New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-26
new ULM BOY. MEETS DEATH.
Was Victim of Inflated Gunboat
Bennington.
Ships Boiler Explodes and Kills.
Albert Schoregge.
Remains Will be Brought to This
City From San Diego, Cal.

Saturday afternoon Mrs. Ida Schor-
egge received a telegram from the
navy department bringing to her the
sad news of the death of her son, Albert
Fl. Schoregge, who had been killed in
the explosion of the boilers of the ill
fated gunboat, Bennington, in the har-
bors of San Diego Friday morning at
eleven O'Clock.
A telegram early Saturday morning
stated that the unfortunate young man
had been only seriously injured in the
explosion but his relatives in this city
wishing to know more definitely in
regard to the nature ofthe injuries, tele-
graphed relatives in San Diego during
the day and received the report as
stated above. Notuntil Sundaymorning
did the department notify the sorrowful
mother of the horrible death of her son.
Arrangements have been made for the
transportation of his remains and they
will probably be brought to this city
for enterment before the end of the
week. 1t was not positively known
at the time Of the publication of this
issue.
No official statement for publication
has been made, as to the disaster, how
ever, Commander Young stated that
he believed the disaster was caused by
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port side, and that boiler ''B' while
not exploding had been damaged allow
ing the steam to escape and added to
the horrors of the catastrophe.
The men who were injured tell a
different story. They say it has been
the talk of the ship for at least six
months that the boilers were defective,
many Of them had feared for long.
time that just such an accident would
happen. One of the men said that a
year ago last February, while the ship
was at Magdalena bay, the engineer of
the cruiser New York was sent for to
inspect the boilers, and he reported
that they were in good condition.
While the vessel was in San Francisco
last year the talk of defective boilers
again arose, but no steps were taken
to remedy them.
The exact conditions surrounding the
death of Mr.. Schoregge are also not
known. He was acting in the capacity
of a landsman and his position on the
deck of the gunboat when the explosion
took place may have caused the flying
debris to mutilate his body.
The deceased was born in this city
on November 8, 1884 and was the Oldest
son of Mrs. Ida Schoregge, who with
one remaining sob, Charles, survive
the death of their son and brother
He left this city Nov. Is, 1901 to enter
the school of instruction for the navy
at San Francisco. Here he spent
twelve months of diligent study and
entered the service of the United States
gunboat, Bennington, Immediately
thereafter. While on board the ship
he was considered favorite among
the crew and officers on account of his
youth and this in itself made the life
of a seaman pleasant to him Recently
his mother received a lengthy letter,
dated at Honolulu; which was buoyant
and spoke Of his approaching and long
| anticipated return to this city next
Christmas, on short furlough, having
| served his three years. This was the
last news that she had received from
him until the report of his death, soon
after the boat had arrived here.
| The death of this young man came
as a shock to his many friends
and to his mother, who so earnestly
and patiently awaited his arrival home
in December. The grief of these how
ever is tempered with pride in the
knowledge that he died in the service
OF his country. 1t is to his parents and
to her remaining son that the people
of this city wish to offer their heart
felt sympathy in their bereavement
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