Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
EXPLOSION DUE
T0LEAK|NC BOILER
Such Is The Statement OF Fireman
/, G. Hopp, Of the Inflated
Bennington
TRYING TO REACH Dead BODIES
Latest summary OF Dead known,
Makes the Number
fihy' 0nt

san Diego, cab. July 20 Tho appal.
INK Inst of victims Of Yesterdays oX.
ploson aboard the L, s, T. bennington
grew throughout the night, almost
every hour adding to the long rows %
dead IN the oyorcrowdcd morguee, for-
ly.nln2 known dead IN the latest sum.
mary compiled ut o'clock this morn.
ing This Includes a. bodies ut the yari-
GUS morgues ana seven bodies which
are elil floating about IN the flooded
boiler rooms, and which cannot yet be
reached
Eight unidentified bodies at morguo,
seven bodies recovered from the
ships hold which are clossod os I'm.
Identified, Total number Of known dead
81,
BESIDES these there are missing about
20 on 20 men,
About 30 injured are scattered among
the various city private and public
hospitals according to the statement
compiled AZ Un carly hour this morning
and about 20 are etIll missing, OF tho
injured several are Nopoclod 10 die
ana II ie believed the death roll Will
be swcllcd greatly ana perhaps VIII
exceed this number OF the missing II
Is probable that some VIII turn Up ana
II ~ believed the sea VIII give up sew
ornl dead,
Every effort aboard the Bennington
this morning IL bent towards reaching
the dead bodies beneath the steel bulk.
l..l. IA, th, ,lnutl and upnIpl ART iQnt
compal tmoutA 4 IRE engine VIII be
utIligod 10 pump out the Wutor which
during the night ana morning periods
of hIgh tide rose sim higher IN the en-
glno ANA boiler rooms out Of the con.
fusion that followed the disaster ana
rescue come thrilling stories Of hcrolsm
ana plf.surrlnco
Tho bravery NJ the crew was com.
moutCd ON by all who had good OPP
porunlly 10 witness the scenes Men
who were badly injured and scaldcd,
worked tu ala those who WIRE worse
on than themselves, and All the special
instances Of horoism of the disaster
win probably never be fnlly written,
Tho sclfssncrlNcing efforts on the part
OF the physicians ana the scores ~
nurses were also commented ON with
praise for all Every one who could
be made useful NJ Tho hospitals WaS
put az work and those who could not
were npkcd 10 return ana relieve those
who were accepted,
Fireman w. q, Hopp makes the first
statement M to the cause of the Nccl'
dent Tie says that shortly before tho
explosion ono Of the boilers was
found to be leaking badly and the
hollcrmakcr was sent for to repair the
4 lutI.Y
| EXPLOSION took place llopp saw men
| all about him Killed outright ana he
| himself was stunned for momonl
The dead VIII be given a military
burial sunday afternoon NJ the milf.
inry reservation NJ Point Iona Ser.
yluoa win Ne held NJ o'clock ON the
| point and launches VIII convcry across
tho bay the living officers ana mon able
| 60 attend
ADMIRAL RAGS OPINION,
Washington, july q! Rear Admiral
q, w. Rae chief engineer officer Of tho
| navy, says he can only account for inc
damage done the bennington by an
oyploplon of high explosives ana rcltcr.
altos that there was nothing IN the roe
ports 10 tho bureau to show That the
boilers were In an unsafe condition lie
Alld today
"Aner examining the plans NJ Tho
Pennington IN the llgM ~ the Dispatch
cs giving an account NJ the Disaster |
cannot conceive how tho collapse NJ 4
oroWnshcct could damage the shin 10 tho
extent stated or hayr blown people
overheard from the deck
~ there we're high explosives In the
Rhcll room jus, forward from the pump
room and forward nre room ana they
were exploded by the conclusion, that
would account for the damage done "
The detailed plAna of the boiler room
deck Of the Bennington show pump
room narrow space Just forward Of