Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-18
Bodies Of MIdshpmeR Stevenson
Field and ROIcOmb Found
and identified.
SEARCH GOES STEADILY FORWARD
Fisherman Discovered Mutilated
Corpse of Young t'0lc0mb. off
Ocean View, and tie Others Were
Picked up Fly the Naval Tug Poto.
mac Near ThimbIe shoaI Light
49,
house-lmpo.tsnt Facts.
lErom a stan Corresnondenn

tFrom STAFF Correspondent.
OLD POINT COMFORT VA. June
1i.-Another chapter to the fearful
story of the sinking OF the battleship
Minnesota's launch developed today
wien the bodies of three young mid
shipmcn who were aboard the little
craft were recovered. -Four OF the
eleven caskets which were brought to
tue Minnesota when the missing
launch was found have been filled
Bay and Hampton Roads contin-
ues. VI
The bodies recovered today were
those of Midshipman r. II. Field,
Virginia, of the class Of 1906; Mid
shipman II. r. IIolcomb, of Delaware,
class Of 1907. and Midshipman w. II.
Stevenson, of North Carolina, class
OF 1906. The relatives OF the young
men have been Notified and the bod
les are being held Mt the naval hos
pital. Portsmouth, for instructions as
TO shipment.
Midshipman ITolcomb's corpse was
folnd this morning about9 o'clock by
Il fisherman off Ocean View. The face
and hands had been mutilated he
yond recognition by crabs hut the
clothing and the monogram on
gold watch made Identification pos
sible After being held on the beach
at Ocean View for some time, await
ing the arrival of the county coroner.
the body was taken by launch,
which had been sent from the fleet
IN response of message from the
Exposition. and taken out into the
bay TO the naval tug Potomac.
In the meantime the Potomac had
picked up the bodies of Midshipmen
Stevenson and Field, floating near
Thimble Shoal lighthouse about ten
miles from Old Point.
Captain Mann's Report.
At Z o'clock this morning Captain
Mann. of the Norfolk and Washington
steamer Washington. reported nj Old
Point that he had seen the remains
of sailor or midshipman floating
one mile northeast of the Thimble
Light and that n strong ebb tide was
running. lie said the body which he
thought was that OF sailor. al
though 1t might possibly he mid
shipman was in the water just to the
left of the red buoy.
Captain Mann's discovery was COM
inundated TO Rear Admiral Emory,
on board the flagship Ohio. and with
i'm few minutes the la,Inch from
the Iowa was steaming out to the
Thmble Light. The army tug Reno
hnrriedly followed the Iowa's launch
and later launches from the Indiana
and Maine Joined in the search off
Thimble Light. The Reno returned
about II o'clock and reported that
a most thorough search failed to To-
cate the body.
The launches remained in the vi
cinity light and later the Potomac
from the Portsmouth navy yard took
up the search. II was about 2
o'clock when tho Potomac found the
two bodies and started with them
and the remains of Midshipman Hol-
comb, which chad been taken aboard
When the Potomac was sighted
coming down the Roads to the fleet
with her FLAG at half-mast at 3:15
o'clock the officers of the fleet knew
that the search had not heen in vain
Several vessels in the Roads fIvins
the United States flag. lowered their
flags to half-mast rs token of re-
spect to the dead midshipmen.
The Daily Press representative
boarded the Minnesota shortly after
the arrival of the Potomac. 1t was
Officially announced that the rccov-
cred bodies We're those OF Midshin-
men Field. Stephenson and Holcomb,
Int the officer of the day on the
Minnesota. declined to give ont any
further information for publication.
He stated that the full report of tho
recovery of the bodies would he for
warded to Washington by Admiral
Emory
On the battleship Ohio tho state
mcnt was made that the remains of
the three midshipmen would remain
in the Portsmouth Naval Hosnital
until Skinned / the relatives of the
three middlcs.
When the Potomac reached tho Min
rnsota aboard of navy surgeons went
aboard her and made thorough OK
animation of the bodies 1t was
thought that MidshIpman Holcomb's
body had been badly bruised, proba-
blv lafore drowning.
After physicians had Viewed the