Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
SIX WERE KILLED.
Bad Accident on San Joaquin
River Steamboat
THIRTY WERE INJURED
steam Drum Of the Boiier huref "s's
Violence. Denolishing fortio" OF tns
vessel and letting ous voiUaa~s o
scatdfug steam Many 90 the fassen'
g~rs Were Asleep st the Time

Stockton. Cal. special. The meat dis
astroua river accident In tas eistory 81 |
stockton occurred sunday morning ~ AZ
O'Clock near Fourteen Nile slough. wt-n
part OF cne Of the boilers of the river steam
sr +. C. Walker. which left san Franci-co
about o'clock Saturday night, was blown
out killing six and dangerously wonnding
eisven persons. while probably fifteen or
twenty were more or less badly hurt The I
T. g. Walker is owned oy the California \
Navigation and improvement OompNny. (
and ran between san Francisco and Stockton |
The majority OF the passengers were In
bed when the explosion occurred aud were
awakened hy the report. which was a. loud
a. caunoDs roar. People rushed from
/ the statcro0ms in their niEht-clother- The
I whole forward portion % the steaner's mp
per WORKS wAs blown away. The electric
I lights had teen put out Nud the escaping
steam envsicpsd tho front portion 81 the
l boat All it was impotsiole 20 sre how much
/ OF the boat had been carried away.
Tho screams of the mea who were locked
in their rooms near the ptiot-house were
hrarirending. capt John Iuisn had been
blown from his bod against the door "a The
siatero0m. and 80 seriously injured that he
could not move. The door could not b
forced open p he was lammed against Il.
One ofthe employees Of the boat secured an
Ak and cut The upper part 90 the room avsy
and nnaly removed hlm. oul not until Do
was virtually roasted ahv-. when pulled
out the frsh dropped fs0m his bones Ia
, large pieces aud although he WRs suffering
7 excrutlatingly. he bore Il bravely, and not a
b gr0an escaped him a. be was taken cut OF
the steam
. Watson Henry. the chief engineer. and
: bis wife. were la their room near the pilot
q house when thu explosion occurred Mrs.
Henry was blown . distance 90 twenty feet
e TO the bow Of the hoat. she was badly
2 crushed aud 90 badly scslded with escaping
4 steam that death followed
4 Underneath tho lover deck. where ths
deckhAnds slept. groans aud sctsanls ~er'
terrible. for ths uniortunato tmpriaone'
men wers recs.ving the ful forcc = tn
steam a. it came from Tho boilers. Right .
- them were almost roasted alive. Those WI
were able made their way 20 the deck a
x best they could, while the more seriously Ia
ie Iured we're unable 20 get out. Arms an
30 faces ot those near the main entrances weg
p frightfuny scRided.
r. Louis Brixx0lana. in company With Cbn'
Macxlnl aud wife were standing near "a
be pilothouse on the Texas deck. The fore
be threw him 20 one side. but not unti be ~
ne badly burned about the body. Mr. Maggi
10 and his wifs escaped without strateh.
ot About an hour after the explosion q
tai passenger steamer Dauntless. coming fro
d. San Francisco. hove Ga sight. she rende
lt. ed immediate assistance. aud al The woun
c'- ed and uninlurrd were taken aooard
TO- telephone message was cent {" tno city, al
IN tho steamer Clara Crow. with several phys
ne clans with medicines, A., were sent TO a
led the DauGt.czs The relief boat met (
Dauntess a short distance down the rt'
ot and the physicians were quickly taken
IN board. terrible slight greeted tue
IN Captain Tulan was breathing hts last. NJ
Tire Henry was lying Ia tho ladies cabin =
ase every effort was made 20 rrlisvs Der SUI
py ings Mr.. Brizxolana was tossing on a
IA a stateroom.
On the lower deck the Injured employe'
the boat were located. Means and screa
urg which could not be rspressed. issued fr
the bruised and bllstcred men. Everyth
BIZ possible was done 20 relieve their terr
lie agony.
flris The four walls OF the engine room '
'ha' demolished by the force OF tho expios
The hurricane deck, and Texas deck '
phiA wrecked ia the portion directly over ths
l@li- gine room. The direction of tho dying
'tor- bris was upward aud outward toward
bow. IL IL had been thu other way the
Jung Of life would have been much greater