The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-27

Helen: "Suppo.e this boat should C.
George: Pm afraid, dear, that you
! SWAN ashore for assistancc."
it was found afterward tina the heel
ing of the ship was Just enough TO
throw on the conlpuSSeS 50 that theN
varied and carried the Huron OH the
reef. 1t was ~ long time before the
navigating officer received postmortem
tho vinGication thar had been denied
hlnl by the court of inquiry. Ru 1T is
now generally accepted that he Was
free of blame in the matter.
Lieutenant Lucien Young was N of
The officers saved. He was badly i'm
jurcd in The wreck and almost crippled
when he finally reached shore. But he
walked seven miles To a closed-up life
saving station. broke it open and with
the help of the county sheriff got out
the l~ife-saving apparatus and got back
to the shore in time to save II good
three officers and men were lost. but
Young was given the thanks of con-
gresS and = medal for hcrOiSin.
He was also made an honorar,: MEM
Der for life of the Kentucky legislature
and it is said makes Il special trip to
Kentucky To vote for Joe Blackburn CIV
cry time the latter runs for he senate
j HIS IL, Oou nv oiIlS ttiiiN oIi ~ "
that sue an honor has been accorded
amy American citizen By his native
state.
Notified Navy Department.
yhe responsibility for the loss of the
Bennington has Tot yet been fixed. but
it is stated that Commander Young
had rotifed the navy department fire.
quentiy of the condition of her boilers
prior To the explosion. and that the
mead of steam on them had been re-
duced from $50 pounds that she was
supposed to Carry to 100 pounds AT tho
time of thr explosion. 81 lost ninety
officers and mon and tool her place us
one oil the notable Gisas,ers of Amer
lean naval history.
on OF the most awful disasters in
raval records vas the comparatively
recent loss OF the Captain in the Brit
lsh navy, II wa; after the ~introduc-
ton of the ironciad. and for almost a
/ decade previously the navics of the
world had been ~singu!arly free from
great war5hip disasters. Her designer
was Captain CoMpcr cowles, tho de-
signer ot the English tUrcet, who has
neem accused of plagiari.!ng Iricsson's
idea. first dis! layed in the Monitor.
The G;is,cain m:}s really an enlarged
monitor OF $500 tons and fitted with
fun sail power in addition to he,
steam. sac was criticised BY nava.
experts when she WAS designed as be-
ing topheayT. This WAS further in
creased }y Il curious accident in hen
design by which her frceboara was
made only 6 feet g inches instead OF
8 feet 6 inches. She was tried in har-
Dor. however, on caNting tests wllici
were quite satisfactory, and then wen
on .wo Eoyases With the cfanne
squadron. in which she appeared 10 b"
perfectly seaworths. She was a pow
erfni lighting ship. and it was though
at the time that she could have dis
posed OF all the ether ships of tho chan
mel squadron seriatim in fair fight.
She made he: third cruise in lh'
I:ng of Biseay. . lad piece of waite
night OF So ptcnlbcr g., 1870, she dis
appeared altogether. Tho next ia.
eighteen 81 her men reached shore j,
the small boats and were able To tel
TIC story of tho disaster.
Turned Turtle.
The ca thin had simply turrel tur
tx: during the night. and the eighteen
men we're all that. were left OF he
crew of over SEQ. Hcre as in the BirlS
enhead. ti,n greatest hcroism was dis
played. Bor commander, Captain
B%lrgoNne. was found by ono Of th'
boats on the keel of the uioturnel pin
nnc,e with soire of the sailors. He re
fuse | to be taken off, as tie small
hoat that sighted him was alread,
overloaded and he WAS lost with hi
heroic toTlades; all OF Nhom We're vie
Tins of y; mistaken idea in naval con
struction.
1T is thought that the fate OF TIL
Captain overlook the Refine Regente o
Spain. But no one will ever knoN
whether she nountiere1 or WAS wleckc,
by AN explosion. She was II hattlashir
and had on board the Moorish n'issior
going from Spain TO Tnngiers. Sin
sailel in March. 1885. and Was neve