The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-01
STEAMER BOILER BLOWS UP
Distressing Accident on a River
Near Stockton, Cal.
SIX DEAD AND THIRTY INJURED
BY the Escaplng Steam-Inj1red Per-
RuFna

Of Stockton occurred yesterday near
Fourteen Mile Slough, when a part of
one of the boilers of the river steamer
+. C. Walker, which left San Francisco
about 6 o'clock Saturday night, was
blown out, killing six and dangerously
xounding eleven persons, while prob
IDLY fifteen or twenty, more or less,
IRE badly hurt. The T. c. Walker is
.wned by the California Navigation
md Improvement company, and ran
,etween San Francisco and Stockton.
The dead are:
John Tulan, captain of tho T. c.
Walker.
w. A. Blunt, the agent in charge Of
The shipping of sugar beets from the
Hoss tract to the Crockett factory.
Watson Henry, of Stockton, engin-
,er of the T. c. Walker.
Mrs. Watson Henry, wife Of the
thief engineer.
Jerry DAILY, fireman.
Ferdinand Law, passenger.
The majority Of the passengers W Gro
IN bed when the explosion occurred
and were awakened by the report,
which was as loud as q lannon's roar.
People rushed from their rooms in
their night clothes and found the
whole forward portion of the steamers
upper works blown rway. The electric
lights had been put out and the escap-
ing steam developed the front portion
Of the boat until it was impossible to
see how much of the boat had been
carried 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. One of the employees Of the
boat secured an AK and cut the upper
part of the room away ard finally re.
moved him, but not until he was vir-
tually roasted alive. When pulled out
the flesh dropped from his bones in
large pieces, and although he was suf-
fering excruciatingly he bore it brave
" and not groan escaped him as he
was taken out Of the steam.
: Watson Henry, the chief engineer.
and his wife were in their room near
the pilot house when the explosion
occurred. Mrs. Henry was blown
through the roof. The flooring was
blown upward and she was hurled
uvst v.s01 90 -
twenty-five feet toward tho bow of the
boat. She was horribly crushed by
the fury of the explosion, and also
badly scalded by escaping steam. Her
injuries proved fatal. She retained
consciousness until q few moments
before her death. Her suffering was
80 intense that she begged the ply
sicians in attendance to end her lie,
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, but
not as far as was his wife. He died
shortly after being brought to this
city.
Mr.. Blunt was instantly killed. He
was standing on the lower deck. as he
intended making landing a short dis
lance above the place where the ex-
plosion occurred.
derry DAILY, the fireman, was in the
fire hold when the accident occurred.
The escaping steam completely envel-
oped him, scarcely q portion Of his
body escaping the scorching vapor. He
died at the receiving hospital
Underneath the lower deck, where
the deck hands slept, groans and
screams were terrible. for the unfor-
tunate imprisoned men were receiving
the full force of the steam as it came
from the boilers Eight Of them were
almost roasted alive.
About an hour after the explosion
the passenger steamer Dauntless. COM
ing from San Francisco. hove in sight.
She rendered immediate assistance.
and all the wounded and uninjured
were taken aboard.
Election Bettors Indicted.
MARYvILLK, Mo-. Nov. es.-The Nod.
away county grand jury adjourned