The record-union., 1898-11-28
Steam Drum Of the 7. c. Walker Ei-
plodes.
Terrific Force That Hurled Six
Persons to Death, While Others
Were Terribly Sca1ded and
Otherwise Injured - Terrible
Sight That Greeted the Boat
Sent az Relief.


astrous river accident in the history OF
Stockton occurred this morning at Az
O'Clock near Fourteen Mile Slough.
when a part of one of the boilers OF
the river steamer T. c. Walker, Wnich
left San Francisco at o'clock last
night, was blown out, killing six ana
dangerously wounding eleven persons
while probably fifteen or twenty others
were more or less badly hurt. The L.
c. Walker is owned by the California
Navigation and Improvement Company
and ran between San Francisco ana
Stockton.
The dead: Captain John Tulan of the
T. c. Walker.
w. A. Blunt, the agent in charge OF
the shipping of sugar beets from the
Moss tract to the Crockett factory.
Watson Henry of Stockton, engineer
of the T. C. Walker.
Mrs Watson Henry, wife Of the chief
engineer.
Jerry Daley, fireman.
Ferdinand Law, passenger, badly
scalded about face and hands and in
jured in the breast, died at the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
Wounded:
George P. Smith, a native Of Massa-
chusetts, deck hand, burned about face
and body and injured in the kidneys
James Corcoran, deck hand, will prob
ably die.
Jack Holberg, known as, Jack Sperry,
watchman, injured in head and scald-
ed over entire upper portion of body.
Coratti Dominica deck hand, scalded
about hands and face and back in
jured.
John Burns, deck hand, slightly burn
ed about the head.
G. Foppianno of San Francisco, pas
Eenger, injured in the face and breast.
Edward Paul Jones, stevedore, scald-
ed about face and hands.
Martin Mccartney of San Francisco,
deck hand, burned about the head and
body
Louis Brizzolana of San Francisco,
wine merchant, badly injured.
John Figoni of Stockton, deck hand,
head cut and back hurt
The majority of the passengers were
in bed when the explosion occurred, and
We're awakened by the report, which
was as loud as a cannon's roar. Peo-
pie rushed from their rooms in their
night clothes and found the upper part
of the deck blown away.
The screams of the men who were
locked in their rooms near the pilot
house were heartrending. Captain John
Tulan had been blown from his bed
against the door of the stateroom, and
so seriously injured that he could not
move. The door could not be forced
open, as he was jammed up against it.
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cured an AK and cut the upper part of
the door away and finally removed
him, but not until he was virtually
roasted alive When pulled out the
flesh dropped from his bones in large
pieces, and although he was suffering
excruciatingly, he bore it bravely, and
not a groan escaped him after he was
taken out of the steam
Watson H. Henry, the chief engineer,
and his wife, We're in their room near
the pilot house when the explosion oc-
CURED. Mrs. Henry was blown through
the roof. The flooring was blown up
ward and she was hurled with great
violence a distance of fully twenty feet
toward the bow of the boat She was
horribly crushed by the force of the
explosion and also badly scalded with
escaping steam. Her injuries proved
fatal at 12:30 this afternoon. She re-
tanned consciousness until a few mo-
ments before her death. Her suffering
was SO intense that she begged the
physicians in attendance to end her
life, but all that could be done was
TO deaden the pain by the use of mar
cotics.
Mr.. Henry was terribly scalded. He
was blown some distance away, but not
as far as was his wife. He died short
ly after being brought to this city.
w. A. Blunt was instantly killed. He
was standing on the lower deck as he
intended making a landing short dis
tance above the place where the explo-
sion occurred.
Jerry Daley, the fireman, was in the
fire hole of the boat when the accident
occurred. The escaping steam complete
ly enveloped him, scarcely a portion of
his body escaping the soaring vapor.
He died at the Receiving Hospital at
12:40 this afternoon He had been in
the employ Of the California Naviga-
tion and Improvement Company for
about fourteen years.
Underneath the lower deck, where the
deck hands sleep the groans and
screams We're heartrending, for the un-
fortunate imprisoned men were receiv-
ing the full effect of the steam as it
came from the boilers Eight of them
We're almost roasted alive. Those who
We're able made their way to the deck
as pest they could, while the more
seriously injured were unable to get
OUT. me exposed portions of their
bodies suffered the most. The arms
ana races Of those near the main en-
trance were frightfulIy scaIded. Cor
ratti Dominica who was on the lower
deck, was blown into the water and
had to swim ashore after his back was
horribly scalded
Louis Brizzolara, in company with
Charles Maggini and wife. was stand
ing near the pilot house. The force
threw him to one side, but not untiI he
had been badly burned about the body.
Fortunately Mr.. Maggini and his wife
escaped without SO much as a scratch.
though both We're thrown 65wn by the
concussiOn.
The moment rescuing commenced