The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-03
JACKIES ARE DEAD
Twenty-Five Perish When a
Barge Is Swampcd.
Men Were Returning to Vessel
From Shore Leave.
ACTS OF HEROISM.
Gallant Soldier Dies Saving His
Comrades.
Accident in Hudson River Near
New York.


given out from the battleship New
Hampshire last night list of % men
who were supposed to have perished
by the swamping of a barge which
was being towed to the vessel at an
chor in the Hudson river Saturday
night. Appended to the list are the
names of IL men who are still absent
but who were not recognized as hav-
ing been in the swamped boat.
Captain Thomas 8. Rodgers. in
command of the New Hampshire,
gave out the list with this brief intro
duction:
ssThe following is the list of men
missing from the liberty party who
are thought to have been in the boat
that swamped Saturday night"
This list follows:
Boylan, j. r., ships COOK, fourth
Erhart, j. F., gunner's mate. third
class; New York.
Turner, J., water tender; Brook
lyn.
White, p. seaman; New York.
Amatuzio, Gy seaman; Avondale'
Blumgren, E. F.. seaman; worces-
| ter, Mass.
Benner. j. A, coxswain; Green
Bailey. H. s, ships cook, third
Bakeman, P. F. G., fireman, first
class; Crosse Pointe, Mich.
BonfaIl, T., ordinary seaman; Phil
adelphia.
Brown, G., gunner's mate, first
class; Boston.
Combs, H, gunner's mate, second
class; Springfield, O.
Dorr, W., seaman; Philadelphia.
Davis. G. A, ordinary seaman; Lu-
beck. Me.
DonoE1ue. P. j., marine private;
Temerick, Ireland.
Greene, j., oiler; Cleveland. o.
Hey. n. s., ordinary seaman; Woon-
socket. r. [.
johnson. NJ. fireman, first class;
| Boston.
Kart, R., painter, third class; Cleve-
land.
Knowe, J., marine private; no resi-
| dence; no next of kin.
Mampley. A, coal passer; Rich
Paspieski. J. F.. ordinary seaman;
Richardson, w. A, electrician; Phil
adelDhia.
sieber, E. w, ordinary seaman; Chi
cago.
Seals, NJ. T., electrician. frst-class;
Columbus, Ga;
Turner, E. J.. seaman; East Liver
pool. o.
Uelin, t J.. ordinary seaman; Phil
adelphia.
Wenner, R. j., fireman, first-class;
Fullerton, Pa.
Blight, N. coal passer; Roxbury,
Mass.
"It is not certain" comments Captain
Rodgers. "that these men were lost, as
| two of them originally on the list, re-
turned today
The names of the eleven men miss
ing who were not recognized as be-
ing in the boat, follows:
- H..
F. W. Harron. coal passer, Brooklyn;
E. L. Gordon, seaman; Far Rockaway.
n. Y; Z. A. Herbert, ordinary seaman,
- Conn; L. Johnson, coppersmith,
Wilmington, Del; J. A. Legel, coal pas
ser, Philadelphia; D. Mahoney, ordi-
nary seaman, Wilmington, Del; ]. ].
| McAdaTns, coal passer, Philadelphia; G.
c. Thompson, fireman, Bloomingdale, N.
| Y; J. Van Peer, fireman, Paterson, N.
J.; A. r. Chambers, marine private,
| Worcester, Mass.
According to Captain Rodgers, nc
arrangem ents have been made for the
| funeral of any body when found but
as picked up they will be taken to the
| hospital ship Solace, now anchored in
the Hudson. They will be held there
until claimed by relatives or friends
All the next of kin of the missing men
have been notified but if any of these
turn up, second telegram will be
sent, giving the good news. Relatives
will also be apprised by wire when a
body is recovered.
The mother of Midshipman Chew
alier, who was in charge of the
swamped boat and who collapsed aftel
saving IL men, arrived in New York
Sunday from New Bedford, Mass, an6
i spent most of the day with her son
He is still shaken after the extreme
mental and physical strain.
Il r. Kart, one of the men supposed
to be drowned, is credited with hav-
ing saved four men. Kart was a big
fellow and a good swimmer. In the
water he held up two men until two
life preservers came his way. He gave
these to the weaker two, and theI
swan around and found two other me1
who were exhausted and sinking
These two he held up until they were
picked up by a boat.
Still regardless of his own safety
he did not attempt to get aboard, fo
fear of overlooking it. Nobody seem
to have seen him afterwards. The ac
count of his bravery was given by hi
shipmates.
Searching for Bodies.
All day Sunday police boats dottet
| the cove in the river above West On
| Hundred and F1fty-seventh street
their crews graphing for bodies Blu
| their efforts were without success no
one body was recovered. Old rive
men said they were not surprised, fo
when the accident occurred, they de
| clared, the Jde was running up Strean
like a mill race 1t probably will b
several days before any more ar
| found.
Along the water front in the vicin
itv of the accident crowds gathere'
| today, rushing hither and thither seek
ing information. Many women wer
| among them, anxiety depicted on thci
faces They were looking for news o
relatives or friends who had had shor
leave and should have reported bacl
on the New Hampshire yesterday even
ing.