The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-25

ISeaUldu- MIS-. NARY L. sdNdr1t pTdutys
Texas. Grover {. Watkins, ordinary
seaman: Cain Watkins, Rowleite- Tex
e. VelIborn, fireman, sister,
Julia Weliborn. Temple, Texas, Mere
|dith A.. Bushnell. apprentice seaman;
II. Bushnell, Waco, Texas
Oyster Bay, y. Y. July 21--Presi-
|dent Roosevelt was shocked greatly at
the news OF the disaster which occur
Ired today to the gun boat bennington
lin the harbor of San Diego, Cal. The
|trst intinlation he had of it was con-
| veyed to him by a telegram from
IActinc Secretary of the Navy Darling
The President, beyond expressing
has profound regret thai the accident
lshould have occurred, made 10 COM
lment on it. ~reserving any expression
lon the matter until he should nave re-
Iceived complete details. |
DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL. - |
San Francisco. July o1-The Ben
nington is a sister shlD CT the foTh-
town and Concord. having the same
Dimensions. tonnaEe SPEED and arma-
Iment. She has q length of Ego feet
he, eadth SO feet. mean draft IA teet.
disbursement ITO tons speed 100
knots, derived from engines or $3.50
indicated horse power. She mas Il
battery IF So inch rifles and eight
Iguns of smaller calibre. The hennin@-
ton takes rank among the efficient
ll,ttle cruisers designed for special duty
lin shallow water. The vessels Keel
Twas laid in 1888 and she cost s4"o.ooo:
Her complement is 10 officers ana
isl men.
The bennington left this port about
TIN ee months ago and went to Homo
tI,I,, DC ctrfiOn shin AT that DOC1. On
l,.uly 7 she sailed from Hawaiian port
land went to San Domingo. arriving
There. on "Wednesday last. Whcn she
lsaiied from Honolulu h WAS under
~lorGcrs t. go to Son Diego and thefe
I'LL her bunkcrs with cCal. then pro-
lceed to Panama calling at numerous
ipCrts along the Central Ainerlcal
lcoast.( She was to take the place OF
Monitor Wyoming as station snip
lthe,e. The Wyoming had heen at the
lport of Panama for several mohtns
and she sailed from San Diego pnly
1.-The Gay before the BENNINGTON arrived
lat that port on her way to san Fran
lcisco. The monitor when near Port
iHarfcrd Gropped one IF her DroDel-
llcrs and became almost unmanasea-
lb]e. She made he~ way to a sheltered
Icove at Port Hartford and the Ben
lnington. then at San Diego. was Or
ldered to go to the aid of the
lO1SdOIcu 1tlOllIlCl III w '''
this rcrt. 1t was expected that the
Igun boat would said for the southern
+ port on her erranG TO-DAY.
CONDITION OF ROLLERS. =.
!, WASHINGTON, July 21.-The Benning-
ton has four cylindrical straightWay
!, Iboilers. commonly called
! Igumboa boilers. each boiler was IL
= ! fleet and . inches lun and . feet ano
l g inches in diameter. They were orig
2 lina;ty designed to carry l6o Dounos
4 LOT steam in cruisine. The boilers Were
lis wears old. according to the record:
-, lin the department but were returned
lin 1oO3-IGO4. The Admiral Of tn
, Pacific fleet in October. 1904. Reported
!. Ito the Navy Department that the boil
: lers were in need of repairs put ina
1.-THE repairs were not urgent. A epor
:. lfrcm the engineer CT the shin received
: at the department about the sans
: time was that the boilers Eenerall,
=. were i'll DOOR condition but that lhe
). internal conditions Of the boiler
!. were good. In Man last the Benning
> ten was sent to the Mare Island yart
l where mporary repairs were made ~
her Rollers to put her in cruising con
ld,tion. 1t is tated at the bureau 0
= isteam engineering lat there has beel
:, nothing in the reports coming to tn
= department to show that the boiler
u Iwere in an unsafe condition..
=, The Navy department has receive
l. la telegram from San Francisco sayin
7, were ordered by the Navy department
|, Ito he sent to San Diego for the Ben
$ ~niugton had left San Francisco Jul
y nth and went aboard ship the IstI
- land therefore are among the Ben
=, IningtOn crew.
> The Navy department has receive
:. Ia. dispatch from Commander 1oun
l. -- L~% 4 :toponf Derry an
l., thirty three men are dead, seventy
S; Isix wounded and twentv-one missin
ID land hat many arc expected to die be
fore morning. He adds h a ther
IS were 131 casualties altogether.
r LIST OF CASUALTIES.
re The Navy Department tonight re
4 iceived the following telegram frol
+ IConlmander Young of the bennington
~ "At 1915 this mornins. While MAI
ling PREPARATIONS for getting n
u way with all hands at their statlor
III the top OF the lower furnace of bollt
L; lB. exploded. forcing the boiler asteI
S; lin contact with boiler A. which Wa
a. Ialso forced astern and exploded, i
following are the casualties:
Dead: j. Newcombe. boatswaln
~ Innate second class: p. A. Hughes. y
Ill binary G.. Brownlee. seaman
Ii; la. Bensel. remain second class: :,
rs iKammerer. fireman. second class. '
nv. Wright. coal passer: c. Hagsble1
local Dasser: E. o. nresch. ordinaI
al seaman: w. N. Parrish. coal passe
nv IF. J. Geiss. Goa passer: c. j.. kun'
y tcoal passer: seven unidentified
q. shore and seven on board ~unidentife
u "'Seriously injured: Lieutenant Pc
u, nv. III. f. Saunders. apprentice seama
Nv. NJ. Fickweiler. j. Hun
G. ciler: J A. Ezell. ship's cook four
ST. class: r. B. Ferguson. chief machi
on lists mate: r. A. House. apprentl
he seaman: A. H. Schrogge. seaman:
nv. IF. HiIschar. fireman first class: r..
ic- Robinson. ordinary seaman: q. A. II
no Icy. chief gunner's mate: F. a. Brow
lip m~acnlnlstS mate. urst Slaas' "
Manney. fireman. first class: Z. i.
iSchEltz. coal passer: P. Carpenter.
binary ". S. Schacklet
'Se hospital steward: C. L. Clark. en-
N lmachin:st's mate: NJ. G.. Chamb
ID. seaman: Ensign Sahms. hand 5ae
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