The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-04
LIST OF DROWNED
IS REDUCED TO 20
New Hampshire's Dead Is
Placed at Twenty-three.
TWO OTHER SEAMEN PERISH
Fourteen OF the Missing Put in an
Appearance and Others May Re-
port Later-SailOr Dies in Effort TO
Rescue WOman-AnOther Falls on
GangwRy of the SoIace.

New York. Oct 3-Two more seamen
OF the ships Of the North Atlantic Fleet
lying in North River. were found to-day.
The body Of one who met death IN the
river some time before the fatality which
overlook the New Hampshires sailing
launch on Saturday night was recovered
and the list OF forty-one reported miss
ing from the New Hampshire was short
ened by the temperance OF fourteen.
OF those on the missing list published
by Capt Joseph s Rodgers, OF the New
Hampshire, last night who reported TO
their commander to-day. either by tele-
graph or in person. six had been listed
among those believed 10 have been on
the battle saips launch when Il went
under the water and given up for lost
The other eight were on the list Of twelve
who were counted as absentees from sat
urday's liberty party. but not believed to
have been members OF the boat party
which met disaster in the river,
Tventy-three Lost.
Under the revision permitted by the re-
appearance OF these fourteen seamen. the
lost stands at tWenty-thTee-
Although dragging OF the river was con-
tinued by the police boat Patrol all day,
except az the strongest flow OF the tide,
none OF the bodies Of the New Hamp-
shire's men who were drowned were re-
covered.
Edward Audette. an ordinary seaman
4
o'-wAr fleet at the foot OF West I5Sth
street shortly after midnight this morn
ing after he had assisted in rescuing a
woman visitor who was returning from
the Kansas with a party Of friends and
who had fallen OF the float after landing
from the Kansas steamer.
Audette had been IN the service about
three years. He was twenty-one years
old. and enlisted from Fan River. Mass.
His mother. Mrs. Delphine Audette. lives
AT % Wilbur street, in that city. Capt.
Charles J. Badger. OF the Kansas. mott
fed the Navy Department OF Audette's
death this afternoon and he sent a tele-
gram conveying the news OF her sons
death to Mrs. Audette.
hiib NAh6
The second man to swell the toll OF the
fleets dead to-day was Carl Ehrens, an
ordinary seaman Of the auxiliary serv-
ice, who was attached to the hospital
ship Solace. In stepping from the gang
way OF the Solace TO a launch at $50
o'clock. Ehrens missed his footing and
fell into the tide. The current was
strong on the ebb at the time, and the
sailor was swept down river. He could
not swim. Before others could man the
launch and put after him. he had dis
appeared His body could not be found
Ehrens had been In the service two
years.
The body which Sas recovered this
afternoon was that OF Joseph P. Dud-
ley. thirty years old, who had been a
coal passer aboard the repair ship Pan
Their. The Panther lies Just beyond the
hospital ship Solace, at the head Of the
line Of war ships. The body was seen
floating with the tide off Ninety-ninth
street by John O'Connor, a sailor from
the Virginia. and il was recovered by one
of the Virginia's launches.
Dudley's absence from the Panther was
noted on Friday, and the indipg Of his
body to-day led TO the supposition that
he had fallen from a launch in the dark
ness of Thursday night His home was
in Lynnbrook. Long Island. and he had
been only short time in the service.