The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-14
FIRE ON SHl
Causes ExpIosiaa Which killed.
Mea and Igjurea Mn
ABOARD NORTH DAEI
The Mysterious accident oceurS
in Lower Chesapeake Bay Thu
day Morning While the Altar
Fleet Was Sailing from Son,l'e
Drill Grou7cS.


smother OF those tragedies. wh3
20 10 show that the sailor Offers @s$3
life to his country in time D: p,3'
as well as in time OF war, was
acted Thursday morning In tho dra
nought North Dakota. abou, 10
from Norfolk. in lower Chesap
Bay. when an explosion of .nt
the ensuing Are cost the fyss
three men and more or less seri @
injury 70 nine others. including C
Lieut.. Orin G. Murfin. $s
The acciden, happened far -:
any shore. and for severai ho1Fs ts
wildes: rumors circulated throvgns
out the community.
The Official report OF AtME u
Schroeder TO the savy departn
names the following dead and in!
ed in the are OF the bst;ieship NoS
Dakota:
Dead: Joseph ". Schmidt. ccas
passer.
Robert Gilmore. coal passer--Ma q
Joseph Strait. coal passer. 3
Injured: Chief Machir:st e Ws
Andrew. Nachinist T. G. McDononsrss
Chas. c. Roberts. nachinis.'s mstes
Sebastian J. Wittwer. fireman. ErsSS
class. James A. Brady. fireman. fSsS
class: Leo F. P:orek. fireman. secol3
class. John G. Morrison. fireman.
trst class. Fred P. Kinney, fireman.
first class.
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder.
commanding the Atlantic feet, made
the following succinct statement OF
the accident: -
Between 1899 and II o'clock oil
from room No 3 in North Dakota
caught FIRE. while the frst SQUADRON
OF the Atlantic fee, was making pas
page from the Southern drill gros@It1
10 Hampton Roads. Under re-
quest from the conmauder OF the
North DaSosathe comnsnder-in-
chief Of the fleet Immediately order
ed ,he North Dakota TO leave the
fleet formation and the ba,tleshi2
New Hampshire put. IN near &c ren-
der assistance, IN case they could be
OF service.
Va ,.c;ce,nca n.aS nocossarv and
by iI.30 the fire on the North Da-
ko;a was under control.
Il, has no, yet been sscerta;neo
how the Ere started. although it Is
not believed that the accident was
due to any careiessness OF the men
on the North Dakota. a board OF
inquiry was named TO investigate the
accident. consisting of Capt. c. A.
Core, Of the Delaware. senior officer;
Lieut.. Commander L..Y- Price, OF the
Delaware. and Lieut. Commander l.
II. Proctor. Of the Connecticut. This
board will thoroughly !oos into the
cause OF the explosion.
After naming the dead and IN
tured. stating that the three VINO
We're dead were killed outright .
Admiral Schroeder adds:
The injured men are all expect
ed TO recover Chief Lieut. Grin G.
Murfr was in the FIRE room a: the
time Of the accident and was burned.
but no; seriously.
The North Dakota. shortly after
the accident. anchored of The Thin
ole Shoal lighthouse. The wounded
men. who are severely but not SER
iousiv burned. who are removed
from the North Dakota 10 the hospi-
tai ship Solace and are receiving the
best medical attention.
The settling tank in No. 3 fire
room. near which the FIRE apparent
iy broke out is part OF douole-bot-
:omed compartment. in which the
fuel is carried in h..K In each fre
room are two $50 gallon tanks. into
which the oil i. pumped 20 be set
tied: /, is ,neR pumped into the G!e.
The North Dakota ha, Are once
before since she was launched. n
November. 1907. That was on the
18th OF last May. a; the Boston navy
yard. when red-ho: !ivet dropped
into one OF the after magazines while
the ship was in dry dock. The
promp; reSponce Of her $50 men 20
:he ships hre cal. resulted in quick
eHt:nsu:sh and aTertec tae
threatened calamity. Capt. Albert
Gleaves. who commands the North
Dakota. IS Tennessean and has had
;hir.v-seven years os nava: service.
Including nineteen Years at sea.
Erishtful Wreck.