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Show Terrible Explosion of Case j of . Powder in Gunner's Hands on Battleship Georgia. NOT ONE OF THOSE IN H THE TURRET ESCAPED . H Some of the Injured Leap. Overboard to End Their Suf-fcring Suf-fcring by Drowning. BOSTON. July In. By tho explosion iH of a case of powder in thc hands-"oC' a- jH gunner in the after superimposed turret of thc battleship Georgia, in Mnssachu- . jH sells bay, six men were killed and fit'. tccu injured. Not one of thc persons iu tho turret escaped injury. Thc Dead. WILLIAM J. TIIATCFIER, chief tur-ret tur-ret captain. Wilmington. Del. FAULKNER GOLDTH WAITJ2, mid-shipman, mid-shipman, Kentucky. W. J. BL'liKE, ordinary seaman. Quincv, Mass. 'H G. 0. HAMILTON, ordinary seaman. South Franiingham, Mass. W. M. THOMAS, ordinary seaman Newport. R. T. i i GEORGE E. MILLER, ordinary sea-", man, Brooklyn, N. Y.' Injured. LTBUT. CASPAR GOODRICH, New' York. MIDSHIPMAN JOHN T. CRUSE. Nebraska. IH FRANK SCHLAPP, North Adams, Mass.. boatswain's mate, second class." CHARLES I1ASSEEL, New York, gunner's mate, first class. ORLEY TAGLAND, Kichford. Minn.; jM chief vcoman. fl WILLIAM 3. PAIR, ordinary seaman. Brooklyn. N. Y. JlJH J. G.. THOMAS, ordinary seaman. lH Brooklvn. N. Y. S. L" ROSENBERG E R, ordinary sea- . man. Philadelphia. Pa. lu-l JSDWABD .L WALSH, ordinary sea- VlH man, Lynn, Mass. I'l JOHN O. MALICK, ordinary seaman,'. 'H Cleveland, O. JOHN A. BUSH, ordinary scamau.. IH New York. ilH L. O'. MEEZ, ordinary seaman, Bcrca, . iH s-rK L. GltiBBIllV f6Tahifi'f :iihli' Southwick. Mass. JOHN A. FONE. ordinary seaman, Trenton. N. J. -'H CHARLES L. F1CII, ordinary seaman, JM Frankfort, I ml.- -VB Three More May Dio. )H Three of tho injured, Lieut. Good- IH rich -and Seamen Pair arid Walsh, were fM in a very critical condition whiin- f.l brought into the hospital, aud it was Vl aunouiiccd that their injuries were prob- H ablv fatal. Lieut. Doodrich has un- dou'btedly lost the sight of both eyes. ' lH and is tcrriblv burned. Lieut. Goodrich ijH and Seaman Maltick jumped overboard immediately after the explosion, with. thc anparo'ut motive of ending their terrible, suffering from the burns. Both jl of the desperate men wero rescued by jH uninjured comrades. The accident happened while the bat- 'jH tleship was several miles off Province- 'H town, and thc men were engaged in i target practice, together with other vessels of the battleship squadron or thc Atlantic fleet. Tho powder had just been taken from the ammunition 'hoist to load an cighl-inch gun. t w:U iH seen to be burning, and in an m- lH slant it exploded in tho very face ol !JH thc loader of tho qun. No damage was .jH done to the vessel, as the powder was not confined, and early this cvoinng. under orders from Washington, .the jH Georgia sailed back for- the target lH grounds of Provincctowu. Causo of Esuiosiou Unknown. How thc powder became ignited h " yiH not vet known, but tho theory held at ( the uavv vard is that it was sot oftf ,lr a spark" from thc smokestack from 'the warship. Immediately after tho acci-dent acci-dent thfl oGorgia headed ' lor thc :H Charleston navv yard. There thc dead and injured were taken ashore, the wounded men beinfi conveyed to thc v jH naval hospital at Chelsea. . JJH Thc Georgia is oue of the battle- ships from "the second division ot the jH second Atlantic fleet, which has been . at target practice oft Proviuootown Tor. IH the last three weeks. The Georgia is one of the newest battloships of thc navy, haviyg bcea y. commission only about ten ufonjms. & is commanded by Henry McRea. , ... . |