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Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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Steamer Jenny Lind exploded its boiler at the head of San Francisco Bay while returning from Alviso, killing 20 passengers instantly and badly scalding 60 others, including eight ladies. Survivors and dead were carried to San Francisco by the steamer Union. Most victims were old San Francisco residents.
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The steamer Jenny Lind, formerly plying between San Francisco and Sacramento, exploded the plate of her boiler, scattering death and destruction among all on board. The steamer was returning from a trip to Alviso and had on board one hundred and thirty passengers, of whom sixty were badly scalded and twenty killed. The survivors and dead were carried to San Francisco by the steamer Union. Among the scalded were eight ladies. Those killed and injured were nearly all of them old residents of San Francisco.
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San Francisco Bay
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twenty killed, sixty badly scalded including eight ladies
Event Details
The steamer Jenny Lind exploded the plate of her boiler while returning from a trip to Alviso with one hundred and thirty passengers on board, scattering death and destruction among all on board. The survivors and dead were carried to San Francisco by the steamer Union. Those killed and injured were nearly all old residents of San Francisco.