Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-14
TEN AqE STILL AMONG MISSING
Body Of coxswaln Robert Dodson
Found Floating In the Roads-
saIuting Upon the Occasion of De.
parturc Of Ships Fails to Bring
the Dead to the Surface.
Daily Press bureau.
Old Point Va. Hume I

Inc BODY OF COXswain Robert
Dodson of The Minnesota i'll rated
launch which with its eleven occu-
pants. six midshpmen and five sea
men. went TO the bottom of Hampton
Roads in tho darkness of Tuesday
night was found floating in the Roads
today and tonight reports were cir
culated, but denied, that the bodies
had been recovered An orderly
from one of the ships OF the At
lantic fleet stated at Old Point Com
fort that the bodies of the other ten
men drowned had been taken to the
navy yard. Admiral Thomas OF the
fleet, however, sent n wireless mos
sage denying the report and a similar
denial was made at the navy yard at
Portsmouth 1t now seems to be nc.
cepted In naval c'rcules that the lit
tie launch was run down by boat
barge shortly after the frail boat
carrying the eleven men left Dis
covery landing. 1t was learned here
today that Commodore William II.
Evans yacht, the Chilhewe with a
party of Baltimoreans, was anchored
off the Exposition grounds short
distance from where. the accident. is
Thought to have happened. and ao-
cording to members OF the party
cries or drowning midshjpmen and
sailors coming over the waters were
heard. although the party at that
time believed the the noises were
made by jubilant parties returning
from army and navy balls.
The sessions of the court of inquiry
will convene on one OF the battle
ships nowin Hampton Roads The
federal steamboat snspectors are also
investigating.
United States Supervising Inspec.
tor Of Steam Vessels Uhler arrived
from shington today and in com,
pany with Colonel CAST. supervising
inspector for this district. was az
Old Point to investigate the loss of
the battleship Minnesotas steam
launch.
A request has been made upon the
cnicials of the New York, Phiadel-
phia & Norfolk railroad that 1t adj
wise the Department whether any
one of IT'S car floats which are ac-
customed to ply from ..orfolk to
cape Charles was in Hampton Roads
on the night of Monday. Captain
Petrieck commanding the naptha
launch Marion of Savannah. which
between Norfolk, Hampton Roads and
the jamestown grounds said today
that about midnight Monday he saw
a tug bound in just about off the
deep water per at Pine Beach and
she was towing car float upon
which were a numuer of freight cars.
Still Searching for Bodice.
All day today the small launches
from the various ships now in the
Roads were busy searching the wat.
ers with the hope that some trace
OF the unfortunate men might be
found. Tugs were also searching
around and dragging was kept up
almost constantly. No further arti-
Giles OF clothing were found today.
The sailors and navy men had
hoped that with the heavy saluting Iii
honor OF the departing battleships
this morning that the force would
jar the sunken launch and cause
the bodies to come to the surface OF
the water. The first, second and
third divisions of the Atlantic
squadron sailed early this morning
and their departure was heralded
by a tremendous amount of saluting
from the foreign vessels now at an.
Choir in the Roads. OF course the
United States vessels responded to
the farewell greetings.
Shortly after o'clock this morn
ING the Italian fleet, under command
of Prince Luigi, Duke of the Abruiz.
ri, sailed and again the saluting was
INDUCED in. This would under or
binary circumstances probably force
body TO the surface, but If the five
m'dshipmen and six sailors were
caught inside of the canvas covered
launch 1t Is claimed by the navy OF.
flcers that all the saluting the ships
could do would never cause the
launch to come to the top.