioT unes Ifo
here on the BOdegs road.
&C Busls-p.s:eDger-s Frenohman, LETT leg
broe en- In two places and his right side badly bruised
Valentine lken-p AseLge slightly scaided eho
bruised. Mr.. l. was thrown some lofty iee'' siAiu5
"JohI Flooi - fireman - an Irishmsn, left leg
broken and foot nearly torn from the body llgnt eg
also badly b.uised, aud his entire BODY Daey Snoea
lie lived in tie most eIcrGcating PAIN abodt Two
q ns,;ng of the number rnissiDg little can Re
Learned One or more gentlemen passenfers-nsu u
upknosn-are reported 10 have been IN the cAon n
tie tire of the explosion, who must have oeep IN
stautly ke6 and their bodies fallen into the creek
Cant Thompson WAS reported among the Inssin9
st the tire OF the explosion, but aiter.a.o nsde hh
,rpearance on 4 bank Of the river AT me ms ht
eIplosicu occurred he standing on the for arc
| deek and was thrown sshore wthou. receiving any
seIious peronal injury
! "fhe scting engineer cf the Ge Jrgians, who wa
standing near the heed Of the boe at the time of ex
ulo,iop, ESCAPED without injury Alta CAL Nov rs
| We lave been furnished by Wells, Fargo 81 Co
with copy OF the evidence ~ upon the Coroner
irdues. he'd az Persluna on Ie BODY Of John GOD
VINO wss killed by the eIpI Jeion OF the GsOrgina.
wursnt hss been Issued n the ares, Of Capt ThomI
! son. BY the evidence, il appear that the decesse
wss fireman on basr the Geo,gina, snd at the nm
Of the e1Olosion W. standing IN %. OF the boil,
moving vooc. II ere wse engineer on board ID
two f7emen sotD ( in tbs. capacity. James Wstsor
one o. he frey en. testified that she had on q: %
time Of the ex lOson IS lbs. Of steam she gas rae
ct IS lbs eLe blew ny five minutes after be lslI. -
4 tbe 49,, .r1f
valve, de had shut down the throttle when proven