The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-28


WATSON HENRY, engineer.
MRS. HENRY, wife of the engineer.
JERRY DAILY, fireman.
FERDINAND LAW, of Seattle, passen-
ger.
wounded
George P. Smith, deck hand.
James Corcoran, deck hand, will prob
ably die.
Jack Holberg. known as Jack sperry,
watchman.
Coratt Dominic, deck hand.
John Burns, deck hand.
G. Foppiano San Francisco, passenger,
injured in The face and breast.
Edward Paul Jones, stevedore.
Martin MacCaffery, deck hand.
Louis Brzzolno, San Francisco, wine
merchant, badly injured.
John Figoni of Stockton, deck hand.
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. People rushed from
their rooms in their night clothes. The
whole forward portion of the steamers
upper works was blown away. The cleo
trio lights had been put out, and the es-
Gaping steam enveloped the front portion
of the boat till it was impossible to see
how much Of the boat had been carried
away.
The screams of the men, who were lock-
ed in their rooms near the plot house,
were heart-rending. Capt. John Tulan had
been blown from his bed against the door
of the state room, and so seriously in
iured that he could not move. The door
could not be forced open, as he was jam
med against il.
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 although he was suf-
! ferlng excruciatingly, he bore it bravely,
| and not a 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 a distance of
| twenty feet 70 the bow. of the boat. She
was crushed and SO badly sca.ded with
! escaping steam that her injuries proved
fatal. Her sufferings were so intense that
she begged the physicians in attendance
to end her life, but all that could be done
was to allay the pain by the use of mar
| cotics
Mr.. Henry was badly scalded. He was
! thrown some distancesaway, but was not
thrown as far as his wife. He died short
| ly after being brought to the city.
Mr. Blunt was instantly killed. He was
standing on the lower deck, as he in
| tended making a landing a4short distance
above the place where the explosion oc.
Cured.
Jerry Daiy, the fireman, was in the fire.
| hold of the boat when the accident oc-
cured. The escaping steam completely
| enveloped him, scarcely a portion of his
body escaping the scorching vapor He
died at the receiving hospital at 12:45 this
afternoon.
Underneath the lower deck, where the
deck hands slept, groans and screams
were terrible, for the unfortunate impms-
! oned men were receiving the full force
of the steam as it came from the boilers
Eight of them were almost roasted alive.
| Those who were able, made their way
to the deck as best they could, while the
more seriously injured We're unable to get
out. Arms and faces of those near the
main entrance were frightfuily scalded
! Dominic who was on the lower deck
was blown into the water and had to
swim ashore after his back was terribly
scaldcd.
| Louis Brizzoino, in company with
| Charles Maggini and wife. We're standing
near the pilot house on the Texas deck.
! The force Of the explosion threw him 10
one side, but not until he was badly burn
| ed about the body. Mr.. Maggni and his
| wife escaped without a scratch.
About an hour after the explosion the
! passenger steamer Dauntless, coming from
! San T. ancisco hove in sight. She rend-
! cred immediate assistance and all the
wounded and uninjured were taken aboard.
| One of the remarkable escapes was that
| of Capt. Henry Polvene, who was at the
wheel when the explosion occurred. The
! pilot house was torn away. but he was
not dangerously injured though somewhat
scalded about the lower limbs.
At 8 o'clock last night the Walker ran
into a mud bank near Benecia Shortly
| after the steamer had been gotten off John
| Yorke and his wife, passengers, heard a
noise which they supposed 20 be escaping
| steam No attention was paid to It, how
! ever. What caused the explosion will
! probably never be known. The steam
| drum burst with terrible violence. It had
! split completely across the upper portion
and the whole sheet turned outward