The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-14
EXPLOSION ON BATTlESHIP
MISSOURI KILLS TWENTY-NINE


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fired. and in so doing there is necessarily
risk.
Apparently all but the men In the
handling room were killed. How narrowly
the entire ship escaped destruction out
right is realized when 1t is recalled that
near by is the magazine containing any
where from so to 100 charges
The smokeless powder is put into the 12-
inch gun in three seconds. each bag or sec
ton weighing Id pounds. Some officers say
that the turrets Of the Missouri had no
bottoms. and express the opinion that.
after this accident the turrets of all bat
tleships will be equipped with bottoms
for the protection Of the men in the
handling room beneath.
The officers of the Missouri were espe-
cially we'll known in Washington. Captain
Cowles served as Assistant Chief OF the
Bureau Of Navigation. and most of the
officers killed were widely known here.
Both Midshipmen Neumann and Ward
are understood to have been engaged to
be married. It Is said that Midship-
man Neumann was to have been married
to the sister of Midshipman Ward. The
two midshipmen were classmates and in
Innate friends. At their request they were
assigned to the same ship.
A telegram received from Mrs. Gridley
mother Of Lieutenant Gridley. tonight re-
quested that the remains of her boy be
shipped to Erie. Pa.
NAVY DEPARTMENTS
LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
The Navy Department tonight furnished
the following statement. giving a moro
compIete,iist Of dead. with the next Of kin
of the dead seamsn and noncommissioned
officers: .-.-t '., %.
Franks. Harry W.. coxswain: residence,
Buffalo. n. T.: kin. John Franks. father.
Listewell. Ontario.
Starr. John Porter. ordinary seaman.
residence Fairmount. Ind: kin. Caleb A.
Starr. father. Fairmount, Ind.
Cole, John W.. ordinary seaman, resi-
dence L.akota. Tex: kin. John ". Cole.
sr.. father. Lakota- Tex.
Gedris. Joseph, ordinary. seaman. resi-
dence Grand Rapids. Mich: kin. George
Gedris father. aoa Elizabeth street. Grand
Rapids. Mich.
Allison, Ralph H. seaman; residence.
Philadelphia, Pa: kin. A. J. Allison.
father. Pleasant Hill. Mo.
Num-. James c.. ordinary seaman; resi-
dence. Bryan. Tex; kin, Thomas c. Num-,
father. Bryan. Tex.
Hardy, j. Carlton. apprentice. second
class; residence. Palmyra, N. Y: kin. Irv-
ing A. Hardy. father. East Palmyra,
N. Y.
Osstler. Paul R.. apprentice. second
class; residence. Hope. Ark: kin. Thomas
W. Oastler. Hope. Ark. o..
Rowlands. Frank T., electrician. second
class. residence St. Louis. Mo-: kin
John Rowlands. father. No. 242s Spofrord
street. Cleveland. o.
Roche. John NJ. landsman. residence
New York. N. Y; kin. Michael Roche,
father. County Kerry. Ireland.
TobIn. Robert c.. ordinary seaman. res
idence. Roscoe. Pa: kin. T. S. Tobin.
father. Roscoe. Pa.
Kivlen. Kearney j.. ordinary seaman,
residence Dallas. Tex: kin. Kearney ].
Kivlen. father. No. 1863 Cabell street. Dali
las. Tex.
Kennedy. Joseph F., ordinary seaman.
residence Waco. Tex: kin, William Ken
nedy. father. Povo, Tenn.
Bloxopoulus. Jersemos. coxswain. resi-
dence Newport News. Va; kin. Meri fJer-
semos Bloxopoulos. wife. Paxo. Greece.
Braun, Peter Jos. chief gun captain.
residence New York; kin. Rose Gross.
mother. 8 Clarence lane, Cleveland. o.
Meyer. Charles Henry. ordinary seaman,
residence Oshkosh. Wis: kin. Louisa Mey-
ers, mother, 40 Irth street. Oshkosh. Wis.
Smith. August gunner's mate. second
class. residence New York; claimed to
have no relatives.
Rice, Charles. ordinary seaman: resi-
dence, Boston. Mass; kin. Anita Zeli9er,
stepmother. No. 3318 Mission street, San
Francisco. Cal.
Soder. Ncston. seaman: residence, New
York: kin. Eric Soder. father. Jefia. Swe-
den.
Shipman W. L., private marine: no data
at Navy Department.
Wounded. not expected to live:
Donnelly. John Thomas Joseph ordinary
seaman; residence. Chicago. ILL.,: kin, Pat
rick H. Donnelly. father. No. 154 West
street, Chicago.
Moe. Orevel. apprentice. second class,
residence Butte. Mont; kin. A. C. Moe,
Butte. Mont.
The following names appear in the dis
patch. but do not correspond with the
of the bureau: ]. K. Peterson, W.
]. Bogard. H. S. Cherbarth and B. J. Null
ligan. Correct names have been tele-
graphed for.
REAR ADMIRAL TAYLOR's
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor. Chief Of the |
Bureau of Navigation. tonight said:
I'VE have met with a great disaster. |
The death OF these brave officers, and