Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-16
THREE MORE SAILORS
MAY SUCCUMB
TO BURNS
The Total Death List In Battle
ship Accident
May Reach
Eleven.
TEN OF INJURED
| MEN WILL RECOVER
Georgia Resumed Target Practice
After Accident to Prevent De-
m0rallzation Of Her
Crew From Its
Effects.

Boston, Mass, July 16.-Of the
thirteen survivors OF those injured
through the ignition of a bag of pow
der in the turret of the battleship
Georgia, while that vessel was en-
gagged in target practice at Cape Cod
bay yesterday, three are believed to
have but small chances for recovery.
There are: Edward ]. Walsh. sea-
man, of Lynn. Mass; Louis o. Meese.
and James p. Thomas, ordinary sea-
man, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Eight of
those injured died soon after the ac-
cident.
Eight are Dead.
The cause of the accident was a
falling spark, probably blown from
the smokestack of the battleship, on
to a bag of powder, which a loader
was carrying to the gun. The powder
burst into flames. which enveloped
the twenty-one men who were PEN
ned in the steel cage.
The battleship suffered compara-
lively little damage and has resumed
target practice under orders from the
navy department.
When the Georgia arrived here
yesterday she carried six corpses of
the men who had died Of burns and
| last night two more died in the hos
pital here. One Of these was Lieut..
Casper Goodrich, son of Rear Ad-
miral Goodrich, commandant of the
New YORK navy yard.
10 Prevent Decentralization.
Washington. d. c., July 16.-The
explanation of the action of the navy
department In ordering the Georgia
| TO resume target practice Is soon al
| the victims of the accident had been
| removed from the ship, is found in
the fact that these Is extreme danger
| of general decentralization of a crew
which has sustained an accident IL
the men are permitted to brood over
1t before undertaking again to handle
the big guns.
| 1t was felt necessary to treat this
| disaster as any similar incident
which might occur in the heat of an
action with a foe.
| The Dead.
GOODRICH, CASPER, lieutenant,
@ o l. ID THWAITE. FAULKNER,
midshipman, Kentucky.
| THATCHER, WILLIAM j.. chief
turret captain. Wilmington, Del.
| BURKE, WILLIAM JOSEPH. sea-
man, Quincy. Mass.
HAMILTON, GEORGE c., ordina-
ry seaman. South birmingham, Mass.
MILLER, GEORGE, ordinary sea-
man, Brooklyn. N. Y.
THOMAS, WILLIAM NJ, Newport.
Rhode Island.
PAIR, WILLIAM. Brooklyn.
Seriously Injured.
Cruise, James T.. mldshipman. Ne
braska hands and face burned very
seriously.
Schlapp, Frank, boatswain's mate,
second class, North Adams. Mass.
back, chest, arms and face burned.
Hansell, Charles, gunner's mate,
first class, New York; face and hands
| burned.
Taglund Orly, chief yeoman, Rich
ford, Mimi, arms, back and face
burned.
Walsh, Edward j., seaman, Lynn.
Mass; chest and face burned fatally.
Busch, 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.
Gilbert. Harold L., ordinary sea-
man, Southwick, Mass. two-thirds OF
body burned
Fone, John A.. ordinary seaman,
Southwick, Mass; two-thirds of body
| burned.
Maleck. John c., ordinary seaman.
Cleveland, Ohio; arms and face
burned.
Meese, Louis. o.. ordinary seaman.
Berea,. Ohio; arms, face and chest
burned.
Rosenberger, Samuel L., ordinary
seaman, Philadelphia arms and face
burned.
Thomas. James p, ordinary sea-
man, Brooklyn, N. Y; face. arms,
chest and back burned, fatally.
Four other men received minor in
juries. Their names were not given
out, and they were taken off the ship.
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