Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-16

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Officers and crew dead and fourteen
others either dying or suffering from
terrible purns received III an explO-
sion OF powder In the altar supeiini-
posed turret, the battleshio Georgia
steamed slowly vi, Bosi on harbor FROM
the target practice grounds ia Cape
Cod bav Late tonight. and landed her
dead ant: in:uret men at tho Charles
ton Nav:F Yard. With the arri, al OF
the Georgia there became known the
details of the most terrible naval acci-
cent that has over taken place along
the coast C New England.
The official list of the dead:
LIEUTENANT CASPER GOOD
RICH, died tonight of injuries.
WILLIAM ]. THATCHER, chief
turret captain, Wilmington. Del.
FAULKNER GOLDTHwATTE. a
midshipman, Kentucky.
w. = BURKE, ordinar- seaman, of
Cuincey. Mass.
G. C. HAMILTON. ordinary seaman.
South Farmingham, Mass.
W. w. THOMAS. ordinary seaman.
Newport, r. L
GEORGE Z. MILLER, ordinary sea-
man. BROOKLYN. N. Y.
WILLIAM PAIK. ordinary seaman.
Brooklyn. ". Y.
Injured:
Midshipman John T. Cruise, Nebras-
ka.
Frank Schlapp. North Adams. Mass
bOatswain's mate. second class.
Charles Harsell. New York, gunners
mate, first class
OrIey Tagland. Richford. Mimi. chief
y oeman.
]. c. Thomas. ordinary seaman.
Brooklyn. y. v
s l.. Rosenberger ordinary seaman
John o. Mai:ck. ordinary seaman.
Cleveland. o.
John A. Bush ordinary seaman NY
L. o. Meese, ordinary Seaman. Berea
Ohio.
H. L. Gilbert. ordinary seaman.
Southwick. Mass.
John A. Fone, ordinary seaman.
Trenton. n. j.
Charles L. Eich. ordinary seaman.
Frankfort. Ind.
Lieutenant Goodrich and Seaman
Malick jumped overheard Immediate
ly after the explosion with the appar-
ent motive of ending the terrible suf-
fering from their burns. Both of the
desperate men were rescued BIZ their
uninjurd comrades.
The accident happened while the
battleship was several miles off Prov
incetown and the men were engaged in
tarket practice together with the 9TH
er vessels of the battleship squadrons
Of the Atlantic fleet. The powder had
just been taken from the ammunition
hoist to load an eight inch gun 1t was
it exploded in the very face of the
loader of the gun.
The explosion occurred in the after
superimposed turret where the men
were under the command of Lieuten-
ant Goodrich. son of Rear Admiral
Goodrich. commandant of the New
York ,navy yard, and Midshipman
Faulkner Goldthwaite and John T
Cruise, were operating the s-inch guns.
The guns in the forward turrets had
finished eight rounds of practice and
the guns of the after turret had fired
one round. TWO cases. as the big
, 100 pounds of powder are called. had
| just been sent up through the ammu-
milton hoists and were in the arms of
the loader. whose name is withheld by
the ships officers. The leader stood
at the breech of one of the S-inch guns
ready to insert the charge. At this
! instant the turret was seen to be
smoking and two men who stood near
the ladder say a black spot on the
bag, indicating that d charge had ig-
nited and was smouldering. The load
] er discovered the spot at the same in
slant. and threw himself forward on
his face at the same time shouting a
/ warning to his turret mates. The 9TH
er men who had seen the spot were
Eich and\ Hansell. They also threw
| themselves on the floor of the turret
Before the other men in the turret
could understand what caused the
I loader to cry out. there was a binding
CLASH as the burning powder exploded
The flames, smoke and nauseous
gases filled the little superstructure
| where more than dozen men were