The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-16
Onthe BattIeshipGeor
light Men We're Killed.
THIRTEEN INJURED.
A Case of Powder Exploded Not
One of the Men in The Turret
Escaped Death or Injury.

0er IN the after superimposed turret,
the battleship Georgia steamed slowly
up Boston harbor from the target
practice grounds in Cape Cod Bay
late Monday and landed the 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 be-
fore noon Monday while the Georgia's
crew were at target practice off Barn
stable, in Cape Cod Bay. In some
manner unexplained. two bags OF
powder became ignited and I'm the ter.
rife fash that followed the entire
turret crew, consisting of the officers
and IS men were envcoped in fire
and received horrible burns, one Off
Ger and Ave men dying before the ship
! reached port. The victims of the ac-
cident are:
Dead:
Goldthwalte, Faulkner, midshipman
Kentucky.
Thatcher William j., chief turret
captain, Wilmington. Del.
Burke, William Joseph, seaman,
Quincy, Mass
Hamilton, George O., ordinary sea
man. South birmingham, Mass.
Miller George e., ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas, William NJ, seaman, New.
port, II. |.
Seriously injured:
nj Ill.
N. Y, died last night
William F. Pair, OF Brooklyn, N. Y,
ordinary seaman, died at the naval
hospital last night, increasing the list
of dead to eight.
Cruise, John T.. mIdshipman, Ne.
braska, hands and face burned very
seriously.
Schlapp. Frank. boatswalns mate,
second class, North Adams. Mass.
back, chest, arms and face burned.
Hansel. Charles, gunner's mate,
New York, face and hands burned.
Taglund, Orley. chief yeoman, Rich.
Nord, Mimi, arms, back and face
burned.
Walsh. Edward j., seaman. Lynn,
Mass, chest and face burned fatally.
Bush, 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.
Fone, John A.. ordinary seaman,
Southwick, Mass, twothirds of body
burned.
Maleck, John c., ordinary seaman,
Cleveland, o.. arms and face burned.
Meese, Louis o.. ordinary seaman,
Berea, o., 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 and
chest burned,
Four other men received minor in.
jurles whose names were not given
out and who were not taken off the
ship.
The explosion occurred I'm the after
superimposed turret. where the men.
under command of Lieut. Casper
Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Good
rich, commandant of New York navy
and Cruise 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 The two cases, as the big
100-pound bags of powder are called,
had just been sent up through the
ammunition hoist and were in the
arms of the loader, whose name was
withheld by the ships officers.
The loader stood at the breech OF
one of the eightinch guns, all ready
to insert the charge At this instant
the turret was seen to be smoky and
two men who stood near the loader
saw black spot on the bag, indicat-
ing that the charge had ignited and
was smoudering. The loader discov-
cred the spot at the same instant and
threw himself forward on his face, at
the same time shouting warning to
his mates. The other men who had
seen the spot were Eich and Hansell, |
and they threw themselves on the
floor
Before the other men in the turret
could understand what caused the
leaders cry of warning there was a
binding fash as the burning powder
exploded. Flames, smoke and gases
filled the superstructure. AS the pow.
der was not confined there was no re.
port, nor did the vessel suffer any in.
jury, but every part OF the turret was
filled with flames.
Lieut., Goodrich and Seaman Maleck |
became crazed, staggered up the iron |
ladder to the top of the turret and |
then threw themselves into the sea in |
a despairng effort to choose death |
by drowning in preference to death by |
slow FIRE,
When the smoke OF the burning |
powder had cleared away the ship |
mates of the unfortunate men rushed
TO their assistance ana the suffering |
sailors we're lifted out OF the tnrret
and conveyed to the ships hospital
Lieut. Goodrich aud Seaman Malech
Rere rescued by a launch that Was 70