Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-30

was interviewed by your correspondent a
Simpsons boarding house this afternoon
In response to query MIR. Walker state'
that himself, wife, boy and Wife's mother
Mrs. Beakey, had embarked on the Ma,
Queen for short excursion trip, leaving
two year old child and an infant at the board
ilg house.
The May Queen had stopped at Rock
| wells Island for the purpose of landing
some passengers, and Capt. Rockwell hat
boarded the boat and was standing on tn
guards directly opposite Mr.. Walker, wht
was separated by the cabin partition, whel
the command to start was given, immedi
ately after which the explosion took place
the Walker family being the only ones ir
the front part of the boat Walker and his
family were all thrown into the water, which
was not considered over four or five feel
deep. With the exception of few bruises
Mr.. Walker escaped without injury, while
his young son was not in the least harmed
| The injuries sustained by Mrs. Walker
were quite painful but not very serious,
consisting of several bruises on her right
leg aud a sprained knee.
| The injuries suffered by Mrs. Beakey
were at first considered fatal, but her con
dition to-day was very mat, rally improved,
and hopes are now entertained of her re-
covory. Mrs. Beakey's injuries consist of
bruises on the left leg and hip, and very
| serious bruise on tho left side near the
heart, in addition to which she complains
of severe pain in the shoulder blade. She
was conscious to-day but unable to move.
Drs. Small, Perkins and Kimball were on
hand shortly after the explosion, and every
laid xxyo1 +
the pain of the sufferers.
CAPT. RocKwELL's CONDITION.
A visit to Rockwell's island was made by
your correspondent this afternoon for the
purpose of ascertaining the exact nature of
Capt. Rockwell's and Engineer Haines' in
juries. When the reporter called Capt.
| Rockwell was sleeping and it was considered
| best not to disturb his slumbers. AS far as
ascertained no bones were broken and the
lungs are considered unimpaired, while the
exact nature of the internal injuries have
not been definitely determined, but it is
thought that he will finally recover.
ENGINEER HAINEs
was found totally unconscious, and his in
juries are of such preca1ious nature as to
almost preclude the hope of recovery. Bad
ly scalded from the waist up, the appearance
of Haines is that of livid mass of par
boiled fish, and under the circumstances
his recovery would be quite miraculous.
His breathing to-day was forced and ex-
ceedingly heavy. and during the poor fell
lows jncoherent7ravings was distinguished
the following significant remark: "Guessed
was q little hole in the boiler.'' Mr.. o. F.
Haines, a brother to the victim, doing bust
ness in Minneapolis, was at the bedside of
his brother, and from him it was learned
that the sufferer was practical engineer of
over ten years. experience, having run boat
for four years on the waters of Lake George,
York State. Haines is unmarried and had
only been on the May Queen month.
CRIMINAL CARELEssNEss.
The scene of the explosion and surround
ings were carefully inspected by your CORE
spondent to-day, and his Investigations re-
sultei in the conviction that the explosion
was the result of criminal inattention or care
lessness. A huge section of warped and dis
torted boiler iron, with its murderous and
ragged edges deeply ploughed in the earth,
rested high on the embankment, fifty yards
from the scene of the explosion
TERRIFIC FORCE.
The sad story was further told by the ap-
psarance of the trees that came in the way,
but failed to intercept the flight of the dead
ly and titanic missile. Two trees over a
foot in diameter, were snapped asunder with
tho ease and precision that would have at-
tended the breaking Of as many brittle pipe
stems.
In looking at the wreck it would be diff
cult to conjecture where the destruction
would have ended had the flying boiler not
encountered the earth, where it lay partially
imbedded in the ground. Strange as 1t may
seem portion of the boiler was turned COM
the wreck presented the appearance of time
worn and
ROTTEN POT IRON.
Aside from the melancholy wreck pre-
sented by the boiler, all that remained of
the May Queen was tho top of the pilot box
floating in the waters where the boat went
down, anda fewiperpendicular stancbions in
dicating the position of the buried hull
With respect to the direct cause of the explo-
sion there is variety of opin-
IONS, which does not shift the re-
sponsibility from those in charge
of the May Queen at the time of the catas-
trophe, as information was obtained TO-DAY
showing that the boat was generally consid-
cred by those conversent in such matters,
to be
ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS FOR NAVIGATION,
Among limited few, the impression holds
that instead of exploding from undue pres
sure of steam, the boiler succumbed owing
to an Inadequate supply of water, which does
not alter the main and incontrovertabIe fact
that according to the most enlightened evil
dence the boiler was old, rotten, and unfit for
use. While the GLOBE representative was
contemplating the wreck he was approached
by y. F. Haines, brother of the engineer,
and practical blacksmith. Mr.. Haines car
ried in his hands a number of bolts from the
boiler and piece of boiler iron, all the met
tic OF which was SO brittle as to be almost
broken without other aid than tee hands.
The attention of your correspondent was
called to section of iron from the boiler
which has the appearance of having had
seam or crack nearly two feet long, while
the metal was as