BOILER ACCIDENT ON THE MARIPOSA.
On the up trip, as the Mariposa cleared the bar at Honolulu, 14th t ebruary. an explosion took place. The plate covering the boiler tubes was displaced, which caused an escape of steam and boiling •water, which blew the fire out of the furnace, and scalded several firemen. Two died, and Richard Carrow, coal passer, and John Whitemash, passage worker, were seriously injured. Engineer Shannon and Thomas Hansen were sent to the hospital. One is expected to live, James Brown, water tender, was strong enough to go on to 'Frisco. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of; accidental death. No negligence was attributed to the Captain and officers.; The Mariposa went on to 'Frisco with the remaining three boilers.
[renter's telegrams.]
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5439, 8 March 1886, Page 2
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128BOILER ACCIDENT ON THE MARIPOSA. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5439, 8 March 1886, Page 2
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