Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07

Two more victims-making six in all
were added to the list of dead yes
terday when e. J. Burns, coal passer.
enlisted from New York, passed away
at o'clock a. m. in the sick bay of
the United States cruiser Tennessee,
followed by J. F. A. Carroll, second
class fireman, enlisted from Hartford
Conn.,, who died about 10 o'clock last
night in the Angelus hospital, this city,
as the result of terrible injuries re-
ceived in the explosion of the boiler
tube of the cruiser Tennessee at. lit
o'clock Friday morning in engine room
No. 3 during the semi-annual speed
test en- route from Santa Barbara to
San Pedro.
Burns and Carroll were among those
most seriously injured. although at
first it was not believed the latter's
injuries would be serious 1t devel-
oped that both men had inhaled the
live steam. They suffered indescrib-
able agony before death ensued.
AT late hour last night 1t was re-
ported that f. S. Maxfield was in a
most critical condition and was not
expected to survive the night. The
others were resting more easily.
Six of the most seriously injured.
are believed to have little chance of
recovery, We're brought to Los Angeles
yesterday morning. They were carried
on Stokes splint form-fitting stretch
ers, used exclusively in the navy and
made to prevent undue suffering from
the rocking of the ship or other motion.
The injured men arrived on special
Pacific Electric baggage car at 11:27
o'clock and were removed from the
coach at Twentieth street and Long
Beach avenue. where ambulances were
in waiting to carry them to the An
gelus hospital where cots had been
fixed in the marine ward for their ar
rival.
The men were taken from the car
and everything that could be done to
relieve the jar of the ride was attend
ed to.
Under the personal direction of DIR.
John Brooks Kaufman, surgeon of the
Tennessee, the men were transferred to
the four ambulances, which had waited
for the arrival of the injured at three
different places on the car line, due
to changes given in orders as a result
of the crowds of morbid and curious
which congregated from $40 to 11:27
a. M, when the special car arrived.
Swathed In Gauze
The six men were swathed in medi-
their eyes, nostrils and mouths being
visible, but from what little of these
portions of their faces could be seen
they presented a horrible appearance.
Every move made brought groans
from two of them, while the other
four seemed so benumbed from their
awful burns that they were insensi-
BILE and made no outcry.
Never were human beings handled
more tenderly than were the victims of
this disaster. There was not single
unnecessary jolt or movement and with
the same care which Motorman S. Nc
Kinney and Conductor r. A. Cameron
exercised in bringing the trolley from
San Pedro to Los Angeles, the four
ambulances were driven as slowly and
carefully as an old-fashioned funeral
procession to the Angems hospital,
Washington and Trinity streets.
The six of the injured who were
brought here were: Walter 8. Burns.
coal passer. New York; A. Hayes. wa
ter tender, Brooklyn; II. Fitzpatrick
(negro), first-class fireman, Brooklyn;
S. Stamatis, first-class fireman. Nor
folk, Va; F. s. Maxfield (negro). first
class fireman, Toughena, Pa; j. f. A.
Carroll, second-class fireman. Hart
ford, Conn.,, who died at 10 p. m.
Three May Die
OF the five remaining 1t is almost
certain that s. Stamatis and r. s. Max
field will die, while H. Fitzpatrick has
only fighting chance for recovery.
The latter was one of the heroes of
the Inflated fireroom. In an effort to
save the lives of his companions and
shut off the escaping steam he demon
strated exceptional bravery and was
terribly scalded. He rushed into the
engine room blinded by the steam and
CROPPED from place to place trying to
find the valves and shut of the DEATH
dealing vapor.
Crawling into the formidable hole IN
which the SCOT and ashes, blown out
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