The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-03
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Divers Fear Many Have Been Swept
Out TO Sea--Inquiry Into Sinking
Of Launch Begins.

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divers and rivermen who are search
ting for the bodies Of the % lost mem
bers Of the crew of the battleship
New Hampshire were dubious today
that any Of the bodies will be recov-
cred for several days. A high wind
has prevailed ever since Saturday
night, when the disaster occurred and
this has added to the fear that many
of the bodies may have been carried
out to sea-
All through last night boats and
launches carrying men with graphing
irons moved slowly backward and
forward between the anchored war
ships and the shore OF the Hudson
river. OF West 15Sth-st. The scene
was lighted by the giant searchlights
Of the big gray leviathans which
strained at their anchors under the
pull Of tide 90 powerful that extra
anchors had been let out.
On shore relatives Of the missing
men, who are from this vicinity,
gathered together watching the most
pitiable anxiety the throwing of the
drags. Occasionally one of the drags
would seem to catch on some OBJ
stacle, there would be q heaving of
the man In the stern of the frail craft
as he drew the line In to ind only
some debris.
One additional fatality took place
just after midnight when q sailor
from the battleship Kansas lost his
life. He was known to his compan-
ions as "Frenchy" and dived over
board to rescue young woman who
ftA L. In
st. He was followed Immediately by
Ensign Blackburn. The latter grasp
ed the girl just az q hfebelt was
thrown to him and they were pulled
ashore. Another lifebelt was thrown
to "Frenchy" but before he could
catch 1t he was swirled out into the
stream by the furious tide and sank.
The board Of inquiry which IL try
Ing TO place the responsibility for the
disaster to the New Hampshires
launch sat al day yesterday and re-
sumed its task early today. Every
survivor ot the tragedy will be exam
ined by tho board which 10 composed
Of Capt. Winteyhalter, commanding
the Louisiana; LtQuE Commander
Macarthur ~ I>st. Commander
Irwin. Aftsr ne foilors have told
their stories, EnsiGn Do G. Chevalier,
who was In command OF the launch
will testify, The lips Of all who have
testified heve heen sealed by orders
OF the court and when the blameais
finally placed, II that IL possible, It
Will be reported directly - IL anavy
department Ut Warrington. Chevauer
Will have to face q -courtmartial un.
der the regulations no matter what
the report Of the court of inquiry
may be.
The best theory OF the cause Of
the disaster so far put forth IN that.
when the launch started for the bat
tleship, the rudder of the whaleboat
was not thrown far enough over. The
result was that the bunch pulled the
head of the whalebDat sidewals and
1t tipped enough 90 that the water
flowed In. Another theory ID that the
boat may have struck q piece of float.
Ing wreckage which acted as a drag
and pushed its nose under.
Capt. Thomas 8. Rodgers, in COM
mand Of the New Hampshire. gave
out the list with this brief introduc-
ton:
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"
Boylan, J. R., ships cook. fourth
class. Brooklyn; Erhart, ]. f., gun
ner's mate, third class, New York;
Turner, j., water tender, Brooklyn;
White, p, seaman. New York; ANA
tuzio, g.. seaman, Avondale, Pa:
Blumgren, e. F., seaman, Worcester,
Mass; Benner, ]. A., coxswain. Green
Creek, N. j.; Bailey. H. g., ships
cook, third class, Ansonia, Conn;
Brakeman, p. #. G., fireman, first class,
Crosse Pointe, Mich; MBonfall, T., or
binary seaman, Philadelphia, Pa:
Brown. G., gunner's mate, nrst class.
Boston; Combs, H., gunner's mate, sec
ond class, Springfield, o.; Dorr, H..
seaman, Philadelphia. Pa; Davis, @.
A., ordinary seaman, Iabeck, Ne.
Donohue, p. j., marine private, Tenn
erick, Ireland; Greene, j., oiler. Cleve-
land, o.; Hey, N. g., ordinary seaman,
Woonsocket, r. l.; Johnson, M, fre-
man, first class, Boston; Karl, r.,
painter, third class, Cleveland, o.;
Knowe, j., marine private, no resi-
dence, no next Of kin; Mampley, a.,
tooA RoooOts xsAShhAOmos w. 0oRlCohis
J. f., ordinary seaman, Erie, Pa; Rich
ardson, w. A., electrician, third class.
Philadelphia, Pa; eieber. z W., ordin-
airy seaman. Chicago; Seals, M. T.,
electrician, FIRST class, Columbus. Ga;
Turner, e. j., seaman, East Liverpool,
o.; Uehlin, T. j., ordinary seaman.
Philadelphia. Pa; Wenner, r.. j., IRE
man, first class, Fullerton, Pa; Bligh,
N. A.. coal passer. Roxbury, Mass.
The names Of the IL men missing
who were not recognized as being In
the boat follow:
G. @. Carrigan, seaman, New York;
f. w. Harron, coal passer. Brooklyn;
K. L. Gordon, seaman, Far Rockaway,
N. Y; e. A. Herbert, ordinary seaman,
, Conn; L. Johnson. copper
smith, Wilmington. Del: J. A. Legel,
coal passer, Philadelphia; d. Mahon-
ey, ordinary seaman, Wilmington.
Del; j. ]. McAtams. coal passer,
Philadelphia; c. q. Thompson, IRE
man. Bloomingdale, N. Y: ]. Van
Peer, fireman. Patterson, N. j.; A. ID.
Chambers. marine private, Worcester,
Mass.
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