The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-04
LATEST REPORTS INCREASE LIST OF FATALITIES IN GINk-
 ING OF BARGE.
MIDSHIPMAN SHIPS HERO
Young Officer Commandinq Craft Cheered by Crew for Rescues Earnest Search for Men
 Continues.

New 1orK, oct. 1.-The death list n the hattleship New Hampshire dis aster, when a boat load of sailors, re- turning to the ship from shore leave, toundered off 157th street in the North river Saturday night, was swelled by a report seven bodies had been picked up and taken aboard the United States hospital ship Solacc, making thirty-six dead and five miss. Ing still.
 All night the patrol boats used every method In the attempt to locate other dead bottles in the Hudson river Twentynine bodies were recovered and it was ascertained, by checking off the names of the sailors on the battleship New Hampshire, twelve were still missing.
 h hope the men had overstayed their leave on shore, detachments of sailors were sent ashore in the at tempt to round up some of the miss ing Early reports were the search had been futile and the gloom deep ened on the great warship.
 The searchiights of the battleships ill the rivers flashed through the hours of the night. marking the path for police and battleship patrols in their quest for the dead
 Heavy nets and grappling hooks were used and other boats were sta toned off the Statue of Liberty and Governors Island in case the tide carried the dead out of the river and into the bay.
 Friends Throng Ship.
 Friends of the dead and missing, enough to New York to enable them to arrive here, thronged the New Hampshire. Captain T. s. Rogers, commandant of the battleship, was bombarded with pleas from weeping mothers, sisters and sweethearts.
 The board of inquiry appointed by Admiral Vreeland, commanding the second division of the Atlantic fleet, to which the New Hampshire was at tached, continued it's work of probing the disaster.
 The board is composed of the fol- lowing officers: Capt A. c. Winter halter, commanding the Louisiana; Lieutenant-Command N. E. Irwin, executive officer of the Kansas and Lieutenant-Command Macarthur Jr.. navigating officer of the Louisiana. Ensign A. S. Farquahar, of the Louis lana, Is secretary of the board.
 An initial session was held on board the Louisiana, when survivors from the disaster gave their testimony. The inquiry was then adjourned in hope some of the missing would turn up.
 Midshipmaa Tells Story.
 Midshipman G. De c. CnevaIier of Medford, Mass, who was in charge of the steamer cutter which was tow ing the barge from the quay to the bsttleship and who proved the hero of the affair, by saving lives until he tainted from exhaustion, was an inter- esting witness
 'I suppose there were about 100 men on the barge" said he. The barge didn't seem to be overloaded for the water was calm and there was a good 12 inches of leeway between the gunwale and the water line. We were about 200 yards from shore when the barge seemed to tow under heard shout and looked back. It was almost dark but I saw the boat had foundered I shouted for all who could swim to strike out.
 q was suffering from wounded hand, but, in my excitement, I forgot all about that and plunged into the water. Orders were given to all hands on the cutter to stand by the rail and pick up every man in sight"
 Chevalier had completely recovered and was lustily chesred when he made his appearance on the deck of the New Hampshire. Although so fla tigued he could scarcely stand. he in- sisted on being assigned to duty when he was taken aboard after the acci- dent. Although he will have to face the investigators, 1t Is accepted by both rank and file of the warships the ordeal would result only in common dation of his heroism.
 ""Chevalier is the hero of the fleet