A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35822 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: September 7 1864 Article Description: City Intelligence - Washoe sufferers from the steamer Antelope Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Wednesday, September 7, 1864 CITY INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDA - We are indebted to Dr. McDONALD for the following memoranda concerning the Washoe sufferers who were removed yesterday morning from the steamer Antelope to the Vernon House. Although brief and unsatisfactory, we give them for the benefit of the relatives and friends of the parties referred to. Many of them, alas! are already dead, and but few can possibly leave the Vernon House alive: Edward BRICKETT, San Francisco; emigrated from Boston (Mass.), where he has a father, four sisters and a brother; his mother and best friend died about three months ago; write Sarah A. STANDIS, milliner, and Charles ROSS, keeper of the Railroad House, San Francisco. Manuel M. BROOM, Drytown; quartz miner; is from the Western Islands; his partners are G.W. SEATON and Emanuel KING. Emanuel KING, Drytown. S.W. GRUSH, Nevada, formerly Steward of the Washoe; known to Avery, Government Assessor, and others. Nicholas SOLOMON, sailor; from New York; native of Austria. James CLUNEY, Kings county, Ireland; has four sisters in Nevada; was deck hand on the Washoe; they owed him wages from July 15th to the present time. William DUGAN, San Francisco, 66 Tehama street; has a wife and child and mother in San Francisco; write to wife to come up; Irishman, from Philadelphia. Thos. ANDERSON, engineer on Washoe; from Missouri. Robert JOHNSON; hand on the Washoe; emigrated from Boston (Mass); write to Mrs. ANTONY, of San Francisco. Hubert BURGESS, San Francisco. Peter FRITRICK, San Francisco; from Hapstein, Germany; has a mother there. L.B. BLAKE, San Francisco; bill poster and runner for Washoe; name in India ink upon his arm. Peter BROWN, San Francisco; work hand on Washoe; from Meister, Germany. N.L. HAMILTON, San Francisco; from Lodi (Ohio); write George FOUCETT, San Francisco. John CLINTON, San Francisco; from Roxbury (Mass.); deck hand; wife and three children in San Francisco; came to California in ship New Jersey, in 1849. Bartholomew GILLESPIE, Rock Creek, near Auburn; write to William BASSETT, Auburn, to come and see him. William SIMPSON, 213 Stevenson street, San Francisco; wife and three children in San Francisco; will go and see them in a few days; does not want his wife to come up; formerly of New York city. J.C. TURNER, sailor from New York; of Liverpool. Emanuel JACOBS, of Dutch Flat, formerly of Savoie (Norway). James O'HARA, an Irishman; lived at Folsom last Spring. Charles Fredric MAYER - Could learn nothing more than the name of this man, but we think the name correct. Samuel HARLAN, of Washoe City, formerly of Attica, Indiana; work hand on the Washoe; has two brothers and a sister; write to Nathan HUBART, Washoe City SACRAMENTANS - In the list of killed and wounded given elsewhere will be found the names of several Sacramentans. A.H. MAYERS, chief cook of the Washoe, leaves a wife and children in this city. D. GRAY, who died at the Vernon House, had been employed at Bannon's Ranch, American township. H.F.A. MYERS, another of the dead, is recorded as a resident of the city. W.N. HASKILL, of Donner Lake, was recently a resident of the city. He was employed by Hubbard & Baker as foreman while building the Pacific Railroad bridge across the American river. Among them are J.G. BAKER, of the firm of Hubbard & Baker. When taken form the boat strong hopes were entertained of his recovery, but his symptoms last evening were considered unfavorable by his physician, Dr. HARKNESS. Anna McGEE, who resides at Ninth and R street, had her right thigh broken and her face badly burnt. The limb was set yesterday afternoon by Dr. LOGAN. She bore her misfortune on the boat with considerable fortitude, and will doubtless recover. Thomas DOWNARD, Charles MYER and H. CONNELLY are recorded as residents of Sacramento. We are not informed as to the exact nature of their injuries, but they cannot be free from danger. THE DEAD - Twenty-eight persons were yesterday carried from the steamer Antelope to the Vernon House, which had been transformed into a hospital to suit the emergency. They were kindly cared for during the day. All were dangerously injured, and at 10 o'clock last evening but eleven remained in the building. During the day seventeen had died and had been removed to the Coroner's rooms on Fourth street. That officer held a number of inquests during the day, brief reports of which will be found in another column. The most of the bodies were identified and have been or will be taken in charge by their friends. Several, however, are as yet "unknown". Three bodies were removed from the city. Those of Mrs. LECKEY and Mrs. GODIEU, of San Francisco, were taken by the husband of one of them to that city for interment. The body of J.H. CLARK was sent by railroad to Placer county for interment. The remains of many of the deceased will be buried to-day. STEAMBOAT CATASTROPHE! Explosion Of A Boiler Of The Steamer Washoe TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE Before sunrise yesterday morning the exciting intelligence was received in the city that a terrible boiler explosion had occurred the evening before, by which the steamer Washoe had been reduced to a wreck and a large number of her passengers had been killed, while many others were either dangerously or slightly wounded. The disaster occurred at half past 9 o'clock on Monday evening, at the mouth of the slough, about thirty-five miles below the city and ten miles above Rio Vista. Some two hours after its occurrence the steamer Antelope, Captain FOSTER, from San Francisco, reached the spot and took from the wreck and vicinity all the passengers who remained alive. Some seventy-five or eighty in all were taken in charge and brought to the city. Of this number more than one-half were badly injured, and perhaps one-fourth slightly injured. The Antelope arrived at the foot of R street about 5 o'clock in the morning, and running around, was unable for a time to reach her berth ! near the foot of K street. To convey to our citizens the intelligence of the mournful disaster, her bell was tolled. The fire bells of the city were at once rung in response, and in a short time the levee was thronged with an anxious crowd of men and women, many of whom feared that their relatives might have been on board the unfortunate steamer. The Antelope remained at that point some two or three hours before the efforts of the Steam Navigation Company's boats to tow her off were successful. The scene on board was such as has rarely been witnessed on the Pacific coast. The floor of the cabin and a portion of the deck were covered with the dead and wounded. The mattresses and bedding of the boat had been brought into requisition, and some forty sufferers were stretched out - some of them enduring great agony and others too badly injured to be conscious of their condition. The most of the physicians of the city had been sent for, and promptly responded, rendering all the a! id within their power. Among the seriously injured were three women. T wo of them - sisters - died after being placed on board the Antelope; the other, Anna McGEE, had a thigh broken and was scalded in the face, hands and breast. The other sufferers were men who had, but a few hours before, been stricken down in the enjoyment of full and vigorous health. They were, almost without exception, badly scalded about the head, face and hands, and many of them over large portions of the breast and body. A large portion of them had also evidently inhaled steam, and were fatally injured thereby. At about half-past nine o'clock the Antelope was hauled off and towed up to her landing at the foot of K street. At that time at least a thousand persons had assembled on the levee. An impromptu Sanitary Committee was organized. The Vernon House, on J street, had been engaged by the Howard Benevolent Society and opened as an hospital. Stretchers were hastily constructed and cots were forced into requisition, in which the victims of the disaster were removed to the Vernon House and a few to private residences by volunteer citizens, who manifested a laudable desire to do everything possible which humanity dictated. Several deaths occurred after the boat landed, and of the forty or more badly injured nearly all will probably die. It is impossible to tell, as we write, how many lives have been lost, but is seems probable that the killed and fatally injured will amount to more than a hundred. We learn from H.H. STEVENS, chief clerk, that there were 158 passengers on board the Washoe on leaving San Francisco, and several others came on board at Benicia and Rio Vista. With the officers and crew, the total number could not have been less than 175 persons. The Antelope brought up, injured and uninjured, about eighty, leaving some five or six dead bodies at the locality of the wreck. The number blown overboard or killed and remaining in the lower cabin cannot, of course, be at present ascertained. The passenger list was lost, and therefore cannot be referred to. Passengers who escaped uninjured describe the scene, at the time of the catastrophe, as heartrending in the extreme. The lights were of course extinguished by the shock. The report of the boiler was followed by the crashing of the fragments of the boat and the groans and cries of the wounded. Some called for help in one form and some in another; some asked for light, some for water, some desired to be thrown overboard, and others jumped overboard. Some who were enabled to gain the shore did so and ran into the bushes in vain in search of relief. Is it said that Captain KIDD and his uninjured officers were prompt in extending relief, but had of course but few facilities at hand. When the Antelope arrived, Captain FOSTER, Chief Clerk VAN PELT and all the officers and crew exerted all their power to relieve the suffering and insure them all the comfort possible on their way to the city. Below we give, so far as practicable up to the present time, a list of the dead and injured: KILLED Father James CALLAN, native of Ireland (died on the Antelope)....San Leandro Mrs. L. LECHEY, native of Ireland (died on the Antelope).....San Francisco Mrs. Mary J. GODIEU, native of Ireland (died on the Antelope).....San Francisco Albert H. MYERS, native of Italy, chief cook of the Washoe (died on the Antelope).....Sacramento Dr. ROSS (instantly killed).....Greenwood, El Dorado James H. CLARK (instantly killed), stage proprietor, Auburn and Michigan Bluff G.C. VAN LANDINGHAM (died at the Vernon House), Salem, Oregon Mrs. VAN LANDINGHAM (instantly killed), Salem, Oregon D. GRAY (died at the Vernon House).....Sacramento W. SIMPSON (died at the Vernon House), fireman on the Washoe John C. TURNER (died at the Vernon House), London, Eng. Thos. ANDERSON (died at the Vernon House), San Francisco. Nicholas SALAMENCTI (died at the Vernon House), deck hand.....Austria Edward BRICKETT (died at the Vernon House), San Francisco. W.N. HASKILL (died at the Vernon House)....Donner Lake W.F. WILLIAMS (died at the Vernon House).....Wales Henry F.A. MYERS, native of Germany (died at the Vernon House).....Sacramento David DAVIS (died at the Vernon House) Manuel M. BROM (died at the Vernon House) - Drytown, Amador county Edwin JACOBS (died at the Vernon House) E. FARRAN (killed).....San Jose Marshal PORTER (died at Vernon House) _ _ BENRITT (killed), Spring Garden, Placer county. D.M. ANDERSON (second engineer Washoe). Samuel W. GRUSH, steward Washoe (died at the Vernon House)....Nevada Emanuel KING (died at the Vernon House)....Drytown BADLY INJURED J.G. BAKER.....Sacramento Anna McGEE (thigh broken).....Sacramento Thomas DOWNARD.....Sacramento Charles MYER.....Sacramento H. CONNELLY.....Sacramento J.T. MARSHALL.....San Francisco G.W. POLLACK.....San Francisco W.P. DUGAN.....San Francisco L.B. BLAKE.....San Francisco John SIMONS.....San Francisco James CLOONEY.....Nevada W.T. WILLIAMS.....Forest Hill J.R. ROLLOCK.....Virginia City Henry STEIN.....Boston R.W. KLUDER......Madison county (Ill.) H. BURGESS.....Boston Peter BROWN.....New York E. JACKSON.....Dutch Flat N.L. HAMILTON.....Carson City J. O'HARA.....Folsom Chinaman (name unknown) John DOY (fireman Washoe) E.F. STEWART (barkeeper Washoe) Bartholomew GILLESPIE.....Auburn E. DODSON (colored boy - waiter on Washoe) S.W. HARLON.....Washoe City ----- MARSHALL (porter of Washoe) Conrad GRANTS.....Deadwood, Placer county W.B. McKINLEY.....Solano county Thomas FOX.....Napa Patrick DALY Henry STEELE W. DURAND.....Placerville James RANON.....Virginia City SLIGHTLY INJURED H.H. STEVENS (clerk of the Washoe) Michael DUNN (fireman on Washoe) C. CROSSEN.....San Francisco John CLINTON (deck hand).....San Francisco C.W. SMITH.....San Francisco W. BOWKER.....French Corral Henry RAY.....French Corral Leopold Kavalsha (cook on Washoe) Miss Margaret Hattie CUMMINGS.....San Francisco Benjamin COGAR.....Sacramento Patrick DORAN.....Sacramento W.A. PLUNKETT.....San Francisco James FRASER.....Gold Hill Daniel THOMAS.....Grimes' Creek, Idaho C. H. PRATT....Sutter county I.J. HAGUEWOOD.....Lincoln Emma (child three years old) William BACHELLER.....Omega, Nevada Charles COLLINS.....Virginia City John McCUSH.....Napa Joseph RUSSELL.....Sacramento John VAN SAUN.....Sacramento D.R. GREEN.....Colusa R.G. BACHELDER.....Lowell (Mass) M.G. MORGAN.....Springfield (Ill.) SAVED Miss Jane BROWNING.....San Francisco J.M. BARDWELL.....Michigan Bluffs ______ PRATT..... Nicholaus Mrs. Leggett, boy and girl.....Petaluma Mrs. LANE, boy and girl.....San Francisco Thomas THOMPSON.....Grizzly Flat J.M. BARDWELL.....Deadwood (Placer county) ______ ROSENHEIM.....San Francisco G.W. KIDD (captain Washoe) S.S. BALDWIN (pilot Washoe) ______ EASTON (pilot Washoe) Robert MORRISON (mate Washoe) ______ PHILLIPS (chief Engineer Washoe) G.D. KEENEY.....Virginia City John HELMSLEY.....Monitor, Alpine county Lady and sister, who live in Sierra county, names unknown. Their mother resides in Sacramento city. Frank OSBORN (ten years old).....Sacramento R.J. MILLER.....San Francisco John PLUMMER.....Rough and Ready Frank DUFF.....Rough and Ready L. JARVIS.....Sacramento M. ROSENBAUM.....San Francisco S. HITCH.....San Francisco F. STERRIA.....San Francisco S.G. GRANGER, wife and sister-in-law.....Forest City The above lists are of course incomplete. Several bodies remained last night at the Coroner's office which had not been identified. Some had died at the Vernon House and others had been brought up from the wreck by the steamer Visalia. Some of the slightly wounded, of course, were able to take care of themselves, and it was difficult to obtain their names. Many of those who were uninjured passed through the city by the morning trains. It is with extreme gratification that we record the fact that the officers and employes of the Steam Navigation Company, our resident physicians, the members of the Howard Benevolent Society, a large number of ladies and our citizens, generally, ! manifested a praiseworthy degree of emulation in doing all that could be done to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate victims of the terrible disaster. Of the physicians who were promptly on hand and worked earnestly, we noticed Drs. HARKNESS, CLUNESS, LOGAN, MONTGOMERY, SIMMONS, FREY, NICHOLS, OATMAN, HATCH, PIERSON, H.C. CLAPP, WOOD and MORGAN. Of the ladies in attendance at the Vernon House during the day, while the name of Mrs. Horace ADAMS "leads all the rest," we noticed Mrs. S.E. HARRITY, Miss Mary McCERN, Mrs. H.S. BEALE, Mrs. J. COGGINS, Mrs. M.C. FRAZIER, Miss J. WILKINSON, Miss D. BALDWIN, Mrs. GORDON, Mrs. TITCOMB, Mrs. CRONEY, Mrs. TURPIN, Margaret BERGEN, Miss BEALS, Miss McMILLAN, Mrs. NEWCOMB, Mrs. YOUNG and Mrs. BUDD. There were doubtless other ladies whose names should in justice be given, but which we have failed to obtain. While we refer with pleasure to the acts of generous and kin-hearted sympathy which characterized the day, we shall not fail to record one or two cases of an opposite character which were brought to our notice. An application was made at an early hour to KLINK & MARTFIELD, druggists, at Second and K streets, for lint to be used for the benefit of the sufferers on the Antelope. The lint was refused on the ground that the physician, Dr. LOGAN, did not usually send his prescriptions to that store. The messenger crossed the street to WAIL & CHILD's, where the demand was promptly supplied and no questions asked. The wagon of SENATZ, of the City Hotel, being on the levee, several injured men asked the driver to take them to the Western Hotel, on K street, near Second. SENATZ at once complied. On reaching the Western, the proprietor, N.D. ! THAYER, refused to admit them to his house, premising, of course, that they had no money. SENATZ at once told the man that he had taken them to the Western at their own request, made because they had been in the habit of putting up at that house, but that his own establishment was open to them, money or no money. They were at once taken to the City Hotel. If these allegations are true the facts are disgraceful. If they are not, then our authority -in which we place implicit reliance - is greatly mistaken. Statements of Passengers Miss CUMMINGS occupied stateroom No. 12; had been asleep and had just woke up; heard a crash, and the timbers commenced falling; the upper berth fell on me. I jumped up and looked out the window; saw nothing but steam; there was no steam in my room. A lady was standing on the guard, who told me to come out, as the boat was sinking. When I put my foot upon the stateroom floor it was wet; the room of my door was crushed in, and two men came through and jumped out the window. It was very dark then, as the lights were all out, but some of the passengers had matches and lit pieces of newspapers, which was all the light we had. A gentleman came to me and inquired if I was injured. I said no. He then said he would bring me a child, which was crying in the next birth. He did so. It was scalded, and I bathed it with cold water. Shortly after we went ashore. I did not see the babe again. All of the passengers who were uninjured were very kind to us; but two, whose names I do not kno! w, were unremitting in their kindness to the wounded, bringing water and doing everything in their power to relieve their distresses. Captain KIDD was also very kind to us. STATEMENT OF R.G. BACHELDER R.G. BACHELDER, of Lowell (Mass.), proprietor of PEARSON's "Mirror of the War," occupied stateroom No. 8, forward of the wheel house, in company with M.G. MORGAN, of Springfield (Ill.), a young man in his employ. He states that when the explosion occurred everything seemed to be thrown up and pieces flying in every direction. The top of his room settled down again, when he put his hand through the glass skylight and pulled his head and body through. Upon reaching the upper deck he found his head and hands were badly cut, but he was not otherwise injured. The texas of the boat was turned partially around, and the deck was a mass of ruins. His companion made his exit through the aperture made by him, and received no injury, except a slight bruise from a flying wash-bowl and slight cuts on his hands. BACHELDER states that the explosion turned the boat toward the bank, where she grounded. The boat began to settle by the stern in about ten minutes. He says that the captain, mate and pilot acted with the utmost coolness, and did all they could to render aid to the injured. A man who was badly burned jumped ashore and began to sing; then he would call for water, frequently saying "Johnny, why didn't you bring me some water?" then he would screech with pain. STATEMENT OF H.H. STEVENS, CLERK I had just laid down in berth about fifteen minutes of ten o'clock - in outside starboard forward stateroom. Boat was going rapidly. My first impression was a burst or whiz of steam, sounding like tearing something. Immediately shut my mouth, and putting my hand over my nose rushed for the door, which was burst off the hinges. Went out to the starboard quarter of the boat. Think it was one of the starboard boilers exploded. Think the aft head of the boiler went first and threw the fires forward, as the boat was on fire in three places forward immediately after the explosion. The explosion was up and aft. The steering gear was ruined, but she took a sheer, and having headway enough ran ashore; think the boat was about thirty yards from the shore when the boiler exploded. The Antelope arrived about two hours after the explosion. Had one hundred and fifty-three passengers on board when we left San Francisco. I was Clerk of the Washoe. Captain KIDD was in the pilot house, with BALDWIN and EASTON, pilots, and all escaped uninjured. Robert MORRISON, the mate, was asleep in the texas; was blown out and fell through the deck, but escaped without injury. We were about four miles beyond the Chry! sopolis. The scene on shore was awful, the cries of the wounded for water being heartrending. A fisherman brought a sack of flour and a bottle of oil, and did everything he could to alleviate the sufferers. [We are sorry we could not obtain his name - Rep.] STATEMENT OF R.H. KINDER R.H. KINDER, of Madison county, Illinois, is very badly burnt about the head, legs and hands; is at the Golden Eagle Hotel. He states that he was on the upper deck before the explosion, and finding it too cold, went into the saloon, took a drink of water, and sat down with his back against the steam drum, and engaged in conversation with "a little man from Napa, who carried a cane." They had been conversing but a few minutes about the farms in that county, when he felt as though he had been tossed up about two feet. He next found himself standing upright to the smoke stack and nearly suffocated with heat. Almost immediately the side of the pipe was crushed (probably from falling), when he crawled out. His chances for recovery are very slight. KINDER but recently came across the plains, and has some stock in Carson valley. He had been to Petaluma to make arrangements for locating, and was on the way back to Carson to bring his property. KINDER thinks the Napa man was instantly killed. Incidents One of the Washoe's passengers states that just before the explosion he had been looking at the working of the engines, but remained not more than a minute or two when it occurred to him that he ought not to remain there. He then went and sat down in the after cabin, and had only seated himself when the crash came and the cabin was filled with steam. He instantly placed his hand to his mouth, to keep from inhaling the steam, and rushed for a window, which he succeeded in breaking open, and by some means got on the upper deck. From there he got down, and, by aid of a Portuguese, cut loose and launched a small boat, with which they picked up several persons in the water, among whom was one man badly scalded, who begged to be allowed to remain in the water, as he knew he had to die. They also took off a woman and child. Finally the boat got away from the wreck without him and he had to swim ashore. S.G. GRANGER, wife and sister-in-law, of Forest City (uninjured), occupied the farthest stateroom aft, No. 15. The sister-in-law had just left the stateroom for the ladies' cabin. Mr. GRANGER states that it was nearly an hour before candles could be procured, and the only means for obtaining light to search the ruins was by burning paper. Passengers state that Mrs. GRANGER is entitled to great credit for her activity and energy in extricating the wounded and scalded from the ruins and for her attention to them afterward. Frank OSBORN, a boy ten years old, a passenger on the Washoe, was, after the explosion, extricated from a perilous position by F.D. COLTON, of Petaluma, but escaped unhurt. In the early part of the evening young OSBORN had occupied a certain berth, but had been removed to another berth by some one connected with the boat. The berth vacated was blown to atoms, while the substitute was comparatively uninjured. BUCHANAN, of San Francisco, slightly wounded in the head. A short time previous to the explosion, finding it too warm in his stateroom over the boiler, he left and went down to the bar, bought a cigar and sat down in a chair between the bar and the boilers. Thinking it too hot in that position he left, and while proceeding toward the bow of the boat was struck by a flying splinters. John McCUSH, of Napa City, badly bruised about the head and spine. He states that he was lying on the floor of the saloon over the boiler, and was thrown forward some twenty feet. Three or four who were standing near him were scalded to death by the steam. H. VAN SAUN, of Sacramento, was sitting between two ladies, engaged in conversation, and was but slightly scratched, while the ladies were both killed. Mr. PRATT, of Nicolaus, was standing on the hurricane deck. He was hurled into the air a considerable distance, falling among the ruins of the boat but sustaining no injury. A sweet little child, about three years old, was saved from the wreck by J.M. BARDWELL, of Michigan Bluff, who burst in the door of the state-room and carried it ashore. It had nothing on it by which it could be identified except a gold chain necklace to which was attached a gold ring with a blue enameled set. The child was slightly injured on the neck and face. When brought to the city it was taken to the Golden Eagle Hotel, where its wants were attended to by D.W. MADDEN, one of the Board of Supervisors of Placer county. When the Visalia arrived last evening the body of the lady brought up on her, which was taken from the wreck, was identified by Mrs. BARDWELL as the mother of the child. The father is thought to be in Marin county and has been telegraphed to, and to-day we will hear if the child has found a parent or not. It says its name is Emma UPTON. Pearson's Panoramic Mirror of the War, which was on the boat, was badly damaged. VAN LANDINGHAM, who was badly injured and since died, when asked for his name gave it, but the physician misunderstood him and called it VALLANDIGHAM. Coroner's Inquest William R. WILLIAMS sworn - I know the deceased; his name is David DAVIS, a native of Wales, aged about thirty-five years and single; died on the steamer Antelope some time during the forenoon of this day; am informed that deceased deposited with Captain KIDD $600 or $700; am satisfied that death was caused by injuries received by the explosion on the steamer Washoe on her upward trip last night. Loreis SCHUETS sworn - I know deceased; his name is Henry Frederick A. MEYER, a native of Altopa, Germany, aged twenty-seven years and three days, and a single man; he died at the Vernon House, in this city, about 11 o'clock A.M. this day, and death was caused from injuries at the explosion on board the steamer Washoe, on her upward trip to this city last night; deceased worked for E. SOULE, Tenth and J streets, in this city. William R. WILLIAMS, sworn - I know the deceased; his name is William F. WILLIAMS; he is a native of Wales; he is a single man, aged about thirty-five years; he is not related to me; he died at about 12 o'clock M this day, at the Vernon House, in this city; deceased told me this morning that he had $60 and some silver, which he had given to the captain of the steamer Washoe; he also had a claim in Sweetland, near North San Juan; do not know the value of it, though it cost him over $3,000; he has owned it about four years; at the time deceased gave Captain KIDD the $60 a man named David DAVIS gave Captain KIDD between $600 and $700. Patrick BANNON sworn - Know the deceased; his name is David GRAY; think he is a native of Bangor, Maine; his age is about fifty-two years; he is a single man; he has worked for me for two or three years, portions of the time; do not know of his having any property or effects excepting eighty dollars, which I herewith hand over to the Coroner; the deceased died at the Vernon House in this city, between twelve and one o'clock P.M. this 6th day of September, 1864; I am satisfied that death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe on her upward trip to this city last night. John D. GODEUS sworn - Was a passenger on the steamer Washoe; now before the jury is my wife; her name is Mary Jane GODEUS; she is a native of Ireland; her age is nineteen years; she died about one o'clock A.M., this day, on board the steamer Antelope, on her way to this city; she was taken from the wreck of the steamer Washoe about twelve o'clock last night; she was severely scalded by the explosion. I was forward on the steamer Washoe; at the time of the explosion I was on the forward part of the boat, on the forward deck; our residence is in San Francisco; we were coming up on a pleasure trip. William S. TOLBERT - Have been employed by the steamer Washoe and the California Stage Company; was on the steamer Washoe last night at the time of the explosion; it was about ten o'clock at the time the explosion took place; think it was the boiler that exploded; at the time of the explosion was sitting on the right hand side on the hurricane deck near the pilot-house; recognize the deceased now before the jury as being one of the persons that was taken from the wreck of the Washoe; am of the opinion that the injuries received by the explosion was the cause of her death; the steamer Chrysopolis passed us about fifteen minutes after we left San Francisco, and the Antelope had started out ahead of us, and we passed her about the time the Chrysopolis passed us; the Chrysopolis got to Benicia about twelve minutes ahead of us, and she had left and was about the Government works before we made the landing at Benicia. William SABER, sworn - I know the deceased; his name is W.N. HASKELL; his age is about forty-three years; think he is a native of Maine; he is a widower; he died at the residence of Mrs. BAKER, on K street, between Fourth and Fifth, in this city, at a quarter to three o'clock, this afternoon; I came up with him from the steamer Antelope this morning; am satisfied that death was caused from the effects of injuries received by the explosion on the steamer Washoe on her upward trip to this city last night; he has left a watch and some money in the hands of George NELSON, of this city; he has been at work at Lake Tahoe for some months. John G. GODEUS sworn - Know the deceased now before the jury; her name is Louisa LECKEY; she is a native of Ireland; her age is about twenty-three years; she died about six o'clock this morning (September 5th) on board the steamer Antelope; she was my wife's sister; her death was caused by injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe; she occupied room No. 2 on the Washoe with my wife. Mary A. MYERS sworn - Have resided at San Francisco for the past four months; know the deceased now before the jury; his name is Albert A. MYERS, is a native of Genoa (Italy), and his age if forty-nine years; we were on board the steamer Washoe on her upward trip last night; I was in the aft part of the boar near the foot of the stairs at the time of the explosion; my husband was head cook on the Washoe; at the time of the explosion he was sleeping in the galley or kitchen on a side table; it was about half or three-quarters of an hour after the explosion that I found him; he died on board the steamer Antelope between nine and ten this morning; am satisfied that death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe on her upward trip to this city last night; Captain KIDD was down in the ladies' cabin to see a lady and gentleman who occupied room B; they were from Virginia City; they told the captain that they had heard the runners say that th! ere was danger of the boat being blown up; Captain KIDD remarked that he thought there was no danger, if he had thought so he would not be on the boat himself, and said that he also had something to live for; I saw the captain after the explosion; he was doing all he could to relieve the sufferers. A.B. SCOTT sworn - Reside at Forest Hill, Placer county; know the deceased now before the jury; his name is James H. CLARK; he is a native of Virginia, aged thirty-five or forty years; he is a married man; think his wife is at San Francisco on a visit; he died on board the steamer Antelope, in front of this city, about twelve o'clock M. this day; noticed the head was very much lacerated on the right side; am satisfied that death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe last night on her up trip to this city; deceased was proprietor of the stage line running from Auburn to Michigan Bluff, Placer county; was present when the Coroner examined the body; there was a large, plain gold ring found on his finger; this was all the property found. Frank D. STARRETT sworn - Know the deceased; his name is Samuel W. GRUSH; is a native of Massachusetts; is a single man, aged about 45 years; died at a quarter before seven; he was head steward on the steamer Washoe; know of no property excepting a gold watch; was second steward on the steamer Washoe; was on deck aft the wheelhouse at time of the explosion; have attended the deceased since the accident; am satisfied that death was caused by injuries received by the explosion on board the Washoe, which occurred about ten o'clock P.M. yesterday, September 5, 1864. John M. AVERY sworn - I corroborate the above evidence as far as I know; examined his person and found $6.10 in coin, a gold Masonic pin and spectacles. Thomas F. SUMMERS sworn - I reside in this city at present; know the deceased; his name is D.M. ANDERSON; he was either First or Second Engineer on the steamer Washoe; he died at the Vernon House, in this city, about eleven o'clock A.M. this day; his age is about thirty-six years; I am satisfied that death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on the steamer Washoe, on her upward trip to this city, last night. R.H. McDONALD sworn - Think the deceased's name is Emanuel M. BROOM, a native of ____; he told me he was a partner of KING & SEATON, at Drytown; should think he was thirty-five or forty years of age; said nothing about his effects; death was caused by general inflammation, caused by the explosion which took place on the steamer Washoe, last night, on her trip up to this city. Dr. R.H. McDONALD sworn - Know the deceased now before the jury from information from himself before death; his name is Emanuel JACOBS; he is a native of Sorwie, Norway; his age is about twenty-eight or thirty years; he died at the Vernon House in this city, about one o'clock P.M. this day; I find that he is a Jew; death was caused by scalding steam or water, which I believe was caused by the explosion on the steamer Washoe last night. Joseph A. GALLAGHER sworn - I know the deceased; his name is Rev. James CALLAN, a native of county Cavan, Ireland, aged about thirty-eight years; has been officiating at San Leandro, Alameda county (rest of article is cut off). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com