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Bellefonte, Pa., July 19, 1907.
Thirteen Others Injured by Powder
Explosion on Warship.
fHE GUN CHARGE IGNITED
Boston, July 16.—By the explosion
of a case of powder in the hands of a
gunner in the after saperimposed tur-
ret of the battleship Georgia, in Mas-
sachusetts bay, eight men were killed
and 18 injured. Not one of the
in the *urret escaped injury. The dead:
Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, New
York.
William J. Thatcher, chief turret
captain, Wilmington, Del.
ulkmer Goldthwaite, midshipman,
Kentucky.
W. J. Burke, ordinary seaman, Quin-
cy, Mass.
G. G. Hamilton, ordinary seaman,
South Framingham, Mass.
W. M. Thomas, ordinary seaman,
Newport, R. I.
George E. Miller, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
William F. Pair, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Injured: Midshipman John T. Cruz,
Nebraska; Frank S. Chlapp, North
Adams, Mass, boatswain's mate,;
Charles Hassell, New York, gunner's
mate; Orley Tagland, Richford, Minn.,
chief yeoman; J. G. Thomas, ordinary
seaman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 8. L. Rosen-
berger, ordinary seaman, Philadelphia;
Edward J. Walsh, ordinary seaman,
Lynn, Mass.; John O. Mallick, ordinary
seaman, Cleveland, 0.; John A. Bush,
ordinary seaman, New York; L. O.
Meez, ordinary seaman, Berea, O.; H. L.
Gilbert, ordinary seaman, Southwick,
Mass.; John A. Fone, ordinary sea-
man, Trenton, N. J.; Charles Leich,
ordinary seaman, Frankfort, Ind.
Three of the Injured, Lieutenant
Goodrich and Seamen Pair and Walsh
were in a very critical condition when
brought into the hospital and it was
announced that their injuries would
prove fatal. Lieutenant Goodrich and
Seaman Mallick jumped overboard im-
mediately after the explosion, with the
apparent motive of ending the terrible
suffering from their burns. Both of the
desperate men were quickly rescued
by uninjured comrades. Goodrich died
in the hospital.
The accident happened while the
men were engaged in target practice,
together with other vessels of the bat.
tleship squadron of the Atlantic fleet.
The powder had just been taken from
the ammunition hoist to load an eight-
inch gun. It was seen to be burning
and in an instant exploded in the very
face of the loader of the gun. No dam-
age was done to the vessel, as the pow-
der was not confined.
How the powder became ignited is
not known, but the theory held at the
navy yard is that it was set off by a
spark from the smokestack of the war-
ship. After the accident the Georgia
headed for the Charlestown navy yard,
There the dead and injured were taken
ashore, the wounded men being con-
veyed to the naval hospital at Chelsea.
The guns in the forward turret had
finished eight rounds of practice, and
the guns of the after turret had fired
one round. Two cases, as the big 100
pound bags of powder are called, had
Just been sent up through the ammuni-
tion hoist and were in the arms of the
loader. The loader stood at the breach
of one of the eight-inch guns, all ready
to insert the charge. At this instant
the turret was seen to be smoky, and
two men, who stcod near the loader
saw a black spot on the bag, Indicat-
ing that the charge had ignited and
was smouldering. The loader discov-
ered the spot at the same instant and
threw himself forward on his face, at
the same time shouting a warning to
his turret mates.
The other men who had seen the spot
were Eich and Hansell, and they also
threw themselves on the floor.
Before the other men in the turret
could understand what caused tha
loader's cry of warning, there was a
blinding flash as the burning powder
exploded. Flames, smoke, and nause- |
ous gases filled the little superstruc- |
ture in which more than than a score
of men were confined. As the powder
was not confined there was no report,
nor did the vessel suffer eny injury,
but every nook and cranny of the tur-
ret was filled with flame. The loader,
who was, of course, nearest the pow-
der, was terribly burned, as was every
other man in the turret.
Blinded by the smoke and flame,
choked by the acrid, penetrating gasze-
ous fumes, and maddensd with 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
Mallich became crazed, staggered up
the iron ladder to the top of the tur-
ret and then threw themselves head-
long into the sea, in a despairing effort
to choose a death by drowning in pref-
erence to death by slow fire
When the smoke of the burning pow-
der had cleared away, the shipmates
of the unfortunate men rushed to their
assistance, and tenderly the suffering
sailors were lifted out of the fire
blacked turret and quickly conveyed
to the ship's hospital, where their
burns were dressed by the surgeons.
In the meantime Lieutenant Good-
rich and Seixman Maleck had been res-
cued by a launch that was returning
from &n inspection of the target.
Dies After Stepping On Nail.
Catasauqua, Pa, July 15.—Having
stepped on a nall at the Crane Iron
works last week, Fred J. Dech, a young
carpenter, died of lockjaw.
UNHURT BY Jou 7000-FOOT FALL
ating an airship at a height of 7000
feet here, Gail Robinson, a Buffalo,
N. Y., aeronaut, had a thrilling experi-
bag, which was cut open, letting the
gas escape. The gas took fire and the
machine began to fall. Robinson then
climbed quickly to the top of pro-
peller, which “up-ended,” the balloon
forming a sort of a parachute, which
caught the air, letting the machine
and its operator descend slowly to the
ground. The accident was witnessed
by several thousand persons, and
women and children were panic-
stricken because of a fear that Robin-
son would be dashed to death.
Robinson's only injury was a slight
cut on the head.
SHORTAGE MAY BE HEAVY
The Collector of Bordentown, N. J., Is
Missing.
Bordentown, N. J., July 15.—John F.
Atkin, of Philadelphia, counsel for Dr.
I. C. Leedom, the absent city collector,
returned from New York, where he
went in an effort to obtain an inter
view with his client regarding the re-
port that he is $10,000 short in his ac-
counts with the city. Mr. Atkin is in-
clined to take a very different view
of Dr. Leedom's absence from that of
the residents of Bordentown, who are
charging that the collector has ab-
sconded. Mr. Atkin charges that the
spreading of the rumor is only a piece
of politics aimed at Dr. Leedom by his
pelitical enemies.
The committee in its statement as-
serts that as the result of the Inves-
tigation made it was learned that Dr.
Leedom’s shortage would probably
amount to $10,300.
TORTURED BY BURGLARS
Frank Smith's Tongue Slit and Feet
Slashed By Thieves.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 16.—Because he
would not deliver to two burglars the
keys of his employer's house, Frank
Smith, 45 years old, a coachman in the
employ of John Gehm, a wholesale
meat dealer, was horribly tortured and
left for dead by his assallants. Smith |
glept in a room above the barn at the
rear of Gehm's house. He was awak-
ened shortly after midnight by two
masked men, who demanded the keys
of the house. Smith refused to give
them up. and the burglars began a se-
ries of revolting tortures. Smith's ton-
gue was slit with a knife and the soles
of his feet were slashed in a score of
places until he became unconscious.
The men then threw Smith down the
stairs. where he was found. One ar-
rest was made. Smith is in a critical
condition.
EX-SUITOR SUES FOR GIFTS
Jilted Man Demands Return of Dia-
mend Ring and Jewelry.
Bridgetcn, N. J.
Miss Julia Most, a popular young so-
ciety woman and amateur actress, re-
jected her suitor, Frank M. Tidmarsh,
who had wooed her for several years,
she will be compelled to take the lead-
ing role in a drama of love in the
Cumberland county courts.
Tidmarsh and Miss Most were to
have been married in the fall. The
young woman failed to return a fine
diamond ring and other articles of jew-
elry which Tidmarsh gave her, and he
obtained a writ of replevin.
Miss Most will fight the case and
has cngaged counsel. Tidmarsh also is
represented by an attorney.
Doesn't Sell Beer, Baby Drinks It.
Middieboro, Mass., July 16. — Mrs.
Caroline Lemmo, up in court for violat-
ing the excise law, explained why she
ran a beer bill of $28 a week. “My
baby, 7 months old, drinks three bot
tles a day,” she said. “I drink a keg
a day and my husband drinks the rest.
We don’t sell it, we drink it.” Her
husband earns $9 a week and the
court couldn't understand how they
could afford so much beer. Mrs. Lem-
mo was fined $75.
Killed By Exploding Engine Piston.
Johnstown, Pa., July 15.—Harry
Shaffer, a machinist, was killed, and
Jacob Huebner was horribly mangled
by an explosion of an engine piston
in the Gautien mills of the Cambria
Steel company. The piston, with water
and the heat of the blacksmith’'s fur-
nace, at which the men were repairing
the piston, generated steam which
caused the explosion. Shaffer lived a
short time, and Heubner's condition
is critical.
Human Brick, Once Musician, is Lost.
Pittsburg, July 16.—A brick is lost
somewhere between Boston and this
<ity. The brick is made out of the
ashes of Herman Unger, musician,
who killed himself in Boston recently.
He left a will that he should be cre-
mated ard made into a brick, which
was done. The remains were to be
shipped to a friend here. They haven't
arrived.
Hurls Girl Over Precipice.
Pittsburg, July 13.—Enraged bzcause
she had only 25 cents, a footpad, who
held up Miss Bessie Neill, 19, beat the
young woman and then threw her over
a precipice. Her life was saved by a
tree.
Rattlesnake Bite Kills In Few Hours.
Norfolk, Va., July 13.—~The 14-year-
old daughter of John Bull, of New-
market, whilz playing in a clump of
bushes, was bitten by a rattlesnake
and died in agony a few hours later.
Physicians resorted to every known
=-20ns to save her.
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“‘my boy Josh gets a good deal o' fun out
of antomobiling.”’
“But bedoesn’t own a machine.”
“Of course not. He's one of the coanty
constables.”
IKE OLD FRIENDS.
THE LONGER YOU KNOW THEM THE BET-
TER YOU LIKE THEM.
Doan's Kidney Pilis never fail you.
Bellefonte le know this,
Read this Bellefonte case,
Read how Doan’s stocd the test
For man
y years.
It's local testimony and can be investigated,
J. Curtis Johnson, 35 E. Bishop St,
Bellefoate, Pa, sa **I thick even
more of Doan's Kid ney Pills now than
1 did in 1867 when | made a statement
for publication recommending them.
[ had been suffering at that time for
more than a year with backache and
lsmeness through the loins. Al times
I was so weak that [ could pot lift any-
thing and if I stooped it was almost im-
possible for me lo straighten up. When
drivies there was a steady achiog over
my kidoeys the whole time. 1 feir
soon free of the whole combination of
troubles and was cured very quickly.
My wife has nsed Doan's K ier Pills
tor backache and was cured ard inviz-
orated generaliy ss well. We both
think very high be Doan’s Kidney
Pills and have n recommendiog
them eversince give my former
stat meant in rh
For sale by ali dealers. Price {0 cents. Fos-
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for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—ana take no
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Respectfully solicits the ronage of his
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Reduced iu ptice—horse sheets,
lap spreads aud fly uets—for the
pext thirty days. We have de-
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you need ahoat a horse.
We will take pleasure io showing
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Lemous.
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Pare Maple Syrup.
Fioest Fall Creeam Cheese.
Fine Table Raisins.
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Oysters,
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Almonds and Nuts of all kinds.
Dates.
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Oar Creamery Batter is as Fine
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Mince Meat, our own make, and
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Pare Olive Oil.
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We handle Schmidts Fine Bread,
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