Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-04-16 | Page 1 | Seventh Victim Dies

I SEVENTH VICTIM DES DIES DIS I Graeme Succumbs to Ij Injuries Received in Explosion Washington April Apri 15 The The following follow follow- 1 big ing InS dispatch regarding the accident on the battleship Kearsarge ge was given I out this evening at the navy department depart depart- I ment meat Rear neal Admiral Brownson telegraphs telegraphs tele tele- graphs t today from that Lieutenant Graeme died Saturday William King ordinary seaman and ond i I I I I Frederick C. C Fisher chief gunners gunner's mate are ale in a serious condition All 1 others other doing well wel Lieutenant Joseph W. W Graeme's wife wie and father live at Pa The bod body will wi be sent ent to that place Ce for Interment The death list I of ot the Kearsarge now aggregates I seven ion il Ilu k's ks g There There- is much speculation here In naval circles as aM to how the accident I occurred General astonishment I Is expressed that the battleship was not notI I 1 damaged and more men li killed I ed There In the turret I were twenty five men nien when the tue powder r exploded and no explanation ex- ex e- e eI I can be found as W to how I j thoy they escaped with wih their lives It I Is I not Hot understood how three sections of or 1 the powder became ignited without I I setting Ore fire Ie to lo the entire entre charge charSe Each I II i I charge is hI divided into four sections I weighing between eighty eight anti and tut- tut ninety I pounds Three of these exploded but I not the fourth