Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-27 | Page 3 | Deck Officers all Perished with the Ship

Nffl OFFICERS 1 ILL PERISHED WITH THE SHIP Additional Details Concerning Concern-ing Loss of the Florence H. by Explosion Received in New York. 29 OF CIVILIAN CREW MISSING In Addition 17 of the Naval Guard Went Down When Vessel Was Destroyed r Off French Coast. NTSW YORK, April 26. Captain F. J. Buttorficld, and all the deck officers of the American steamship Florence H., now are believed to have lost their lives when that ship was destroyed by au explosion, April 17, while off the French coast. A list of survivors, received re-ceived here today by cable from the American consul at Brest, does not contain con-tain their names. It also is shown that only two of the engine-room officers escaped es-caped uninjured, the others being reported re-ported as badly burned. A checking up of the cabled list with the record of the crew filed with the United States shipping commissioner commis-sioner here when the Florence H. sailed, shows that out of fifty-six men in the civilian crew, twenty-nine are dead or missing, twelve are in hospitals badly burned, two are slightly burned and only thirteen escaped uninjured. There is a possibility, however, officials of-ficials of the United States shipping board here said, that some of the missing miss-ing may yet be accounted for, but as the Florence H. was near a port when the ciplosiou occurred this hope is remote. re-mote. Chief Engineer James B. Watson Wat-son and First Assistant Engineer Strickland are among those who escaped es-caped injury, the second and third assistants as-sistants being badly burned. List of Missing. , Those believed to be lost, with thc addresses of their nearest relatives, given by them when thc3' signed the jiip's articles, are: jf Captain V. J. Buttcrfield, Haverhill, vjP Mass. John Beans, chief mate, Brooklyn, Y- " ' Miis-ell ( ivcrington, second mate, -Ifroiililvn. . V. l. 1,. Cudahy, third mate, 000 East Twenty-fifth street, Portland, Ore. E. Bentley, reserve engineer, Halifax, England. A. W. Handle, reserve officer, Niagara lalls, N. Y. J. A. Washko, reserve officer, Cleveland, Cleve-land, O. Joseph Lamcraux, reserve engineer, Chicago, 111. L. B. Gil dart, seaman, Everett, Mass. S. Panshi, carpenter, Russia. ('. A. Goodwin, water tender, Melrose, Mel-rose, Mass. N. Tanxia, E. Moni, S. Kato, E. Yos-nisawa, Yos-nisawa, mcssnien, homes in Japan. T. Motsusno, third cook; N. Vama-guhai, Vama-guhai, second cook; S. Urnetsu, chief cook; T. Miyaka, steward; H. Yamu-fato, Yamu-fato, messman, Japan. Jose Rosenthal, coal passer; A. Sylvia, coalpasser; A. Ainpos, fireman; C. F. Santos, fireman; J. 8. Roudom. , fireman; fire-man; (j. Scardoui, fireman, no addresses given. N. Buxonolos, fireman; brother in Houston. Texas. S. H. Doucvis, fireman; home, Greece. A. Vovoa, fireman, Peru. Names of Injured. The list of injured follows: John Blacklcy, second assistant engineer, engi-neer, Glasgow; bad burn. Patrick U. Ford, third assistant engineer, engi-neer, Mariner's Harbor, Statcn Island, '. Y.; badly burned. Martin S. Collins, reserve engineer. Benton Harbor, Mich.; badly burned. P.. S. West, seaman, Gustas Place, Miss. ; badly burned. Tt. Alia., sdaiiion, home, Finland; slightly burned. J. A. Keating, oiler, Maiden, Mass.; badly burned. Vlf. W. Iuvcx, seaman, Holland; badly burned. Charles Simpson, oiler, England; bad-lv bad-lv burned. If. Nederlof. A. Rademaker. r. W. V. Pomeron, coalpassers, all Hollanders; badly burned. M. Alvarez. coalpasser, Havana, t uba; badly burned. P. B. Van Uvke, coalpasser, Holland: slightly burned. In addition, the cable advice gave the name of Plavin, a seaman, which does not appear on the crew list here. He was anions; those badly burned. In addition toithe civilian crew, there were ou board (twenty-three men of a naval guard, six of whom have been reported as survivors through the navy department at Washington. Thc Florence H. sailed from Phila dclphia, March 30, with cargo, part of which was explosives. A recent cable advice from Paris said that, the explosion explo-sion was believed to have been caused by a homb planted on the ship before sho sailed. Captain Butt'erfiebl, master of the vessel, ves-sel, only recently joined thc shipping hoard service, for a number of years he was in command of a collier of the. United States navy, lie was unmarried unmar-ried and made his home with his mother at Haverhill, Mass.