Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-17

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of tho victims of the explosion on
board the hattl"ship Georgia Monday
| have been claimed by relatives and
sent home frp'l the United States Nav
| al hospital at Chelsea, two more bodies
will be sent tomorrow, while the body
Of the ninth victim Of the disaster,
| that of Seaman Edward f. Walsh of
| Lynn, Who died this afternoon, still
lies on the cot at the Naval hospital
| whore his life went out this afternoon.
| Walsh'S mother, Mrs. Nj. Walsh of
| Lynn, and a brother of the seaman
were with him when he died and to-
| morrow his body will be taken to Lynn
| for intcrmcnt.
| OF the II brave lads who faced death
in the tuIrct Of the battlcship Georgia
and who now inG swatncd in heavy
| bandagcs on their white cots in the
Naval hospital it is expected two, Sea-
man James p. Thomas of Brooklyn, N.
I.Y., and Louis q. Mccec Of Cincinnati
may not survive the night. Five others
are i'm q critical condition with hopes
that tliree of these may recover while
| the others injured are well on tho way
| to fun recovery.
No words OF complaint. Of criticism
| or of pain comes from orc of the suffer-
crs, but frequently from the burned
and swollen lins comes the quest ion
| as 10 how THE other fellows" are get
ting along.
At the head of each cot in the Naval
hospital stands = bouquet Of beautiful
flowers sent today ny Admiral Yana-
motto IF the Japanese navy through his
aide. Lieut.. Commander Naomi Tani-
guchi.
Beautiful Urcaths blending tho colors
Of Japan and bearing the card Of the
JapancSc admiral were also placed on
the remains Of Lieut.. Go"drich and
Midshipman Gold,hwaitc, when their
bodies were sent home today. Bo,l-
qucts similarly inscribed accompanied
the remains of each seaman.
The body Of Lieut.. caSpcr ,.nrtlrirh
was sent to !Ston" Church, N. j.. Ad-
miral and Mrs. Gu"drich accompanying
ing the remains. and the funeral will
DC hold Saturday.
The body of Midahipman GuIdthwaitc
went to Hoplinsvillr. Ky, being claim
ed by his mother, Mrs. VIM. &. Gold
thwaite.
The remains Of WIN. J. Thatcher,
chief turr"t captain. WAS Scnt to his
mother. Mrs. Lucas y. Thatcher of
Wilmington, Del
George y. IIamiltnnS body was
claimed by his father. who came to
The hospital today, ana WAS sent home
late in the day.
Mrs. Thomas and son. returned home
with Seaman William NJ. Thomas
body during the afternoon to Newport,
X. /.
The body Of George Miller will be
sent to Brooklyn. n. y, and the body
of VIM. j.. Pair to his mother. Mrs.
NJ. Mcdonald of Brooklyn, n. Y.
The expense Of sending the bodies
nome. ali being enclosed in neat yet
simple Baskets. is born by the govern
mont and the arrangements were made
by DIR. W. III. boucher of the United
States bureau of medicine and surgery
1T the Chelsea hospital.
Lieut.. Col. Frederick G. IIOdGSon. l..
5. A., and Mrs. Hodgson. uncle and
aunt of Midshipman John Il. Cruise, ar
rived today from Philadelphia, while
Major Thomas Cruise, father Of the in
j,ircd midshipman, is on his way here
from Omaha and is expected to arrive
tomorrow noon.
Frank Schlapp, boatswain's mate. of
North Adams, Mass, who enlisted in
Boston, whose condition is good and
will probably recover. has once before
been a victim of an explosion i'll the
tTrited States navy, being one of the
three men injured in the explosion in