The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-19

ACCIDENT rs A MYSTERY

BaeAn, july iA-With cistG Of !sr
at!heIs and crew deal and thirteen
OTHERS suffering From terrlhha burns
received Ia an explosion OF powder III
The after sulsrimlpal turret, tho
h4itLash,p Georgia t.aues SLOWLY UP
Boston hart.ar froin the target prSnt-
tIoe grounds In Cape Cod bay late
end injured uen ut The Charleston
navy yard
With the arrival of the GaTNgka
there became krs,Hu the details OF
the most terribka naval catastrophe
that has e~or taken piacs along the
coast of New England
The accident occurred shortly be
fore noon while the Georgta's crew
We're at target practice of Barnstable,
in Cape Cod bay. In ON manner
as yet Unexplained, two bags OF pow
Cash thai followed the entire turret
crew, consisting OF thrse officers and
eighteen Llen, were enveloped III IRE
and received horrible burns, n OH
Ger and Ave men dying before the Ship
reached port.
Tfre victtms of n accident arc:
Brooklyn. n. \.
G-OLDFHWAITE, FAuIIhNER- mid
ehipnau, Kentucky.
THATCHER, W.. NJ. ]. chief turret
captain. Wilmington, Del
BURKE, WILLIAM JOSEPH SEQ
a Quincy, Mass. -
HAAIILTUN, GEORGE G., ordinary
seaman, South birmingham, Lass.
MILLER, GEORGE l., ordinary sea-
man, Brooklyn. n. Y.
THOMAS. WILLIAM NJ seaman,
FAIR, WILLIAM F. ordinary $50
a Brooklyn n. \.
Seriously injured
Cruise. James T., ntdshipnnan, Ne
mraska. hands and Q burned very Sc
riously.
schlapp, Frank ~boatswain's mate,
second class, New York: lace and
hands burned.
Hanseli, Charles, g~unners maze, first
class. New York: face and hands
burned.
Taglund, oxly, chief yeonaan, Rich
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 fatal
Frankfort, Ind; face. arms md hands
burned
Fone, John A, ordinary lamar
Southwiclk, Mass: tWso-thirds OF body
burned.
Gilbert, Harold l., ordinary seaman.
Southwicl, Mass: tUo-thirds of body
burned.
Maleck. John c., ordinary seaman,
Cleveland, o.; arms end face burned.
Meese, Louis o., ordinary seaman,
Berea. o.; arms and face burned.
~Rosenbereer, Samuel L., ordinary sea-
man, Philadelphia: arms and face
burned.
Thomas, James p, ordinary seaman.
Brooklyn. n. Y: face, arms. chest and
BAG burned fatally.
Four other men received minor in
5ulfes. Their names We're not given
out, n they were not taken eff the
snip.
Powder Smoking When Aoisaed.
The explosion occurred In the after
s-uperimposed turret. whre The men I'M
der command of Lieutenant Casper
rich, tcommandant of the New York
navy yard, and Midship1nan Faulkner
Goldthwatts and James II. Cruise were
operating the S-inch guns.
The guns in the forward turre had
finished eight rounds of practice and
the guns OF the after turret had fred
one round. TWO cases, as the big 100
pound bags OF powder are called, We're
just sent up through the ammunition
hoist and were in the a,rrns of the.load-
er, whose name was withheld by the
ships officers. The loader stood at the
treech OF one of the S-inch guns all
ready to insert the charge. AT this in
slant the turret was seen to be smoky.
n two men who stood near the a
saw a black spot on the bag, indicat-
ing THAI the charge had ignited and
was smoulder!ng. The loader Giscoy-
cred the spot at the same instant and
threw himself forward on his face, at
ne same time shouting q warning to
his turret mates TIE other men who
had seen h spot We're Eich and Hon
sell. and they also threw themselye. on
the floor Of the turret Before the 9th
er men IN the turret could understand
what caused the leaders, cry Of warm
ing 9 wa a binding flash as the
burning powder exploded. Flames.
smoke n nauseous Isl filled the III
ue superst<ltcture tn which more thar
O score OF men were confined. As.the
powder was not confined there waS no
report NOT Old the vessel suffer any
injury, but every nook and Granny of
the turree wes filed viii. flames,
{, Cauee Of A9eident unknown.
Immediately On learning the details Of
the accident Captain Henry McCrea,
commanded 81. the Georgia, notified
! R senas As: 8 ssSs!ss y, Thomas, com;
Occurred. Hear Admir-! TKTt!Msss o.
, dered an investigating Board to exam.
inc into the cause Of the accident. I'm.
til this board makes its repor the pri-
mary cause OF the explosion viii be in
doubt and 1t is uncertain even that tbs