Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-16
4 FUNERAL SHIP. Georgia SteamsI Into Boston
 With Eight Dead. AFTER DIRE TURRET EXPLOSION TWenty.tWo Dead and Dying From
 Horrible Disaster. ADMIRAL GOODRICH'S SON KILLED.
ADMIRAL GOODRICH'S SON KILLED.

tIeship Named For the Empire State
 of Two Promising Young Officers,
 One Turret Captain and Five En- listed saiIors--The Calamity Hap pened on the Cape Cod Practice Grounds, but the Cause of the Ex-
 pIosiont Has Not Yet Been Fully Determined.
 BOSTON, July 16.-With eight of her l officers and crew dead and thirteen others either dying or suffering from 1 terrible burns received in an explosion of powder in the after superimposed turret, the battleship Georgia steamed slowly up Boston harbor from the tar get practice grounds in Cape Cod bay i at a late hour and landed her human | freight of 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 before noon while the Georgia's crew were at target practice off Barnstable, in Cape Cod bay. In some manner as yet un- explained two bags of powder became ignited, and in the terrific flash that | followed the entire turret crew. con sisting of three officers and eighteen men, were enveloped in fire and re- ceived horrible burns, one officer and five men dying before the ship reached port.
 The Georgia is one of the ships com posing the second squadron of the At [ lantic fleet. that squadron being in charge of Rear Admiral Charles Thom- as.
 The dead are Midshipman Faulkner Goldthwaite, Kentucky; Chief Tur- ret Captain William J. Thatcher, Will mington, Del; Seaman William Jo. seph Burke, Quincy, Mass; Ordinary Seaman George c. Hamilton. South Birmingham, Mass; Ordinary Seaman George F. Miller, Brooklyn: Seaman William NJ. Thomas, Newport, R. l., and Seaman William Pair, Brooklyn.
 Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich, appoint ed from Connecticut, died after the Georgia reached Boston.
 The seriously injured are Midshipman John T. Cruse, Nebraska, hands and face burned very seriously; Boat swain's Mate (second classl Frank Schlapp, North Adams, Mass. back, chest, arms and face burned; Gun ners' Mate first class) Charles Hansell, New York, face and hands burned: Chief Yeoman Orly Taglund. Richford, Minn., arms, back and face burned: Seaman Walsh. Lynn, Mass, chest md face burned; Ordinary Seaman John A. Bush, New York, face. arms and chest burned, probably fatally; ordi- nary Seaman Charles l.. Eich. Frank fort, Ind. face. arms and hands burn- ed; Ordinary Seaman John A. Zone, Trenton. x. l.. arms. back, neck and face burned; Ordinary Seaman Harold L. Gilbert, Southwick, Mass, two thirds of body burned: Ordinary Sea man John c. Maleck. Cleveland. O., arms and face burned: Ordinary Sea man Louis o. Meese. Berea, O.. arms, face and chest burned: Ordinary Sea man Samuel l.. Rosenberger. Philadel- ,,l.H nal Apr nary Seaman James r. Thomas. Brook lyn, face, arms, chest and back burned fatally.
 The explosion occurred in the after turret, where the men. under command of Lieutenant Casper Goodrich. son of Rear Admiral Goodrich, commandant of the New York navy yard. and Mid shipmen Faulkner Goldthwaite and John T. Cruse, were operating the eight 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 pound bags of powder are called. had just been sent up through the ammunI- ton hoist and were in the arms of the loader. whose name was withheld by the ships officers. The loader stood at the breecal of one of the eight inch guns all ready to insert the charge.
 At this instant the turret was seen to he smoky. and two men who stood near the loader saw a black spot on the bag. indicating that the charge had igniied and was smoldering. The load CT discovered the spot at the same In- stant and threw himself forward on his face. at the same time shouting a warn ing to his turret mates. The other men who had seen the spot were Eich and TIanseil. and they also threw them selves on the floor of the turret.
 Before the other men in the turret could understand what caused the load er's cry of warning there was a blind ing flash as the burning powder ex- ploded. Flames. smoke and nauSe0us gases filed the little superstructure. in which more than a score of men were confined Inasmuch as the powder was not confined there uas no deafenine report, nor did the vessel suffeE any Injury. hut every nook and erany of the turret was filled with flame
 The loader. who was. of course. near est the powder. vas terribly burned as was every other man in the turret. with the exception of Eich and Han sell. who. although scorchei- escaped with injuries much less severe than the sthers.