The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-07-26
BOILERS OF 6UHBoAT BERNIN6.
TON EXPLODED.
AccSdeat Occurs In SEN Diego Mar.
boe when vessel Vss prepsr.
Inc to Oepaet tor essre lsssnd.
i. Two Vsshlneton Boys Among
the Deed.

and blockenod, With her nag dy1ng Ut
half.mast, her hold filled With llftsen
fest Of water, the United States gun.
boat Bennington lies beached on tho
shores Of San Diego harbor. Thirty.
nine Of her crow lie dead ct city
morgues, tho fate Of q dozen moro 10
a. yet undetermined and three score
are stretched on beds In various hospi-
talss. This 10 the result Of the explo.
sion which wrecked tho trim little ma.
val craft and wrought such terrible
havoc among her Grew at 1880 yestsr.
day morning.
The cause Of the explosion has mot
vt bsen determined. There 10 much
talk among the crew, especially the IT,
responsible members, Of weakened and
leaking boilers, but until y thorough
inspection Of the wrecked boilers can
DO made no definite ofioial statement
10 obtainable.
Washington Dead and injured.
Tho list Of dead includes Amel Bon.
sci. second class fireman, son Of Aug.
ust Bensel, Of Colfax, WASH. and Jo-
seph Hilscher, second class fireman,
: son Of Mrs.. A. Hilsoher, Of Waterville,
Wash.
The injured include Fred Richard
Cornell, able seaman, son Of Richard
Cornell, Of Odessa. WASH, and L. K.
Strobel, apprentice. second class, son
Of Joseph Strobel, Of Tacoma.
Other washington flen In Crew.
Other washingtonians among the
crew, with the names and addresses of
their next Of kin, are a. follows:
Raymond Erwin Davis, quartermas.
ter third class, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Da-
Wis, Seattle. Telegraphed safe.
Floyd e. Glover, apprentice seaman,
J. R. Glover, guardian, Seattle.
Joel G. Allen, apprentice seaman,
next of kin, Frances Clark, mother,
Waukon, Lincoln county.
George T. CLARK, mschinist's mate,
first class, Mrs. Anna Clark, wife,
Bremerton.
Emil G. Hopp, fireman, second
GLASS, julius Hopp, father, Toledo,
Lewis county.
was Ready TO Sail.
The Bennington, at the time Of the
acciuent, was lying in the stream, Just
of the Commercial wharf, at the foot
of q. street. The warship had receiv.
ed orders from the navy department at
Washington to sail yesterday morning
for Port Hartford, where she was to
meet the monitor Wyoming and convoy
the vessel 10 the Mare Island navy yard.
Steam was up and everything in
readiness for sailing, when suddenly
and without any warning whatever
the cardboard boiler forward exploded
with deafening roar. People stand
ing on the shore saw huge cloud Of
white steam rise above the Benning-
ton. Columns Of water were hurled
into the air for Q distance of nearly
twice the height Of the spars of the
vessel.
II was Immediately apparent that q
serious disaster Of some kind had CO.
CURED on board the waEship. Tho
ferryboat Ramona was across the bay
at the time of tho accident. Capt.
Bertelsen Immediately gave orders to
change the course Of the boat, and in
stead Of continuing his trip to the San
Diego side of the bay hurried to the
aid Of the stricken warship. The tug
Santa Fe, the launch Mckinley, the
government launch Gen. De Russey
and large number Of other launches
and water craft which were near, also
rushed to the assistance Of the Dem
ningtop and endeavored 10 lend all the
aid possible. At the time Of the aoei.
dent Commander Lucien Young and
Surgeon A. e. Peck were on shore.
The two cfiioers, a. soon ~ they learn
ed Of the disaster, hurried to the water
front, where Commander Young imme-
diately took charge.
Commander Young. - soon - he
reached the ship, gave orders that tho
alright compartments Of the ship DO
CLOSED to prevent the listing ship sink.
ing, and that the magazines Do flooded
to avert further explosions.
bennington death LIST
CONSIDERABLY INCREASED