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Show NINE IN DEAD ADD TWO OTHERS DYING Official Report as to Victims of Explosion on the Georgia Is Gloomy. BOSTON", July 16. Edmund .7. "Walsh,. seaman, died at, the naval hospital hos-pital at Chelsea this afternoon. This is the niuth fatality resulting from the accident on board the battleship Georgia in Cape Cod yesterday. Twelve injured remain in the hospital, of whom Midshipman .Tames P. Cruse of Lebanon, and Seaman James P. Thomas Thom-as of Brooklyn, arc not expected to recover. re-cover. Walsh recognized his mother today, stretched one hand toward her, but he could not speak. Admiral Goodrich returned to N"cw York today. He and Mrs. Goodrich were with their son an hour before he died, but the young man was unconscious. un-conscious. Tho bodies of tho dead will be scut, homo for burial at government expense, ex-pense, where it is requested b' relatives rela-tives or friends; in case the bodies aro not, claimed they will be interred in the naval cemetery at Boston. The navigation bureau has been jn- formed that the board of examination to inquire into the cause of the accident acci-dent intended to begin its examination today. it A dispatch received today from Admiral Ad-miral Snow, commandant of the Boston navy yard, gives the condition of the injured man as follows: Midshipman Cruse, worse: Scnmau Walsh, fatal; Ordinary Seaman Mccse, worso; Seaman Bush, critical; Seaman Pone, critical, but hopeful; Boatswain's Boat-swain's Mate Schlapp, favorable; Chief Yeoman Tagland, critical, but hopeful; Seaman Gilbert, critical; Oruinarj-Seanian Oruinarj-Seanian James P. Thomas, critical; Seaman Rosenbergcr. fairly good; .Ordinary .Or-dinary Seaman Pich, favora.ble; Gunner's Gun-ner's Mate Hanscll, favorable; Ordinary Ordi-nary Seaman Malek. . critical. Admiral Snow says that the com inanding officer of the Georgia could not explain the cause of the explosion. |
