Show 5 A TERRIBLE DEATH THIRTEEN SAILORS KILLED Caused by the Bursting of Shells at the Mare Navy Yard The Mare navy yard near San Francisco was the scene of a terrible tragedy on the tho A A. working party of fifteen men from the tto United States ship Boston was dow down n to pre pre- r pare ammunition and fill shells for the ship All were at work In the filling room of the V magazine under charge of Gunner It Is supposed one of the party dropped a ashell shell and that the concussion caused the ex- ex This was rapidly followed by thor the explosion of shelly one at a time and the party was nearly all killed The fire bells were rung and all the navy yard rushed to the assistance of their comrades The first at the scene was Dr Lewis of the naval hospital Notwithstanding Notwithstanding standing now and then the explosion of oLa a ashell shell he braved the danger and went Into the midst to save life If possible But Bat the explosion sion had finished Its work and he found but bitt butone one soul possessed of life and this body filled with pieces of wood and bruised and bleeding was snatched from the flames and hurried to the hospital of shell house No 1 havIng haying hay hav- found on the roof of Ing been blown through the root roof of shell shell- 2 which was af afterwards destroyed by fire The energies of all were devoted to getting the remains together r and quenching the fire Almost the entire crew of the Boston to which ship the dead and wounded belonged worked hard bard In the ruins under the direction of Lieutenants Blase Robinson and Hughes Hughes' Among the dead Identified are the unfortunate nate gunner Seamen Johnson Hoes Hoos and Had the magazine containing tons of explosives ex- ex plosives exploded Vallejo would have been shattered It Is a miracle being as close as asit it was that this did not occur A visit to the naval hospital found Dr Lewis at work on three men whose lives are despaired of One Is a German and his cries of pain are fright fright- ful Dr Lewis had just taken a piece of wood six Inches long by one Inch thick out of his right side aide Besides this the bones of his right leg are shattered and with the cuticle burned off the body Is In a horrible state Thirteen men are are dead and two others ethers will die |