The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-14

1rt tonight said:
 s The Missouri accident is too appallins Ito discuss. But fear that enthusiasm
 in making world records has led us pas,
 the danger line. In our anxiety to sur.
 pass the world in the rapidity of big sur
 fire, I fear we have permitted our en. thusiasm to get the better of our discre.
 tion- It would seem from the dispatch ] that not enough time had been allowed . to eiapse between the firing. It is only
 recently that we have permitted ths
 breech to be opened almost the moment I the gun was fired and in so @oing there
 is necessarily risk. Apparently all but three men in the handling room were
 killed. How narrowly the entire ship es.
 capped destruction outright is realized j when it is recalled that nearby is the
 magazine containing anywhere from fifty to 100 charges"
 l How Powder is Hauled. l The smokeless powder Is put into | each bag or section weighing 120 | Ipounds. Some officers say that the | turrets of the Missouri had no bottoms
 and express the opinion that after this
 experience all the turrets of the bat tleships will be equipped with bot
 toms for the protection of the men in
 the handling room beneath. The off,
 cers of the Missouri were especially we'll known in Washington. Both
 Midshipman Neuman and Ward are
 understood to have been engaged to
 be married. It Is said Midshipman Neuman was to be married to the sis-
 ter of Midshipman Ward. The two Midshipmen were classmates and inti-
 mate friends. At their request they were assigned to the same ship. A
 telegram received from Mrs. Gridley.
 mother of Lieutenant Gridley. tonight, lrequested that the remains of her boy
 be shipped to Erie, Pa. The Navy
 Department tonight furnished the fol-
 lowing statement giving a more com
 plete list of dead with the next of kin of the dead seamen and officers: Franks, Harry w., Coxswain; resi- dence. Buffalo. N. r.; kin, John
 Franks. father. Listowell, Ont. Starr, John Porter, ordinary sea-
 man; residence, aIrmount, Ind.:l kin, Capt. A. Starr, father. Fairmount, Ind.
 residence, Lakota, Texas; kin, John w. Cole, ST., father. Lakota, Texas.
 Gedris, Joseph, ordinary seaman;
 residence, Grand Rapids. Mich; kin,
 George Gedris. father, Grand Rapids.
 Mich.
 Allison, Ralph H.. seaman residence
 Philadelphia; kin, A. J. Allison, father, Pleasant Hill. Mo.
 l. Nunn, James C., ordinary seaman:
 residence, Bryan, Texas; kin, Thomas c. Nunn, father. Bryan, Texas. Hardy. J. Carlton. apprentice, second
 class. residence Palmyra, N. r.; kin, Iry-
 ing A. Hardy, father. East Palmyra.
 N. Y.
 castier. Paul R.. apprentice. second
 class. residence. Hope Ark; kin, Thomas
 W. Castler, Hope, Ark.
 Rowlands Frank T., electrician, second
 class, residence. St. Louis, Mo; kin, John l Rowlands, father, Cleveland, o. Roche. John M. landsman; residence, New York City; kin, Michael Roche, fa- ther. County Kerry, Ireland. Tobin, Robert O.. ordinary seaman; resi- ! dence, Roscoe, Pa; kin, T. S. Toibn, fa- | ther, Roscoe, Pa.
 1 Kivlin. Kearney J.. ordinary seaman;
 residence, Dallas, Tex; kin, Kearney J. Kivlin. father, Dallas. Tex. Kennedy, Joseph F.. ordinary seaman: residence. Waco, Tex; kin, William Ken nedy, father. Povo, Tenn. Bloxopoulos, Joseph F., coxswair; resi-. dence Newport News, Va; kin, Merl
 Jersemos Bloxopoulos, father, Paxo, Greece.
 Brain. Peter Joseph, chief gun captain: residence. New York; kin, Rose Gross, mother. Cleveland. O.
 Meyer. Charles Henry. ordinary seaman;
 residence. Oshkosh. Wis; kin, Louisa Meyer, mother. Oshkosh. Wis. | Smith, August, gunner's mate, second
 class; residence. New York; claimed to have no relatives
 Rice, Charles J., ordinary seaman; resi- dence. Boston, Mass; kin. Anita zellger. step-mother, San Francisco. Soder, N. Preston, seaman; residence I New York; kin, Eric Soder, father, Jofia, | Sweden.
 Shipman. W. L., private; no data at Navy Department.
 Wounded, not expected to live:
 Donnelly, John Thomas Joseph. ordi- nary seaman, residence Chicago; kin Patrick H. Donnelly, father. Chicago.
 Moe. Orvelle, apprentice second class residence. Butte, Mont; kin A. c. Moe. Butte, Mont.
 The following names appear in the eis- patch but do not correspond with the records of the bureau:
 J. K. Peterson, w. J. Bogard, H. S. Cherbarth and B. J. Mulligan. Correct names have been telegraphed for.
 Rear Admiral H. c. Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, tonight said: We have met with a great disaster The death of these brave officers and men is a calamity to the navy and to the country. They sacrificed their lives in the service of their country as much as If they had perished in battle against their country's enemies. It is impossible to say anything about the details until the court of inquiry has examined the facts and made its report. This report will be of most searching character. and 1t is hoped will clearly show the causes which have led to this great loss to navy and to the country. The families and friends of the officers and enlisted men who have thus died in the faithful performance of their duty have the deep- est sympathy of the bureau of navigation as well aa of the whole army"