Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-31

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WAelilNoToN, 3. c., AUG. 31.-- Th<
navy department has instructed The
special naval koird examining the r
20 exhaust 80 posSib.e clues "a deter.
mine the canee of disaster. Ma Of
1.cisis de- not fear whsteycr fcrtIa,
tions nsv Be made.
The SEA gave up the dead Of the
submarine ~ today.
Hoping againft hope that their ssd
srr4ed might be crowned With success,
navy officers and enlisted men entered
the tc1ised and torn hull on the inter
island dfydoek this morning and ke-
0on their search fer what night re-
main mortal of the - who went. down
% ceath last March =.
Their srsrch q telno rewarded. AZ
noon The rcmr;ns of one crew-mtmter,
cttffc r. hehcroft, n1nner's mate,
fIr1t class. wi,o was from Lcb An.
reIts were identIhed beyond rbsso1-
ot'6 1@.tI y :. s 4. :
OTTER evidence of besies are being
found tut not f1f7titntlf 90 ksteblish
I1s1tIf tftico. h16 vi there IL hope
that BEFORE the latk il ilnIshed, more
q tbs brave men q the F-4 win be
Identified.
Following the Investigations that
were made THE nornina N the reeoy-l
cry Of Ashcroft,s body from the ~, 1
meeting Of the naval board Of inquiry
10 now N progress ~ the local naval
station.
Members Of the board are Rear.
Admiral c. !. soush. Lieut.-eomdr. ).
a. Furer, Lieut.. X. 3. crlttendeu, and
Lieut.. Harry h. eoousch, recorder. /
This 10 the first formal meeting held
BY the board since the boat was
their meeting this afternoon will be
cabled at orct 70 the navy department
~ Washington.
All that made possible the identifi-
cation Of the skull OF Gunner's Mate
Ashcroft was q gold plate and bridge
work found in 9 little pile Of sand
few inches from a portion OF Ashcroft's
skull hardly larger than an orange.
Ills was the only body identified up
to ibis Afternoon.
Dental records OF all the submarines
crew made It matter of only few
minutes to identify the plate and fit
it to the jawbone. DR. H. c. Curl, chief
surgeon OF the y. s. cruiser Mary
land. by comparing the gold plate with |
the description OF It In the dental rec
ord. proved without question that It |
came from Ashcroft's skull
The piece of skull and upper jaw
hone lying close to the gold dental
plate were hardly larger than an |
orange or q small saucer No skele-
ton was near the plate. only pieces OF
bones, with here and there fragments /
OF flesh. The skull identified by
means Of the dental work as Ash
croft's was not intact. but consisted
only of the upper forward portion.
The rest was missing.
This important and single piece OF
was made shortly before
II o'clock today. The plate and por-
tion of skull were found half-buried
n a little pile of sand on the floor at
ne forward end of the submarine's1
middle compartment, where the great
eash was torn in the F-4's side when
me cables cut through as an attempt
was being made last May to tow her
10 shore.
The mornings work brought no
Dther reward, so far as identifying
the little left OF the bodies, than the
ending OF Ashcroft's skull. There were
no shreds OF uniform near the remains
according to Lieut.. X. b. Crittenaeh,
commander OF the submarine fiotliia.
I'VE found nothing else this morn
ing to enable us to identity any
others of the crew" he said. There
were just few bones here and there
no articulated skeletons
shortly before noon, the bulkheads
leading to the engine room were open.
ed. but such a rush Of tainted air met
the officers and workmen that the
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