Show AT SAN DIE and hospitals arc crowded with injured from wrecked gunboat five of crew unaccounted for san diego july appalling list of victims of yesterdays I 1 slon aboard the united states ship bennington grew throughout the night j almost every hour adding to the long 1 rows of dead in the overcrowded t morgues fifty one known dead Is the latest sum maryi compiled at 9 this morning this includes 44 bodies at the various morgues and seven bodi les which ara still floating about in the flooded boiler rooms and which cannot yet be reached eight unidentified oodles are at the morgue bodies recovered from the ships hold arc classed as fled total nuro beof known dead 61 besides these there are missing about twenty ot twenty five jsn about allty injured are scattered among the various city private and public hospitals according to the statement compiled at an early hour this morning and about twenty five are still missing 0 abo injured several are expected to die and it is believed the death roll will be swelled to sixty and perhaps will exceed this figure of the missing it is possible that a number will turn up today and it is believed that the bay also will give up several dead every effort aboard the bennington this morning is bent towards reaching the dead bodies beneath the steel bulkheads in the closed and flooded compartments A fire engine from the local fire department will be utilized to pump the water which during the night and morning periods of high tide rose still higher in the engine and boiler rooms out of the confusion that followed the disaster and the work ot rescue come thrilling stories of heroism and self the bravery of the crew was commented on by all who had good opportunity port unity to witness the scene men who were badly injured and scalded worked to aid those who were worse aff than themselves and all the special instances of heroism of the disaster will probably never be fully written the self sacrificing efforts on the part of be physicians and the scores of nurses were also commented on with praise tor all every one who could be made useful at the hospitals was put at work and those who could not were asked to return and relieve those who were accepted fireman E G hopp makes the first statement as cause of the ac he shortly before the explosions one of the boilers was found to be leaking badly and the boller maker was sent for to repair the damage before the latter came the explosion took place saw men all about him jailed outright and he himself was stunned for a moment the dead wil be given a military burial sunday afternoon at the military reservation loma services will be held a 2 on the point and launches will convey across the bay the living officers and men able to attend scenes at the hospitals today were trying to those unused to them at agnew sanitarium thirty men lay swathed in bandages many of them having their features covered with maaks of medicated cotton with only openings tor the mouth and nostrils yearly all suffered severely about the hands and neck not more than three men were in any one room and the arrangements for caring tor them were complete in every detail there were nurses and to spare almost every one of the poor fellows had a trained nurse attending at his bedside who anticipated every movement and did everything possible to assuage pain many physicians volunteers from capable practitioner were dressing the terrible injuries and in other ways showing their efforts tor the brave boyatt the bennington dr M H foster himself almost an invalid on leave from his post at the marine hospital on Puget sound came bravely 0 o tho front yesterday and took entire charge of the injured when seen this morning at agnew he was lying upon a couch and smilingly confessed that he was all in although s buffering ering from a long period of nervous prostration dr fosters have been valuable there were at noon today 34 patients in agnew ten at st josephs nine at army barracks and one at a private residence making 54 in all under treatment of these it Is probable or twelve will die of their injuries within the next day or io conspicuous among those at agnews today was the f venerable spanish priest father A D ubach aho vho has spent all the years of his long life ministering to the spiritual wants of st josephs parish the man who performed the ceremony at the marriage ot helen hunt jacksons famous heroina he rolna ramona the priest went from cot to cot speaking words of comfort and cheer to the uttering sailors dr gochnauer in of agnew sanitarium is one othe heroes of the disaster he it was who looked after every detail of caring or the injured during the hours immediately following the explosion in twenty minutes after the news of the catastrophe reached this city he had arranged tor fifty additional dit ional beds in the institution secured several hundred yards of bandages medicines ett and summoned all the nurses to be prepared seventy three men were taken to agnew sanitarium of these 22 died and ac were removed to other dr gochnauer said today we have had a trying time but have handled all tafe poor fellows out confusion and delaat the regular staff ot the hospital and all the physicians ot san dlugo in general have performed wonder n tho amount ot work they have handled yesterday last night and today 1 I want to acay that I 1 never saw a braver more patient ana uncomplaining lot ot men than these poor fellows of the Benn logton hardly a roan escaped them while their herrl le injuries were being dressed men chose muscles were denuded of cuticle mch the skin of their hands stripped rom their wrists like a glove and anding in shreds from their finger held out their arms to the decors without a murmur I 1 have never victore seen suffering borne with such lament uncomplaining bravery little or no progress in the work of escue was made aboard the bennung on this forenoon the water has als n still higher in the hold and it was to reach the bodies known 0 be hidden in the decks it is bellev d at least fifteen bodies will be found n the hold A powerful pump will be ased to empty the hold of water and ive the workers an opportunity to each the dead commander young it noon today requested chief of po ice thomas to arrest all members of he crew who may ba ashore without a pass in this way commander young hopes to arrive at a estimate of the missing as well is to prevent desertions cause of explosion washington july 22 rear admiral i 3 W rae chief engineer of the navy says he can only account for the damga done the bennington by an ex joslon of high explosives and aelter tes that there was nothing in the re orts to the bureau to show that the were in an unsafe condition 0 o said today after examining the plans of the in the light of dispatches giving an account of the disaster I 1 cannot conceive how the collapse of a crown sheet could damage the ship to the extent stated or have blown people overboard from the deck it there were high explosives in pc shell room just forward from the pump room and forward fire room and pey were exploded by the concussion that would account tor the damage hone the detailed plans of the boiler room deck of the benningson Benning fon show a pump room a narrow space just tor ward of the fire room fad immediately of the pump room a shell dorward oom the navy regulations in regard to inspection is as follows boilers will be thoroughly examined at regular intervals of about three months other examinations being made as opportunity offers and as the senior engineer officer mav consider necessary A detailed description of the condition of each boiler at each of these shall be altered in the steam log and the senior engineers gi officers remark book oyster bay july 22 president roosevelt was greatly shocked at the news of the disaster to the gunboat bennington in the harbor of san diego beyond expressing his profound regret he chose however to reserve expression on the matter until he received complete details aftret THE DISASTER many of the bennington crew are still missing san francisco cal july 22 Rear admiral mccalla commandant at tho navy yard at mare island upon bearing of the blowing up of the ben ning tona boilers dispatched captain F J drake burgson smith and three men of the hospital corps to the scene of the disaster and dispatched the tug fortune from port harford to san diego to assist in the recovery of the bodies 60 tar be baa received no explanation of the cause of the accident but captain drake has instructions to investigate and report upon what he can ascertain regarding the cause it surgeon smith considers it advisable the wounded men will be brought here by special train and the naval hospital Is made ready to receive them according to the latest advises advices san diego the official list of casualties shows forty one dead nine of victims being as yet list of wounded numbers set of whom including unknown man are in a serious condition the only officers included in list of victims of the disaster are ensign N K perry who died from elects of his wounds ensign leo sahm whose right hand wag scalded lattera injuries were dressed the ships surgeons and he did go to the hospital the city of san diego loaded a engine upon a lighter and ran it along side the bennington where she lies beached and it is now being to pump out the vessels engine room As the vessel now lies beached she a heavy cant to starboard and at fifteen feet of water in her bold the number of men reported miss ang at latest reports is estimated from 21 to 25 and it Is feared when the worst la known the list dead will be largely increased A roll call ordered by young on board the bennington hours after the explosion 61 men present leaving un ed for including the dead injured missing commander toung some of the missing den drowned and that their bodies will b found in the bay YOUNGS REPORT washington july 22 lucien young of the gunboat ben hington ning ton at san diego cal last ernt the following telegram to navy department I 1 arrangements are being made I 1 bury dead at fort rosecrans afternoon 2 several pinned in under boilers covered b water have engaged fire engine pump out water so as to bodies bodies under bul cant get at them expect several to die during night wll wire nent tomorrow morning thing that ts possible to be done being done for he living and th dead only able to identify one man on board eo tar he is R B carr apprentice seaman DR BABBITT DEAD new york july 22 rev dr dean richmond babbitt the well known clergyman author and lecturer rector of the church of tho epiphany brook lyn Is ead aged 45 years in 1886 he went as a missionary into the northa est working in tacoma and spokane in lie conducted a crusade against the professional gamblers oe the town who gave him warning to leave within 24 hours but dr babbitt refused and finally saw most of his enemies routed |