Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-23
DEATH ROLL MAY REACH EIGHTY
Fifty Injured in the Hospitals, Many o
Whom Will Die.
FIFTEEN MEN ARE STILL MISSING
1t is Believed that Seven More Bodies Are
in the Wreokage.
WATER HIDES DAMAGE TO GUNBoAr
Admiral Goodrich, Commander of the
PaciAc squadron, WIN Make
Complete Investigation
of Accident.

of Accident.
SAN DIEGO. Cal, July 22-The Bennings
ton horror, which yesterday shocked an
entire nation by It's long roster of casual
ties. grew with each passing hour of the
day Even the widest early estimates OF
the terrible results of the exploding boilers
aboard the gunboat have not been exag-
geratod and instead OF lessening the extent
of the casualties later and complete details
have added to It. The death list may be
swelled by the appalling total of four score
before the last word shall have been writ
ten and one Of the darkest pages in Amer
ica's naval history closed.
These figures which at first glance APP
pear exaggerated. are made up of the
known dead, the probable victims among
the injured now in the various hospitals
and the total number missing are sum-
married as follows:
Dead at morgues 50; dead in the flooded
freroom of the Inflated warship, Z; injured
who may die, 6; missing, 10 Total. 81.
The probable deaths of injured men is
based upon the opinion of Dr. NJ II. Foster
of the United States marine hospital serv-
ice, in charge Of the medical staff, and the
number Of missing upon the statement of
Commander Young. The commander be-
lieves the missing men were drowned and
that the waters of the bay will give up this
number of dead.
investigation il Ordered.
The day brought other developments and
news OF the most intense interest and Inn q
portance TO naval officers. From Washing
ton came information that Rear Admiral
Goodrich commanding the Pacific squadron,
has been ordered to San Diego forthwith.
This is taken to mean a naval investigation
into the cause of the explosion aboard the
Bennington and the fixing Of blame there
for. Captain Drake and Surgeon Smith,
both from Mare Island navy yard, are upon
the scene the former to direct operations
on the wrecked vessel and the latter to as
sist in caring for the injured and direct the
burying of the dead with Surgeon Smith
came four hospital stewards, whose as
sistance will be welcomed by the over
worked medical corps now in charge.
The Remington tonight lies deeper than
ever in the mud and shallow wafer on the
shores of the bay ana no apparent progress
was made in the work of pumping out its
flooded compartments. Until this is accom-
plished the secrets of its horror chambers
will not be discovered. This much is
known however. Seven bodies are wedged
beneath collapsed crownsheets and burst
bulkheads of the fire room. How many
more may be found in the compartments
now forbidden ground is entire conjecture.
Funeral Services Today.
Tomorrow the Bennington's dead will be
accorded all the honors of a military
funeral and the bodies will be inferred in
the cemetery on the Point Iona govern
ment reservation. Just how many will be
buried here cannot be determined tonight,
not even by the officers in charge of the
preparations. Scores of kilograms have
come from relatives of the dead from
every quarter today and several have re-
quested the bodies of their dead sent to
them. The requests will be complied with
and until tomorrow the exact number that
will be escorted to their last resting places
high upon the slope overlooking the bay
of San Diego will not be known
The saddening procession of the Ben
nington's dead will start from the plaza,
in the center of San Diego, at o'clock
Sunday afternoon. A score more OF
hearses and undertakers wagons will carry
the bodies, together with the masses OF
flowers that have been offered by hundreds
of San Diego women, to Fort Rosecrans.
There religious ceremonies, Catholic and
Episcopal will be performed. The naval
reserve of San Diego has been ordered to
report to quarters tomorrow and act as
an escort to the burial ground.
Revised List of Dead.
| Following is an official list of known dead.
with age, occupation and place of birth or
| enlistment:
ENSIGN NEWTON K. PERRY. aged 2s,
oRSG5siItIGHYi %EsIGY ii ii. TAYLOR. aged ss. seaman,
BERT A. HUGHES aged 10, seaman.
ANDREW KAMERER, aged 25. fireman,
JOSEPH 'NBwcoMB. aged 27. seaman.
HARRY KOSHER. aged rs. fireman.
WiLBUR WRIGHT, aged 80, steward.
| home unknown.
MICHAEL 6. QUINN. aged 81. fireman.
CLYDE HAAGBLooM. aged S, Lead
KiRKLEY F. MORRIS, aged "a. fireman.
WARREN Paris, aged 49, coal passer.
WILLIAM {. WILSON. aged l9, seaman.
! Germantown, Cal.
STEPHEN W. POLLOCK. aged "A. coal
| passer, Honesdale, Pa.
EMIL DREsCH, aged a. seaman, New
WILLfAM sTAUB. aged a, fireman,
JOHN l.. Burns, aged 20. seaman. Chi
GLEN BRowNLEE, aged "A. seaman.
WILLIHN /, CHERRY. aged "a, black.
| smith, Sale.f Mont.
WALTER .. GRANT, aged %, coal
p.S5fi JOHN GoikA Ct5Is aged IS. seaman. Milwau.
JoHN MKEENF aged % fireman. Lead
Edwin B. rob-. isoN. aged %, seaman
, | San Francisco.
! CHARLES o. -MkiEN, aged 25. Goa
, passer, Pueblo, Colo.
CHARLES J. KUNTz '0ed 20. seaman
| ST. Louis,
HARRY F. SAUNDERS, aged 10. sea,
man. Springfield, Mo.
| JODIE w. KEMPTON, aged Ia seaman
ROBERT b CARR. aged IS, s,s~,an
Denver.
HARRY f. SMITH. aged %. seama ?
HarrisonVille, Mo.
PRESTON, CARPENTER, aged sO sea
y man. Araaahoe, Neb.
ROBERT L. SAVAGE, aged %. seaman
\ Waco. Tex.
LEROY b, ARCHER, aged 20, seaman
y / Fowler, Colo.
DON c. ARCHER aged 10. seaman. slr
a Francisco
. RICHARD T. HOUSE, aged p, seaman
' | Colorado Springs Colo.
ALBERT II, SCHOREGGE, AGED p, sea
| man, New Ulm. MINI.
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