The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-28


when a part Of one Of the boilers Of the
river steamer II. c. Walker, which left
San Francisco about 9 o'clock last
night, was blown out, killing elk and
dangerously wonndiDg eleven persons,
while probably fifteen or twenty were
more or less badly hurt. The T. G,
Walker is owned By the California Nav
Igation & Improvement Company, and
ran between San Francisco and Stock
ton.
The dead are: John Tulan, captain Of
the T. c. Walker; W. A. Blunt. the
agent in charge OF shipping Of sugar
beas from the Moss tract to the Crock
EFT factory; watson Henry, Of Stock
ton, engineer Of the T. G. Walker; Mrs.
Watson Henry, wife Of the chief engi.
neer; Jerry Daley, fireman; Ferdinand
Law, Of Seattle. passenger.
wounded: George P. Smith. q
native of Massachusetts,, deck
hand, burned about the face
and body; James Corcoran. deek-hand,
will probably die; Jack Holburg, known
as Jack SperFE, watchman, Injured IN
head and scalded over entire upper part
OF the body; Coratti Dominlcl, deck.
hand, scalded about hands and face and
back injured; John Burns. deck-haho:
burned about head; G. Boppiano, OF
San Francisco, passenger, injured in the
face and breast; Edward Paul Jones,
steyedore, scalded about face and
hands: Martin Mccartney, Of San Fran
cisco. deck-hand, burned about the
head and body; Louis Bri2zoalan, OF San
Francisco, wine merchant, badly injur-
ed; John Figoni, Of Stockton, ,deck-hand
head cut and back hurt.
The majority OF the passengers were
in bed when the explosion occurred ana
were awakened by the report which was
as loud as q caunon's roar. The people
rushed from their rooms IN their night
clothes and found the whole forward
portion OF the steamers upper works
blown away. The electric lights had
been nut out and the escaping steam
enVeloped the front portion OF the boat
till It was impossible TO see how mueh
Of tho boat had been carried away. The
screams Of the men who were locked IN
their rooms near the pilot house were
heartrendlng.
RoaStsd Alive.
Captain John Tulan had been blown
from his bed against the door Of the
state room and SO seriously injured that
he could not move. The door could not
be forced open as he was 1ammed up
against It. One OF the employees oil tine
boat secured an axe and cut the upper
part OF the room away and finally re-
moved him, but not until he was Vir-
tuaIlV roasted alive, When pulled out
the flesh dropped from his bones in
large pieces, and although he was suf-
ferlng overwhelmingly, he bore It brave
ly and not a groan escaped him as ne
was taken out OF the steam.
Watson Henry, the chief engineer, ana
his wife were in their room near the pl-
lot house when the explosion occurred.
Mrs. Henry was blown through the
roof. The flooring was blown upward
and she was hurled with great violence
n distance OF twenty feet towards the
hov Of the boat She was horribly
crushed BIZ the fury Of the explosion
and also badly sCalded With escaping
steam, Her injuries proved fatal at
1890 this afternoon. She retained con-
sciousness until few moments before
her death. Her suiHerlngs were so In
tense 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 narcotics.
Mr.. Henry was terribly scalded. He
was thrown some distance away out
not as far as his wife. He died shortly
after being brought to the city.
Mr.. Blunt was Instantly Killed. ne
was standing on the lower deck as he
Intended making a landing short dis
tance above the place where the eXp!o-
sion occurred.
Jerry DAILY. the fireman, was in the
tlre hold Of the boat when the accident
occurred. The escaping steam conn
pletelg enveloped him, scarcely por'
ton OF his body escaping the seorchlng
vapor. He died at the receiving hospit-
al,at l2a5 this afternoon.
Terrible suffering.
Underneath the lower deck, where the
deck-hands slept, groans and screams
were terrible, for the unfortunate Inn
prisoned men we're receiving the iull
force OF the steam as It came from the
boilers. Eight OF them were almost
ronsted alive. Those who were serious
~ Injured we're unable TO get out. Arms
and faces OF these near the main en-
tkance were frightfully scalded, Domi-
nIcI, who was on the lower deck. was
blown into the water and had TO swim
ashore after his back was horribly
scalded.
Louis Brizzolana. In company with
Charles Magglni and wife, were stand
ing near the pilot house on the texas
decks. The force threw him to one side
but not until he was badly burned
about the body Mr.. Magginnl and his
wife escaped without a scratch.
About nn hour nfter the explosion the
passenger steamer DRuntless, coming
from San Francisco, hove in sight. She
rendered immediate assistance, and all
the wounded and uninjured were ta-
ken aboard. A telephone message was
sent to this city and the steamer Clara
Grow, with several physicians with med
icine, ETC., were sent to aid the Dnunt-
less. The relief boat met the Daunt-
less n short distance down the river and
the physicians were quickly taken ON
board A terrible sight greeted them,
Captain TuInn was breathing his last
Mrs. Henry was lying In the ladies'
cabin and every effort was made to re-
lIeVe her sutferings, Mr.. Brlzzolann
tossed on bed In n state room.
NIoaus ard screams.
on the lower deck the injured em-
ployes OF the boat were located, Means
and screams, which could not be re-
pressed, Issued from the bruised and
bllstercd men, Everything possible was
done to relieve their terrible agony.
One OF the remarkable escapes Is that
OF Captain Henry Potvine, who was at