The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-02-20
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
AN EXPLOSION ON THE S. $. MARtPosA
CAUSES THE DEATH OF THREE MEN
THREE OTHERS INJURED
THE STEAMERS DEPART
URE DELAYED.

JRE DELAYED.
Shortly after the S. S. Mariposa
left the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany's dock for San Francisco, at 10
o'clock AN. yesterday, having passed
through the reef and discharged
Pilot Sheperd, she suddenly came to
anchor and at the same time was
seen to be developed in cloud of
steam. The report was telephoned
over town that the Mariposa was on
fire. Chief Engineer Mott and Sur
vey Engineer White, of the Fire De-
partmcnt, were in the Bell Tower
watching the Mariposa going out and
the City Of Pekin coming in. Mr..
Mott passed orders round to the differ
ent fire companies to he ready for
action at the first signal, and then
with Mr.. White went down to the
wharf with the hose cart of Engine
Co. No. ., and made everything
ready for emergencies.
The tugboat Eleu was Just about
starting out to convey Mr.. Gibson,
President of the Board of Health,
and Mr.. Gulick, Minister of the In
terror, with Drs. Brodie, Trousseau
and Webb, to the S. S. City of Pekin,
just arrived off the harbor with
Japanese immigrants. Mr.. w. G.
Irwin reached the wharf in time to
inform the party on the tug that
there was something wrong on the
Mariposa, and Mr.. Gibson ordered
the tug to proceed first to that vessel
Arriving there it was ascertained that
an explosion had occurred in one of
the boilers, injuring some of the men,
but that no immediate assistance was
required. On the tugs return from
the City of Pekin shortly afterward,
il was ascertained that two men had
been killed, and four injured, two of
them seriously. Mr.. Wilson, Chief
Engineer, also reported that the three
remaining boilers were sufficient to
take the steamer safely and expedi-
tiously to San Francisco. At the
same time he ordered several ten-fcet
iron bolts to be made, which Mr.. IT.
win had done at the Hawaiian Car
rage ManufactOry.
At five o'clock Mr.. Irwin returned
in the Eleu and had the dead bodies
and the two men who were badly in
jured taken ashore. The corpses
were consigned to Mr. Williams, I'M
dertaker, for interment, and the two
sufferers sent to the Queens Hospi-
tai. Before this an inquest had been
held by Deputy Marshal Dayton on
board, with the following jury, Homo
lulu people who We're passengers on
the boat: J. NJ. Monsarrat, J. NJ. Dat,
M. w. McChesney, E. r. Miles, G. p.
Castle, G. Gertz The evidence
showed the accident to have been
caused by the springing of the hue
sheet from the tubes of the after port
boiler. There was pressure of so
or S3 pounds at the time. the certiti-
cate allowing 80 pounds. DR.. r. d.
Johnston, ships physician, testified
that death was caused by either suflo-
cation or scalding. A verdict in ac-
cordance with the evidence was
given, stating that the occurrence
was accidental and not due to the
negligence of the captain and officers
OF the steamship.
The names of the killed and in
jured were: James Brown, water
tender, OF Scotland; Geo. Rely, fire
man, Ireland; Tom Hansen, fireman,
Denmark; Eugene Shannon, coal
passer, Massachusetts; Richard Car
rol (killedD, coal passer, Illinois, and
John Whitemarsh (killed), passage
worker, England. The bodies of
Carol and Whitemarsh were inferred
at 10 o'clock this forenoon in Makiki
Cemetery, the Rev. E. C. Oggel con-
Quoting the funeral services.
Tom Hansen died of his injuries
in the hospital about nine this fore
noon. He will be buried at four this
afternoon, mt the Makiki Cemetery,
Rev. Mr.. Oggel officiating. The other
man who was taken to hospital, Geo.
Reilly, although badly scalded about
the arms and body, is not in
dangerous condition.
1t was nearly midnight before the
Mariposa got away on her voyage
Feb. Is.