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EARLY BENNINGTON
EXPLOSION OF 21 JULY 1905
LIST OF THOSE KILLED
USS BENNINGTON EXPLOSION OF 21 JULY 1905
LIST OF THOSE KILLED
At 10:38 AM on the morning of 21 July 1905, an explosion occurred in the port fire-room compartment of the ship, listing the ship to the starboard.
The ship shook violently for several seconds, and then large volumes of steam and ashes filled most of the living compartments and deck space.
Below are the names of those individuals killed.
PERRY, Newman Kershaw ENSIGN
U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1901,
OOD, killed in boiler explosion on the USS BENNINGTON in 1905
More information can be found at: http://www.nkperry.com/
(USS NEWMAN K. PERRY - DD/DDR 883 named in his honer)
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CLARK, George T. Chief Machinist
METIUS, H.O. Pay Clerk
Archer, Don Cameron AS
Archer, Leroy Brewster OS
Barchus, John Calvin Seaman
Bensel, Amel F2C
Brockman, Clive Wintreth AS
Brown, Frederick William MM1C
Brownlee, Glenn Seaman
Brunson, Elmer Ulysses Seaman
Burke, Thomas MM1C
Burns, John Leo Seaman
Carpenter, Preston OS
Carr, Robert Bartley OS
Carter, Charles Samuel F2C
Chambers, Matthew Garfield OS
Cherry, William Isaac CP
Conway, Michael F2C
DeCurtoni, Frank Oiler
Dresch, Emil OS
Ezell, Josiah SC4C
Ferguson, Edward Brewster CMM
Fickweiler, William Martin Seaman
Gauthier, Lyn Joseph CBM
Geiss, Frederick John CP
Goika, John AS
Grant, Walter Gilbert CP
Gries, Lawrence Andrew OS
Haggbloom, Clyde OS Photo 1 Photo 2 Clyde's Friend Opens In New Windw
Hallet, George Henry Seaman
Hilscher, Joseph F1C
Hoffman, Emil Christian Bsmth
Holland, Dwight Noble F2C
House, Richard Ansley OS
Hughes, Bert Arthur OS
Hunt, Joseph Oiler
Kamerer, Andrew F2C
Kempton, Jodie Wirt AS
Kennedy, Ward Vars AS
Kuntz, Charles Joseph CP
McKeon, Charles Oliver MM2C
McKone, John F1C
Morris, Kirtley Felix Oiler
Mosher, Harry CP
Muller, Frederick James SMM
Nelson, Charles CP
Newcombe, Joseph F1C
Nieman, Peter CCM
Olges, Bernard Joseph F1C
Pallock, Stephen William F2C
Parrish, Warren Niles CP
Quinn, Michael George Oiler
Robinson, Edwin Burton AS
Rushing, Claud Emerson CP
Saunders, Harry Fay OS
Savage, Robert Lee OS
Schoregge, Albert Henry Seaman
Smith, Harry Frank OS
Staub, William CP
Stephenson, Claude Henry F2C
Takata, Sago Wardroom Ck
Taylor, Wesley Marsh Seaman
Willson, William Clyde OS
Wright, Wilbur Washington CP
The information above was not available on the Internet.
The only way for me to obtain the data above was through the
Department of the Navy's Freedom of Information Act.
The Head of the FOIA Policy Branch in Washington, D.C.,
a Doris M. Lama sent the information to me,
by the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations.
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Submitted by:
Joseph L. Pires (SK3)
USS BENNINGTON HISTORIAN
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