Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
BLOWING UP OF
THE BENNINGTON.
Shirly.nlnc OF Crew Lie Dead In
horsuss Of San Siege Fate Of
Dozen Is Undetermined,
MANY SERIOUSLY WOUNDED,
First Time In History OF American
Navy That q Boiler on War
ship Has Exploded.

Sun Diego, cal,, July 2l- Broken and
hlackcncd with her max dying AT half
mast. her hold nled Win 40 feet ~
water the United states shin ncnnlng-
ton lies beachod on tho shores OF san
Diego horbor, rhrly.npc Of her crew
llo dead At city morguos, the fate Of
dozen more IL ~ yet undetermined,
and three score ARE stretched upon
beds Of pain In various hospitals, This
n The result " the explosion which
wrecked the trim little naval craft and
wrought such loniblc havoc among
her crew NJ 1850 O'Clock This morning,
The PLACID waters Of san Diego bay
have never before been the scene NJ
such disaster and sau Diego city
has never before been stirred by such
scenes Of death ana sunorng M those
Witnessed tonight
Twenly-one doud bodies llo ranged
with gruoaOmo precision M Davis A.
Andcrson's morguo The stark forms
wore outlined In immaculate winding
sheets the terrible results NJ scalding
beneath the folds. Thirteen Victims
were stretched upou imurovlped bors
NJ Johnson a. Connects morgue, whllo
nyc others were ~ be- seen nj Wo0lmnn
a Iiradoy'H AZ the two latter places
N work Of the explosion was terribly
~ evidence The face ~ every victim
IN Scared ana scndod, In many cnses
almost beyond recognition
Al Agnew hospital tonight are many
injured, suffering IN almost every IN.
stance from scaldcd bodies Several are
expected To suroumb 10 their injuries
before the nlRhl W over
ON board the Bennington the nm.
harmed members OF the crew nre work.
ing under great difficulties 20 reach the
holler.rOom and Conl buWltore whore Il
n believed n dozen bodies are lying,
wodgcd In the wrocknRc on submerged
IN the wnter which Ills that parl NJ
the vessel
, CAUSE NOT DETERMINED
The cause Of the explosion, w for M
nSccitalnod, Including bollcra II ana u
on The port side has not yet been de-.
termlncd There II much talk among
the crew, especially the irresponsible
members, Of weakened ana leaking
boilers, bat until u thorough inspection
NJ the wrecked boilers can BIO made no
DEFINITE official statement In ohtainahlo.
The Bennington, which arrived NJ this
port from Honolulu last Wednesday
forenoon, was preparing "a leave port
ut 1880 o'clock this morning, and only
awaited the arrival " Commander Iu-
clcn Young. who had gone ashore on
Official business. with steam M aud
avery procAution FOR sailing completed
tho vessel swung NJ anchor half n mile
on tho Sprookcls wharf. opposite. II
street,
On,cers ana crew stood IDLY about.
waiting tho arrival of the commander
and the order 10 hraye anchor, Numor-
aus small craft swnrmod about Tho
boat and the biz forryboai Ramona
WAS lo,suroly ,hurning ~ way from
the Coronado aldo OF the bay
Suddenly there was doep-i0nod
rumbling information, like distant oy.
ploslon or dynamite, and the Ilcnnlng'
ton was seen 10 reel ana shake from
stem % stern, n dense cloud ~ white
steam shot skyw0rd ana the entire up'
per deck appeared 10 VT md then eot
lie back with crash.
TO TIM RESCUE
BEFORE persons on shore ana aboard
tho moving bay craft awoko 10 the
catastrophe enacted before their eyes
mon were lcaping over the sides of III,
Bennington, rhcn all were moved I,
action, First, n ilshormNn's rowboRt
then the launch Mckinley, upon whicl
Commander Young had Just embarked
10 board HIS vessel, rushed to- the ros
cue, followed by the tug Santa Fc ant