Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-07-19
0nthe Batueship Georgia
Eight Men Were Killed.
THIRTEEN INJURED.
A Case of Powder ExpIoded-Not
One of the Men in the Turet
Escaped Death or Injury.

Boston, Mass.-With six of her Of
ficers and crew dead and 10 others
either dying or suffering from terrible
burns received in an explosion of pow
der in the after superimposed turret,
the battleship Georgia steamed slowly
up Boston harbor from the target
practice grounds In Cape Cod Bay
late Monday and landed the dead and
injured men at the Charlestown navy
yard. With the arrival of the Georgia
there became known the details of
the most terrible naval catastrophe
that has ever taken place along the
coast OF New England.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore noon Monday while the Georgia's
crew were at target practice off Barn.
stable. in Cape Cod Bay. In some
manner unexplained, two bags of
powder became igntted and in the ter
rife flash that followed the entire
turret crew, consisting of the officers
and Is men, were enveloped in fire
and receive horrible burns, one OFF,
Ger and FIVE LSan dying before the ship
reached port. lThe victims of the ac-
cident are:
Dead:
Goldthwaite, Faulkner, midshipman,
Kentucky.
Thatcher, William j., chief turret
captain, Wilmington, Del.
Burke, William Joseph, seaman,
Quincy, Mass.
Hamilton. George G., ordinary sea-
man, South birmingham, Mass.
Miller, George E., ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas, William NJ, seaman, New
port, R. I.
Seriously injured
Goodrich, Lieat Casper, Brooklyn,
N. Y, died last night.
William F. Pair, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
ordinary seaman, died at the naval
hospital last night, increasing the list
Of dead to eight.
Cruise, John e., midshipman, Ne
braska, hands and face burned very
seriously.
Schlapp, Frank, boatswain's mate,
second class, North Adams, Mass,
back, chest, arms and face burned.
Hansei, Charles, gunner's mate.
New York, face and hands burned.
Taglund. Orley, chief yeoman, Rich.
ford, Minn., arms, back and face
burned.
Walsh, Edward j., seaman, Lynn,
Mass, chest and face burned, fatally.
Bush, John A., ordinary seaman,
New York, face. arms and chest
burned, probably fatally.
Eich, Charles L., ordinary seaman,
Frankfort, Ind, face, arms and hands
burned.
Fone, John A, ordinary seaman,
Southwick, Mass, two-thirds of body
burned.
Maleck, John c., ordinary seaman,
Cleveland, o., arms and face burned.
Meese, Louis o., ordinary seaman,
Berea, o., arms, face and chest
burned.
Rosenberger, Samuel L., ordinary
burned
Thomas, James p, ordinary sea-
man, Brooklyn, n. Y, face, arms and
chest burned.
The guns in the forward turrets had
finished eight rounds of practice and
the guns OF the after turret had fired
one round. The two cases, as the big
100-pound bags of powder are called,
had just been sent up through the
ammunition hoist and were in the
arms of the loader, whose name was
withheld by the ships officers.
The loader stood at the breech OF
one Of the eight-inch guns, all ready
to insert the charge. At this instant
the turret was seen to be smoky and
two men who stood near the loader
saw a black spot on the bag, indicat-
ing that the charge had ignited and
was smouldering. The loader discov-
cred the spot at the same instant and
threw himself forward on his face, at
the same time shouting a warning to
his mates. The other men who had
seen the spot were Eich and Hansell,
and they threw themselves on the
floor.
Before the other men in the turret
could understand what caused the
leaders, cry of warning there was a
binding flash as the burning powder
exploded. Flames, smoke and gases
Allied the superstructure. AS the pow
der was not confined there was no re-
,port, nor did the vessel suffer any in
jury, but every part of the turret was
filled with flames.
Lieut.. Goodrich and Seaman Maleck
became crazed, staggered up the iron
ladder to the top OF the turret and
then threw themselves into the sea in
a despairing effort to choose death
by drowning In preference to death by
slow fire.
Lieut.. Goodrich and Seaman Maleck
were rescued by launch.
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