The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-28
SCENES OF DBATH
AND SUFFERING
Continued from page fve)


Commander Young embarked board his vessel rushed
the followed by the Santa e and the De
otherwise injured by the supeated and terrible conclusion OF
the explosion quickly taken the and hurried ashore
Even the Ramona passengers
nado turned out Of her Immediately and went to render assist
ance
the explosion While among those who @
capped unhamed for the in
jured and look for the dead.
the Bennington began settle rapidly listing heavily to sarboar
Fearing She would sink Commander Young ordered the vessel ake
lin by the tug Santa I'e and smaller craft
Heading directly for the shore the foot of II the Benning
into shallow where She lies tonight not more than
yards heavily starboard her bow
upon the bottom and about fifteen feet OF beneath her
Steam still poured Of the ventlatng tunnels and through every
other aperture that gave an opening from the lower regions OF the snip
and was some time before recuers could venture below
Of the explosion spread throughout the city within few min
every hospital and undertaking establishment the city Besides
these there OF volunteer carriages delivery and
even humble hurried their mecfu Grand
Work more than enough soon found for all these
AS early possible for below willing hands were
forced abandon their skenng task and above decks by the
inflow OF that filled the engine and boiler rooms Every work
able pump work The offer of Mayor
Sehon lend aid accepted the extent of fire engine which
loaded upon lighter and alongside the Bennington where
is to be used to pump out the vessels engne-rooms
The faced terrible spectacle beneath the main deck i'll
the forward part OF the yesSe eTf the CREW are
were in quarters some swinging comfortably in their hammocks
Dead and injured taken this section the number OF al
most woscore just how many took the time to count
With remarkable prompness the victims conveyed ashore in
Launches and turned over to the waiting ambulances
u Only about killed outright the force the
poon and three lost their lives from flying debris One OF these lat
ter almost beheaded by some heavy object
Ffty-four directly Agnew Santarium, eleven
of whom subsequently removed to ST oseph Saniarum Eey
conveyed old military barracks only few blocks from
army surgeon and a corps OF assistants
At Agnew Saniaum gathered OF physicians and
army of nurses, volunteer well as professional
The spectacle landing place guesom and
discharged cargo OF dead dying suffer
silent sight patient suffering Men
whose bodies almost stripped by the terrific force
lnOS he
blast that from the bursting boiler and whose features were
in many almost obierated There brave
the injured than ordinary Of few the cries
$ Iof suffering that escaped them.
Bavest q all was poor Ensign Perry brought
terribly about the upper
near him Never mind boys I'm all right can help myself"
Agnew Saniarum where he died o'clock
lin the afternoon His body lies tonight Johnson Conne
y in a room apart from the other dead.
Young rolca board the
Bennington It showed sMyone leaving I36 unac
counted for These included the dead injured and missing Com
mander Young believes the missing drowned and
e that their bodies will be found in the bay.
When all the victims had been from the Bennington
least all that could be reached the officers about explore the
innon at 7.7o o'I3cl his enin ecnan Yates Who was i,
command directing the work OF searching the lower part OF the
1t was learned that at least seven bodies were visible from point
above the buhead and efforts being made reach them Ow
ing the dsarangemen OF the electrical plant work carried
J., with difficulty
An examination Bennington decks did disclose
damage The vessel covered with gray coating the color
OF ashes The escaping carried gray cooed mud which
everything sides There broken
gangway and displaced machinery OF minor character but
Gus damage to the main deck was visible 1t explained by hos
on board that the wreckage all below but just how serious this
will be fully determined only after thorough examination This
not be made until the water has been pumped out and the vee
Irghted
Commander Young said this afternoon that he believed the dsae
by the explosion boiler d the port SIDE and that
boiler while exploding had been damaged allowing the
escape and adding the horrors of the catastrophe
rs Lieutenant Victor Blue the who made the perous trip
the Bay Santiago de Cuba and reported the of Ceva
squadron attached the Bennington He aboard how
having left here Thursday morning Mare Island Hos
"a ptal where is said he will undergo operation for appendicitis