Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-07-27
MANY ARE DEAD
FROM EXPLOSION.
GUNBOAT BENNINGTON SCENE
OF HORROR.
WRECKED BY FAULTY BOILER
Disaster Occurs in Harbor at San
diego, Cal-Twenty-E Eight Known
to b. Dead - Scores
ArN Wounded.


vessel of the United States navy
scores of men are lying grlevously OF
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 a,
1910 o'clock Friday morning.
The Victims.
The dead are: ]. Newcombe
drowned, boatswain's mate, second
class; B, A. Hughes, ordinary seaman;
A. ,Bensel, coal passer; A. Kamcrer,
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; c. Kuntz, coal passer; seven
unidentified dead on board; seven un-
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, ]. 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; c. W. Brock
man, Des Moines, a., apprenticeman;
Preston Carpenter, Arapahoe, Neb., Or
binary seaman; H. G. Dean, Denver,
COL, electrician; F. R. Cornell, coxs-
vain, Odessa, Wash; J. c. Barchus,
Omaha, Neb., seaman; A. H. Schorgge,
T. A. House, c. Schultz, Cordelia, Cal.;
h. B. Robinson, Oakland; w. ]. Wes-
sci, New York; F. c. Shively, Meredith
Bushnell, Bearbrake, Tex, apprentice
seaman; L. K. Strobel, Littleton, Co..:
H. j. Knibloch, -. Clark, Bremerton.
WASH: -. 1ngersoll, Denver; Joe Hill
thier, Washington, D. C; A. J. Worth
en-, Dayton, O.; w. V. Kennedy, Lyons,
Neb.; H. F. Anders, Springfield, Mo-;
Brown Talley, F]ickweiller, Ind; A.
Wanders, second class; S. Eckram,
Emerson, WASH; N. G. Chambers, sea-
man, broken right arm; w. A. Hawlev.
Nelson; Takatoe, Toxic; Tim Burke.
Massachusetts; L. A. Cries, Sylvania
H.; Mac Mckeen, -. Smith, Harrison
vile, Mo-; w. F. Weller, Cleveland, O.;
Il. H. Hallet, Bakersfield, CAL; D. NJ.
.McClintock, Pomona, CAL; L. B. Arch
CT, Montrose, Co..; A. Nelson, joseph
Hllthier, N. G. Chambers, Claude Bush
ing, D. G. Archer Eleven others are
Delng cared for at private houses and
their names have not yet been ascer-
tanned.
Boiler Explodes.
The Bennington at the time of the
accident was lying in the stream lust
OF the commercial wharf at the foot
'ot 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 I'D
and everything was in readiness for
sailing when suddenly, and without
any warning whatever, the starboard
forward boiler exploded with a deafen-
ing roar. The explosion was terrific
People standing on the shore saw
huge cloud of white steam rise above
the Bennington. Columns OF water
were hurled into the air, and for a 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 ham
pened on board the warship The fer
ny boat Ramona was coming across
the bay at the time of the accident.
Capt. Bertelsen, of the Ramona. imme-
dlately 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 possi-
ble
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
and the other boats present
lent yeomen aid in picking up the
wounded sailors and transferring them
to the shore. At THEFT 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 pcard the Bennington were. pre-
scented terrible scenes. The force of
4ha ovn10einn had torn oroot hole i,