The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-12
SIX OFFICERS,
FLYESEAMEN
IN7H|EPARTY
THEY WERE RETURNING TO
THEIR VESSEL AFTER THE
GEORGIA DAY EXERCISES AT
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
AND WERE RUN DOWN BY A
STEAMER.

It Is Claimed Tha. Definite KnosIedg.
Has Been Secured of tn. Vessel
Which Ran Them Down-Arrests
May Follow. n;
WASHINGTON, June 1e.-The loss
at one time. Of six bright young mid.
shipmen, fresh from the academy at
Annapolis. young marine officer. very
recently appointed. and q coxswaln
and four other enlisted men, attached
to the big battiesiipi Minneso,a-eley.
EN- men altogether-as reported brief.
ly TO the navy department yesterday.
was one of the most severe blows that
has fallen upon the personnel of the
navy since the Spanish war. In the
estimation Of the officials. The first
BE y o.. . VI .. -
news Of the calamity reached the ,ia.
Ipariment through thetAssoclated Press
dispatches from Norfolk, ] 81
The navy department last night re-
Fcefyed a dispatch from Rear Admiral
Evans. in command Of the United
States feet at Hampton Roads, which
says:
"a dltty box belonging to fireman
OF the Mlnneso.a's missing launch has
been picked up near berth %. and I
am forced to conclude that the launch
with all on board Is lost. Have or.
dered board OF investigation. Steamer
last seen at exposition pier about mid.
night last night" :
Missing Officers.
DAVID N. RANDALL, lieutenant, OF
Kansas.
HENRY c. MuRFIN, JR., midship.
man, Of Ohio.
PHILIP H. FIELD, mldshlpman, Of
Colorado.
WALTER c. ULRlCH, midshlpman,
loi Wisconsin.
W. H. STEVENSON. midsbIpmap
Of North Carolina.
F. P. HoLcoMB. mldshipman, Of
Delaware.
HENRY L. HOLDEN, mldshipman.
OF Wisconsin.
Missing s.amen.
R. H. DoDsoN. seaman.
H. L. vANDoRN. ordinary seaman.
F.. R. PLUMBER, ordinary seaman.
C. W. wEsTPHAL, fireman, first
class.
JESSE CONN, coal passer.
Because Of tnelr youth and very re.
cent entry Into the naval service, the
young officers who we're lost we're not
widely known outside OF the naval
academy. Midshipman Henry C. Muir.
fin, Jr, was native OF Ohio, and \
member Of the second class at the ma.
val academy. Like the others, he had
been sent aboard the battleship Min.
nesota for summer course Of instruc.
tlon, to afford the practical education
necessary to supplement the theorel.
cal work at the naval academy. Phil.
Up H. Field was a midshlpman from
Colorado, who belonged 10 the frs.
class of the academy: Mldshipman
Walter 6. Ulrlch, Of the second class,
was from Wisconsin; W. H. Steven.
son, OF North Carolina, member OF the
second class; F. P. Holcomb, OF Della.
ware, member Of the second class, and
Henry L. Holden, Of Wisconsin, was a
member OF the same class. David ".
Randall. second lieutenant OF marines,
was born In New YORK and appolntc.
from Kansas. entering after a severe
competitive examination, March 10.
1905.
The conclusion was reached at the
navy department that either on &C.
count Of the lateness OF the hour OF
the return trip the Slinnesota's launch,
in her haste, had been driven hard into
the heavy sea that prevailed In Hamp.
ton Roads last night, or that the little
boat had been run down by some OF
the giant tramp steamers that make
use Of the roads as refuge In time Of
storm.
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