Evening star., 1912-10-03
FIVE NOW ARE DEAD
Fireman Delaney of the Wake
Succumbs to Injuries.
SIFT OF BLAST CONTINUES
Funeral Services for Four Victims
Of Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Explosion Held.

NEWPORT, r. l., October 3-The fifth
death due to the explosion of the steam
chest on the torpedo boat destroyer
Wake Tuesday occurred today. First
Class Fireman John Delaney of Lowell.
Mass. died on board the hospital ship
Solace.
The official investigation of the acct
dent was continued today by a board OF
inquiry. This board has learned the
name of the petty officer who rushed to
the steam pipe when the explosion oc-
CURED and turned off the steam by use
Of a wrench. saving every officer and
man in the engine room.
The identity of this man and other Of
ficers and men worthy of reward by the
Navy Department for heroism will be
made known to the department only
through this investigation board. as the
crew of the Wake Is sworn to secrecy.
Relatives of the injured hastened here
from all parts of the country today.
Funerals of Four Held.
With flags of the warships and those
on the Army and Navy Young Mems
Christian Association at half mast, the
funerals of Lieut. Donald P. Morrison.
who was engineer officer of the Wake;
Machinist's Mate J. w. Rumpt and H. l..
Wilder and Chief Gunner's Mate E. b.
Crawford were held yesterday afternoon
when the naval tug Ontario went along
side the Solace to receive the four bodies.
The Ontario went alongside the flag
ship Dixie Of the Atlantic torpedo flo
tiiia, where Capt. Edward w Eberle. flo
tilla commander, with Lieut. Thomas r.
kurtz, his aid; Commander John X. Rob
ison and other officers Of the Dixie. and
the crew. were drawn up on the star
board side facing and looking down on
the funeral ship.
On the deck Of the Ontario were the
caskets containing the four bodies, and
over these stood Chaplains Joseph F.
McGinty and H. T. NJ. BARGE, who con-
Quoted the funeral services.
Attending the services were Rear Ad-
miral Hugo Osterhaus, the commander
in-chfef of the Atlantic feet, with his
chief Of staff, Capt. Frank H. Hill, Lieut..
Commanders Walter r. Sexton, Henry E.
Yarneil and George l.. Smith, with Lieut..
Walter s. Anderson of the staff Of the
commander-in-chief.a and officers from the
deStrOyers, including Lieut.. Charles r.
Train, commanding. and Lieut.. Louis F.
Thibault of the Wake.
Three volleys were fired over the cas-
kets at the conclusion Of the services,
after taps had been sounded by the
bugler of the Dixie The Ontario then
passed toward Long Wharf, where the
bodies were carried ashore by guard
OF nOnOr ana sent 10 MONIES OF relatives.
Lieut.. Robt. l.. Montgomery of the de-
stroyer Tanning, who was acting as UNI
pire on board the Wake at the time of
the explosion, returned to the Solace to-
day from the destroyer Roe for further
treatment.
The letter Of commentator to Lieut..
Morrison for bravery in recently saving
fireman from drowning will go to his
young widow from the Navy Department.
Morrison's Body at Annapolis.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 3.-The
body of Lieut. Donald p. Morrison ar
rived in Annapolis today. and was con-
veyed to the home Of Lieut.. Morrison 8
father-in-law and mother-ih-law, Mr..
and Mrs James NJ. Munroe. Accompany
ing the body from New York were
Lieuts. John H. Towers and Laurence
n. McNair, on duty at the Naval
Academy, who were classmates and close
friends of the late officer
With full military honors due to his
ranf the funeral will take place from
the Naval Academy Chapel at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Rev. E. w. Scott,
chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in
the naval cemetery here.