New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-26
MANY ARE DEAD
FROM EXPL 0S|ON
GUNBoAT BENNINGTON SCENE
OF HORROR.
WRECKED BY FAULTY BOILER
Disaster Occurs in Harbor at San
Diego, Cal.-Twenty- Eight Known
to Be Dead = Scores
Are Wounded.


vessel of the United States navy,
scores of men are lying grievously or
painfully injured in sanitariums and
hospitals, and Is sailors are missing
and probably have found death in the
waters of the harbor, as result of
an explosion of boiler on board the
United States gunboat Bennington at
1910 o'clock Friday morning
The Victims.
The dead are: j. NeWcombe,
drowned, boatswain's mate, second
class; B. A. Hughes, ordinary seaman;
A. Bensel, coal passer; A. Kamerer,
coal passer; w. w. Wright, oiler; c..
Hoggboom, coal passer; E. Dresch, or
binary seaman; w. Parish, coal pass
er; M. G. Quinn, oiler; G. Brownlee,
seaman; j. L. Burns, seaman w.
Chefrey, coal passer; E. G. Geiss, coal
passer; G. Kuntz, coal passer; seven
unidentified dead on board; seven I'M
identified ashore; Is others unac-
counted for
The Injured.
The list Of injured, as nearly as can
be ascertained, is as follows: Wirk
Compton, E. U. Brunson, H Hoffman
(blacksmith), D. Sullivan, William
Staub, j. Ezell, A. Borg, -. Ferguson,
w. G. Wilson, Charles Miller, chief
master at arms; L. ]. Gauhtier, Paw
tucket, R. l., chief boatswain's mate;
Walter James Martin, New York mas
ter at arms, first class; G. W. Brock
man, Des Moines, Ia, apprenticeman;
Preston Carpenter, Arapahoe, Neb., Or
binary seaman; H. c. Dean, Denver,
Col, electrician; F. R. Cornell, coxs-
vain, Odessa, Wash; J. G. Barchus.
Omaha, Neb., seaman; A. H. Schorgge.
P. A. House, C. Schultz, Cordelia, CAL:
e. b. Robinson, Oakland; w. J. Wes-
sci, New York; F. c. Shively, Meredith
Bushnell, Bearbrake, Tex, apprentice
seaman; L. K. Strobel Littleton, COL:
II. J. Knibloch, -. Clark, Bremerton.
WASH; -. Ingersoll, Denver; Joe Hill
thier, Washington, D. C; A. J. Worth
en-, Dayton, O.; w. " Kennedy, Lyons.
Neb.; H. f. Anders, Springfield, Mo-:
Brown Talley, Flickweiller, Ind; A.
Wanders, second class; S. Eckram.
Emerson, Wash; N. G. Chambers, sea-
man, broken right arm; W. A. Hawley,
Nelson; Takatoe, Toxic; Tim Burke.
Massachusetts,; L. A. Cries, SyIvania.
O.; Mac McKeen, -. Smith. Harrison
vile, Mo-; w. F. Weller, Cleveland, O.:
Il. H. Hallet, Bakersfield, CAL: D. M.
McClintock, Pomona, CAL; L. B. Arch
or, Montrose, COL; A. Nelson. Josenh
H1lthier, N. G. Chambers, Claude Bush
ing, D. G. Archer. Eleven others .are
being cared for at private houses and
their names have not yet been ascer-
tanned.
Boiler Explodes.
Inc bennington at the time of the
accident was lying in the stream inst
on the commercial wharf at the foot
OF II. street. The Warship had received
orders from the navy department at
Washington to sail for Port Hartford.
where she was to meet the monitor
Wyoming and convoy that vessel to
Mare Island navy yard. Steam was up
and everything was in readiness for
sailing when suddenly, and without
any warning whatever, the starboard
forward boiler exploded with deafen-
Ing roar. The explosion was terrific
People standing on the shore saw
huge cloud of white steam rise above
Inc bennington. Columns of water
were hurled into the air, and for dis
lance OF nearly twice the height of the
spars of the vessel.
Boats Go to Rescue.
1t was Immediately apparent that an
awful disaster of some kind had han
pened on board the warship. The fer
ry boat Ramona was coming across
the bay at the time Of the accident,
Capt. Bertelsen, of the Ramona, imme-
diately gave orders to change the
course of the boat and, instead of con-
tinuing his trip to the San Diego side
of the bay hurried to the, aid of the
stricken warship. The tug Santa Fe.
which was tied up at the commercial
wharf, the launch Mckinley, the gov
eminent launch General De Russey and
a large number of other launches and
water craft which were near the scene
at the time, also rushed to the assist
ance of the Bennington and endeay-
ored to lend every assistance posi-
BILE.
By the time the Ramona had arrived
many of the sailors of the Bennington
who had jumped into the bay to es-
cape the scalding steam had been res
cued, and the removal of the wounded.
which already had been commenced,
was being conducted in perfect order,
Crews of the Santa Fe, De Russey and
Mckinley, and the other boats present
lent yeomen aid in picking up the
wounded sailors and transferring them
to the shore. At the time of the acct
dent Commander Lucien Young and
Surgeon f. e. Peck were on shore. The
two officers, as soon as they learned of
the disaster, hurried to the water
front, where Commander Young imme=
diately took charge.
A Terrible Scene.
On board the Bennington were pre-
sented terrible scenes. The force of
the explosion had torn a great hole in
the starboard side Of the ship. and the