Connecticut western news., 1907-07-18
NINE MEN ARE KILLED
Explosion on BattIeship Georgia
 Injures Twelve Others.
LINE OFFICER LOSES HIS LIFE
Tragedy Is the Result of Premature Ignition of Two 100-Pound Cases of Powder In Turret During Target Practice.

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 Boston, July 17.-Nine officers and seamen of the new battleship Georgia are dead as the result of an explosion of two 100 pound cases of powder on the vessel while at target practice in Massachusetts bay off Provincetown. Twelve other men were terribly in jured in the disaster, and several of them are dying.
 The explosion took place in super imposed turret, and the damage to the ship was confined to that inclosure. It is not serious.
 The injured men are at the Naval hospital at Chelsea. The Georgia has returned to the practice grounds where the accident happened.
 These are the dead and injured:
 The Dead.
 Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Goodrich, commandant of New York navy yard; appointed from Connecticut.
 Faulkner Goldthwaite, midshipman, ap- pointed from Kentucky; next of kin w. Goldthwaite, Hopkinsville Ky.
 William J. Burke, seaman; next of kin Mrs. P. c. Clair, 351 Granite street, Quin- cy Mass.
 George c. Hamilton, ordinary seaman; next of kin George w. H. Hamilton, fl Wellington street, South Pennington Mass.
 of kin, no relatives; referred to friend George Charles, 95 Seigel street, Brook lyn.
 William F. Pair, seaman; gave as resi- dence at time of enlistment Brooklyn. William J. Thatcher, chief turret cap tain; next of kin Mrs. Louis A. Thatcher HOS West Sixth street, Wilmington Del William M. Thomas, seaman; next ot kin mother, Mrs. Eleanor T. Thomas, "A Thomas street. Newport, R. I.
 Edmund J. Walsh, seaman; residence at time of enlistment Lynn, Mass.
 The Injured.
 John Arthur Bush, seaman; residence at time of enlistment New York.
 James F. Cruse. midshipman; next of kin father, Major Thomas Cruse, quar- termaster United States army at Omaha. Neb.; appointed from Nebraska.
 Charles Leon Eich, seaman; residence al time of enlistment Frankfort, Ind.
 John A. Zone, seaman; residence at time of enlistment Trenton, N. J.
 Harold Leon Gilbert ordinary seaman; residence at time of enlistment South wick, Mass.
 Charles N. Hansel gunners' mate, first class; residence at time of enlistment New York.
 John c. Maleck, seaman; residence at time of enlistment Cleveland, O.
 l.. O. Muse, seaman; residence at time of enlistment Berea, O.
 Sam Louis Rosenberger, seaman; resi- dence at time of enlistment Philadelphia o,,ly Gn1,1 hnof intc tQ ond class; residence at time of enlistment North Adams, Mass.
 James Patrick Thomas, seaman; resi- dence at time of enlistment Brooklyn. Orly Tagland chief yeoman; residence at time of enlistment Richford, Minn.
 News of Disaster by Wireless.
 The first news of the disaster was received at the navy yard in wire less message from Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, commander of the squadron. 1t briefly told of the nature of the explosion, said that sev. enteen men were injured, eight seri ously; that none was then dead and that the Georgia had left the target grounds, off Provincetown, for Charles town.
 There was nothing further until from Captain Henry McCrea of the Georgia, which was nearing this port came the laconic wireless message:
 Five dead.'
 As the big ship slowly steamed up Boston harbor twenty-five minutes lat CT the wireless recorded these words: "Six dead"
 When the Georgia, with her dead and injured, was warped in at pier at the navy yard there was made known the details of one of the worst naval acci dents that has ever taken place off tn New England coast
 The explosion occurred in the after superimposed turret. where the men, under command of Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Good rich, commandant of the New York navy yard, and Midshipmen Faulkner Goldthwaite and John Thomas Cruse, were operating the eight inch guns.
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