Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-12-01
.SCALDED TO DEATH
Terrible Accident on a Stock.
ton Steamboat.
PART OF A BOILER EXPLODED
Six Persons KILLED and Many Danger
ousiy ounded-Heartrendin
Scenes Among Sufferers.

Stockton, CAL, Nov. 29.-Tbe most |
disastrous river accident In the history |
OF Stockton occurred this morning at
4:20 o'clock, near Fourteen Mile slough, |
when part OF one Of the boilers OF the
river steamer T. G. Walker, which left
San Francisco at O'Clock last night,
was blown out, killing six and danger
ously wounding II persons, while prob
ably l5 or 20 others were more or less
badly hurt. Tho T. 9. Walker is owned
by the California Navigation & Inn
provement Company, and ran between
San Francisco and Stockton. The
dead are:
John Tulan, captain OF the I. c.
Walker: Ferdinand Law, OF Seattle;
| w. A. Blunt, the agent in charge OF
! shipping of sugar beets from the Moss
4 tract TO the Crockett factory; Watson
| II. Henry. OF Stockton. engineer OF the
T. q. Walker; Mrs. Henry Watson.
wife Of the chief engineer; Jerry
Daley, fireman.
Ten we're wounded.
The majority OF the passengers were
in bed when the explosion occurred,
and were awakened by the report,
which was as loud ns eannon's roar.
People rushed from their rooms In
their night clothes and found the whole
forward portion Of the steamers upper
works blown away. The electric lights
had been put out, and the escaping
steam enveloped the front portion OF
the boat, till it was impossible to see
how much OF the boat had been dam
aged. The screams OF the men who
we're locked In their rooms near the
pllot-house were hesrtrending.
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
mp against 1t. One OF the emPioyes OF
the boat secured an axe and cut the up-
per part OF the room away, and finally
J removed him, but not until he was viz
tually roasted alive. When pulled out,
the flesh dropped from his bones in
large pieces. and although he was suf-
fering excrutiatingly he bore it bravely,
and not groan escaped him as he was
, taken out OF the steam.
Watson II. Henry, the chief engineer,
and his wife, we're In their room near
the pilot-house when the explosion oo'
Cured. Mrs. Henry was blown through
the roof. The flooring was blown up
wards. and she was hurled with great
, violence distance OF fully 30 feet,
. towards the bow OF the boat. She was
horribly crushed by the force of the ex-
plosion, and also badly scalded by es-
Gaping steam. Her injuries proved
fatal at 1880 this afternoon. She re-
tained consciousness until few mo-
ments before her death. Her suffer-
ings we're SO intense that che begged
the physicians in attendance TO end her
life, but all that could be done was to
|, deaden the pain by the use OF narcotics.
2 Mr.. Henry was terribly scalded. he
was blown some distance away, but
: not as far as was his wife. Ho died
= shortly after being brought to this city.
j, w. A. Blunt was instantly killed.
Q He was standing on the lower deck, as
he intended making landing short
:. distance above the place where the ex'
!. plosion occurred.
h Jerry Daley, the fireman, was In the
4 freehold OF the boat when the accident
! occurred. The escaping steam com
pletely enveloped him, scarcely por'
= tion OF his body escaping the scaldinG
= vapor. He died at the receiving hos
pital at 1915 this afternoon. He had
: = been in the employ of the Californis
! Navigation & Improvement Company
for about Ii years.
Underneath the lower decks, where
! the deck hands slept, the groans Nn'
= screams were heartrending. The un
y fortunate imprisoned men were receiv
~ ing the full effect OF the steam as |
> came from the boilers. Eightof then
10 were almost roasted alive. Those VIII
=, were able made their way to the decl
"" as best they could, while the more seri
ously injured we're unable to get out
n The exposed portions OF their bodie
at suffered the most. The arms and face
es OF those near the main entrance wer
y fr,shtfully scalded. Coratti Dominica
IN who was on the lower deck. was blow
10 into the water. and had to swim ashor
a. after his back was terribly scalded.
u Louis Brizzolana, In company wit
Charles MaGgini and wife, was standin
I'd near the pilot-house on the texas deck
n The force threw him to one side, bu
CO not until he was badly burned abou
MT the body. Fortunately, MFR. MagGin
MT and his wife escaped without so muc
d, as q scratch, though both were throw
TX down by the concussion.
n; Drowned In the Street.