Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-09
EIGHT DEAD TAKEN
FROM S5l;; OFFICER
FOUND At Levers
Bodies Of Lieut.. z. 0. Foster
and Four Of Crew First
to Be identified.
FOUR MORE ARE KNOWN
TO BE In STEEL TOMB
Torpedo Room Not Yet Entered.
Some May Have Been Washed
Away Since Submarine Sank.
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~ IN. Associates, Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July s.-The body Of
Lieut.. Frederick ID. Foster, the flrst
OF the Ssh dead to be Identified to1
day, was found wedged In the control
room Of the submarine, with one arm
stretched out toward the control lever.
This announcement was made by
Lieut.. Comdr. Young, aide to Rear
!. navy yard.
It was announced at 2:45 o'clock
that eight bodies had been recovered,
that four more were known to be IN
the wreckage and that the torpedo
room had not yet been entered.
The bodies identified were:
George Henry Martins cook. and
Frank Lester Minis, third-class fire.
man. whose addresses were not made
John Joseph Mccarthy. nrst-class
seaman, OF New York City.
Charles Carrell Thomas, first-ciass
j fireman. of Ell Paso, Tex.
First Body Removed.
The first body was removed shortly
after noon ard was taken in an url-
dertaker's wagon to the navy hos
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Naval authorities said the bodies
were in better condition than was ak
pected.
The first man who appeared before
the board Of inquiry was John w.
Horton, civilian pilot, who was steer
ing the tow when the Ssh grounded
in the East River Wednesday.
His testimony was to the effect that
had river trafic been stopped, as he
had been informed it would be. the
mishap would not have occurred.
The task. was expected to be COM
pleted before nightfalI.
How many bodies Of the rs men
unaccounted, for since the submarine
was sunk last September OF ~Block
Island remained In the great steel
cofiin during the nine months II lay
under the sea had not been definiteIy
determined as the n1'Rof removal
what other secrets Of the tragedy
might be revealed dlaring the day
Navy OfLleers would not ven hazard .
guess. q IL
Water Is Pumped Out
All the water was pumped from
the dry dock in which the mangled
undersea boat lies this morning.
Newspaper men wetched as the sink.
colored and ss9aweed naantled hulk
with the great cash near its coming
tower, where the steel prov of the
gteamersCify Of Rome rent It open
When the collision occurred SO on
Gers. and men were aboard Three
were saved and eight bodies were hat
er recovered. Some OF the remaining
25 have been seen In the control room
by divers VINO inspected the ship on
the ocean bed preparatory to raising
1t, but It Is believed others may have
been washed out and lost forever.
Board Of Inquiry Opens.
AZ soon as the craft was ready to
be opened today newBpapermen and
ell others not directly needed for the
task in hand were excluded from the
navy yard. 1t was said that reporters
would be allowed hack tomorrow
morning and later the yard would be
thrown open to the public for inspec-
ton of the hulk whose secrets will by
then have been learned.
Coincident with beginning of re-
nnoyal Of bodies tho naval board OF in.
quiry reopened in the Administration
Building. 1t was said that as each of.
ficer working on the submarine made
any discovery which might explain
the cause Of the accident or serve to
avert q recurrence he would report
TO the board and give what testimony
he could.
Az the bodies were removed they
were to be taken to the navy hos
pltal for Identification. Secretary OF
the Navy Wilbur was expected at the
navy yard during the day
Referring to divers observations
during the salyaging, Lieut.. Comdr,
Ellsberg says
"The position Of the men, many of
whom were found with their hands on
valves, indicates that to the very last
moment they stuck to their posts
They were trying. apparently to avoid
collision. THE submarine sank last
September after being ramfned by the
steamship City of Rome) The peri
scope was turned aft, which suggests
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