Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-16
Spark Reaches Exposed Cases
of Powder and Deadly Flare
Burns Out Eyes of Helpless
Marines.
SHIP AT TARGET PRACTICE
IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY
Men Driven Insane by Their
Terrible Suffering Leap Into
the Sea and Are Rescued But
to Die.
IBy Morning journal special Leased wire.I


IBy Morning journal Special Leased wireI
Boston, July 15.-With eight of her
officers and crew dead and fourteen
others either dying or suffering from
terrible burns received IN an explo-
sion of powder in the after super-im-
posed turret. the baiileship Georgia
steamed slowly up loston Harbor
from the target praci ee grounds in
Cape Cod bay. off Progincetown. late
today and landed the dead and iniur-
ed at the Charleston navy yard.
Six were dead when the battleship
reached here. and two more. one OF
them Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, OF
Brooklyn. y. Y. son ~ rear Admiral
Goodrich. died later al the hospital
With the arrival the Georgia
there became known ~ details Of the
most terrible catastrophe thac@ has
ever taken place along the coast of
New England. The accident occurred
shortly before noon today. while the
Georgia's crew were at target prac-
tice. In some manner. as yet unex-
planned. two bags OF powder became
gnited. and in the terrible flash that
followed the entire turret crew, con-
sisting Of three officers and eighteen
men, were enveloped in fire and re-
ceivcd horrible burns. one officer and
five men dying before the ship
reached port. The victims of the ac-
cident are:
The Dead.
GOODRICH, CASPER, lieutenant
Brooklyn, ~ Y.
GOLDTH HwAITE. FAULKNER,
midshlpman. Kentucky.
THATCHER, WILLIAM J., chief
turret captain. Wilmington, Del.
BURKE. WILLIAM JOSEPH, sea-
man. QuincX Mass.
HAMILTON. GEORGE c.. ordina-
ry seaman, South birmingham, Mass.
MILLER. GEORGE T.. ordinary sea-
man. Brooklyn. n
THOMAS. WILLIAM NJ. Newport,
Rhode Island.
PAIR. WILLIAM Brooklyn.
Seriously Injured.
Cruise. James r., midshipman, Me-
braska; hands and face burned very
seriously.
schlapp. Frank. boatswains mate,
second class. North Adams, Mass.
back, chest. arms and face burned.
Hansell, Charles. gunners 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 T.. 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
Meeze. Louis o.. ordinary seaman.
Berea. ohio; arms. face and chest I
burned.
Rosenberger. Samuel l.. ordinary 4
seaman. Philadelphia. arms and face /
burned.
Thomas. James T.. ordinary sea-
man. Brooklyn. y. 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. 4
The story Of tho Explosion.
The explosion occurred ln the after I
super-imposed urret. where the men.
under command of Lieutenant Casper ,
Goodrich. son of Rear Admiral Good
rich. commandant ~ the New York /
navy yard. and Mid-hipmen Faulkner
and john T. Cruise. We're
operating the eiEht-lnch guns
The guns in the ffrward iurret had
finished eight rounds of practice. ana
the guns ~ the after turret had fired
one round. Two cases. as the big
90 pound bags of powder are called.
had lust 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 az the nreech ~ one ot
the eieht-inch guns. AT ready tn m
serf the charge Af this instant ihe
furref was seen fo De smoky. and Two
men who stood near the loader siu
black euof on the uad. indicating that
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