The mountain Democrat., 1865-10-14
(From he sasransniO UnIoa.)
The Yosemite Blown uP at Rio vIs-
ta.-.-GF0at Less Of Life.


The Yosemite Blown uP at RiO WIS.,
ta.---GFOat Less Of Life.
We stop our presses this morning. tn record
the horrible catastrophe Of the explosion of The
boiler Of the steamer Yosemite, which occur ed
II Rio Vista at O'clOck last evening, Just as
the steamer WAS leaving her wharf IN her down
trip TO San FranciscO. Fifteen white passen-
gers are killed and missing, and thirty eight
are wounded by sc~lding aud bruises. Twen.
live Cinnamon are believed to have been lost
None 0f the ladies on bnsrd we're injured The
steamer Chry sopnls, which arrived 1T o'clock
brought up all Of the dead and wnunded except
one bndy which cnuld not br recovered. TIE
fOll"~inR account is furnished by one Of the
YOsenite's passengers
0FFIcE STEAMER CHRTsoPoLIs,
Friday, Oct. l8Ih-2k n.
Eos. UMoN I undertake painful duty in
attempting to give you description 0f the ter
rlblr disaster on the steamet Yosemite, which
oeeOTSed ~ Is ASS y sta landing last evening,
and from which prnvidentially escaped. A
few minutes past 2. H.. As the steamer WAS
leaving The landing. the butler exploded, ,tbrnw.
ing all the upper cabin, pilot house every
thing forward If the smuke. stack - into q total
wreck, creating a scene Of death and disaster
most horrible to lhOk upon, and which will
not attempt to describe. All can hnpe to d.
in this letter. will be t" give you. as correctly
as possible, the terrible record Of the
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
J. H. Myers. comedian, ct Maguites Opera
House, killed.
}. NJ. FalInn, treasurer of Maguire's Opera
House, killed.
Hoo,, Tsj.Si Hiij.Ji n''h"i'' Of M'so'Fs'' Op'F'
WIN. II. Stephenson, manager of Maguirs's
Opera House. killed.
J. n. Barnes, killed.
- SoutherIand, Bank Of British North
America missing.
- Decker, Of Central Pacific Railroad
Campany, missing.
A. Llndauer. Of Virginia (Nev. } missing
- McCreaTv, badly Scalded.
George l.. Smith, badly scalded.
Patrick Hughes, badly sculded.
Dennis Drlscoll, deck hand. badly scalded.
James p. Dunn, leg broken.
= Jennings. check taker badly scalded.
D. BArnete. discharged soldier from Grants
army, badly scalded
Thomas Collins, OF San Francisco, badly
scalded.
Joseph Middleton, Of Virginia. New, slight
ly scalded and injured.
Four Chinamen badly scalded.
J"e Butler. chief cook, slightly Rcalded.
Out me- S'OAt Oduih SCdluCus
George Bowen, OF Charleston, badly scaldrd.
g W. SeaInn, Senator elect from Amador,
arm, leg aud shoulder br0ken, aud badI, scald
ed not expected to live; made his will "n
Chrvsnl,ulIs.
William Williamson, deck boy, badly scGld-
ed and injured
8. N. Creigh, clerk or Yosemite, slightly
scnlded.
Captain E. A. Ponle, Of Yosemite, thrnwu
4. a. a. r A 4
-uo seriuus injury.
5 BesSe. at Sacramento. cut in the face
A. FinkhAusen,n of San Francisco, badly scAld-
ed and wrist broken.
}. W. Haskin. late Senator from Mono.
blown intn the river and swum u the opposite
shore slight confusion.
Z. l.. Hastings, of McArraa aud Kelley
slightly scaIded.
George L. Smith nf b. st"n, badly scslded.
George ChrIsty, leg broken and badly scAld.
ed.
Charles Lewis Smith had check No Il in
his pocket, tyl 25 in cnin and trunk key, all
"f which are IN charge Of the steward. He
had n br"ther.in..aw in California named She
/ don Burbank.
! g. W. Bowen. very badly scalded; has II
m"iher, Sarah Bowen, living at Charlestown,
Mass }; has lived last two wears in Arizona.
--Swreiapple. head cut slightly; Superin
tendenI OF mill ut Dayton New.
John RanIseer. of Sacramento, slightly scald
ed nn the back nf the bead.
Jimmy Griffith, slightly cut in the head and
scalded nn the leg
Charles Wilkins, of Sacramento, slightly
scaded and bruised.
William Rogers, killed.
Three white men killed, names unknown.
H. Wisknski. uf Virginia, New. scaded
L. Jacobs. Sacramento. foot broken.
-Cunper, messenger Of Wells. Fargo Co.,
was IN his office blown nearly Ia the opposite
shore returrd unlnjnrpd
Mlrhal Clancy. badly scalded
Patrick Cruwell. coal. passer, killed.
Capt. W. Campbell, Of Gilig, Mott Co.,
badly bruised.
William Sharon, President Branch Bank of
California, slight cnuinsi"n.
Capt Ager, Of San Francisco, badly bruised.
L. J. Chase, known at Yankee jim S as King,
leg brnken and scalded
Jansen. Of jansen, Bond d Co., badly
scaIdrd and ance slightly injured.
Robert BarerphyIe, chief engineer Yosemite,
badly scalded.
In addition to this list there WAS known to
have been twenty or twenty. five Cinnamon III
the hold Of The steamer. Their fate is as vet
uncertain, as it was impossible 10 clear away
the wreck befnre the ChrysopOlis took the ILL.,.
fated passengers. II is believed there are sew
eral Of the missing passengers under the ruins
ut the cabin.
YOU will readily understand that in the con.
fusion arising from the diSaSter, ii Is impossible
that this can be full account, AS many must
have been lost " DO had M friends or acquant.
ances IN board to tell tine tale.
The in Iry sustained by the Yosemite is not
as vet fully ascertained. The forward cabin is
entirely demolished but the hull "a Supposed to
be uninured. At the moment OF the explosion
the safety. valve was blowing "tf steam under ii
pressure df twenty five pounds; the Yosemite :
certificate allows thirty-hve pounds. She had
been detained, and had just commenced ck-
ing when the explosion occurred The only
plausible conjecture which has been given as d
cause for ths explosion, was the rush of pas
seuGets To the shore side; causing q list, p"
which threw the water tho much to one side Of
the boiler.
The screams Of the victims in the cabin of
the Chrysnpolis rs write. are heart-rendng
in the extreme. In passing from one to an
other of the beds on the aOnr, for the purpose
of getting names, etc. the sensation *as sick
ening the saddest duty / evet perfnrmed -
Il that could be done for the sufferers in the
absence Of physicians has been cheerfully rem
dered bv the officers and attaches "f the steam
erS and the pssSengers-the ladies giving all
the assistance in their power. But we ate
nearing Sacramento, and close,
I WV. W BARNES.
TurE We learn, that the son Of MIR Cr"s-
lev. If Straw berry Valley. was killed and MIR.
S. T. Gage, of Virginia Civ. severely but not
dangerously injured, EDs DEMocRAr.
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