The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-13
RED DCROSS IS
PLANNING AID
FOR REFUGEES
50 Buildings Destroyed. 400
Others Damaged BY Lake
Denmark Explosion .
20 BODIES RECOVERED
$50 Families Made Homeless
Looting Reported-Marines
Die Like Heroes
MARINES RISK DEATH
tn UEC(vfE nnfnNnnlEs

TO RESCUE BUDDlES
Dover, n. j., July l5-(APa-
Nine marines today stasQkered
into Red Cross quarters after
48.hour stretch of duty In the
section about Lake Dcnmark's
arsenal. They had rixked death
during rain Of shells In order
to penetrate ruims In search Of
their missing 'buddics."
''Our buddics. We'd done post
duty with them hcre-target duty
nm the Pacific. and We cOuldmN
leave them in there all alone" ONE
said.
II had three buddics In there.
Id like 10 have secn any ono keep
me out" another remarked. 1--WE
happened IL be away from them
when they were caught In the ex-
plOsiOn. We were ordered hack.
hut We sneskcd away from the
Officcrs-tOld them We were GO,
ing IT, get drink. and craw1cd
through the woods over the hill
and then down into the burning
section around the arsenal. Shells
were popping all around. When
We dragged the bodies out We
couldn't recognize any Of them.
II was terrible"
Dover, NJ j., July 13--tR)-Cessa-
tion of bombardmcnt by shells today
warranted uri,,rnnded rec-w"~v &c
the dead and help to the living or
New Jerseys pcacetime battlefield.
Several hundred soldiers and ma
rincs were on d.ty about the Lake
Denmark naval depot in search for
additional victims Of exploding am
.nunition which. after flash OF
lightning Saturday afternoon, reduced
the depot and miles Of surrounding
country 10 ruin.
From a no mans land due to an net
Of nature there had been brought to-
day parts of 90 bodies. Ia Of which
were identified through records sent
from Washington by airplane. Shift
ing winds which took expiring flames
toward unexploded magazines caused
stoppagc Of explorations yesterday
afternoon by order of Secretary Of
the Navy Wilbur, who visited the
devastated area.
Danger Past
Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum.
in charge Of patrols and rescue work
was Of the opinion today. however,
that danger from further explosions
was past.
Bodies were taken to the naval
hospital in Brooklyn and put beside
those Of other men Of the pavy who
perishcd on duty in peace time-the
victims Of the submarine S-5l. With
few exceptions finger prints and
other minute records were necessary
in the work of Identification.
Two boards will be named by Sec
rotary Wilbur to investigate the ex-
plOsion, which. aside from the loss
Of life, destroyed 80 buildings and
seriously damaged 400 others and
made $50 families homeless.
The Identified Dead
A revised list of victims Of the cx.
plosion Of the Lake Denmark, N. j.,
naval arsenal this afternoon showed
IA identified and six unidentified
dead taken from the devastated area.
The identified dead are:
Henry d. Mackert, Richmond Hill.
N. Y.
orlando N. Alison, Pennington.
Mimi.
Virgil G. Barker, Mount Sterling.
Ky.
Ralph v. Graham, Fort Worth,
Texas.
Maurice X. Hardaker, Gallaway,
Fla
John Wilson Monroe, Richmond, Va.
Ernest Powell, Hamilton, Ohio
all marine corps privatcs.
Mason d. Edison, Evansville, Ind.
marine corps trumpctcr.
Lieutenant George w. Bott and
Liuetenant Herman Conrad Schrader.
u. S. N.
Harry Christian Brown, pharma-
| cist's mate. U. s. NJ. and Mrs. Frances
Feeney, Brooklyn.
Joseph Gately, chief gunner, Il. S.
! NJ. was reported dead by relatives
| who said they had seen him blown to
| pieces while they were visiting him.
His body may be among those ut the
naval hospital at Brooklyn.
The bocy ct Mrs. John Wadhams Of
Lake Denmark was found today in the
wreckage Of her home by her hus-
band. who is chief civilian clerk at
the depot.
! Reports from vavious hospitals
showed 70 injured had been treated.
u these more than 30 are still AN
dcrgOing treatment.
| Like the heroes Of the S-51. their
companions now in death. the marines
died in course of duty. They perish
ed advancing toward the enemy.
!, Secretary Wilbur. after his tour,
said the position of bodies indicated
that the marines died while going
toward the dangery
| We think they were members OF
the squad that was running to the
fire when the explosion snuffed out
their lives" he said.