Show TELLS Of ff f Pf PERSONAL L BRAVERY A t Captain Cowles of the Missouri Makes deport on the Disaster Ou the Battleship OFFICERS AN AND D M MEN EN WERE HEROES They Thc e all nil Danger 1 an cr in III Work Of Saving the Ship and Rescuing The Imperiled I Washington April W S fI Cowles commander of or the th ha Missouri In la hl bill report on the Ih disaster ter which occurred o on hl his hIli ship made pub lie Ile at It navy department today tells of oC the deeds of ot personal bravery and of ot the acts of oC heroism which characterized the conduct of oe officers and men mell and of or total disregard of ot danger In Inthe Inthe the th work wod of oC saving the ship shill antI and Ing big the Imperiled Cowles Cu says At 11 u II m as 11 April 13 off orr Ten Pen I Bacola Fla rya while ut at u t record practise on range No 3 and niter after the fifth shot hot loin the left gun un after turret had hall Hied Bred I heard un art explosion looked aft and nn taw sat a great flame bursting hurtling from the th after turret Sounding Ore and col collision quarters quarter 1 I directed Corn Com Commander mander K r K lc 1 Hill to take lake her into shoal water Wlter lie He afterward anchored her in live lIe and fathoms The other othel shuts ships on the th range lange follow Callow followed ed ell us anti and offered etI every assistance and were ready fady to 0 save ne live th us WI they the trob probably ably abl expected us to blow up I believed behoved the ship to be In Imminent danger dunger and went quickly to the Ihl Ore lire found COURt the tur tar turret turret ret Impossible to enter ent n streams of oC wa water water water ter were already ady directed on It All entrances were barred with the dead and dying d Two Tao foon on top of or turret one ono calling cailin for tor help and every cery one try tryIng tryIng trying Ing to reach r ach him Passing around the turret saw rather who offered to send a n 1 wireless lIs telegram for tor me to the sal rill and I 1 went vent below reached the berth and splinter deck anti found 11 lt Commander J M 31 Orchard dl di directing rooting streams of oC water below Into the upper and thence overflowing Into the lower louver handling room In addition to those directed below from Crom the turret by W iV R 1 White Met let Iet Gunner Cox who said Mid Magazines all nil flooded fire Ore not Slat under control Then C 0 Davis Dals coming up lip the ladder sail valdi There Thero is a II man nt at tho the foot Coot of oC this ladder who Is 18 alive and helpless I went down and ant felt about found round J T TJ TJ TJ J Donnelly ordinary brought him up 1111 being assisted by b Chief Machinist 0 O Crofter a man on Oil the sick Kick list who had thrown n crutch Mr Jr Davis 1 mentions this nun num especially I J returned and pulled out three more whom I could not recognize and finally ordered up Midshipman AG A AO O G Caffe Carte who heroically persisted per In hr remaining In the Ihl lower handling room up to 10 his hili neck In water and much over overcome overcame come came by the th fumes rumell lie He had to be led lell out Afterward ha hi resumed his place pince on deck and assisted the navigator In a 11 very ery poor condition Chief Chlo Machinist Crofter came under my nay III Immediate observation William I 1 P Scott was the first firstIn In ten the turret followed by hy It H Lars Karl Meat Marshall and Paymaster Dyer remaining on Oil to help get out wounded who came froth from the turret rank and Castleman gave us 1111 water venter tram from below at tut once Chief hief 1 sleet neer W was H at Rt tho the engines and In the Ih flip fir room All 11 the mid mhd were bu hu y Jo rolle waH ueN II affected by h tho the fumes rumes Commander Orchard mind Davis especially I Mr Pox Cox OX WM up and nM down don every I where there looking out oust for possible lO thames Homos I where smoke still lr after the tho lire fire was under control as ns the th lire Ire to n be he under at such Hitch n point must Insist be lit nut Father wn was wnM everywhere ro insisting everyone one Hammer spotter mind volunteer hard at nt n work Dr Ur Uric Urlo and his hlA corps all 1111 looking after arh I the tho wounded and dying ut Urle fell down dawn the tho hold hoM and 1 hurt himself and no one on was wiser wilier until the tho tiro wan uns over orr Midshipmen std mid Ridges were 1111 nil all busy nt ut their posts lII a and men tens wai reel 1001 mid and collected and everyone eeron I helped Intelligently I It Jl Is 18 f houi by h the thc report that Master at RI Arms Arnis dl d while going to n the tho rescue III nf ot I I that thud Ship Fitter itter Burgess and ami Leary Ilar were In Jure while doing doln rescue work |