The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-03
All D ay L ong They
Search, but None
Is Found.
WEEPING WOMEN
THRONG S H o r b
Twenty-nine Sailors Believed to
Have Perished When Barge
Was Swamped, and in Addi-
ton to These Are Eigh-
teen Who Have Not
Returned to Ship.

New York. October 2.-There was
given out from the battleshiD New
Hampshire tonight a list Of twenty
nine men who were supposed to have
perished by the swamping OF Il barge,
or whaleboat, which ;sas being towed
to the vessel at anchor IN the hudson
River last night. Appended to the list
are the names Of eighteef, men who
are still absent, but who were not
recognized as having bcen in the
sWamped boat.
Captain Thomas S. Rodgers. in com
mand Of the New Hampshire, gave out
the list with this brief Introduction:
The following is the list of the men
missing from yesterdays liberty party.
who are thought to have been in the
boat that swamped last night
Only two Southern men areNin the
list; they are A. MamplsJ, coal passer,
Richmond. and NJ. T. Seals, electrician.
first class. Columbus. Ga.
1T is not certain" comments Car
tain Rodgers. that these men werc
lost, as two of them originally Oh the
list returned to-day"
No Bodies Found.
All day police boats dotted the cove
In the river above West 18th Street,
their crews graphing for bodies. But
their efforts were without success, and
not one body was recovered Old river
men said they were not surprised for
when the accident occurred, they de-
clared, the tide was running upstream
like mill race, with brisk wind out
OF the southwest pushing 1t along at
even a faster clip. This would take
the bodies far beyond the scene of the
disaster and probably it will be sew
eral days before any more are found.
Along the water front in the vicinity
OF the accident crowds gathered to-
Day, rushing hither and thither, seek
ing information. Many women We're
among them. their eyes red from weep
Ing or anxiety, depicted on their face 3
They were looking for news of rela-
tives or friends who had had shore
leave and should have reported PACK
on the New Hampshire yesterday even
Ing.
on board the flagship Louisiana Rear.
Admiral yreeland convened court OF
inquiry to-day TO determine the exact
cause OF the accident and place the re-
sponsibi!ity. A number of the men WHO
were on board the ill-fated boat tolo
their stories, and report of the hna-
ings of the court, when completed, VIII
be forwarded to the Navy Department.
Various Versions.
Various versions of how the accident
occurred were in circulation to-day.
The generally accepted one, however,
was that the barge, heavily loaded with
sailors and marines returning from
shore leave. was towed into the heavy
swells of passing steamboat Rising
for a moment like cork, the barge
then plunged into the trough between
two waves. one of which broke over
the side and swamped It,
Few boats were in the vicinity, for
the river was running high in white
caps. What few there were put quick
ly across the 200 yards that separated
the distressed craft and the shore
Many of the sailors and marines were
pulled aboard these boats; others neld
tightly to the swamped barge. Still
others, unequal to the battle with the
heavy waves and tide. doated up
stream and disappeared
According to Captain Rodgers, no ar
rangements have been made for the
funeral Of any body when found. bu,
as picked up they will be taken tC
the hospital ship Solace. now anchored
in the Hudson There they Will be held
until claimed by relatives or friends
All the next Of kin of the missing mer
have been notified, but II any of these
turn up second telegram will be SEM
giving the good news. Relatives VII
also he apprised by wire when body
is recovered.
The mother Of Midshipman Chevalier
who was in charge of the swampec
boat. and who collapsed after saving
twelve men, arrived in New York to-day
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most of the day with her son. He j:
still shaken after the extreme menta
and physical strain.
spends Quiet Day.
Oyster Bay N. Y, October 2.-Col
onel Roosevelt spent quiet day a
Sycamore Hill to-day. In the morning
he attended church with Mrs. Roose
welt, and in the afternoon he took Il
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