Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-17
WAS AWFUL
Terrible Results Of Blowup on
Battleship Georgia.
EIGHT SOULSLEAvE BODY
Eyss Burned Out and Other Injuries
sf Like Frishtful Character Outcome
Of Dreadful Disaster Off the Csast
Of Massachusetts,.


and thirteen injured. Of whom two
were on the dangerous list at the
United States naval hospital at Chel.
sea. was the grim record at a late
hour Monday night OF the result OF a
powder explosion on the battleship
Georgia off Provincetown. Six were
dead hen the battleship reached here
and two more. one OF them Lieuten-
ant Casper Goodrich OF Brooklyn. n.
Y. son OF Rear Admiral Goodrich.
died later at the hospital.
Rear Admiral Goodrich accompanied
by Mrs. Goodrich and their two daugh.
ters. arrived here late Monday night
and went at once 10 the bedside of
Lieutenant Goodrich at the naval hos
pital. They found the injured man
already unconscious and dying.
The family had been at the bedside
OF Lieutenant Goodrich less than half
an hour when he succumbed TO his
injuries. While unconscious most OF
the time, the dying man rallied a bit
Just before his death and Il is said he
seemingly recognized his father. but
during this short interval Of semi.
consciousness he was unable TO speak
AS soon as he had received the news
80 sh. tfoastor naar Aau.trof aus.r,
s. Snow. commandant OF the Charles
town navy yard. made complete ar.
rangements for the reception OF the
injured. The naval hospital at Chel.
ambulanccs wdre furnished by the
naval hospital. the soldiers home. and
the cities OF Boston and Chelsea. Not
until half hour before the Georgia
came up 20 her dock at the navy yard
was II known that there had been any
fatalities. On the way across Mas.
sachusctts Bay Midshipmen Goldth.
waite succumbed 10 his tortues and a
little latter death ended the sufferings
OF Turret Captain Thatcher and Sea
men Burke. Thomas and Miller Sea
man Hamilton died while the salr
was approaching the navy yard pier
When the Georgia arrived At the
navy yard dock a great crowd was
awaiting her as well as a large corp:
OF nespaper men and three priests
the latter believing that they NIGH
be called upon to administer the con
solations OF the Roman Catholic
church TO dying sufferers OF that
faith.
With the exception OF the officers
and the prisets. however. no one was
allowed on the dock. A detachment
OF marines armed with fixed bayonet:
kept the crowd at n respectable dis
lance and no one was allowed TO pas:
down the pier As soon as the shir
was made fast TO the dock five am
balances drove up to receive the In
jured men.
The sufferers were borne down the
gangplank on stretchers and placed In
the ambulances, which carried them &c
the naval hospital but a short distancs
away. Two ards were set aside or
the second floor OF the hospital for the
injured. and Lieutenant Goodrich wa
cared for In separate ward.
A message also came from Midship
man Goldthwaite's parents In Ken
tucky asking II their son was aliv'
and n he would live until they couls
reach him. The return message con
veyed the information that he wa
dead. The relatives OF the dead hav'
been notified that the bodies are a
the hospital aud asked what disposi
ton shall be made OF them. II an,
are not taken away they will be burie'
In the graveyard near the shipyard.
Both the living and dead were foun'
10 be terribly burned. Three OF tn
men were burned beyond recognition
Eyes were burned out and faces
bodies and legs and arms blackened
Soon after the men had ben places
In their cots In the ward II was seel
that Lieutenant Goodrich. Pair. Walsl
and Thomas had but a short time Z
live. Six doctors and attendants wer
constantly watching at the bedside O
Lieutenant Goodrich who was barrel,
alive and at $3.50 o'clock II was though
half hour would put him heycn'
suffering. Then he rallied enough .
give the physicians hope that hi
father would be in time to see hir
alive. Thomas was at this time SUI
fering untold agony. begging piteoui
" that he might live. but his doctor
did not believe he would last throug
the night.
Several incidents were told of Oh
coolness and heroism OF some OF III
men just after the explosion. chal
lain Charlton, was the first officer {
reach the turyet The first man ,
found was Midshipman Cruise. VIII
was terribly injured. He would nc
allow the chaplain 20 do anything fc
him. but said: Let me alone; ! al
all right Look after those other fe
lows"