| Show t GEORGIA DISASTER UNEXPLAINED YET Navy Department Says it is Ex Extremely H Improbable That it Re Row Resulted suited from Carelessness ALL AUL A t PRECAUTIONS TAKEN hlll to l lI tl 11 le c to 10 a lh of tb h r of It tl LIu II u Cr n Washington July It U Is L said aM at atthe the navy JIMy ziar that tut It Is II q ex trem ly Improbable le that the accident aboard nJ ORId the battleship ba ht l Georgia resulted ro from or lack ot or o pre precaution re caution on the pert part lIt f t the tle personnel of ship hIp A 1 short Qt time ago a thor thorough ough inspection was W mad malle of at every eel d of or tho Georgias la 8 ordnance nanct by b Commander one of at the tho most snoRt tc i expert exert of r Urn the ordnance officers of at the tho navy This ThI Inspection included ever everone every one e of or the tho ho guns gim the tho details of the tho thiet tur turret ret r et t mechanism the workings wor of or the th ammunition which In the case CUM 1 ot oe If Iho he superimposed turrets of ot tho the oro nrc rather ther more moro complicated than In 11 the Ih ordinary type arid and 1111 finally d and most mont Important Im the tho handling of ot the thc guns anti and mechanism anti and ammunition lion tion b by the sailors It was Willi found that the ships company was Willi v cry ery ry nt at nit nil points ant and It IL was claimed that tUu they were wro following do ely lr the Iho firing tiring In n every essential detail AS TO EXPLOSION In the tho absence benco of at any other plausible ble explanation the tho hero horo ar aI aId disposed d to give ehe consideration to Iho th Ih advanced by b reno somo of or the tho corgia When they the 3 nt lit t Boston Has lan that the powder of or tho the gun Iun was nR fired tired cl by b n a clot cIo of ot oCt which came floating O down from tho hipo rI settled by chance chanca into the tho OP open on an top toll or of tho the tUrrets turret I directly on tho tile 60 50 51 gound bag bug of smokeless powder In tn tha thia arms erma 11 Im II of ot o tho loader tit lit tho breech of ot the tho theT T gun It fl is 18 pointed out that tho the bag bRI enclosing the powder Is made macic of thin which Is 18 s In It Is hI i necessary that It should be soft In order to bo be entirely consumed In it tho the bore hOrt of or t the tho gun un arter after tho the charge charu is ts exploded d otherwise bits of burning cloth might accidentally the next ext of or powder Introduced be he before tore tare the Uio breach brench of or the gun could couI can I bo ho closed Such have occurred In tho the pest past so 10 e the bags b l are aro purposely made 0 thin and ai In case cuse of ot am ammunition used In battle the tho bagging is Js frequently made of ot silk with a IL 1 IQ to securing still greater strength str and perfect p combustion ton of ot tho the envelops envelope litter after IL a v firing It In II i proposed to lo carry curry I tho I th he still further find tho the ord ordnance ordnance nance bureau hureal is experimenting with a It method of ef Impregnating the cloth with to 10 make It II I at ulan once waterproof und and highly inflammable In tn answer to an inquiry ns as asta to whether er r it Is hi customary to have tho the scuttle on Ott top tep of It o tho the turret open while target c Is III going on It witH wnM said at t the tha department that this Is almost t u It nu flu ce owing to loth thiv hs high temperature ure In the lie turret while the tho guns are con eon consuming coni i suming great qu of oC o smokeless powder with its 3 heat h nt generating power The Tho opening also affords an easy cosy means of at com coin communication communIcation for Car or orders orden ordenA L A further consideration Is the tho bene fl 0 al effect upon nerves of tho th gun gnu gunners gunners t ners of ot the knowledge that nn an avenue of o escape Is always op opa oNn n to O them In Incase Incase case casa of or an accident In the Iho turret It Zt la is II said aid to 10 be a 0 curious Illustration of the Irony of Df fate that tho the men apparently perished In tho the Georgias turret t through the very means adopted by Jy them to secure their safety safet When hen asked what additional pre precaution i i caution could be bo suggested ns as the ro r ti d of or this last Ilist accident tho y of or the tho deportment department confessed themselves a nt at a n loss nt at present they the stated that there was nothing to do but await awolt the tha findings of thu board or of examination i which had been convened ca lied and with the tho data ulata then In hand hond to endeavor to ta frame some nomo change In tn methods that 1 will wilt eliminate this tills last source of ot dun dan danger Iloni dunger i ger gel j FROM 1 Tm PRESIDENT J t The fhe following from front Prel President i dent dont Roosevelt nt lit Oyster Oy ter Bay Day regard regarding Jug ing the tho occident of the battleship Georgia was received nt at the navy nay de department department this afternoon I I am Inexpressibly shocked cd olid J grieved d Il ait nt the dreadful accident on the ho Georgia und arid the thu death deo th of ot tho gal gallant gallant lant arid and men I wish Lull full par var at lit tho tue curliest possible date p Lot Let me ne know the tho condition 4 of ot tile the wounded men nHon lIt this tu to the captain nf ut the Georgia 11 TO MUNH MENS lOnALE The rho explanation of or the tho of Ut the I navy department In III ordering the tho y Georgia G to re resume um e her target tn r eL practise l Ise S as soon SOOIl us liS UtI victims of or tho accident 4 Iri had hul been removed from tram the thu ship In is found In the Die that there In ts extreme danger of a IL general demoralization ur the crew crow which has unstained sustained such en enS S S accident If tiny a aru to tu brood broodS S 1 over ova It before batar again to toS S handlo handle the tho big hll guns This almost In Inevitable f evitable results Is ts 11 n a 1 loss lOll ot or nerve e such lIuch 11 acrobat acrobats suffer when they 1 have sustained u It full fall the thu only of ar f avoiding which In is to iI 1 renew renow the tho attempt to accomplish it I IN N feat of or which led to tho tue So tio In iii the tho theS S cnn nf of tho the GeOrgIE It Jt was WIlS felt to hit hitS S absolutely necessary to 10 get tho the until mon again Into Inlo the tiie turrets at lit their work n rl handling the tho big hi sunn gnus treat treating S lag ing this thin n nN Cs H just an Ion hId Inci Incident S dent Ilent t as mi might occur In the heat or of ac no action notion tion with II n foe too Tite Tho bodies hod Ie ot of the tho dead will bo be sent III nt S s homo home for tor or burial at ott government ex ox expense X S S pense whore where It Is by b mItt rela relatives tives tte or nr In itt CUNA CUIC tile the U bodies lIolIcH are ar not claimed they ther will be III Interred In tho the naval nt lit Huston I 1 TIll The navigation bureau has hils been 1 III In Informed formed that thu Ihl board of lIt examination I 0 1 i SJ tn to Inquire lute Into the cause of ot the Iho aeI i dent lent Intended to tp begin hell Us Its It examination today Admiral Snow pays ly that the corn coon of or tho tue Georgia O could not explain the tho cause cau e of ot tho the explosion VICTIMS DONT COMPLAIN July Jul 18 The bodies ot or six lib of at tho victims ot of the Iho explosion on board he tho battleship Georgia Monday havn hav be been Jn by relatives cs und and sent bonn from freon the United States Slates naval muni hospital io at ut Chelsia el Led and nd two more b dle will b be cent tomorrow The Tho They Th hOllY body y of ot the th ninth victim nf or the disaster Seaman Edward J Walsh of lr lynn who died diet this afternoon still lies liei upon the cot J at the thu lh naval hospital where his hla hi life lite went vent out or Ot the other 12 bravo brave lads huTs who faced faed loath death In tho the turret of the battleship Georgia who sit now lie tie swathed In bandages on theIr whits cots COlli in the hospital It Is III po possible that two James Jallo V Thomas of at Brooklyn BrooklynN N Y Yo and Jola O 0 I elje of or Cincinnati ti II may not survive the th night Five others oth rs are 1110 In n tt erious condition with strong hopes that three of ot theta them may I recover cover while the rest relit or ot the tho In otrO well wull on jn the Ili way Wit to full rull to me toco co covery very No word of o I of or criticism or of at raIn pain aln comes contes from any of tho the suffer suCCor sufferers ers er but frequently from Om tho the burned boomed 1 und and swollen lips 1118 Is t whispered a it ques question then tion as an to how haw tho the other fellows are getting along ulong At tho the head nf of each COt coo COtIn In in the naval hospital stands a n bouquet of or flowers law sent today by Admiral Ya Yn of the tho th Japanese navy through lois ills aide able n iiI 1 Commander wreaths wr bearing the colors ot of Japan and tho the card of tho tim Japanese Ja nose admiral toro lero alto placed vinced on the tho cof caf tins of or and Mf onion when wilen their bodies Were Mere 1111 sent homo boone today and om bouquets similarly Inscribed Accompanied the tho body Jody of ot each seaman Edmund Udmund J 1 Walsh seaman died at atthe atthe the tho naval hospital at Chelsea this tift 01 caumon noon This Is the tho ninth fatality re resulting resulting suIting from Croon the tho accident on board the tho I Battleship Georgia In Capo Cape Cod COil yes yesterday OR Twelve Injured remain In the tho hospital of whom wham Midshipman James JamesF F Cruse huse ot or Lebanon and Seaman James JamesP I 1 P ot of Brooklyn are not expect expected cd ed to recover W his mother to today tiny day stretched out ono one hand band toward hor litti but could not speak Admiral Goodrich returned to Now New NewYork York today Ho and Mrs were with their son sOil an nn hour he lie died but bUI the tha young mon man was al unconscious nu |
