Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-17
And / Is Feared Two and Per.
haps Three More VIII be
Added to List.
CHIEF YOEhAH'S ACT OF HtROISM
Saved the Life of Midshipman Kim
ball by Knocking Him Down and
Then Throwing His Body Across
The Form Of PROSTATE officer.
Yamamato's Kindly Acts.
nv Associated prossA

(By Associated Prcss)
BOSTON. MASS. July l6.-Ed-
mund j. Walsh, seaman died at the
Naval hospital ut Chelsea this after
noon. This Is the ninth fatality re-
sultlnG from the accident on board
the battlcship Georgia in Cape Cod
Bay yesterday. Twelve injured re-
main In the hospital of whom Midship-
man James G. Cruise, of Nebraska,
and Seaman James +. Thomas OF
Brooklyn. y. Y. are not expected to-
recover. The other mems condition
has not changed since they were
brought to the hospital
Seaman Walshs mother and broth
er arrived early this morning at the
hospital. Walsh showed that he
recognized his mother stretching out
one hand toward her, but he could
not speak.
Rear Admiral Goodrich returned
to New York today lie was with
his son an hour before he died. but
the young man was unconscious. Mrs.
Goodrich bore up brayey under her
grief.
The body OF Lieutenant Goodrich
will be sent today to Stone Church,
N. j.. that OF Midshipman Gcldth-
waite 10 lloplSinsvillc, Ky, that of
Seaman Thomas TO Newport. r. L..
nn1 that of Seaman Burke to Quincy,
Mass.
Two great boxes. one addressed to
Midshipman Cruise and the other to
THE sailors of the Georgia" were
received at the naval hospital today
They contained flowers. and inside
OF each box was The card of Admiral
Yamamoto. the Japanese naval OIL
Ger who visited Boston yesterday.
Story of Survivor.
The official Board of Inquiry will
he hampered by tho fact that all
those nearest the bag of powder
when ii took fire are dead. Scarcely
one of the men i'll the turrct will &c
In condition to give evidence for sew
eral days, and those who can testify
probably can give no definite account
OF what happened.
The only one not seriously injured
Is Midshipman Lucicn Frank kim
ball. who was burned on the left
hand so slightly that his name is not
included in the official list of wound
ed. Kimball owes his life probably
To the fact that Chef icoman Orly
TaGland. who saw the powder bag
smouldering just before the contents
burst into flames. threw himself up
on the young man. bearing him to the
fioor and shclterng him with his
body while the turrct was filled with
binding. soaring flame. Tagland cs-
capped with burns that will MAIN him
for life. but will probably live.
A Puff and a Blast.
Midshipman Kimbairs theory is
that the bag of powder which was be
ing passed from the carriage to the
electric rammcr ignitcd from sparks
from the funnel which came through
the opening nj the top of the turret
The most general belief is that the
powder was fired by spark, but
whether it came from the funnel out
sldc or from a partially consumed
piece of gun waddng inside the tur-
ret, may never be definitely decided
Midshipman Kimbalf tells the fol
lowing:
There were just twenty-five of us
In the turrct when ii happened. Lieu
tenant Goodrich was in command of
the aft turrct. and | was his sub
ordinate in charge of the supcrim-
posed turrct, wncrc the accident oc-
Cured
The projectilc had just been ram.
med into the port cigntinch gun and
the charge of powder had come up
from the magazine in the carriage. IC
was contained in two bags, holding
ffty-two pounds each.
Seaman Thomas had lifted one
bag from the carriage, and was about
to pass it under the electric ram to
the loader. Tho other charge lay on
the carriage. AT that moment was
facing aft, close to the wall of the
turrct
There was a sudden Kissing,
puff and draft of air aaginst my
PACK. lnstinctivoly ] held my breath,
ducking. and drew my cap over my
face
Though I suppose it was but il
few seconds. IL seemed an age that
the famcs Kissed around me. and |
felt the heat blistcring my body.
1T was awful. could hear tho
men screaming and gasping for
breath In the suffocating gases re
leased by the burning powder. Then
turned and tried to put out the fire