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Show Will BID ; JDllll! njSSii'F IE Naval Officers Investigate i Death of Three on New Mexico Sunday Night.! Only Two of Forty Men ! Injured Unable to Resume' I Duties After Explosion. 1 Sa.N" VV, aNY'IS-.o. s; t S.-A ra-.al ! hoird of Jn.iuir;- met nhuard tlie drvad-iK.'iKiit drvad-iK.'iKiit N'exx Me-.l-'u. flAKsr. :p of Adudru! ; H.iK'i Hodman. . otumander In chief of ti e j 1 Ihuific feet, hi Sa Kranclico b.ty t.i'.-i ' afternoon to Inquire Into th.o l. .tth of ; three enlisted men and the injury or forty ui rt In a fiio ....! : .a-.id for t'. r-e ' ours a hoard t'le hatt hip lust n'o'-'L-'T 'e f.re ita-ted .. t.-C rlieotat ruOlU. 'I ? .P-a.l arc: j V ILL I AM MORTON SAVAGE, eu.i.e-'i:.n, eu.i.e-'i:.n, Hecuud eh.- A. HILARIO a:.d GONZALO DIZON. ines attendant, tnlrd cjSs. j Sax ae s n.-a est n uli'.e -a lis u ut-.pr. , Mrs. Mary Uell of Whitew.-.w :t, Teaa. 1 The inv-a bo. a lived 1:1 the rh.llpp'.iu. j N'ith th.e exception of I.leutenaul Lorn-, n.auder !. I., (.'arroli and l:eu tenant C. I , O. Ha'p'.r.e. all the Injured who .-ufered from k-' -d :noke had recox ered today and x ent a 1 ou t their duties. 1 The New Mevi-o a lo3 wad about phh.'u1, offhers e-tim.itrd T e f .'K-s.: a x.1.1 eail for Victoria. B. C. tonixht. I The u-.ot e-.o.:v i.i:-.-d were In.eU- , tenant v'ot .i.anuf t Curro.i and i. i. lcM:l a n l..rutenan's H.v pine, Norton. ' 1' ; Imvawf . il. Ii. I'.rown and J. G. ' Mills: M-irns !:. . Alb-rt. O. T. Woot- ' . ten. in:.-ro:.K.. and Mider. and G ur.ner L.-'ttenhach. I Ail -Acre x-ict'ns of SJf'o-at:o:i with the' e. eptlon of Sr. a-. xx no xx as uro-. r.ed in the Ice machine room. Cigarette StarU Fire. Th.e ".'h e start - d in th- rr.eo- ..t . -o : nu . ; re - l.a't':.' from a clKar-l. acc'ri:nc to , A r . Ii'.ll. chief g'J".nerh n ate It sprrr.i to the i e machine r". . to li lir.o ar.J L'un were Rett.: 1 .-a-l e we-.t to t- r.r rescue a!; i. a:; K-t- 1 t.n,' t :en' out of t'e room. '. :t i.e.," ; 1:1 a rs. of xxter v th widen t -c cou;art-' nie :t xa b''r- f. ceded. He t'-:-?h-!.H to tno deck, av-.rif he could sa.e h..-t 1 f- fe xxat-r was turned off. a.voni.ns to IV... y. nut there was f,c'i a xast amount of r.a-- r on the way I : At e' en w . it v :-.i turned off t.ie j roo:u '. as f.hej. 1 In. t'e ahs. -e of !' a in-. 'ral a- d Cap- ' tain A. I .. W.l.ard. T ..e . t -r a n t o ,ru:.- 1 sifo'ateu. he xv .is n-'"o"..i 'r-o-i ; -cxn.tino "oom a fx'- .nh ites Liter, ail wan fo lo"1 e i In co:r;:-i; d by t "0 other off. .! i.anivd. a 1 of .' h.om we'e overcome. over-come. said he h.r. 1 r'na-ff of the rii xtri'u-I'v- rf rr.s. h.t in the ex -:te-i;r t so'.' of the :-en s i' -ate! seir.-d TUhlis u-i f?.- c .11 .U--0--'-- or.'-- and unf t to he -1 out t'l-1 s-rf t e an 1 fume;. Tl-e p-i . 'pa d.-.n wa d-T.e T the -h.'o-:at. livra .'.o and i e macr.ine rooms, id h. s;' A p ro : 1 mi ' x- if x tors on b-ard cleare i f m t e vt"--s -1 s id-" in ha.f an h.oj-. and thert v.L3 no confusion. Bid.-' feuid. Rodman Makes Report. j WASHINGTON. S-pt x. - Admiral Rod- ' ran of t e Pa nf.c f. "t o lav te'ejrapr.ed ' the rax y de pa r t n n. t i ,.vt t e ca':5 of x -stc miav' expC-.on a' :-ard tne fa x."-h : rt 1 New Mexico '"a-i not ' 1 e n u e t e rm Ir.fii. I Thre- men w -e k'lVd and tl-.irty-one J ove-come b- gas, h- said. j "Th.e New Mexico had fire In after j Fen r-'hlieht rheo.-ta -com." the admiral's j di - patch said. "Thre casuait'es and J thirty-one o'-ercomc b" smoke and teases. On use an.! or-irln of fir.? not yet deter- rr.ineJ. belnc n- est u.icd. Rheostat room ', ha-', been usd for p'-.otosrapl h: purp-ose?." 1 Th.e cfi'ictc' report wa- eagerly awaited at the navy de'art-rent beccuse of a con- 1 tox ersy . over lnta U;:on of electric drive In war vessels during v hie 1 opponents of the electrical system nsertd t lere would be a constant fire menace due to the fail- I ure of e'eetrira! insulation. Thro;;phout ; th.e department's e)er:ence with the i 'ich-rov er eler:cnl emilpnir-it aboard j the coli'.er Jupiter and t'e battleship New 1 Mexico. hecxA-.e-. tl'cre -as '-"-en no trou-h'e trou-h'e from this so with the exception of a shfrht cae aboard the Juniter some years a-o. As a result of that in d ient speclnl precautions were taken, "-r'-ich ap- nrently have bfen entirely effective to j prp'- eni a recurrence. 1 Admiral Rodman's report indicated that -th.e e'.e-trlca! equipment of the New Mex- i tco xv as not repponsible for the biare. and it fs anticlpatfd h- officials s-Tiie out- 1 t'de cause will prove to fir.e started the fire. |