The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-16
THEEXPLODEDE ANGEL
Three Men Killed, Five Others
Not Likely to Live.
GOSPEL SHIPS STRANGE CAREER
Built by Church Contributions to
Carry the Glad Tidings.
GOSPEL SHIPS STRANGE CAREER
Explosion in Amoskeag Mills, Kills
Three Persons and Injuries Others
Three Newspaper Men and an En-
gineer Crushed to Death In an Illi-
nois Train Disaster.

PoRr TOWNSEND, Oct. 15.-[Special.l +
Seven victims of the terrible boiler ex-
plosion of the steamship Evangel were
brought from Whatcom on the City OF Sc
attic today. one dead and six wounded.
Of the wounded one died at O'Clock this
afternoon, making the number of deaths
three.
The body of Gus Carlson, the deck hand,
who was drowned in his bunk by the
bursting of the water tank, was left at
Whatcom. Carlson was native of
Sweden.
Julius Flint, the fireman, was native
of New York, p years old, and has lived
in Port Townsend for the last seventeen
years. He was standing on the main deck
lighting lamp when the explosion oc-
CURED. He was caught by the flying tim
bers, was bruised and scalded and died
while being brought here.
William r. Biggs, deck hand, a native
of Prince Edwards island, was scalded
and injured from inhaling steam and
smoke. He died here at o'clock today at
the Marine hospital.
The injured at the Marine hospital are: :
Albert E. Biggs, assistant engineer, a
native of New Brunswick, 26 years old,
who was in bed when the explosion oc-
Cured, is severely burned about the face
and body.
David Ross, fireman, native of Aus
tra!ia, aged 21 years, is paralyzed from his
waist down, having been crushed by fall
ing timbers. He will probably die.
John Feeney. fireman, is a native of
Ireland, 26 years of age. His skull was
fractured and his injuries are supposed to
be fatal.
Charles R. Turner, the steward, is a
German, 81 years of age. His hands and
body are badly burned.
Joseph Burrows, negro cook, was badly
scalded all over the head and body.
The doctors are trying hard to save the
injured men, but say there is great danger
from the terrible shock to their nervous
systems and the depth of their wounds.
Fears are entertained tonight that Assist
ant Engineer Biggs and Cook Burrows
may die.
The cause of the explosion is mystery
and cannot be accounted for by the en-
ployes OF the boat. Chief Engineer Mann
says the steam was going down when he
left the Evangel at the wharf. and was be-
low thirty pounds pressure. Captain
Morgan and Engineer Mann were up town
when the explosion occurred.
Dr. William A. 0lmstead, surgeon for
the Denver & Rio Grande railway, of
Pueblo, who is here on a pleasure trip,
rendered good service to the wounded, and
attended them from Whatcom to this
place He thinks the injuries of all the
men will prove fatal.
John Feeney says he was sleeping near
Carlson when the crash came and the
water flooded the room. He says Carlson
was not struck by the timbers or scalded,
but was drowned in bed. He says if the
water tank had not burst he and Carlson
would both have been scalded to death.
Some of the men are bitter in their de-
nunciati on of the chief engineer and say
he went away and neglected mis- duty,
leaving on full head of steam. Captain
Morgan and Engineer Mann would both
have been killed had they been in their
rooms, for that portion of the boat was
torn to fragments.
The steamer was insured for $500, but
this is insurance against fire or marine
disaster. The vessel will be towed to Sc
attic. Captain Morgan places his pecu-
MARY loss at $4,000.
WHATCoM. Oct. Is. - Special. - The
Evangels wounded crew were this MORN
ing taken to the Port Townsend Marine
hospital by the City of Seattle Gus Carl
son, the dead deckhand, a Swede, aged %,
was left in the wharf warehouse by Cap
tain Morgan, without any arrangement
for burial The body will be cared for by
citizens here. The coroner will tomorrow
hold an inquest to investigate the cause of
the explosion which resulted in Carl
sons death and injury TO the others.
Mate Davis, who escaped uniniured. is
reticent about the cause, but the coroner's
jury will try to ferret out the facts.
Steamboatmen believe that water poured
into the hot boiler precipitated the dis
aster.
Immense crowds visited the wrecked
Evangel today. The huh is moored at the
Sehome wharf. The entire inside is shat
tered and the upper works carried away.
The boiler flew from amidships from the
bottom of the hold upward and forward
over the boat into the bay, where it rests
under the water The mast and its strong
timbers are broken to slivers It is mir
acle that all on board were not killed.
The hull is not injured, but as the water
tank was cracked the vessel is partly filed
with water.