Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-16 | Page 6 | Naval Death Cause Given

NAVAL DEATH CAUSE GiVEN Secretary Wilbur's Staff i Next May Decide Who Was Responsible WASHINGTON July 16 Sec Sec Secretary Wilbur Wllbur and his hl hi technical staff olaff will wilt determine whether nether ether fur further fur fur- further ther flier Investigation lUon Is to be made mado to fix responsibility tr e fall ute to comply with regulation regulation- to which h In part it II naval coutt of Inquiry has attributed the tho loss los of 47 or 48 lives In the turret Juno June 12 aboard the battle ship The accident which resulted In Inthe the tho death of three officers and 44 mm and the of nine others with one man not ac accounted ac- ac accounted accounted counted for tor is 18 described by the court of Inquiry as one of a II series of three explosions in the turret during tiring firing practice off the tho CalIfornia coast rho Tho first re resulted re- re resulted in no damage the second caused the tile heavy loss 10 of ot life and the tho third four houis horns If latet te added ten len to the number of injured The first and thud thild d were ere In Iii I the left gun o of the tho turret and the oas as in the right gun gunThe gunThe The COUI t which made no rec recommendations rec- rec omm In Its lis 1 10 t ex expresses cx- cx presses the opinion that thai the num mum number number ber of casualties in th main e e- e ex explosion wa was by the presence of unofficial who crowded ded the exit more difficult that the and on the I left and center gu guns probably re- re re resulted suited by the tho fallu e to keep the tho safety doors door over the hell shell tablet table dosed and that the the fire tiro inthe In Inthe inthe the upper handling room was wasco co caused usel by the 00 lie safety doors door not b being entirely closed The first and second it sae are probably r ocre rc duo d due to foul ou oua a bore re consequent u to t Insufficient air pressure and anil guns not being properly cleaned of gas be- be before before fore tore loading with the added con con- con consideration that the of tas from thu the right gui gur may nifty have Ve ben made mado more mora difficult by Us its 11 direction i Into the h he wind n