The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-28

structive river accident in the history
of Stockton occurred this morning at
4:20 o'clock near Fourteen Mile slough.
when a part Of one Of the boilers Of the
river steamer T. c. Walker. which left
San Francisco at o'clock last night,
was blown out. killing six and danger
ously wounding 10 persons. while prob
ably Is or 20 others were more or less
badly hurt. The T. c. Walker II owned
by the California Navigation and I'm
provement company and piled between
San Francisco and Stockton.
The dead are:
JOHN TULAN. captain Of the T. c.
Walker.
w. A. BLUNT. the agent in charge oe
shipping Of sugar beets from the Moss
tract to the Crockett factory.
WATSON HENRY Of Stockton. engi-
neer OF the T. c. Walker.
MRS. WATSON HENRY. wife OF the
chief engineer
JERRY DALEY. fireman.
FERDINAND LAW OF Seattle died
at o'clock this evening at the receiv-
ing hospital. making the sixth death
The wounded are:
George p. Smith. a native OF Massa-
chusetts. deck-hand. scalded about
the face and body; James Corcoran
deck-hand. will probably die: Jack Hol-
berg. known as Jack Sperry. watch
man. injured In head and scalded over
entire upper part OF body. Coratti Do
minici. deck-hand, scalded about hands
and face and back injured: John Burns.
deck-hand. slightly burned about head:
q. Foppiano Of San Francisco. passen-
ger. injured in the face and breast: Ed
ward Paul Jones. stevedore. scalded
about face and hands: Martin McCaf-
frey OF San Francisco. deck hand.
burned about the head and body. Louis
Brizzolana OF San Francisco. wine mer-
chant. 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
were awakened by the report. which
was as loud as cannon's roar. The
escaping steam enveloped the front
portion of the boat till 1t was impossi-
BILE 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. Capt. John
Tulan had been blown from his bed
against the door of the stateroom and
80 seriously injured that he could not
move. The door could not be forced
open. as he was tammed against It. One
OF the employees of the boat secured an
AK and cut the upper part Of the room
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 al
though he was suffering excruciatingly.
he bore IL bravely and not . groan es-
capped him as he was taken out Of the
steam.
Watson II. Henry. the chief enxi-
neer, and his wife were In their room
near the pilothouse when the explosion
occurred. Mrs. Henry was blown
through the roof The flooring WAS
blown upwards and she was hurled
with great violence distance Of fully
20 feet towards the bow of the boat.
She was horribly crushed by the force
of the explosion and also badly scalded
with steam. Her injuries proved fatal
at 1880 this afternoon. She retained
until a few moments BE-
fore her death. Her sufferings were %
intense that she begged the physicians
In attendance to end her life. but ali
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 so far as was his wife, He diea
shortly after being brought to this city.
w. A. Blunt was instantly killed. He
was standing on the lower deck a. he
Intended making a landing q short dfs-
lance above the place where the en-
pIosion occurred
Jerry Daley. the fireman. was In
the fre hole Of the boat when the ac-
,ident occurred. The escaping steam
enveloped him. scarcely .
portion Of his body escaping the vnpog.
He died at the receiving hospital at 12:2
,'clock this afternoon. He had teen
IN the employ OF the California Navi-
patton Improvement company for about
u years
Underneath the lower deck. where the
ieckhands sleep. the groans ana
'creams were heartrending. The tm-
prisoned men were receiving the full
fleet Of the steam as II came fr0m the
boiler. Eight Of them were almooe
,calded alive. Those who were aoDe
10 do 50 made their way to the GDok
rs best they could. while the moge onge-