New-York tribune., 1910-10-04
"A MORE MEN REPORT
ABOARD NEW HAMPSHIRE
Six of This Number Were Among
Those in the III Fated
Liberty Party.
TWO OTHER SAILORS DROWN
Inquiry Proceeds. Board of In
quest Is Formed, and To-day
Memorial Services Will Be
Held for Lost Men.

Fourteen names were removed yester-
day from the lists of sailors which Cap
tain Rodgers of the New Hampshire
made public Sunday night as presump-
tive victims of the disaster when the
sailing launch of his ship was swamped
on Saturday night
The court of inquiry which is invest1-
eating the affair has gone far enough to
be reasonably sure of the cause of the
accident, though no statement of the
findings will be made. as custom pre-
scribes that the official statement shall
come from the Navy Department
OF the twenty-nine men whose names
we're mentioned Sunday as men miss
ing. known to have been in launch six
reported 70 Captain Rodgers yesterday:
BLIGHT N coal passer. Roxbury. Mass
BONNER. J. A. coxswain. Green Creek. n J.
BONSALL. T, ordinary seaman. Philadelphia
GREENE J.. oiler. Cleveland.
sIEBER. E NJ ordinary seaman. Chicago.
TURNER, e J. seaman East Liverpool. Ohio
OF the thirteen men described as "ab-
sentees of liberty party not seen TO
board the launch" eight We're accounted
for yesterday. as being alive and un-
hurt
CHAMBERS. A. R.. marine private, Worcester.
Mass
DwINNBLL. A. bugler. Peabody Mass.
HERBERT, E A. ordinary seaman. Voluntowu.
Conn.
JOHNSON. L. coppersmith. Wilmington. Del
MAHONEY. B.. ordinary seaman. Wilmington.
Del.
THOMPSON. c. G.. fireman, Bloomingdale. y Y.
VAN PEER, J., fireman, Paterson. y J.
Two More Drowninss.
While the victims of the tragedy Of
Saturday night we're being thus partly
accounted for. however, two other single
drowning cases became known on the
Louisiana. the flagship
Eugene Audit. a sailor Of the Kansas,
who was one of a boat crew which
carried party from the Kansas 10 the
landing dock at 18th street shortly after
midnight Yesterday morning. lost his
life when he plunged in 70 aid a young
woman who fell from the dock.
The young woman. who had been one
Of the party entertained by Ensign
Blackburn. of the Kansas fell into the
water when a sudden wave bobbed the
Ensign Blackburn plunged in and Audit.
the sailor was only a second behind
him.
The officer managed to bring the young
woman TO the dock, but in the mean
time Audit. who was said TO have been
a strong swimmer, f1oated away on the
tide His body was not recovered
The second tragedy of the day came
late yesterday afternoon, when Carl
Ehrens. seaman OF the naval auxiliary
service, of the hospital ship SOlace, fell
into the water from a launch and In spite
of the efforts of his companions. one Of
whom jumped in after him. sank into
the depths. His body was not recovered
Court of Inquiry in Session.
About half the sailors who We're
aboard the Ill fated launch of the New
Hampshire were called before the board
of inquiry yesterday. Midshipman Cheva-
lier. who was in charge of the launch.
was still in such danger of a nervous
break down that ii was decided 10 put
off calling him before the board until
the last of the sailor witnesses had been
examined. II seemed likely last night
that the board would not finish up it's
work to-day and that the midshipman
would not be called until some time to-
morrow afternoon.
From the sailors who had testified be-
fore the board or who are under sum
mons it is understood that the majority
of them agree on the causes of the catas-
trophe being substantially as follows:
The party returning to the New Hamp-
shire. IL was admitted, were many of
them in a registering mood. In chatting
one of them, il is said, a sailors hat was
knocked overheard. and the group who
were laughing at his discontinue as ne
leaned over the edge of the launch 10 re-
cover il crowded near him, many Of them
with their feet and weight directly on the
gunwaie
Just at that moment a stiff wash
struck the boat from that side. with the
broadside. and the man who had been
reaching for his hat went overheard.
It appeared yesterday from the testi-
mony OF the men that the big boat from
which the wash struck the launch had
gone by on the New Jersey side of the
Louisiana. and was therefore not noted
mad