Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23


twenty-four hours There was etlh
work to do. however, but willing hands
we're always ready to take the burden
of those who had borne It 40 nobly
during the hours following the dis
aster.
At Aenew sanItarium, where a large
majority OF the Victims have been
treated, there was still th.rty-four suf-
ferefs, almost dozen Of whom are
expected to die Of their terrible in
juries. Too much. praise cannot. be
given this institution. Or. Gochenauer
and its corps Of able physicians. Or.
Foster, who is IN charge Of all the. In
jured. does not hesitate to speak in
the highest praise Of their untIfing ef-
forts to reiieve the suffering seamen.
Nor does he fail to mention the women
Of San Diego, who have volunteered TO
the number Of several hundred and
brought linen, medicines ana every ar
tlcle which their thoughtfulness and
good Judgment aictated in the present
emergency. twenty Of these volunteer
nurses were taken in and they rem
dered noble and eficient service At
st. Joseph's sanitariun a quiet, peace
full appearing retreat. far up on the
hill. ten Of the scorched and scalded
sufferers are resting easily. Several Of
them are horribly injured. but the sis-
ter superior in charge believes all will
recover, though some win be crippled
and MANNED for life.
Fatally ecslded
Close to the water front, in the old
army barracks, nine other victims are
looked after by Or. Kneedler Of the
army medical corps at Fort Rosecrans.
The majority Of these nine are very
badly scalded and may die.
1t was to this place that Ensign
Perry was taken when brought ashore,
and from this place his dead body was
removed only a. few hours later
Ensign .Perry,s widow arrived here
on the afternoon train from San Fran
cisco,
Until she was met and told by Lieut..
Yates: ct the, station she did not know
that her husband was dead. The tele-
gram carrying the news of his death
did not reach San Francisco before she
took the train for San Diego. She
came hoping to find her husband not
seriously hurt and the news Of his
death was terrible shock to her
Military Funeral Today 1874
Tomorrow the Bennington's dead will
be accorded all the. honors of "a mill
tary funeral and the bodies will be
inferred in the little cemetery on the
Point Iona government reservation.
Just how many will be buried here
cannot be determined tonight, not
even by the officers in charge Of the
preparations. Scores of kilograms
have come from relatives of the dead
from every quarter OF the United
States today and several have re-
quested the bodies Of their dead shipped
to them. The requests will be
complied with and until tomorrow the
exact number that will be escorted to
their. last resting place high up ON the.
slope overlooking the beautiful bay of
San Diego will not be known.
The saddening procession of the BEN
nington's dead will start from the
plaza, in the center OF San Diego, at Q
o'clock Sunday afternoon. A score or
more of hearses and undertakers'
wagons will carry the bodies, together
with the masses Of flowers that have
been offered by hundreds of San Diego
women,- to Fort Rosecrans. There re-
ligious ceremonies, Catholic and Epis-
copal. will be performed. The naval
reserve Of San Diego has been ordered
to report at quarters tomorrow morn
ing.