Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-04

ship Alamo We're killed tonight by the
Aurs,ing If ), sisa;n pipe. whir the yes
SCI lay . her pier il the East river.
The dead are:
PATRICK MURPHY, second en-
.;i,fccr
THOMAS A1c1iuGH. fireman.
PATRICK FARRELL. ollie .
FRANK MCMAHON. fireman. I
J.. CDSNA,LI.. iir.man .
J. RYAN. coal beaver.
Injured: john Stnneman. passenger
If Albany aci;',e! h:lt not sari,usl-.
Chs: Alamo was only recently dis
charged from transport service of til"
so.'eriHaci.: and is fresh from l;oach's
yard. wll2rc she received an overhaul
ing including, II is stated, r.w steam
pipes ana boilers
she WAS, scheduled, e. sail Il! 20 p
NJ. yesterday. but was detained! Il, Grdn..
To i,iacn or board ut,us,u, quantity
OF r%iril,
THIRTY PASSENGERS ABOARD.
sii'e carried thirty passengers. At
t!ie time Of The a.:citient, :,buu; I o'clock.
t." SHIP had rS;st oil hog liH.s ana the
;nE '"at I'rnsi'ient had her lines taut
:le- "ng!os had made but two or three
revolutions when :he explosion came
The t'cG,i,;g Is; Che deck Immediately
over The engine room Was torn IN aud
The steam poured through the open
seams in clnuGs.
The seurfi Of pins: steam was
rnineir,' With Tho ehricls OF the dying
men envelored in it.
The HoM u steam! was checked With
difficulty @nd not until the lapse of five
%; sly, minutes.
'THeu II Was fourd that 1t hal com-
:.'r;'r !lieu th.. engine room and fire
| ;'cot:,. ard that I'll ~-ho had been con-
| i!1ad there had bcen not only parboilcd,
| bl;t suft0cated b. it. There Was 10 sign
| # life left in ORC of the bodies and, in
| S.SNproi ,isip p1j pa. nI
| FROM thor hand. and faces.
| The second engineer waa found close
| to the break i'll y position whic, indi
Gated that H. hal tried 10 Shut off the
| occurred. and had died in the at
tempt.
IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.
Two Of the Ereo1cn we're found grip
ped in each others arms az the foot
s Iii tS !ssaASs ls the fS SS, the IRE
lo.ess ,,ss 8 -
Hugh Canning. cnAef engineer of the
vessel: .Iohn Ryan, the post engineer
q the Mallory Line; r. p. Robinson an
assistant engineer and another man
! esrared more: nr less badly scall2l
hn:"lT ree"Gni.a hl,n when their bodies
! WesN taken oft ~ h.,iI' or lwo later.
f! Most nf the passengers wer, on deck
when the explosion occurred.
| Jotfl Ryan. lhH experimenting engi-
lienr Of the Mallory Line. was teclini-
cs!ls placed Under arrest.
| Robert Mallory, Of the Mallory Line.
| Has at The pier shortly afcr the acct
| cent occurred. He said tina, 50 far as
| ne c&n!d Sc" n" blame could he at
! ;acil"d - anyone
Patrick Murphy the second engineer.
WAS formerly second assistant engineer
If the transport Cnmc4. II. lived IN
TINS city Nothing is known about the
other killed ..H. "
INSPECTED RECENTLY.
ne Alalho vas; Inspected by the local
steamboat inSreci"rs and n license is
sHad BY CAPTAIN petre, two %. three
The rive which burst was ll-inch
''ras' ni'7e runnine from the stoke
""oh' w throuej' the pump and engine
| "''r1i an! thence To the engines. In
| 'ne. nnfe" engine room was The nfinge
| :i::t.!i parted
! The nip" was tested by The Steamboat
INSPECTOR ard j; is stated. withstnud
Il hydraulic pressure Of 40 pounds to
tie square inch Chief Engineer can
lin@ st&tcl that lsicrc was only ei.,h,y
:'9t''tF "i iF.ssSi!r, on the ,,iIr v'h,n il
hursted