The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
F|FTY-ONE DEAD.
Result OF the Disaster to the
Gunboat Bennington.
1t Is Expected the List Will
Reach Sixty.
ARE PUMPING HER OUT
Additional Bodies May Be Found
Later On.
From 81 to 25 of the Crew Still
Missing.
ARE PUMPING HER OUT

\ C>PACoAOh dOOdIQ the y. RunQOaE
Bennington grew throughout the
night, almost every hour adding to
the long rows of dead in the over
crowded morgues. Fifty-one known
dead is the latest summary. This in
cludes forty-four bodies at the va
rious morgues and seven bodies which
are still floating about in the boiler
rooms and which cannot yet be
reached.
| Following is a revised and corrected
| list of the dead:
DEAD.
N. K. PERRY, lieutenant.
F. w. BROWN, Peoria, machinist,
first class.
mate, second class.
B. A. HUGHES, ordinary seaman.
A. BENSEL, coal passer.
w. CHERRY, coal passer.
! c. RUSHING, coal passer.
A H SCRoGGRE. San Francisco,
seaman.
c. HAAGBLoOM, coal passer.
e. B. CARR, able seaman.
| H. F. SAUNDERS, apprentice sea-
w. W. WRIGHT. oiler
E. DRESCH, ordinary seaman.
| ]. T. BURNS, seaman.
| A G. QUINN, oiler.
C. ]. KUNTZ, coal passer.
JOSEPH HILSCHER, Washington.
fireman.
G. B1OWN NLEE, seaman.
F. j. GEISS. coal passer.
/ E. B. FERGUSON, chief machinist'S
mate.
R. A. HOUSE. apprentice fireman.
i JOE HUNT, oiler.
| CHARLES McKEEN.
/ c. ]. ESSELL, Waco, Tex.
1 Ed B. ROBINSON, Stockton, ordi-
J. G. BARcHUs. Nebraska, sea-
i man.
4 T. B. ARCHER, ordinary seaman
NJ. G. CHAMBERS. seaman.
/ JOHN MAC KONE, Michigan.
PEYTON CARPENTER Little
Rock, Ark, ordinary seaman.
+ Eight unidentified bodies at Inorgus.
Seven bodies recovered from the
ships hold, which are classed as uni
Identified.
Twenty to Twenty-Five Missing.
Besides these there are missing about
20 or 25 men.
About fifty sinjuEed are scattered
among the various city private and
public hospitals, and about % are still
missing. OF the injured several are ex-
pected to die and it is believed the
death roll will be swelled to sixty and
perhaps will exceed this figure. OF the
missing it is probable a number will
turn up today and it is believed that the
sea will give up several dead.
/ Following is a partial list of injured
whose hurts in almost every instance
are scalds and burns from escaping
steam:
Seriously Injured.
! w. N. Fickwi1er seaman.
G. A. Toelley.
| @. McNanney, fireman, first class.
| G. Schultz, coal passer.
| W. F. Shacklett, hospital steward.
G. T. Clark, chief machinist's mate.
/ G. F. Haller, seaman.
| G. Weller, coal paSser.
D. r. McClintock, fireman.
D. R. Seavey. machinist.
G. Hoffman, blacksmith.
| w. Worthen, coal passer.
One unknown man.
Slightly Injured.
c. Wilson.
w. Hoefreuter. seaman.
T. A. Cries, ordinary seaman.
| o. d. Dietrich, seaman.
R. c. Shepherd, seaman. second
class.
H C. Dean, engineer, second class.
/ w. Bushnell, coal passer.
S. Eckren, ordinary seaman.
w. NJ. Taylor, seaman.
c. H. Miller, c. NJ. M.
| T. Strobel, boatswain's mate, second
class.
- Taylor, fireman. first class.
|, o. A. Nelson. machinist's mate, first
class.
f. s. Starkweather, coxswain.
Charles G. Wheeler. chief machine
lists mate.
i H E. Hase, chief steward.
H. n. Stewart, M. A. 1. c.
BrOckman, ordinary seaman
| F. r. Cornell. coxswain.
A. Burg, coal passer.
- Pf1uger, electrician.
R. Savage, ordinary seaman.
= Knoblock, apprentice seaman.
Two unidentified men.
Boiler Was Leaky.
Every effort aboard the Bennington
is bent towards reaching the dead
bodies beneath the steel bulk-heads in
the closed and flooded compartments.
A fire engine from the local fire de-
partment will be utilized to pump out
the water, which during the night and
morning periods of high tide, rose still
high er in the engine and boiler rooms.
Out of the confusion that followed the
disaster and the work of rescue come
thrilling stories of heroism and self
sacrifice.
The bravery of the crew was COM
mented on by all who had good op-
portunity to witness the scenes. Men
worked to aid those who were worse
off than themselves, and all the spe-
ciaI instances of heroism of the dis
aster will probably never be fully
written. The self-sacrifcing effort on
the part of the physicians and scores
| of nurses were also commented on
with praise for all. Every one who
could be made useful to the hospitals
was put to work and those who could
not were asked to return and relieve
those who were accepted.
Fireman E. G. Hopp makes the first
statement as to the cause of the acc1-
dent He says that shortly before the