Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22


| Ne rushed out, To be met by a bllndng,
Hcnldlng cloud Of steam, ~ II swept the
vessel Speaking Of The occurrence,
he said
II must have remained seated In my
char several seconds after II occurred
una did not know whot had happened
! lhen rushed out and the Hionm oven
at tho extreme after part Of the snip,
was 40 dense that I could not get q
breath oi air unill asccndcd the rail
'As ran forward pissed one of our
boys crawling along on his belly There
was no time Ia attend 10 Individual
rtNoHa. there were so many ..nnd they
seemed almost like an indlslinci Nom.
ory 10 me, About 30 of the BOYS were
On the fore deck, nll hadly wounded
called To- men 10 man the boats, and
only about ", including officers ro.
sponded All Of tho>rest were injured on
had been driven over the eide by the
stnding steam,
Although aid not anticipate n
great deal Of danger num fre, hOm the
nnluro Of the explosion, | Immediately
had all compartments closed aud tho
forward magazine Hooded AnerWhrd
the niior magazine WAS also Hooded IL
assure safety The boat listed shnrpIy
to slofbonrd Immediately after the eN-
plosIon,
ENGINEERS ALI DEAD,
I'VE have no means M yet NJ asccr-
lNlnlng the extent Of the number uf ln-
juro1, AZ far aA can BE- learned II paW
OF the furnace Zen against The boiler
winch exploded II was forced AT.
ana w. probable that the Other boilers
exploded Immediately afiorWNrd ana
me steam nlpcs Wcr' wrecked, lhomt.
lng the steam Every man IN the en-.
glno room at the time must have met
denih we cannot ten yet how great
" the loak The holes nro probably
mnll but We would have sunk had we
not had the shin lowcd ashore, Tim
SIN may be a rompetc wreck below
however ny far ~ can be told Ut the
nlcsunt time
-Four bodies are still in sight In the
boiler room, under the wrockage, amid
thoN VIII De secured ms soon Az pos.
Flblo, Men are now NJ work cuiing
hole into the other engine room
through the bulkhead"
\ JACKY's" STORY.
THE explosion happened at the very
worst possible time said one OF the
tackles, and can't figure out how /
happen 10 Ne alive. The engine room
watch had lust gone below to prepare
| for sea- somc OF The boys were M on
lhe forooastlo and most OF nv were
| down ON the berth deck lust arr of the
boiler room witch exploded, II han.
peDed all az once, The whole deck
seemed 10 M IN front OF us and n
| cloud OF white smoke swept ar over
tho berth deck, scalding, cvory one,
| Mnny OF the boys Jumped overheard
| but | think that all could swim and
| they were picked NJ by the boats which
| were lowered Immediately, Ersgn
| Perry wna our officer Of the day. liz
| WIS standing on the forodcck lust an
| OF the chart house, lie wAs badly
| hnrt Az ho VAS directly above the
boiler that exploded, Most OF the boys
| OF thc torodeck were burned as tho
hlenm Kept rising right up from IN,
boiler ROOM
OFFICIAL REPORT,
| Washington, July a Tho navy de.
| pnrimcnl has received "A dlspntch from
| commander Young saying that Lieut.
| iehrY anu 33 men are dead, 10 wound
al ana - missing, ana that many are
| expected 10 die before morning Ne
ADDS that there were l3l casualties nj.
together Following is the text of The
| telegram.
Secretary " the Navy, Washington.
| since last message Lieut., ponry &. H.
flushing, coal passcr, j, illlschor, lire.
man, lfnt class, died, one body ldon.
ilnod 10 be II, n. Carr, apprentice sea,
man. Expect many more death before
mofnlhB, Number OF deaths. | officer
81 men, 10 wounded, q mssng
YOUNG,
@vcsae llstcd considerably TO star.
board. commenced to settle Immediate.
~, Flooded magazines and with the
assistance OF tug ! beaohed her on
east bank between two wharvos al high
tide, Every assistance has been given
by tho people here, and all doctors IN
tho city volunteered services, The
wounded are IN the different hospitals
aud have every attention. capt Scott
kindly offered san Diego barracks and
VIII lnertcr men There, Seven bodIc,
pinned behind boIlcrs, unable 10 Idon,
llfy cutting away bulkhcad TO re,
cover them, Vessel almost u totn
wreck and VIII need assistance. Al
soon ns further particulars can be OBJ
talnod VIII wire, Request department
notify nearest relatives. YOUNG"
| Acting sccN Darling sent the follow
lng reply,
sEcRETARy's ANSWER
| Department panied TO hear Of 80 dis
trosslng nm accident DO all things
possible to alleviate suffering Of wound
| cd ana show respect for dead"
No sooner had the news above beer
sent than Acting Hccy. Darling re-
| crlyod the following message from JOIN
r. Aokcrmnn, president Of the chamber
Of commerce of San Diego
"Our city ~ plunged IN deepest grlc
| from the terrible calamity that hnl
bofnllcn tho bennington l3vprythlnl
possible being done for the injured
Please command our services IN any
way that may be available"
| Acting socy, Darling sen, the follow
INK reply,
| Department IN greatly shocked n
frlghtml accident on bennington ant
IN deeply touched by the Kindness
shown the sufferers by the people o
San Diego We Vlll be grateful fol
anything you can do to alleviate tholl
sufforlngs"
BENNINGTON 4 WRECK.
San Diego, July 2l,--lt was learno,
late tonight that commnndor Younl
had advised tho navy department tina
he believes the BENNINGTON IN a com
plole wrock II " thought that div
INK ana llftlng apparatus viii he needed
To determine the full extent ot IN,
ships injuries, and I, may be dis
| closed that the damage ~ much great
| or than at nrat beloved
FIRST ACCIDENT or THE KIND
| Washington July a. Not since IN,
| an .fntpn hnttloahIn MnIu, Vvna hinuu