Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SIX PERSONS MEET TERRIBLE DEATHS.
o,., thirty Others are seriously scsided'
Hurt and Ma,mcd-cap'ain Is
Roasted Alive.

,,.,o,,,,r cal, Nov. 27.-Thc most
,,..,.,,.,,,, river acclder. In che hy.1ry
% s,oct,on occurred at 1870 O'Clock
this morning near Fourteen -",,'
slough. when q part Of one OF the pou-
,rs Of ehe river r,camer 7. c. walker
vhich ieft san Francisco ut o'c'ock
,a., rivht. was blown out. killing SIX.
ara dangerously wounding eleven per-
.ona while probably fifteen or tweiNy
o.y,cr. were more or less badly hurt'
THE T. C. Walker Is owned by 'he Ca'-
ifarn,, Navigation and lmproNeineW
company. and ran between san fian-
cisco and Stockton.
DEAD.
John Tnlan. captain OF the T. c.
Walker"
w. 4. Blunt. ngcn; OF sugar-beet
factory.
Watson Henry OF stockton. engineer
uf the r. G. walker.
Mrs. Watson Henry. wife of the CHIEF
engineer
Jerry bailey. fireman
Ferdinand Law, passenger OF seat
Gle. -
George Il. Smith. "a native " Mass1-
chu.sts. deck hand. burned about the
James corcoran. deck hand. will pro-
baby die.
Jack Hoiberg. known ~ Jack sperTy.
votrhmen. Injured IN head ard acald-
ed over entire upper part Of body.
C,raml Dominica. deck hand. Hcalded
about hands and face nnd back IN
jurcd.
John burns. deck hand; slightly
burned about head.
q. Fopplarno of san Fraacisea. pas
neuger injured In the face ana breast.
Edward Paul Jones. = fvecorc, sealh-
cd about face ana hands
MARTIN Mccanfey OF san Frnneisco:
deck hand. burned about she head ana
body
louis BrizEolaun Of san Francisco,
win merchant. badly injured.
John FiEonl Of Stockton. deck hand,
head cut and back huTr.
The majority ~ the passengers were
In bed when she explosion occurred.
which was as loud as a cawnon's roar
Pfpplc rushed from their MONS IN their
night civthcs and found che whole for
ward portion of che steamers upper
works blown away. The electric lirtia
had been pg. oW and the ESCAPING
steam cnvcioped che front portion VI
she boat TN II WIS impossible 10 Gee
how much OF che boar had been carried
scALpBp TO DEATH.
The SCREAMS OF me men who were
locked IN their MONS n,Nr fhe plhot-
house were hcartrenilr~. Capt. JOHN
Tulan had been blown from his bed
against she door Of she s;afern3m. ind
~ seriously injured That ne could MT
move. The door could not be forced
open, ns he was damned up nFalnat ~.
one Of shc employees Of fhc boat Sc
cured IN ax. cut the urTer part " she
nom AWAY and finally removed him,
but not unin he was virtually roasted
alive. When pulled ow che flesh
! dropped from his bones In large pieces
, ana although he was suffering cxcru-
ciafing pains. he bore ~ braveiy and
no, gruan escaped him Ms hoe was
| raken out Of the steam.
Watson ". Henry. fhe chief engineer.
and his wife wer In their room near
the piiOi house when the explosion oc.
Cured. Mrs, Henry was blown through
! the roof. The flooring was blown up
I, ward. and she was hurled with great
violence a dls,anoe 81 fully swensy fee;
| towards the bow 81 the boat. She was
horrible crushed by the force ~ tho
explosion. and also badly scaided By
sschplns steam. Her injuries proved
natal u. 1880 shis afternoon. She re-
| 1ained consciousness until a few mo.
ments before her death.
Her suffering was 10 Intense that she
, begged the physicians In Attendance 10
end her NE. but all that could BE- done
was 10 deaden che pain by ,he use OF
| rprcotscs.
Mr.. Henry was ,errbly rcalded. lie
| was thrown rome distance away, hut
not aa far as his wife. lie died short
~ after being brought % this city.
W. A. Blunt was instantly killed, lie
was Standing on ihe lower deck, aa he
| Intended making a landing a short DIS
'ance above the place whore the expio-
SION occurred.
Jerry Daley, the fireman, was In tho
| IRE hole OF the boat when the accident
| occurred. The escaping steam o,m-
| plc,cly enveloped him. scracely por-
tlon OF his body escaping the soaring
vapur. He died at the receiving hos
ps,ai at isi4s this afternoon. lie had
been In the employ ~ the California
Navigation and improvement company
FOR about fourteen years.
ROASTED ALIVE.
Underneath the tower deck. where
the deck hands slept. Eroans and
screams wer. hear rcnllnR Of the un-
fortunate Imprisoned mon who were
! receiving the full effect OF the steam aH
| y came from the h0ilers. Eight 0f
| them were almost roasted alive. Those
| Who were able made their way ~ the
| deck as best they could. while the more
seriously injured We're unable 10 get
| out, The exposed portions Of their
bodies suffered the most. The arms and
faces Of those near she main cntranee
We're fr.ghtfuily Ecaldcd.
| corattl Dominica. who was on the
| lower deck. was blown into the water,
| Ahh had 20 swim ashore after his back
Was horribly sonided.
| Louis hrzzoiaua. In company with
| Charles Magg.m and wife. wcrr stand
,hE near the pilot house on the Texas
| aeck Tho force threw him 10 one side.
| put not until h. was badly burned