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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1907
Page
3
The Georgia battleship tragedy unfolds as crew members and officers react with sorrow and discipline. Fire and burn injuries are described as the ship docks and prepares for medical evacuation, with six dead and numerous wounded rushed to the Marine Hospital in Chelsea.
Rushed to the Naval Hospital Chelsea, injured sailors were moved to the second floor where rapid care began. Doctors from the Naval Hospital and Marine Hospital treated them, with four in grave condition. The parents of Midshipman Goldthwaite hurried to the hospital as officials and clergy offered aid. Five other injuries occurred on the Georgia but were not severe enough for hospital care.
Washington reports Navy Department officials were somber over the turret crew injuries of the Georgia. The accident unsettled confidence in a year of work on safety regulations for the turrets as the ship had just finished preliminary target practice and was to begin record practice.
The body of Mrs. Adella Bradford was found in her Bath, Maine home with a bullet wound in the head. Neighbors said she likely died about 24 hours earlier. a 2 caliber revolver was found in her skirt with one chamber empty and five shells unused. Her husband J F Bradford, a machinist, was in Boston and summoned after the discovery.
In a Bath police communication local officers told J. F. Bradford a Camden steamer machinist his wife was found dead under circumstances suggesting suicide. He departed immediately for Bath.
Justice Hammond in the Supreme Judicial Court issued an order of notice returnable this morning on a petition by Arthur E. Childs and others, trustees of the Massachusetts Lighting Company, seeking to restrain Arthur W. Krey and others and the State Street Trust Company from enforcing forfeiture of the plaintiffs rights due to alleged breach of a prior agreement.
London July 15 Great Britain once opposed arbitration on the Newfoundland fisheries dispute but now agrees it may be the only route to settlement. Sir Robert Bond Newfoundland premier had proposed referring the issue to arbitration. The shift signals a potential international compromise to resolve the long standing disagreement.
Seaman William J. Burke of 351 Granite Street West Quincy aged 21 died in the Georgia explosion. He joined the Navy a year ago after leaving work at Fore River Works and spent time with friends in Quincy during visits. Survived by four brothers living in New York. body to be taken to Mrs. Clare’s home in Quincy.
Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Goodrich, was seriously injured in the Georgia blast. Midshipmen Faulkner Goldthwaite and John T. Cruse, both graduates, are identified among the wounded. Goldthwaite died. Ordinary seaman William Morton Thomas, 19, killed, hailed from Newport. Other crew including William Joseph Thatcher and George Miller are listed with limited family details. Admiral Snow awaits notices and body dispositions proceed.
At Hamiltons Home Framingham Massachusetts July 15 George G Hamilton ordinary seaman one of the victims of the explosion on the battleship Georgia was 18 years old and lived with his parents in Framingham Centre prior to his enlistment. He enlisted in February going to the receiving ship Wabash at the Charles town navy yard later transferred to the Georgia. His parents were nearly overcome when government message brought news of his death and prepared to hasten to Boston to arrange the body.
Oyster Bay reports no official or informal information was sent to President Roosevelt about the battleship Georgia disaster. Secretary Loeb conveyed the news dispatches to Sagamore Hill after office hours but said no action or formal sorrow would be issued tonight.
The July issue of The Navy sharply criticizes battleship turrets and armor placement. Writers claim experts behind the attacks aim to join a future board of design, naming three prominent naval figures as central to the allegations.
Reports recount a pattern of deadly navy disasters since the Maine explosion. The Iowa, on April 9, 1908, suffered the loss of three crew members in a fatal incident.
The text lists multiple incidents including a Pensacola port gunTurret burst injuring five, the 1904 Guan tanamo smokeless powder blast with four officers and 14 men dead from gas, the 1904 Massachusetts boiler and 1905 Bennington boiler explosions causing dozens of deaths, and a comparison to yesterday’s Georgia blast.
An eight inch gun turret accident during target practice injures about 20 sailors and causes several fatalities. The board led by Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas will determine the cause. Two crew jump overboard and are rescued. The Georgia heads to Boston for urgent aid.
Mrs. Elbridge Cornish aged 87 from Bowdoin Maine rode a flying horse at the Palace merry go round in Revere Beach. She declared the ride great and rode again then enjoyed a Boston visit including theatre, Public Garden, East Boston tunnel, subway and department stores.
The symptoms arise from thin blood and poor circulation tied to an anaemic state. They occur more often in warm weather and reflect general health fatigue.
Advertisement touts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a gentle, healthful tonic for strong vitality and a pure system. It claims safety over medicines, notes fifty years of use, and invites purchases for $1 per bottle with a free illustrated booklet and testimonials from grateful customers.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney trouble. It offers free sample bottles and a book by mail, urging readers to mention the paper, with sales also through druggists in Binghamton New York.
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