Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-09
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! fleet formation and the battleship
New Hampshire put near to render
assistance in case they could be of
service. No assistance was necessary
and by 11:30 o'clock the fire on the
| North Dakota was under control. II
has not yet been ascertained how
| the fire started, although il is beliey-
| cd that the disaster was not due to
any carelessness upon the part of the
men on the North Dakota. A board
D. inquiry was named to investigate
the accident, consisting of Captain
c. A. a. Cove. of the Delaware.
SC niOr officer; Lieutenant Commander
{. V. Price, of the Delaware, and
Lieutenant Commander A NJ. Proc
tor. of the Connecticut. This board
will thoroughly look into the cause of
the explosion.
"The injured men are all expected
to recover.
Chief Lieutenant Grin &. Murfin
was in the fire room at the time OF
the accident and was burned, but no.
seriously.
"The commander-in-chiof immedi-
ately upon the anchoring of the
SQudUl OU. JlOOtCQtQ Oll INT supply
tender Yankton TO the North Dakota
to personally attend the operation.
The fire was completely under con-
troll before he arrived and, after as
certaining as many facts as possible.
he returned to the Connecticut in
Hampton Roads The North Dakota,
shortly after the accident. anchored
off Thimble shoal lighthouse. but will
proceed to anchorage in Hampton
Roads later this afternoon. The
wounded men. who are severely
burned. but not seriously, We're re-
moved from the North Dakota TO the
hCsl ital ship Solaee and are receiv-
ing the best of medical attention.
Proud of His Men.
II is said that after the fire was
under control. Captain Gleaves mus
tered his ships company on deck
and made them a touching address,
complimenting them upon their be-
hayior. saying that he was proud
OF them for the manner in which
they had conducted themselves under
such trying conditions.
Oeiaware's Sister Ship.
The North Dakota Is a sistership !
of the Delaware, which was complet
ed here early this year, and this is
the third accident TO occur on board |
OF her since she was completed by
the Fore River Ship K Engine Build |
ing Company.
The first accident is said TO have
occurred while she was on her prelim-
mary builders trial. A boiler tube
blew out. badly scalding a number of
men in one of the fire rooms. Thet
second accident occurred on May IL. |
1910, at the Boston navy yard when !
a red hot rivet dropped into ground !
cork in one of the after magazines
while the ship vas in dry dock for
alterations. The prompt response of !
the sailors to the ships fire call re-
suited in the quick extinguishing of
the blaze and the threatened catas-j
trOphe was averted.
Only Turbine BattIeship.
The North Dakota is the only tur-l
biRe propelled battleship in the navy
today. She has twelve boilers, ar
ranged port and starboard, four to
each of three water-tight cOmpart-
ments. The furnaces are equipped
for burning both oil and coal as fuel
and in each fire room there is $50
gallon oil settling tank into which the
oil is pumped from out of the main
storage tanks in the double bottom :
of the ship before ii is pumped into
the burners.
With the Delaware, the North Da