The herald., 1898-11-29
DEATH or BRIzzOLARA
THE SEVENTH CAUSED BY THE
WALKER DISASTER
TWO OTHERS CANNOT SURVIVE
Testimony at the Coroner's Inquest
Shows Recklessness on the Part
Of the Dead Engineer
Associated Press Special Wire,

Associated Press Special Wire,
STOCKTON, Nov. 2S Another death to-
night makes the list of killed by the blow
ing out of the steam drum of the steamer L.
c. Walker on Sunday morning reach seven.
Of the wounded now at the county hospital
it is said that two will probably die, Jimmy
Corcoran and G. Foppianno.
The last one to succumb to his terrible in
iur;es was Louis Brizzolara of San Francis
CO, who did not recover from the shock and
died tonight at 7:3O o'clock on the steamer
Dauntless, now on the way to San Fran
cisco. The sufferer was carried aboard the
Dauntless at the scene OF the accident Sun
day morning, when the opposition boat came
along. and it was feared then that he was
seriously hurt. Arriving here, the attend
ing physicians would not consent to remove
him from the stateroom on the steamer Tor
fear he would die, as he had not recovered
consciousness Today, when it was pro-
rosed to remove him. the doctors said no,
but they would accompany him on the down
ward trip of the steamer. Drs. Fitzgerald
and Olivierie remained with the man con-
stantly and cndeavored to revive him, but
he passed away two hours after the steamer
left her wharf in this city.
The deceased was u coal merchant at l0l5
Washington street, San Francisco, and was
On trip to Stockton Sunday with his wife
and his son-in-law. Charles Maggini of the
| firm Of Garcia & Maggini, commission mer-
chants of Washington and Drumm streets;
also Mrs Maggni and a younger sister. The
party was standing on the forward part of
the upper deck of the Walker when the en-
rlosion came. and the old gentleman was
the only one hurt. He was struck by some
part of the woodwork and received a stun
ming blow on the right side, Just above the
hip, and was cooked all up the back by the
escaring steam.
At the inquest held today Engineer Muir
ray was the most important witness. lie
tool, the engines from Engineer Henry, who,
with his wife was killed, at midnight Satur-
day, and had had the engines in charge at
the time of the explosion. Murray said that
when he relieved Henry the latter said they
had been having spin with the Dauntless,
the opposition boat. Murray said further
that they had discovered leak in the steam
drum that exploded week ago, and were
waiting for Sunday to make repairs.
Jerry Daley, who was one of the first en-
ployes to die, left widow and eight children
in Oakland, and his remains will be shipped
there in the morning. W. A. Blunt, the
passenger who was killed at the time of the
accident, leaves a widow and four children
on the Moss tract near this city.
The case of Mrs. Carl Simon, wife of @
well-known business man of this city, is ar
unfortunate one. She and her little daugh
ter had front room on the Walker, ant
the force of the explosion threw the key Out
of the door. Mrs. Simon was in darkness
when the electric lights went out, and, i'm
prisoned in the room, with steam all arount
her and the shrieks of the dying and wound
ed, she was so terrified that when she wa
rescued she was unconscious and she re
mained so until this afternoon. In hel
spells of delrium she has constantly callet
for help for herself and child and criet
over the dreadful scenes she witnessed
Careful nursing and constant care will bring
her out, the physicians say but the shocl
is very serious one for the lady and hal
caused her relatives great alarm.