New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-16


and no one was allowed to pass down the pier.
AS soon as the ship was made fast five ambu-
lances drove up 10 receive the injured men. The
sufferers were borne tenderly down the gang
plank on stretchers and placed in the waiting
anlbulances. whicn carried them to the naval
hospital ? short distance away. Nearly all the
aubulances made three trips as only two Of the
injured men were able to sit upright on the seat
beside the driver.
CARING FOR THE WOUNDED.
Assistant Surgeon Paul T. Dessez. assistant TO
DR. Y II. Butcher, the acting medical director
Of the naval hospital. had charge Of the injured
men in the wards and attended to redressing the
wounds and seeing that everything possible
Gone for those who seemed 10 be dying. Work
ing with him were Surgeon f. NJ. Furlong and
Assistant Surgeon c. f. Snyder. Of the Vermont;
Assistant Surgeon H. Vickery, of the Illinois;
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. NJ. Murphy. OF the
Des Moines; Assistant Surgeon Haynes. Of the
Virginia. and Drs Warren and Salmon. Of the
Marine Hospital.
The Rev. f. J. Brennan, chaplain Of the navy
yard. untiring in his efforts to give spiritual
aid 10 the injured. The first officer Of the ship
TO reach the hospital Chaplain L. Charlton
OF Cambridge, who also the first 10 reach
the turret after the disaster and took statements
from the men who died shipboard.
Two wards were set aside on the second floor
OF the hospital for the injured. and Lieutenant
Goodrich was cared for in q separate ward. A
message from Rear Admiral Goodrich in the
afternoon requested hourly bulletins on the con-
dtion of his son. and they were sent to various
points along the railroad line. to be delivered
20 him the train as he hurried toward Bos-
ton. where he arrived a 10 o'clock tonight.
A message also came from Midshipman Cold
thwaites parents in Kentucky, asking If their
son would I've until they could reach him. The
return message conveyed the Information that
he was dead.
BY 6 o'clock the Georgia's hospital steward.
Harris had arrived with the official list of dead
and injured The relatives OF the dead men
were informed that the bodies at the hos
pitaI and were asked what disposition should be
made Of them If any are not taken away they
viii be buried in the graveyard near the hos
pital.
AS soon as the men had been made COM
Portable as possible those who able to
talk told something Of the terrible experience
they had been through. and in this way nearly
all the facts regarding the explosion soon be-
came known
Both the living and the dead were found to
be horribly burned. Three Of the men were
burned beyond recognition and n1utilated beyond
resemblance to human beings Eyes were burned
out and faces, bodies, arms and legs were black
ened.
Soon after the men had been placed in their
cots IN the ward II was feared that Lieutenant
Goodrich. Pair, Walsh and Thomas had only a
shott time 10 live Six doctors and attendants
watched constantly at the bedside of Lieutenant
Goodrich, who was barely alive. and at $50
o'clock II was thought that half an hour would
put him beyond suffering. Then he rallied
enough 10 give the surgeons hope that his
father would arrive in time 10 see him alive.
Thomas was at this time suffering untold agony
begging pteousy that he might live. but his
doctors did not believe he would last through
the night.
TORTURE BRAVELY BORNE.
The rows Of cots in the wards with their suf-
fering, bandaged burdens bore silent testimony
TO the bravery Of the men, who in almost every
case, although conscious. uttered not sound
Heads were bandaged TO twice their normal
size, and all stained vivid yellow by the sooth-
ing oil that saturated them TO assuage the pain.
Arms, hands. legs and bodies were similarly
bandaged, and the worst cases seemed nothing
but bandages
GOODNESS
heroism Of some Of the men just after the ex-
ploson. Chaplain Charlton was the first officer
10 reach the turrer. The first man he found ives
Nidshipman Cruise. who was terribly injured
He would nor allow the chaplain 70 do anything
for him, but said: Let alone; I am all
right Look after those other fellows"
IN one or two other cases also he met with
the same spirit of self-sacrihce
The national colors ffoated al the peak of the
Georgia as she steamed up the harbor AS the
ship made fast at the navy yard the flag at the
peak was lowered and the flag at the stern run
up TO the top Of the staff. A few minutes later
every flag in the yard was half-masted while
the other vessels in port also lowered their
colors.
The crew Of the Georgia was drawn up at at
tention on the forecastle. where they remained
for the hour and a quarter the battleship was at
the yard. on the opposite side Of the pier the
battleship Illinois had her forecastle covered
with sailors and marines, all standing at atten-
lion. A detachment Of uejackets from the re-
ceiving ship Wabash was assigned as a hospi-
tai corps. They boarded the Georgia, whose
crew was confined TO ship and brought ashore
the dead and injured and their belongings.
As soon as the last Of the dead had been re-
moved from the ship preparations were made
for sailing Orders had been received from
Washington sending the ship back to the target
grounds. and tomorrow the Georgia viii resume
her practice with the great guns.
While the ship was at the pier a few Of the
officers, including Captain McCrea, came down
the gangplank for a brief conversation with
ships IN port None Of them would discuss the
explosion.
When the injured men were taken TO the hos
ship and on sick leave awaiting orders
Was for this reason that their ban 1r1oCkS and