Death in CA 1863- Capt. T.W. SEELEY
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Death in CA 1863- Capt. T.W. SEELEY
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>SATURDAY, 2 MAY 1863<<
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT -- A dispatch from San Francisco to the ‘Union,’ April 30th, says:
The steamer Senator arrived tonight from the southern coast in charge of the 1st officer, BUTTERS. Capt. T.W. SEELEY was killed on the 27th instant by the bursting of the boiler of the little steamer Ida Hancock, on her trip down from New SAN Pedro to the anchorage of the Senator with passengers and freight. The steamer was a small propeller, owned by R. BANNING of San Pedro, and employed as a tug and in freighting between San Pedro and the ship anchorage. The boiler was new. There were some 50 passengers on board, and the loss of life is fearful. The boat was torn to pieces, and the explosion was heard on board the Senator. Boats were sent from the steamer, and the officers and soldiers at Camp Drum hastened to render assistance.
The following is the only list of killed and wounded procurable; it is not complete:
**Killed --
Capt. SEELEY
Wm. RITCHIE
W.T.B. SANFORD
Fred. KERLIN
H.M. OLIVER
R.M. HALL
Dr. H.R. MYLES
Thos. WORKMAN
L. SLESSINGER
M. LEVI
Richard PRICE
Chas. KINNEY
Joseph BRYANT
Sydney JOHNSTON [son of the late A. Sydney JOHNSTON]
Most of those reported dead were probably killed instantly. RITCHIE, Express Messenger, lived for 2 hours. A small portion of the Express matter was saved. There were some 25 killed in addition to the names reported.
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SAD BEREAVEMENT -- In the recent explosion of the boiler of the steam-tug Ida Hancock, in the harbor of San Pedro, Mr. John SANFORD, one of the Board of Supervisors of this county, met with the loss of a brother whose name appears in the list of the killed. On board of the same steamer at the time of the accident, Mr. SANFORD had a mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew, all of whom are reported among the wounded. They were all en route for this city and at the time of the explosion, were making the passage from the shore to the steamer Senator, which lay at anchor in the harbor. This is a sad bereavement and one which calls forth the sympathy of an entire community.
SAN FRANCISCO DISPATCH, May 1 --
-The funeral of Frederick COOK, Assistant Treasurer of the Overland Mail Co.; Captain SEELEY, of the Senator, and Frederick KERLIN, were largely attended today.
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Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>SATURDAY, 2 MAY 1863<<
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT -- A dispatch from San Francisco to the ‘Union,’ April 30th, says:
The steamer Senator arrived tonight from the southern coast in charge of the 1st officer, BUTTERS. Capt. T.W. SEELEY was killed on the 27th instant by the bursting of the boiler of the little steamer Ida Hancock, on her trip down from New SAN Pedro to the anchorage of the Senator with passengers and freight. The steamer was a small propeller, owned by R. BANNING of San Pedro, and employed as a tug and in freighting between San Pedro and the ship anchorage. The boiler was new. There were some 50 passengers on board, and the loss of life is fearful. The boat was torn to pieces, and the explosion was heard on board the Senator. Boats were sent from the steamer, and the officers and soldiers at Camp Drum hastened to render assistance.
The following is the only list of killed and wounded procurable; it is not complete:
**Killed --
Capt. SEELEY
Wm. RITCHIE
W.T.B. SANFORD
Fred. KERLIN
H.M. OLIVER
R.M. HALL
Dr. H.R. MYLES
Thos. WORKMAN
L. SLESSINGER
M. LEVI
Richard PRICE
Chas. KINNEY
Joseph BRYANT
Sydney JOHNSTON [son of the late A. Sydney JOHNSTON]
Most of those reported dead were probably killed instantly. RITCHIE, Express Messenger, lived for 2 hours. A small portion of the Express matter was saved. There were some 25 killed in addition to the names reported.
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SAD BEREAVEMENT -- In the recent explosion of the boiler of the steam-tug Ida Hancock, in the harbor of San Pedro, Mr. John SANFORD, one of the Board of Supervisors of this county, met with the loss of a brother whose name appears in the list of the killed. On board of the same steamer at the time of the accident, Mr. SANFORD had a mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew, all of whom are reported among the wounded. They were all en route for this city and at the time of the explosion, were making the passage from the shore to the steamer Senator, which lay at anchor in the harbor. This is a sad bereavement and one which calls forth the sympathy of an entire community.
SAN FRANCISCO DISPATCH, May 1 --
-The funeral of Frederick COOK, Assistant Treasurer of the Overland Mail Co.; Captain SEELEY, of the Senator, and Frederick KERLIN, were largely attended today.