| Show gags ON BIC HAITI S eight men are killed and thirteen injured in accident on the georgia not one of those n the turret Es some of the injured leap ing overboard to end the r sufferings by drown ig boston IN ith seven of her officer and crew and fourteen others either dking or suffering from terrible burns received in an explosion of pow der in the after superimposed tur turret ret the battleship georgia steamed slow ly up boston doston harbor horn the target practice grounds in cape cod bay late monda mondal and landed the dead and in aured men at the charlestown Charles town navy lard ard with the arrival of the georgia there became known the details of the most terrible naval ace dent that has ever taken place along the coast coat of new england the accident 0 oc burred shortly before noon monday mondal while the georgia georgias s crew were at tar get practice off barnstable in cape cod bay in some manner as yet un explained two bags of powder became ignited and in the terrible flash that fol followed lomed the entire turret crew con ng of three off officers leers and eighteen men were engulfed in fire and re calved honable burns one officer and five men dang before the ship reached port the explosion occurred in the after superimposed ased turret where the men under the command of lieutenant casper goodrich son of rear admiral Goo goodrich frich commandant of the new yolk york navy yard and midshipmen faulkner goldthwaite and john T cruse were operating the eight elgh inch tinch guns two cases of powder having be come ignited from a spark the men had no chance to escape blinded by the smoke and flames choked by the acid penetrating gas bous fumes and alid maddened ith pain the men screamed in agony some staggered blindly up the ladder to the hatchway in the top of the turret while others crept along the turret floor begging piteously for assistance lieutenant goodrich and seaman ma leek leck became crazed staggered up the iron ladder to the top of the turret and then threw themselves headlong into the sea in a despairing effort to choose a death by drowning in prefer ence to death ba b slow fire |
